Editor Guo Mu's life has finally become more regular recently.
I go to work normally during the day, review manuscripts, and arrange layout. In short, I have to make arrangements for everything.
After all, I now have a popular author with two popular pen names, and it’s time to earn some performance.
This kind of life is much easier than reviewing manuscripts for the website every day some time ago. At that time, she and her husband were working alone, and they were exhausted every day.
But now that the website is on the right track, she only needs to find a way to publish it, and the workload will naturally become much easier.
But despite this relaxation, editor Guo Mu always felt uncomfortable.
Especially when she looks at the manuscripts sent by the editor below, she can always find some problems.
I looked around all morning, but I couldn't find a story that was published in a magazine.
This is impossible!
You must know that these manuscripts have been reviewed by editors, and each of them has screened out the works that they think are excellent. Generally speaking, there is no problem in making up a magazine page.
But now, I look around at Guo Mu, but why can’t I find anything that suits my needs?
Is it possible that my taste has become unpopular nowadays?
…
Guomu also smiled bitterly.
That’s right, why is there no one that suits your needs?
It's all Ding Wei's fault.
I have to let myself review manuscripts for the website. The manuscripts submitted to the website are certainly more bottomless than those received by magazines, and sometimes they are so rubbish that they contain typos.
But at the same time, there are also excellent products.
From being disdainful at the beginning, she has now become a serious follower of updates and has now developed a habit of checking the website regularly every day.
Going down the list, the more I look at it, the more I feel that my busy work in the past period has been worthwhile.
It must be said that this is also the fate of Dreamweaver Literature Network.
The website has just started to be promoted, and the first few writers have their own strengths.
Apart from anything else, although there are still a lot of shortcomings that can be picked out, Guomu feels that two of the books, from writing to plot to rhythm, are very suitable for serialization in magazines.
A book called "The Starry Sky of the Future" coincides with Jing Ranyouxian's "The Starry Sky of the Great Era". The two complement each other and will definitely create another wave of popularity.
There is also a book called "My Life in the Ocean".
Witty language and sophisticated writing style. Although the author doesn't update it much, is this a problem for a serialized magazine?
At the same time, the book "The Power of Rebirth" is also good.
It's just that overall it's a bit childish, so it would be difficult to serialize it in "The Floating World". However, given the rhythm and style of the writing, it's quite appropriate to serialize it in "Youth".
It just so happens that "Youth" is currently serializing Xiao Bailian's "I Am the Best Sister-in-Law" by Xiao Bailian. Wouldn't it be better to have another slap-in-the-face novel about a scumbag?
Thinking of this, Guomu couldn't help but sigh.
——As expected, once you have a career, writing is not so important.
According to Ding Wei's previous speed, she can definitely squeeze out 30,000-50,000 words a day.
But now that a month has passed, I won’t talk about the progress of "I Am the Best Sister-in-Law". There are many manuscripts for this one, so I don’t have to worry about it for the time being.
But another book, "I Am the Female CEO", which is being prepared to take over from Mermaid's "High Price Engagement", is now only serialized to 110,000 words.
For ordinary authors, updating two books at the same time is a fast progress.
But for Ding Wei, this is already a fall!
Regarding this, Ding Wei also wanted to sigh in her heart.
Is it because she doesn’t want to make up stories to trick people?
It’s Lao Wang who won’t let me!
Not only Lao Wang, he also teamed up with old friends from several colleges, including Professor Wu who taught history, and now they all made a book list for Ding Wei.
Among them, Professor Lao Wu is indispensable.
He thought that it was rare for Lao Wang to have a student he admired. Recently, he kept showing off his tall grandson in front of him, and he no longer tried to argue with him.
Come to think of it, I was also shocked.
Just thinking about it makes Professor Wu feel so happy!
Sure enough, you have to have children and grandchildren.
Therefore, I work harder and harder.
When I made a book list for Ding Wei, there were more than a dozen books to add.
If Ding Wei found out, she really wanted to go back in time and slap herself——
I told you to make trouble, but you still want to trick Lao Wang!
Now it's good, a chain reaction, I am the one at the bottom of the pit.
…
Guomu didn't know how difficult it was for Ding Wei to study now, so he just sighed deeply.
Now, when I look at the manuscripts at hand that are not up to standard in my own eyes, Guomu thinks about it and feels that his vision of reviewing manuscripts has changed.
But, probably not!
She still seems to enjoy the fine works serialized in magazines now. Things written by authors with deep knowledge are of course different.
Although the pen names of Jingran Youwei and Xiaobailian are now making a lot of money, from a professional perspective, there are also one or two serialized stories by veteran authors who cooperate with magazines.
Although the sales of the stories they wrote were not as good as those of Ding Wei, and their popularity was not as good as theirs, they were worth her careful reading two or three times...
Guomu stayed where he was.
At this moment, she suddenly had a vague feeling in her mind, and she felt the boundaries and differences between the so-called traditional literature and online literature.
However, Guomu didn't think there was any problem with this.
Times are changing, and so are people's preferences.
"Many years ago, everyone loved the four great classics. How many of them can read Chinese today?"
"The story itself is to entrust the author's thoughts and serve the public. It would be the most stupid thing to restrict it by any literary rules and regulations."
"As long as it's popular, as long as it's not immoral, as long as it complies with laws and regulations. What a bum, what a lowly person...
In the end, it all depends on whether the readers like it or not.
Guomu took a deep breath, discarded the messy thoughts in his mind, sat down again, took out the messy manuscripts that he had picked on, and carefully considered them one by one.
At the same time, she dug out some of the more friendly publishers she worked with on a daily basis, and now posted the beginnings of several online novels she had selected.
Needless to say, with the current popularity of the publishing market, there is no problem with the storytelling rhythm of these novels. In addition, the word count of these novels basically exceeds 300,000 words, so the first or second volume can already be published.
If the publisher appreciates this style of writing, I'm afraid they can negotiate...
that is……
Guomu was a little hesitant.
——If you want to publish this kind of novel serialized online, how can you raise the price?
Regardless of whether it is online literature or traditional literature, in the end it will still take the path of publishing.
Guomu thought to himself: If you do this, you will be able to earn a lifelong job!
