A book friend gave me two opinions. He was well-intentioned and sincerely supported me, but these two opinions made me hurt for a long time every time. [] In view of the fact that QQ chat records are posted one sentence at a time.
It's quite messy, so I'll tidy it up and ask everyone to comment.
first:
This book friend said: "In the next book, I suggest you not write about the Tang Dynasty. I think people nowadays tend to worship individual heroism when writing books. Last time I happened to read that you said that the next book should be about the Tang Dynasty. My first reaction was
It just has no head, because that era is too far away from us."
I said: "Many people are familiar with the Tang Dynasty, right? Can you write it clearly? I have never liked the braided Dynasty."
This book friend said: "Everyone is too familiar with the Tang Dynasty. Most people know more about it than the Ming Dynasty. People and things in the Tang Dynasty are often shown on TV. It won't be good if you suddenly change your style in your bones. I
I suggest you change your taste and write about heroes, martial arts, fantasy, etc."
I said: "I am not suitable for fantasy. I am suitable for describing people. People in fantasy like fighting, upgrading, killing monsters, and grabbing treasures. As for martial arts, they have declined, and I have tried it. Although I used a time-travel opening,
But the content is all martial arts. In addition, I have tried urban, Eastern fantasy, and Western fantasy, but without success.
Most of the people who like my books are readers who like history. I leave these readers behind and compete with others to write about the genres they are good at in areas that I am not good at. Why bother?"
He said: "Anyway, you are still young and you don't have more than three or two books. Write everything you want to write before you try others. Your popularity has already accumulated a lot. I believe everyone will support it if you publish another book."
I said: "I have written everything I want to write, martial arts, urban, fantasy, history..., what else should I write? About travel? I am still young? Forty years old. Besides, readers' books are about works.
He won't keep chasing you just because of your name. If your writing is not good, then he is not good at it. He has accumulated a lot of popularity, so everyone will support you just by writing something? Impossible.
What's more, didn't Jin Yong just write about martial arts in his whole life? Didn't Qiong Yao just write about romance in his whole life? But who can't afford others? How great achievements have they made, how many stars have they made popular in the past few decades? How much benefit have they created? It has to be
What’s great about being involved in all genres?”
He said: "I thought you could still write fantasy."
I said, "Write something. You have to write it yourself and like it. When you get to my age, you ask me to introduce chapter by chapter some magical skills that don't exist at all, and then kill monsters, seize treasures, and level up in a realistic way.
I can't come, I'm bored to death writing that stuff."
He said: "You are still young. People nowadays have to live to be seventy. You are only halfway through. You can try more."
I asked: "How many people in their sixties or seventies still have strong creativity and energy? So what do you want me to write?"
He said: "It's not what I want you to write, you have to write based on what you are good at, like and familiar with."
I said: "I'm familiar with it. Isn't it what I like about history?"
He said: "Yes, then write about it."
I:"……"
He is happy, I struggled for a long time...
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The second time, today:
This book friend said: "Brother Guan, what I said may not sound nice. I hope you will understand. The quality of your updates is obvious to all, but if you have to vote for every chapter, it will be counterproductive for a long time."
I said: "I know, I don't plan for the long term. I have been working hard this month and I have been working more frequently. Now that I am fighting for this job, I have worked very hard and many readers have given their best support. At this time, I can stop."
What? I don’t want to publish a single chapter, but many book friends only publish a single chapter. The effect is very different if I publish it or not, and I am very helpless."
He said: "I understand, but once every two days is more effective."
I said: "Can you please not send a single chapter? When I first wrote Hui Ming Dynasty, I didn't publish a single chapter for ten days, but now the trend is such that I don't do any other tricks. I just follow the flow and send out a single chapter.
Isn’t it okay to ask for votes for each chapter? I used to have more than 10,000 words per chapter, but you know how many times I talked in it. One chapter is worth three chapters, and one chapter is worth three chapters. I’m almost there.
It’s useless to talk nonsense, but it’s useless!
Many readers just don't know the word count. Others are very intuitive and feel that there are too many chapters a day. If you post one chapter, they just don't feel it. I was also helpless. Later, it was changed to 3,001 chapters. Some book friends also mentioned it, and it was still the same.
It turns out that one chapter is worth ten thousand dollars.
I think, for you, it makes no difference. It’s still the number of words, it’s still the number of pages, and it’s just the name of the chapter. What’s the trouble? But for book friends who strive for those who only have the number of chapters.
