"Master, Miss Howard is here!" On this day, when Tangning was debating whether she should give up her job as a "paper copywriter", Caroline came in to report.
"Oh, let her in!" Tang Ning replied casually.
Although Tang Ning just said it casually, Caroline was shocked after hearing this, because the master never allowed guests to enter his study, but today he let Miss Howard in. Could it be that she would really be his mistress in the future?
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With this complicated psychology in mind, Caroline welcomed Scarlett into the study very politely. As soon as she entered the door, Scarlett asked in surprise: "Tony, are you writing?"
Tangning nodded and replied, "Well, I'm trying to imitate Mr. Edgar Allan Poe in writing detective novels!"
"Can you show it to me?" Scarlett asked.
Tangning hesitated for a moment, then replied, "It's not impossible, but I haven't finished writing it yet."
Scarlett mistakenly thought that Tangning didn't want to show her the draft, so she said generously, "Then wait until you finish writing and then show it to me!"
Unexpectedly, Tangning smiled bitterly and said, "I guess I won't be able to finish it, because when I actually wrote it myself, I realized how difficult it is to write a novel."
In fact, Tang Ning was telling the truth. Before time traveling, he saw that many of his predecessors made their first fortune by working as copycats. But once he got started, he realized that it was too difficult. Even if he clearly remembered the plot of Sherlock Holmes, he still couldn't.
Not so easy to copy.
First of all, he does not have the memory of those seniors who can memorize hundreds of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of novels with millions of words. He only remembers the general plot, so what he is doing now is basically equivalent to writing a fanfic. After all, his
The protagonist can no longer be called Sherlock Holmes.
This is easy to handle, but the real trouble is the style of writing. Tang Ning's writing is still the style of Chinese Internet writing before time travel, but now we are in New Orleans, the United States, in the 19th century. This style of writing will definitely not work, so it must be changed to suit the era and times.
Environmental writing was too difficult for Tang Ning.
Another point is that there are no computers or mobile phones in this era. She can only write word by word on the manuscript paper with a pen. God knows how many years it has been since Tangning used a pen to write more than 100 words. She has to write this suddenly.
Tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of words, my fingers and arms simply can't bear it, and they become extremely sore even after writing a few thousand words.
Then there is the issue of writing. Since it is in the United States, submissions must be written in English. But the problem is that Tang Ning found that she had no feeling when "creating" in English. You must know that coding is an extremely important task that requires feeling or state.
In my work, many writers and writers’ quirks are actually just small habits that can get them into a writing state (for example, for me, if the font and interface are not adjusted to what I am used to, I will feel abnormally uncomfortable or even
It’s awkward. It’s impossible to code in this state, at least not smoothly.)
As a Chinese, Tang Ning was accustomed to writing and reading in Chinese. Now he felt extremely awkward looking at the lines of English. In the end, he had to use an extremely troublesome method, which was to first use Chinese to write in his mind.
All the ideas are written down and then transcribed in English. This speed is naturally extremely slow.
So now Tang Ning is starting to consider giving up this very promising career as a "paper copywriter" since she is not short of money anyway.
Just when Tangning's mind was filled with random thoughts, Scarlett said to him, "Tony, Uncle Frick is going to hold a dance the night after tomorrow. Can you be my dance partner?"
"Of course it's my honor, but I'm not a good dancer!" Tang Ning replied with some embarrassment.
Scarlett replied nonchalantly: "It's okay, I'll take you with me when the time comes!"
Then he took a step closer and whispered: "By the way, I heard that General Li will come to this dance!"
"General Li? Which General Li?" Tang Ning didn't react for a moment.
"Who else could it be, General Lee? Of course it's General Robert Lee, the president of West Point Military Academy. Tony, haven't you heard of him?" Scarlett asked in surprise.
Tangning thought to herself: How could I not have heard of him? He was the commander-in-chief of the Union during the Civil War a few years ago, and he also had outstanding military exploits in the US-Mexican War a few years ago. But I really didn't know that he was actually at West Point.
If you put it this way, when the Civil War was fought a few years ago, many of the middle and senior generals on the opposite side were actually his students...
Although General Lee was the commander of the slave-owning army, he actually did not support slavery very much. The number of slaves under his own hands was always in the single digits. The only slaves he had left were for his father-in-law when he died. To be more precise, he left them for his wife.
He owned 63 slaves and freed them all after the time limit specified in his will.
But no matter what, Tangning would not let go of the opportunity to meet this legendary figure. Of course, even if he could not meet General Li, he would not refuse Scarlett's invitation.
"Tony, I'm leaving after this dance!" Scarlett suddenly said leisurely.
"Let's go? Where? Back to Georgia?" Tangning asked in surprise.
Scarlett shook her head and replied: "No, I want to go to Richmond to see my aunt, and then go back to Georgia!"
Then he said: "Tony, can you come to Georgia?" Then he added: "Well, I think there will be many people looking for you to install lights in Atlanta!" (Atlanta is the capital of Georgia)
"Then do you want me to go?" Tang Ning took a step closer and asked ambiguously.
"Of course!" Scarlett replied a little at a loss.
"For the beautiful Scarlett, I will definitely go!" Tangning said with a smile.
Maybe because she thought this scene was too ambiguous, Scarlett was a little shy: "That, that's good, I'll go back first, Tony!"
"Let me see you off!" After saying that, Tang Ning stood up.
Scarlett waved her hands repeatedly and said: "No, you can continue writing your novel, I'm still waiting to read it!" After saying that, Scarlett left quickly because she was a little afraid of what would happen if she continued to stay here.
what's up......
Looking at Scarlett's somewhat helpless figure, Tangning couldn't help but smile. In fact, he hadn't decided whether to marry Scarlett yet. After all, the two had only known each other for a short time and didn't know each other well enough. However, Scarlett gave him
The impression is quite good, especially for girls who grew up in southern families. They should be able to accept their husbands having many women, right?
PS: The Discipline Inspection Commission arranged a lot of work for me today, so I didn’t update it normally at three o’clock. I guess it will have to be like this for the next two days. I will try to save the manuscript at night!