After Sun Quan finished lunch, he went back upstairs and turned on his computer. When he logged in to the starting point, he was pleased to see that his "Ring of the Immortal Dragon" had destroyed Disha's "Fake Hero".
Rushed to the fourth position in the overall list.
At this point, there are only three books left above "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon".
When he was in a good mood, he casually browsed the homepage of Qidian. As an online writer, paying attention to popular topics and works is a habit he has developed over the years.
This habit enables him to grasp the popular trend of Internet articles in each period, so as not to be eliminated by the times because of long-term behind-the-scenes writing.
Before his rebirth, in the more than ten years he had been in this industry, he had seen too many great masters who were abandoned by readers because their writing methods were too outdated.
Especially during the period from 2018 to 2019, Sun Quan saw each of the great gods in his mind rush to his grandma's house after opening a new book.
For example, if you don't tell anyone, it's easy to offend people.
He remembered that in those two years, the new books published by the great masters who once led the Internet literary trend were all stable. From Sun Quan's perspective at the time, those great masters had not actually regressed, and they were still performing normally at their original level.
However, the popularity of their new book is very bleak.
Some big names who want to show their face will brush some data to decorate their appearance so that they don't look so miserable, but Sun Quan can tell whether the abnormal data is brushed or not as soon as he looks at it.
He has thought about the reasons why those great masters are rushing to the market, and has also read the comments in the book review sections and author forums of those great masters' new books. He came to the conclusion that the writing methods of those great masters are outdated and are still at the level of a few years ago.
It's old-fashioned, the writing habits are old-fashioned, and the ideas are also those that were popular a few years ago, including the plot advancement routines they use, which are nothing new.
To put it simply, they are still stuck at the level they were at a few years ago and have not made appropriate changes as the popular trends have changed.
Sun Quan remembered that a top master once said: Those who write novels must first give up the habit of reading novels before they can gradually achieve success.
That's probably what it means.
When Sun Quan first heard this statement, he felt a little inferior because he had never been able to quit the habit of reading novels.
At the time, he thought so.
This is what he thinks: If I can quit reading novels, my daily typing volume will definitely double, and I will no longer be a shameful cripple; if I can quit reading novels, maybe I will have time to read the Internet.
Writings other than literature absorb nutrients other than online writing, and finally have the effect of using other stones to attack jade; if I can quit reading novels, maybe I will have time to think about more issues in writing techniques, and
Have more time to think about the characters and plots of your works...
Then he tried to quit reading novels.
It was very hard for him to quit reading novels. During the time when he quit reading novels, he felt that his writing skills seemed to have improved, and his ideological realm seemed to have risen to a higher level.
A few months later, he published a new book.
He did see the results of his quitting reading novels - he failed miserably.
Since then, he has never thought about giving up his habit of reading novels.
The topic has gone too far, so let’s get back to the topic.
Sun Quan, who was casually browsing the home page of Qidian, was suddenly stunned.
Because he saw a sequel to a famous book - "Ghost Lantern 2" - on the front page of the promotion, he paid special attention to the author's name - Ba Xia.
He was naturally familiar with the title "Ghost Lamp".
In 2006, when he was just reborn, he saw the end of the first part of "Ghost Lantern". By the time his book "My Decathlon" was put on the shelves, the first part of "Ghost Lantern" was finished.
Therefore, when "My Decathlon" competed for the monthly votes list, it never met the first "Ghost Lantern".
But in his memory before his rebirth, the first "Ghost Lantern" was very popular, directly leading to a menacing tomb robbing craze in the online literature world.
It can be said that Qidian’s theme of tomb robbing was inspired by “Ghost Lantern”.
Before "Ghost Lantern", none of Qidian's tomb-robbing novels had become popular.
As soon as "Ghost Lantern" came out, a large number of authors writing on the subject of tomb robbing appeared like mushrooms after a spring rain, including websites other than Qidian, which also created a trend of tomb robbing.
Sun Quan still remembers that a few years before he was reborn, the story of "Ghost Lantern" was made into a movie and a TV series, and was hailed by many as the number one IP on the Internet.
He had read the beginning of this book two or three times.
He was always put off by the first-person writing in the opening chapter, so he was not a fan of the original work, but he had watched "The Secret of the Dragon", the most successful movie at the box office and word-of-mouth.
Quite like it.
Therefore, when he suddenly saw "Ghost Lantern 2" at the starting point of the big push, he was stunned.
Because he is not a fan of the original work of this book, he has never paid attention to whether there is a sequel to this book before.
In his impression, "Ghost Lantern" is just "Ghost Lantern", there is nothing 1,2.
But with a copy of "Ghost Lantern 2" placed before him, he could only admit that this was the truth.
Partly curious about the popularity of this sequel, he clicked on the page of this book.
Then he clicked on the author's name and found the first part of "Ghost Lantern" under the author's name.
