Because of this problem, I am a little tired, but it is related to everyone’s money issue, so I will make one last explanation, which is the last time.
I choose representative book reviews and post them, but please note that I am not targeting anyone, because this book friend’s thoughts are probably also the thoughts of many book friends who have this question.
Because I once read that one of my book friends went to another book to scold me for being less than 3,000 words, not updating in a timely manner, and being incomparable with other authors in terms of character. Therefore, no matter how beautiful the writing is, it still doesn’t matter. To be honest, I feel a little sad.
Okay, enough nonsense, let’s open the post.
Question: I have been following you from Tianya to Tieba and come to grind iron. I have been subscribing to your books, but I recently found that each of your chapters is about 2,600 words, while a chapter of other books is more than 3,000 words. , you are missing 10%+ content in one chapter. At the same time, I found that although one of your chapters is about 2,600 words, it is never less than 2,500 words. I estimate that in that case, it will be billed as 2,000 words. I don’t know if you estimated or didn’t pay attention. I believe that Uncle San would not do such dirty things, but I always feel uncomfortable. If Uncle San feels that 3 coins per thousand words is too little, he can add more money, but this This kind of cutting corners and missing the mark really makes me despise it. Third uncle, can you explain it to me
My answer: Oh, actually if possible, I only want to write 1,500 words per chapter, just like the update on Tianya. Unfortunately, each chapter cannot be uploaded here if it is less than 2,500 words, and my chapters are all arbitrary. If I remember well, there are also chapters of 3,400 words. I wonder if you are satisfied with this explanation? If I want to cram in 3,000 words, I can write a lot of unnecessary nonsense, I can sigh, I can write ah, ah, and add a few punctuation points. Finally, I said that in order to update in a timely manner, I refused many requests, such as publishing. Updating too quickly would have consequences, so I could only write additional extras to protect the interests of the publisher. In addition, there is no compensation for the extras. In addition, there will be several extras once written.
Additional questions and statistics: This has nothing to do with timely updates. I think if you really want to, you don’t have to make up 3,000 words. You can write a little more content in the next chapter. As for your 3,400 chapter, I have read the last few chapters. Weekly update did not find even 3,000. It’s also natural to spend money to read books. If you update in time, we will spend money in time. If you don’t update, we won’t spend money. As for if you cram in the word count, it will definitely affect the quality of the book and the readership will be lost. As for your extra story. We can't see it and it has nothing to do with us. You wrote it for publication. It has nothing to do with us reading books. Do we have to spend money to see the extras you wrote? So don’t say anything else. We paid for 3,000 words. We don’t ask you to write more. At least 3,000 words should be about the same.
I have counted the word count of your last 144 chapters. You can take a look and speak with your conscience.
Number of chapters 12 4 17 25 50 36
Word count 3000 )00 (00 '00 2600 2500
I don't mean that you have to write to 3000. I just want you to admit that your word count is not enough.
My answer: How do you want me to answer this question? Because I have never said that I guarantee that the number of words per chapter will be 3,000 words. I have explained it several times, and I have never failed to admit or face this problem. I said that I write each chapter casually. Doesn’t your statistics also illustrate the problem? Thank you for your thoughtfulness, or maybe you think your money is not worth spending. After all, no one’s money is blown by the wind, and you have the right to ask for an explanation for your own consumption. I absolutely respect you. Well, you can choose to wait a little and go to a place that doesn't cost money to watch it. In this case, your anger may calm down. Sorry, it is difficult for me to change this issue, because each chapter has its own chapter integrity, and it is difficult for me to destroy this integrity by writing a little bit of the content of the next chapter. Let me say this to you again. I'm sorry, because this is my personal insistence, otherwise I wouldn't have people mention this issue again and again. As for you saying that the extra chapter has nothing to do with the update of Iron Grinding, your opinion is reasonable, but the extra chapter does take up a lot of my time. If possible, I can indeed choose to postpone the update of Iron Grinding. As you said, if I update, you spend money; if I don’t update, you don’t spend money. But if I plan to write 00,000 words, if I finish it in one year, it will still be 00,000 words, and if I finish it in two years, it will be 00,000 words, then the money will be the same. I finished it in two years, so I don’t need to write extras because I have more time. Do you think it has anything to do with timely updates? Finally, you said that by shortening the number of words, readers will be lost. I can only say that I didn’t understand this circle before, but after I did, I can only say haha.
The above is the entire conversation, not a word is missed. Although this is my one-third of an acre of land and everyone has the right to speak, I will not deliberately obscure the details because it is not good for me.
Everyone probably understands the matter. Let me finally share my thoughts.
Since I wrote this book, I have actually been criticized a lot. Some people doubted my identity, some people said I was pretentious, some people said I was slutty, some people said my writing was not as good as before, and even... I won’t go into that.
From the initial anger, confusion, grievance, and refutation to the current disregard, I have indeed gone through a lot of mental journeys. There is a saying that goes well, if you are wandering in the rivers and lakes, how can you not avoid getting stabbed.
As for me, people are sharpening their skills when writing, so it’s hard not to get criticized. Once you get used to it, things will get better. People won’t say anything about many things if you don’t defend them, because you can’t unify everyone’s ideas.
But I can’t ignore the questions raised by my friends above, because if I don’t explain them, I will be the kind of liar who is short on weight. This problem has risen to a very high level.
Regarding this friend's question, I have already answered it in the book review area, and everyone knows my attitude. I emphasize again that I never ask everyone to support the original version. Everyone should know this. And if you insist on stealing, there are also places where you can read books for free if you are not stealing. Anyone who feels that the money is not worth the money can read it for free.
On Uncle Ya's side, a friend once said, "Uncle San, why don't you post the chapters every time you update? We went to search for it and wanted to spend money to read it, but we couldn't find the correct chapter." My answer is just for you to read for free. What does it mean to post chapters? I never thought of letting you sharpen iron. This is probably the case. I have friends here at Uncle Ya who can help me prove it.
Some people say that I am short of money. So, please tell me, this is not a certain point. My book is not a typical online novel. So, which one is more important, publishing or electronic version? All fools know it!
If a book buyer finds that the book has been updated to a very late version on the Internet, will he still buy the later books? I discussed this issue with the editor-in-chief, and I made two points. First, Tianya is constantly being updated. Second, I want to ensure updates here.
The editor-in-chief said that would be a big loss, so the final result of the negotiation was to write a side story. You should know that for every copy sold in publishing, I have to pay tax.
If there are friends here who know about publishing, they all know how much a little extra can make up for it? If I also stop updating, if I simply write this book for five years or something, the electronic version will not have any impact, because the number of words will always be there, and it will also bring a large number of readers because of publication, or, that is the electronic version What a fart
I actually want to disclose my income here, but that would offend all authors. After all, this kind of thing is also very taboo in society.
But I want to say that this is a lot of income, but I don’t have to do it. I don’t make a living by writing books. If I don’t write books, my money can allow me to live comfortably.
It’s my promise not to overdo it, not to finish it, and to update it in a timely manner. I feel a little tired after doing this all the time. It is very hard to update every day. I am not professional and the quality has declined, and everyone can see it.
I don’t dare to stop updating for everyone. I always feel that I owe it. The only thing I can change is myself. I will work hard to adjust and insist on finishing this book.
Sometimes I wonder, if I didn’t publish it as I wrote it, but spent a few years finishing it before publishing it, would this book be more perfect
But I have no regrets. What I want to express is never the gods and ghosts, but all the emotions and moods in the book, and to correct everyone's misunderstanding that Taoism is about dancing to the great gods.
I should have done this.
thank you all.