Zou Weijun doesn't really care whether "Spark" can beat "Grudge".
The original intention of establishing "Spark" was not to compare with "Grudge"!
But now "Grudge" has launched a new concept contest, and "Spark" has to rely on essay competitions to rise. Even if Zou Weijun himself can't compare, outsiders will use "Spark" to benchmark "Grudge".
Zou Weijun ran his hands over a stack of storage baskets containing many manuscripts, feeling filled with emotion. After a while, his boiling emotions returned to reason:
"Xiao Salamander has been following up from beginning to end. Let Xiao Salamander introduce the situation to all of us."
There was also an excited look on Xiao Salaman's face: "What we see now are all the submissions for the first cycle. There are 12,393 submissions in total. Excluding those that do not comply with the competition rules, there are 11,891 valid submissions. In fact, not only
So many manuscripts were sent to the short-form group, and even the long-form group regardless of the preliminary round received more than a dozen long-form manuscripts."
It is impossible to complete the creation of a full-length novel in such a short time. These works should have been written long ago and have not had time to be published. The author was moved by the rewards of the Spark Cup and sent his unpublished works to compete.
These are not only submissions for competition, but also the author’s trust in the organizer!
As for why there are illegal manuscripts, some contestants don’t understand the rules, or they think they are so talented that they want to challenge the organizer’s rules. They either have too few words or too many words. Some even send
Poetry, prose and other genres... This kind of self-righteous contestant who goes against the rules of the competition will be screened out in the first round.
Wen Ying randomly selected a long manuscript and found that it was a handwritten manuscript rather than a typed manuscript. The fonts were neatly transcribed, and occasional additions and deletions did not affect the reading experience, which shows the author's intentions.
"If you are not selected, all submissions in the long-form category will be rejected by email."
Xiao Salamander wrote down Wen Ying's suggestion.
"Of course I have to withdraw it. Two of the manuscripts appear to be first-hand manuscripts. I don't know if the authors themselves have left any notes."
Little Salamander felt that these authors were too generous and sent the manuscript directly. If they didn’t leave a note, it would be unlucky for the manuscript to be lost.
Xiao Sala looked at the manuscripts piled up in the office, feeling happy and thankful in his heart: "Fortunately, we listened to Wen Ying's suggestion and started reading the manuscripts from the moment we received the first entry. If we had left all the work until now, the work would be
The volume is really huge, and what you see now are manuscripts that have been classified after the first round of screening.”
Yes, before the outside world knew who the judges of the competition were, the work of reviewing manuscripts had already started.
It is said that the average reading time for each essay in the college entrance examination is only a few dozen seconds.
In less than a minute, a composition of 600-800 words will be classified by the marking teacher, labeled as Category I, Category II, and Category III, and scored according to the corresponding categories, which can slow down the teacher's reading pace.
Yes, only full-mark essays—full-mark essays require repeated consideration, and most candidates’ essays are mediocre.
In just a few dozen seconds, the marking teacher will first look at the word length of an essay. It is obviously not suitable if the length is too short. Write as long as you can within the specified number of words, otherwise it will be regarded as having nothing to say and express.
Weak ability.
The second time is to look at the title. Needless to say, for proposition composition, you can draft your own title. If the title of the composition is very consistent with the meaning of the topic, novel and unique, then of course you will get extra points.
The third thing to note is that the beginning of the composition should be concise and attractive, just like the topic!
Fourth, look at the ending. The ending should echo the beginning and sublimate the idea.
Fifth, look at the segmentation. If the segmentation is clear, there will be extra points!
The main text is the last thing to read. When an essay meets the first five points, as long as the main text is not too badly written, the score of the essay is already stable.
The college entrance examination essay tests basic expression skills. Of course, this grading rule is not suitable for essay competitions.
In a few dozen seconds, I can finish reading an 800-word essay, but I can't finish an entry manuscript of 5,000-10,000 words.
