August 12th is coming, that is, tomorrow, "Heavy Trucks and Chariots in the End Times" will be on the shelves.
Thanks to the help of the editor Yuanzheng, I immersed myself in writing the book and he arranged recommendations. In one and a half months, I gained a lot. Thanks also to my friends Du Yu and Mi Mi for their help in recommending it, I embarked on the path of writing science fiction.
I have written several entertainment novels before, and I also tried to write other subjects, such as fantasy, fairy tales, sports and other themes, but I felt that I was not in that state several times and was fixed on entertainment articles.
Writing science fiction is a wonderful coincidence. Before writing this book, I had already submitted it to Winnie, the editor-in-chief of Urban Literature.
This is a novel about live streaming, combining entertainment and farming.
But I was very conflicted at the time. I had already written several books about entertainment articles, but they had not made much progress. I was very resistant to continuing to write entertainment articles. There was a book shortage in 2014. It has been nearly three years since I started writing and became an author. To be honest, I have not written even one novel that I am proud of.
I always write entertainment novels, but I can never write more satisfactory results.
The one that I put the most effort into is probably the novel "The Legend of the Dragon Player". It took half a year to collect the entire preparation materials. Basically, it can be said that every character has a prototype and I did not make it up out of thin air. But the funny thing is that the reviews are really good, but the subscription score is the worst.
Sometimes I feel that life is so absurd, you can’t get what you pay for.
Talent, talent, and talent are far more valuable than your hard work.
It is said that success is one percent inspiration and ninety-nine percent diligence, but no one says the second half. One percent inspiration is more important than ninety-nine percent diligence.
When I wrote one million words, I asked myself, apart from being tired, what else have I gained
So "The Legend of the Dragon Player" ended in a hurry.
After it ended, I had the intention of giving up writing entertainment novels, because I really felt that I didn’t have the talent to write entertainment novels, and maybe I didn’t have the talent to write either.
After thinking about it over and over again, I wrote the beginning of a book on cultivation, sent it to the editor, and was shot, but it didn’t pass.
After worrying for a long time, I still couldn't give up my dream of writing, so I went back to my old way of writing entertainment articles and wrote "Restarting the First Year of High School". The concept of "Restarting the First Year of High School" can be said to have been a routine from the beginning. In order to write good entertainment articles, I read many popular novels of the same type. It is true that by writing according to the routine, my grades improved.
After writing one million words, the passion was gone, and I realized that there were routines besides routines. Indeed, after one million words, if I wanted to write, I could continue to write another million words.
When writing a novel at Qidian, as long as the 24-hour subscription does not drop to 500, you can continue because the previous additions can ensure income. At that time, the average order for "Restarting the First Year of High School" was 2,500, and the 24-hour follow-up order was 1,500. The results were pretty good, and the monthly salary was several thousand yuan, which was higher than the salary at work.
It's just a pity that when readers start urging you to end, it's really time to end.
I was dissatisfied with "Restarting the First Year of High School" from the very first chapter. It was not a book that I carefully crafted, it was just a text piled up one by one. I finished it on impulse.
Then I thought about it for a long time.
If there is anything satisfying about these two books, it is that I have a group of book friends who like my novels. This is something to be happy about, because the fruits of your labor have been recognized by others, and it cannot be said to be a failure. This also gave me a lot of confidence to continue writing.
So a new book came, called "King of Wilderness Live Broadcasting", which had been in the works for a long time. At that time, live broadcasting articles had just become popular in foreign websites, and there were only a few books in the starting point. I like this book I wrote because I have been watching live broadcasts for a long time. If I were not an introvert, I think it is possible for me to do live broadcasts.
But after submitting the manuscript to editor Winnie, I suddenly felt empty.
I feel very confused because I don’t know when I started to resist writing entertainment novels. I happened to see the news about the filming of "Transformers 5" at that time, and suddenly I wanted to write a story about Transformers.
Feel sorry.
It's a spoiler, but it actually doesn't matter. After seeing the previous content, everyone basically has their own guesses.