Comparing the various data of the two books together, it was found that the data of "Ghost Lantern 2" are much worse than the first one.
He then shook his head, feeling a little pity for the author of this book.
Because the first part of "Ghost Lantern" was completed with only 900,000 words written.
A book that was so popular during the serialization period only contains these few words?
If we put it a few years later, the starting point, no! What is the most popular way of writing in the entire Internet literary circle?
As long as a book can still make money, one should keep writing it. Until readers foam at the mouth, give up and leave, the author will still continue writing.
At that time, it was normal to write four to five million words for an online novel, and there was a lot of writing for one or two million words. Anyway, for the author, as long as he continued to update, he could continue to make money, and he did not have to bear the burden of writing after the completion.
The Risks of Opening a New Book: Why take the risk of opening a new book when you can easily make money?
Compared with those works with tens of millions of words, the first part of "Ghost Lantern" is less than one million words long, which seems too honest.
Sun Quan himself is not a person who likes to write a book indefinitely, but even so, he still felt that the first "Ghost Lantern" was too short.
If you write twice as many words, you can earn more money!
Have a grudge against money?
The current word count of "Ghost Lantern 2" is not even over one million, and Sun Quan doesn't know if this great master Ba Xia will finish it early again.
But soon, he noticed that "Ghost Lantern 2" seemed to have a lot of monthly votes this month.
"Ghost Lantern 2" - 2218 votes.
Looking at its ranking this month, it turned out to be 11th...
Sun Quan frowned.
I suddenly had a bad feeling in my heart. Could it be that "Ghost Lantern 2" will hit the monthly ticket list this month?
"No way?"
He frowned and recalled carefully, but he couldn't remember whether "Ghost Lantern 2" had reached the top three in the monthly ticket list in the original time and space.
After all, he never really followed the original work of the "Ghost Lantern" series back then.
Just click on the catalog page of "Ghost Lantern 2".
He suddenly saw a few familiar words in front of the title of the latest chapter of this book - Nu Qing Xiangxi.
The reason why he is familiar with these four words is because he cannot remember the exact time in the two years before his rebirth. Anyway, he remembers that there was a period of time when a TV series "Ghost Lantern" had the four words "Nu Qing Xiangxi" in its name.
words, and after the TV series started airing, authors frequently appeared on the author forum claiming to blow up the show.
He categorically claimed that this drama was shot very conscientiously and was very good to watch.
Because he was not a fan of the original book, Sun Quan did not watch the show during that time, but the words "Angry Qing Xiangxi" were forced into his mind by the authors who wanted to blow up the show.
It's the kind that you can't forget even if you want to.
At this time, he really felt a little unsure.
Since the plot of "Nu Qing Xiangxi" can be made into a TV series and it is so successful, it is obvious that the plot written in the original work must be wonderful.
That……
Will "Ghost Lantern 2" really hit the monthly ticket rankings this month?
With this worry in mind, Sun Quan went to look at the review section of this book again.
After flipping through several pages of comments in the book review section, he discovered a phenomenon: there were suddenly a lot more readers commenting on this book in the review section recently, and almost all of them were discussing the plot of Nu Qing Xiangxi.
After exiting the book review area, Sun Quan went to click on the entire monthly ticket list, and sure enough, he saw "Ghost Lantern 2" at the 11th position.
Shaking his head slightly, he sighed.
Then he cheered up again. At least his "Ring of the Immortal Dragon" is currently several rankings higher than this book. "Ghost Lantern 2" is not the first "Ghost Lantern" after all. It should not be as popular as the first "Ghost Lantern"
It was so great during the ministry.
Let’s keep an eye on this book’s monthly ticket performance in the coming period!
…
After gathering his thoughts, Sun Quan opened the document and prepared to code.
But facing the blank document, he still didn't type the first word. The words "Ghost Lantern 2" and "Nu Qing Xiangxi" kept flashing in his mind.
After a while, he suddenly closed the blank document, called up the saved manuscript of "The Ring of the Immortal Dragon" from his computer, and found the recently serialized episode.
He actually squinted his eyes and began to check the saved manuscript of this plot little by little.
I would revise a few words from time to time, and occasionally delete a small section of less important details.
He is refining this plot.
…
That evening, when he refreshed the Qidian monthly ticket list again, he saw that "Ghost Lantern 2" had rushed to ninth place on the monthly ticket list.
"Sure enough, it's coming fiercely..."
Sun Quan was a little emotional.
He remembered that the author Ba Xia was very slow in updating, often only updating a chapter every two or three days. But with such an updating speed, a sequel could even reach the top ten in Qidian's monthly ticket list.
…
Two days later.
Sun Quan discovered that "Ghost Lantern 2" has reached the eighth position on the overall list.
…
Four more days later.
"Ghost Lantern 2" rushed to seventh place on the overall list.
The speed increase is not very fast, but it is quite steady.