Some reference experience for new authors
I've been writing a book for four years, and I've learned a little bit, but I can't talk about experience, after all, the results are not very good, but I think that new authors can take a lot of unnecessary detours, so I wrote it.
1: About the signing of the contract.
Those who chased this book earlier may know that I didn't sign a contract when I was 800,000 words. Or an author who is familiar with the editor asked for me, and then signed a contract.
My advice is that if you really like writing, it doesn't matter if you sign a contract or not. But if 200,000, or even 600,000, 800,000 have not signed a contract...... It is recommended to cut it.
When I write, what I think about is sharpening the knife and not chopping wood, no matter how bad the grades are, I insist on finishing the writing, rather than keep cutting the book, polishing a work, whether it is practicing or accumulating popularity, it is better than constantly opening a book.
But if you really have to wait for hundreds of thousands of contracts to be signed, it is basically impossible for the work to improve.
For example, when the editor gives a recommendation, the exposure rate soars, and 200,000 people put it on the shelves, and the book friends read the free chapter after reading it for half an hour, and then they subscribe, and the results are very good during the shelf, and then they are successfully promoted to the next recommendation.
And if 800,000 starts to be on the shelves, even if it is in a good recommendation position, the data will not be too good during the shelf, and the shelf time is so short, there will only be a small number of people who will subscribe after reading the 800,000 free words in a few days.
2: About the number of words coded per day.
If you have not signed a contract, it is recommended to ensure at least one update per day, which can basically ensure the retention of book friends, and the popularity will slowly accumulate. It is not advisable to change two or three chapters today and then not tomorrow, or a whole bunch of them every once in a while.
If you sign a contract and only want to get full attendance, it is recommended to code at least three chapters a day. Although full attendance only needs to be two shifts a day and each chapter is not less than 2,000 words (the rules of full attendance in the new contract have changed), there is a saying "the law is above, it is below, the law is in it, and it is under it." β
What does it mean?,With the goal of two more chapters a day.,Don't think about it.,There will definitely be some unexpected situations and break off full attendance.,Worked hard for a month.,The last day went wrong.,It's all gone.,It's all gone.,It's very affecting the mentality.γ
In the same way, if you plan to preach more 10,000 words a day, you have to set your target for 12,000 a day.
3: Codeword tool.
Generally just the next app on the line.,I'm using a mobile phone code.,Some authors use computers.,I haven't used it.,I don't know which of the two is fast.γ
However, I heard that there is a voice writing software, and the speed is fast! Able to speak (write) 6,000 words in an hour.
But I Baidu has a few voice software, either for a fee or I won't use it. You can find a useful resource to try it out.
4: Codeword speed.
Newcomers are relatively slow, and I don't know how long it took me to write 2,000 words when I first started, but after about a year, I can basically code 2,000 words an hour.
It is recommended to concentrate the code word time for one time, which is very efficient. It is not recommended to write a thousand in the morning and another thousand in the afternoon.
5: Pay special attention to typos.
It's a small question, but don't think it's a small one.
Back in junior high and high school, when I was most proficient in knowledge and skills, I wrote an 800-word essay as a check several times, and there were still individual typos.
As for online articles, because of the fast reading speed, one typo in 800 words is equivalent to a typo in a few seconds, which is extremely disruptive to the reading experience and unbearable.
The requirements for online typos, try to achieve 100,200,000 without a single typo, and this is not simple.
Speaking of checking for typos, everyone should have experience, and it is difficult to check the problem immediately after the article that has just been written. And if you check it again every other day, you can check it out almost 100%.
So try to save as many manuscripts as possible, and check the article more than ten days ago when it is published, so it is easy to check it out.
5: Misunderstandings that new authors, especially fanfiction authors, should be aware of.
I don't know why.,I, including me, see a lot of people when writing fanfiction.,I especially like to use "δΊ", this word, every sentence is used at the end, it's very poisonous.
When newcomers write essays, try to be more restrained, and don't use "anymore" if you can.
Similar words include "what", "bar", "ah" and the like, and the tone of these two-dimensional works is often used as particles, which should not appear too frequently.
6: Try to use as many environmental actions as possible to describe the demeanor and make the text rich.
Basically, most new authors fall into the misconception that an essay is full of names and dialogues from top to bottom, and that the legendary script-style writing is (laughs).
Example:
"I'm not going to throw in the towel." Uehara said.
"You can't be my opponent, enlighten!" Orochimaru sneered.
And if you add the description of the environment, it will become like this-
"I'm not going to throw in the towel." Uehara said, and the torrential rain poured on him, and he didn't move as if he was unaffected.
"You can't be my opponent, enlighten!" Orochimaru sneered, and several corpses of Iwa Shinobi lay at his feet, blood staining the rain red, which was soon diluted by more falling rain.
So let's add the description of the action and demeanor now, and it will become like this-
"I'm not going to throw in the towel." Uehara spat out a mouthful of blood, he wiped the rain from his face indiscriminately, staring at the big snake pill without flinching, the torrential rain poured on his body, he didn't move as if he was not affected.
"You can't be my opponent, enlighten!" Orochimaru stretched out his slender tongue to lick away the bitter blood, and he sneered, looking at Uehara as if he were looking at a dead corpse. At his feet lay the corpses of several Iwa Shinobi, blood staining the rain red, which was soon diluted by more rain.
This is the essence of the text, (of course, it is also the best Uyiha in hydrology!) But this kind of rich description of hydrology is actually very conscientious. οΌ
7: About book reviews.
I paid attention to chapter reviews and book reviews every day during my rookie period, saying that I didn't write well, scolding and so on.
Because I think other people's criticism is also important.