So while Winnie was reviewing the manuscript, I started to work on this idea. I wanted to write about an old driver driving around in the apocalypse, and in the end the car turned into a Transformer. So I discussed this inspiration with other authors in the group, and everyone was surprised that I went to write science fiction.
But the inspiration came out and it was out of control.
As a last impulse, I contacted the science fiction editor Yuan Zheng. Yuan Zheng said that since you are an old author, you should have no problem mastering the subject matter. Come on... So I wrote it.
The first 20,000 words submitted at that time were all written in a short time, and the outline was only a general concept.
While waiting for the expedition review, I carefully organized the outline and completed the inspiration. To be honest, I was really satisfied with the inspiration at the time. I felt that this was the one percent I lacked.
Writing, writing because of interest, is full of motivation.
I told Winnie that I would no longer write about cities. Winnie was very embarrassed at that time... A veteran author who had been writing entertainment articles for three years went to write science fiction.
It's all an adventure.
At least at Qidian, there are very few authors who can successfully transform, and they are still authors like me who are on the verge of breaking out.
But there is no turning back. When I feel that I have found one percent of myself, it is enough for me to fight hard.
I waited for a few days for a reply from the expedition.
Although I don’t know if I can write well, I don’t know if it will be popular, but it is unlikely to be popular.
Signing.
On June 27, the heavy truck was uploaded.
In the first week, the results can only be said to be so-so. The subject matter changed too much. A group of old book friends left, and only a few stayed to wait and see. What was very sad at the time was that an old book friend gave me a reward, and then said, "Old Bai, the book is not good, I'm leaving." He really left, and even left the QQ group.
For a writer who is on the verge of breaking out, there are not many true fans he can gain from writing a book. If one of them leaves, he will lose one.
feeling bad.
But now that I have written it and signed the contract, I can’t look back. I can only hope that I will be rewarded if I write it carefully!
As we all know, science fiction is not a popular category in Qidian. Compared with the cities I wrote about before, the traffic gap is huge. I'm already prepared for the new book issue to be uninterested, and I'm looking forward to the results starting when I reach 100 words.
But in the next two weeks, the heavy truck recommendation was relatively good, and the collection grew well, reaching 20,000. Then it was recommended on Sanjiang, and then strongly recommended on the main website. New readers came every day. The number of recommended votes increased to more than 2,000 in a day, and the peak was close to 4,000 in a day.
Rewards, collections, recommendations, and clicks all increased dramatically.
The results were the best among my several books during the public period, so good that I felt it was a bit exaggerated.
What's more, almost every day, a large number of book friends leave messages in book reviews to encourage me or discuss the plot. Some book reviews even have hundreds of replies. Heavy Truck cannot be said to be popular. Compared with popular books, it is far from popular, but it does have a group of book friends who like it, cherish it, and look forward to it.
Due to the word count, I was unable to catch up with the release on August 1st. After that, I waited for two weeks, suppressed the plot for two weeks, and was bored for two weeks. Finally, it will be released tomorrow.
The current collection of heavy trucks is 3w7+, the clicks are 28w+, and the recommendation votes are 8w9+. I don’t know how many people this result means will subscribe tomorrow. Subscription is the only criterion for results. The only thing I can do is to explode when it is put on the shelves. Wave, and then if you have the chance, compete for the top ten in the new book monthly ticket list.
Therefore, I will not say any more nonsense or sensational words. Next, I will update my plan, and I will use the update to exchange for results!
It will be released on the morning of the 12th. Tomorrow’s guarantee will be ten updates, and there will be a guarantee of three updates every day.
One update will be added for every 100 monthly votes; one update will be added for every reward received from the leader or above; if the first 24-hour subscription (vip subscription for the first chapter) exceeds 3,000, one update will be added for every two hundred more; if all orders are 2,000, each update will be added One more update will be added for every one hundred thousand more recommendation votes; one update will be added for every one hundred thousand more clicks.
This is a promise, and by the time this book is finished, this promise will work!
No words can express my feelings at this moment.
But we have to take this step after all.
tomorrow morning!
On the shelves!
Subscription, monthly pass!
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