, the effect is very different. No method can always be perfect. What's wrong with trying to win as many book friends as possible?"
He said: "But I think there is no need to add every chapter. I think about it for you, otherwise I wouldn't say this and make you unhappy."
I said: "I'm not unhappy, I'm just talking about my difficulties."
He said: "You can change it and do the last chapter every day."
I said: "You think it's too frequent to publish single chapters, but do you know how many readers there are, and now they don't see single chapters?"
He said: "It's not that there are frequent leaflets, but it's in every chapter. It's really not good."
I said, "I don't have a single chapter very often. It's only been a little more this month. How many do you and I usually do? Sometimes we are forced to do so. It's like hiring a tutor for your children now. Everyone asks for it. If you don't, you don't."
There must be less things to accept. As for, if I were faster, or if I could hold it together and publish three chapters at a time, I wouldn't need to add one chapter to each chapter, but I would just publish one chapter in the morning.
, one chapter in the afternoon and one chapter in the evening. When I added it in the evening, some book friends had already voted for others..."
He said: "Then just be simple, just one sentence."
I said: "I once wrote a sentence, just one sentence: 'please vote for recommendation', it is useless, it has no effect! I still say it often when I issue single chapters. I hold back my energy and can't
It’s just a few hundred words, but her eloquent single chapter of several thousand words made some book friends happy, so they voted. I updated a lot, but I lost to the single chapter. Am I wronged?
Besides, I never have enough 3,000 words in one code. No matter whether the story comes to an end or not, I just cut it off and let you take a look. Each chapter is 3,000 words, 3,000 words, and sometimes 3,100 words.
The number of words in each chapter is two to three hundred more, and I add a hundred and eighty words at the end, so I don’t occupy the actual number of words."
He said: "Don't keep thinking about the present. Over time, everyone will get annoyed."
I said: "I don't plan to keep doing it so often, right? Now I'm competing for the rankings. Whether I post it or not, the effect is very different. If you don't like it, do you have to go?"
He said: "Why should you care about first and second place? I think you have to let your fans slowly develop a habit and vote for you sincerely!"
I said: "There are such book friends now, but do you want all the book readers to be devoted to you? No one has that ability."
"Yes! In fact, everyone is following your hard-working updates. You work so hard, and you feel sorry if everyone doesn't vote. I just feel that if you keep posting single chapters, everyone will get tired of it."
I said: "Then why can't I express my feelings to these established book friends and win their support? There are indeed the kind of book friends you mentioned, and there are quite a lot of them. Their support for me is too great. They
The sacrifices I made made me feel unbearable. I worked hard to win the support of more book friends and strive to win more established book friends to join our camp. Isn’t the support of these die-hard book friends not wasted and paid in vain?
Do I have to sit back and look indifferent, waiting for my book friends to gradually form a habit and sincerely vote for me? Come on, there are many book friends in the Lishu faction who don't care who they vote for. If I do that, other than calling me
Those book friends who have tried their best to support me are struggling alone and have failed repeatedly. What else can they do? Besides, I didn’t say that this would be the case for a long time.”
I said, "I know you have good intentions, but that doesn't mean that just because you have good intentions, your opinion must be correct."
He said: "Anyway, my monthly income is yours. I feel a little annoyed. What do you think of other people? If you don't believe me, ask again!"
I think any action has positive and negative effects. Which aspect of it has the greatest effect? If you want everyone not to pick anything, then write silently, don’t argue, and don’t say anything. The problem is picking
It’s for people who do things. If you don’t do anything, you don’t have to choose.
In fact, I don’t like to write single chapters. I have always been like this. Sometimes I have to write single chapters, and I am so worried that I have to ask my book friends for words. I am not afraid of writing stories, but it is how to write single chapters that racks my brains and is very difficult.
I wish all my book friends could appreciate my down-to-earth work attitude and sincere enthusiasm for work. I don’t care about the incitement of a single chapter and do it spontaneously. But the reality is like this. I work down-to-earth, diligently, and face the reality.
, and we have to compete. We can't escape competition. If we escape, we can only accept decline. Competing is life, giving up is death. This is especially true for me who quit my job and make a living. Please be tolerant.
I am a serious person when it comes to debates, so I have no time to spare today. Even though it is the first time and only one book friend has said this, I will still tell you this and ask for everyone's opinions. I will continue with the code.
Three chapters to go...
Finally, since it is a single chapter, according to the rules, I will continue to ask everyone for recommendation votes! (sweating)