The contestants have put in a lot of effort and are full of excitement to participate in the competition. It only takes a few dozen seconds to judge the quality of the work. It's such a child's play!
For a manuscript, at least 3-5 minutes should be set aside.
3-5 minutes is not enough to appreciate the subtleties of an entry, but it is enough to make a preliminary judgment. Even if a good story is hidden among tens of thousands of entries, it can be discovered in these 3-5 minutes.
Song Foxiang laughed.
More than 10,000 manuscripts were all left to Wen Ying and Zhang Guangzhen to read, and the two were blinded and could not finish them.
In fact, the first round of screening manuscripts was conducted by a dozen editors from Spark and Literary Publishing House, and Song Foxiang was also one of those who quietly contributed.
It's a pity that Song Foxiang is a little depressed because he doesn't deserve to be mentioned by name despite working hard.
Little Salamander sees all directions and listens in all directions. If he wants to push Lao Xianyu to work, he can't give him any sweetness, so he specifically mentions Song Foxiang's contribution:
"Including Editor Song, every editor of the magazine and publishing house has been working overtime to read the manuscript during this period. Of course, our judgment cannot be used as the basis for being selected for the semi-finals. However, after preliminary screening by all editors, we have divided the manuscript into several categories.
Wait for Wen Ying and Teacher Zhang to read it carefully."
After being praised by Little Salamander, everyone looked at Song Foxiang.
Song Xianyu was not embarrassed at all.
Just noticing the gaze of goddess Zou Weijun, Song Xianyu was a little nervous.
This little episode passed by in a flash, and everyone's attention quickly returned to business.
Those who score too low are those whose stories are clichéd and crude, and whose writing is overkill. Such contestants are here to run with them.
Even if you can find several typos in a short story of several thousand words, these contestants have a bad attitude.
Song Lao Xianyu felt that he had become an unsung hero who worked silently, but as a judge who was about to be pushed to the front of the stage, Wen Ying was under considerable pressure.
The deadline for the first cycle has come and the judges of the competition have not yet been announced. Is this ridiculous?
Therefore, after the deadline for the first cycle, the judges of the competition must be announced.
The announcement channels have already been arranged.
One way is the official blog of the organizer!
Obviously knowing that the Internet will be the land of high traffic in the future, Wen Ying of course wanted to hint to Zou Weijun, Xiaolu and others to take advantage of the essay competition to quickly open official blogs for publishing houses and magazines. It is not enough to just open a blog.
We still need to operate it well, so let’s slowly build up the account now.
Another way is through Hunan Satellite TV. Yuan Fenghui caught Director Fan's sheep. How could he let him go if he didn't make Director Fan bald? Anyway, Wen Ying's three-minute promotional video was let go.
An ad of ten seconds is fine.
The official announcement is tonight, Wen Ying and Zhang Guangzhen will appear!
Yuan Fenghui jokingly asked Wen Ying if she was ready, but Wen Ying was indifferent: "When Li Mengjiao performs on stage, she treats the audience as cabbage. I regard those who scold me as those who love me, and scolding is how they express their excitement."
Special method, Teacher Yuan, are you right?"
Yuan Fenghui laughed out loud.
"I still want to comfort you. You have already comforted yourself. What do you want me to say? It's a pity that you are not a star with your mental quality. Do you want to make a guest appearance in "The Star and You"?
I wrote the script myself and made a cameo appearance, how meaningful it is!"
Cameo?
Of course that won't work.
It would be nice to go to the scene to see it. Manager Chen would not agree to make a cameo in the filming. Xie Qian would probably hand out papers to himself again. Even if the two of them are not at the scene now, Wen Ying is still full of the desire to survive——
Of course, Wen Ying herself has no interest in filming, and even filming a promotional video is too tiring!
Before Wen Ying could refuse, Zou Weijun couldn't help but say, "An influential writer is a 'star' in his own right, and a legendary superstar."