But later, when I went to find someone else's book to read, I found that I looked at the comment area first, and if there were one or two bad comments in the comment area, I just crossed it out. When I think about it, if there are one or two bad reviews in my comment area, I will dissuade passers-by.
After all, online articles belong to commodities, and the most important thing is to make money, so make sure that your book review area doesn't say all the praise, at least you can't let passing book friends see too many bad reviews.
8: About the feedback the author has received from readers.
New authors will position themselves according to the evaluation of book friends, whether the writing is good or not, where there are problems, etc.
But as far as my article is concerned, once I saw my article on a pirated app, they said that the protagonist's ability in the middle of my article was chaotic, the plot was chaotic, and so on, and I was shocked at the time, and I thought these problems were problems myself (because I quit my job during that time and couldn't find a job, and I thought that eunuchs didn't want to write it, so it was written very messily).
These book reviews that are very pertinent to the point of the work and directly point to the problem of the work generally do not appear at the starting point, which involves survivor bias, since the people who leave a message in the comment area of your work are basically people who think your work can be seen.
Therefore, if a new author wants to get feedback, he can take a look at it on multiple platforms.
9: About advertising.
Energetic and enthusiastic new authors must have the experience of advertising all over the world!
I wrote this book and advertised it at the earliest.,Add the Hokage sticker.,The Hokage group.,Send links every day.,But it succeeded in attracting the first readers of the book.γ
So let's share my not-so-glamorous advertising experience.
Pay attention to the books in each issue, such as category push, strong push, etc., and go to their book review area to post advertisements for your own books, but be polite. It is the norm for others to delete posts and ban words.
The second is to advertise in the comment area of similar works.
There is also the possibility of going to the fan base of the author of similar works to publish his own book, of course, with the author's consent.
If you have a lot of energy, there is a stronger way to promote it - go to similar books, read the other party's fan list, and reward the top 10 readers on the list in private chat one by one, and promote your book. Sincerely, the gold and stone are open.
11: Don't tell people any of your outlines.
I have my own more satisfying and even original plot, that is, the protagonist drains the water resources of the rain country to the wind country, and maintains a huge ninja alliance with water.
Then a rookie writer asked me for an outline, and I wanted to show off and tell him, and he wrote it in himself, before I did. Huh.
10: About the Hokage fandom.
My Hokage fanfic touched a lot of minefields.,For example, the start time is too early.,The protagonist is not Konoha and so on.γ
First of all, the problem of the opening time of the Naruto fandom, the starting time is too early, and the authors will encounter the dilemma that the protagonist is getting stronger and stronger, strong enough to change history, and the author doesn't want to change the plot too much.
For example, the protagonist was arranged to start the second ninja war, and after the third battle, the protagonist was at the shadow level, and the night of the Konoha Nine-Tails still happened.
The protagonist happens to be out and about? Isn't it a fool for the protagonist to go out even though he knows the plot? This is too deliberately blunt.
The protagonist is not strong enough? I lived two ninja wars and lived a lonely life.
And the most critical plot point of the Hokage is the night of the Nine Tails.
Personally, I think there are a variety of options for the start timing of the Hokage fandom.
One is that the protagonist was also born during the night of the Nine-Tails, followed the plot, and grew up with Naruto and others.
One is that the protagonist is slightly older than Naruto and takes the route of guiding Naruto. This opening suggests that the protagonist is about the same age as Kakashi, has a certain strength, and is not enough to change the plot of the Night of the Nine-Tails.
Of course, there are also those who start with the same generation as the three ninjas, but the start is so early, can the night of the nine tails make changes? If you change the key plot of Obito, the follow-up will require a lot of original plots from the author, and the workload will be large. And if you are the same generation as Jiraiya and others, and you still can't make changes by the time of the night of the Nine Tails, then the character creation will be a bit of a failure.
Personally, I think that the best way to start the Hokage should be the same generation as Kakashi, so that not only does he have his own growth to write, but also Naruto and others grow up to write, and you can also add the elements of running a farming bun. For example, collect blood and form your own ninja organization. And if it was the same generation as Naruto, there wouldn't be much of a hegemony stream routine to write. Let Naruto form a faction? Apparently impossible.
Therefore, Kakashi's ninja generation has the best starting timeline, that is, he does not have to deliberately avoid the plot of the Night of the Nine-Tails, but he can also write about his own growth, form his own forces and farm layout, and also guide Naruto, so that there is too much to write in addition to fighting, and it is easy to write a million words.
Also, I personally think that "painting style" is very important. Write fandom, character dialogue lines try to match the original painting style, such as, "Naruto, you don't have to worry. This kind of straightforward and simple description is like, "Naruto, you can rest easy." "It's a good description. Although the latter is well-written, you must know that there is no such idiom in Japan, so it is very disobedient.
The rest is named.
When I wrote this book, I was writing about other ninja villages, and I needed a lot of original characters, so I racked my brains to come up with a name.
Then I suddenly found that the more weird the name, the more in line with the Hokage's painting style, and then I casually typed a pinyin, and kept pulling down, looking for the most strange and strange words to name, Hinata ζ±’ (tu), η (ya), fog and thunder hidden, Tuba (ke), worship book, η, these names are all from me looking for rare words, sure enough, the painting style is partially in line, but too much. I came up with a bunch of unintelligible names, and I was complained about by my book friends.
So if you need a lot of original characters, you can refer to my method, which is also applicable to naming ninjutsu.
For example, to create a thunderbolt. The art of sealing thunder, it is decent, you might as well name it Lei Dun. The technique of thunder sealing hell, the technique of wind and wind blowing, changed to the technique of wind and wind whistling, although it is weird, but this is the style of Hokage's painting.
In the end, it is recommended that Naruto fanjin Konoha start, and other ninja village openings need to be too original.