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I wrote this article because Qidian divided the new book potential list into two lists in order for newcomers to have more opportunities to show their views. However, there are still many newcomers who have taken annoying approaches, and there are also many newcomers who still don’t know where their problems are. So I think writing something that can be useful for newcomers.

If the writing skills of Qidian authors are divided into levels, I can probably be considered a medium or low-level second-tier author. Maybe I should be considered a relatively high-level author among the third-tier authors. With the quality of writing alone, I think many newcomers are better than me. But as the deputy editor-in-chief of Qidian editorial department, Shanda Entertainment, the editor-in-chief of the novel, and the participant of Qidian's multiple systems, I think I have been watching Qidian's development in recent years with a relatively objective perspective, looking at Qidian's large number of works, and the mistakes that newcomers often repeat.

When talking about my identity, I don’t want to show off. I want to explain that such an identity makes my reading at Qidian more targeted. When I look at works, it’s not simply good-looking or not, but whether the works have commercial value.

I will write some of my experiences on topic selection, outline, character shaping, plot rhythm, Qidian editorial department work methods, the effects of various lists, and how the author can develop Qidian better, hoping that it will be helpful to the new author.

This guide to newbies in the Internet author is aimed at commercial authors who like to write and hope to exchange for a stable and good profit. Authors who want to write works that have been remembered forever, authors who write prose and poetry, etc. This article is of no use to you.

I dare not say how helpful the things I wrote are to a new author, but even if a new author can benefit from these things, it is worth it. A few years ago, I was in poverty and could hardly write anymore. But fortunately, my enthusiastic friends on the Internet helped me through the difficulties, so I have a good working environment and a good income now. Therefore, I firmly believe that friends who like to write, work hard and have the talent to write should not be able to obtain appropriate material returns after hard work. Internet authors, when we write, we should also get material returns because of our writing. This is our right.

This article is dedicated to newcomers who work hard to make their lives by relying on writing.

The first article of online writing: idea.

To establish ideas, that is, to choose the topic you want to write.

Many authors ignore topic selection, but they like to write such topics recently. However, topic selection is the foundation of author writing. Any author has his own style as his writing. This style will have a considerable impact on the popularity of the work because of the topic selection of the work. For example, Mr. Lan Jing has beautiful and cumbersome writing, and uses a nearly translator writing method. His understanding of the history and culture of the European Middle Ages has made his writing style complement his European Middle Ages theme structure. Among online works, Mr. Lan Jing's works are the most outstanding in describing the political and cultural atmosphere of the European Middle Ages.

He has not been able to imitate his writing style on the Internet. So although he uses vest blood coral to write the Demonic Thieves, any reader who has read his work can determine the identity of the author within a few chapters. The most popular author of Qidian, Mr. Xuehong, has the biggest feature of his work, which is a kind of slut and unrestrainedness. Just like Maradona's fans, this slutty feeling makes the protagonists of the same type as other people's works always make readers feel more happy. However, it also causes the protagonists in his works, whether they are gods and demons, dragons or evil winds, whether they are Chinese, foreigners, ancient and modern people, the protagonists always seem to make people feel the same personality.

Until now, many new authors still hold on to Mr. Xuehong, who just wrote early and caught up with luck. If I had written rebellious works at that time, I would have been famous even if I wrote so quickly. This mentality is as often said by Chinese directors. I could also shoot the Lord of the Rings Star Wars. But our best director can only shoot Wuji after getting the money.

If you say a little bit off topic, and when you get back to the topic, how can newcomers choose the subject that suits them?

In theory, there is no suitable topic for new people, but only the author. It does not say which topic is suitable for the elderly and which topic is suitable for new people. However, for new authors who aim for commercial writing, some topics are still not suitable for touching when they first entered the industry.

I personally think that for newcomers who do not have certain writing experience and confidence, the first book should not touch the three major categories of martial arts, science fiction, and reasoning. Most readers who read books grew up reading martial arts books. Martial arts are the first, and there are countless classics. But the most important thing is that the routines and character creation of martial arts are well known to most readers. I understand that newcomers have a dream of martial arts, after all, the world is an eternal dream in the hearts of Chinese people. However, it is too difficult for newcomers to write good martial arts, especially long martial arts, to be too difficult. If you really can't let it go, it's really hard for newcomers to write good martial arts, especially long martial arts.

The dream of martial arts is to package the martial arts written. For example, the essence of "Zhu Xian" is martial arts romance, but it is used as fairy tale. "Ultimate Hell" uses online games to package martial arts, and has achieved excellent success. Another shortcut to writing martial arts is to write fan of well-known works. The advantage of this writing is that because the characters in the book have already had a clear impression in the hearts of readers, the author does not need to spend time describing the characters. The love for the original book and the expectation of the characters will also make the works easier to gather a large number of readers.

Whether it is the famous "Young Qiao Feng" in the past, the name of "The Boys Here", which is called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "I Am Zhang Wuji", and "The New Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", they are all representatives. However, the biggest problem with this kind of work is that they are fan works. To be honest, using fan works to obtain commercial benefits is illegal. However, the older generation of martial arts writers generally ignore online fan workers, and this has actually become acquiescent.

Although Qidian generally allows VIPs to be added to martial arts fan works, you should not expect to recommend publishing. The allowed fan works are basically limited to early martial arts works, Huang Yi's works, game fan works, and works that have been published for more than fifty years. However, for online works and Japanese anime fan works, only publishing is allowed, but not signing contracts. If you want to obtain commercial benefits, don't spend too much effort on these aspects.

In terms of science fiction, the reader group is relatively small at the moment. Second, those who like science fiction works have certain requirements for the logical rationality of the works. Although there are also alien works like Xuan Yu "Legend of the Soldier" that do not abide by the rationality of science fiction works but are very popular, overall, science fiction has very high requirements for the author's knowledge. If you cannot write the feeling of science fiction, then writing about other types will make the profit much better.

As for reasoning, it requires higher logical rationality and has fewer readers. When writing reasoning, it is best to write with the mentality of practicing your own writing logic and not expecting business returns at all.

An author is not suitable to write about subjects that he does not understand or dare to be interested in. This does not mean that an author who does not understand computer technology cannot write about hackers. An author who does not understand martial arts cannot write about the arena. Because most readers you face do not understand. This is the scout team of ten thousand people and millions of troops fighting together in "Naked Orchid", "The Tiger Dynasty" sells 100 million gold coins, and some modern urban novels, the protagonist is worth trillions of dollars and the pocket money is hundreds of millions of dollars. These flaws that can be described as humor or ignorance do not affect the popularity of the work.

The so-called subject that the author is not suitable for means that you cannot write about the selling points of such subjects. This can also be said to not write works that you are not interested in.

You may not understand, but you cannot be interested in your subject matter. For example, writing a hacker, you may not understand what the computer language is, or you may not understand how to steal other people’s QQ passwords (to say, the thief I hate the most is stealing passwords). But you must know what hackers can do, what the hacker’s ability will bring to the protagonist... because this is the tension and conflict selling point of the story you want to write.

When choosing a topic, the most taboo thing is to follow the trend. No matter what others write, they don’t care whether they like the subject or not. They just think that the subject is popular, so they quickly start writing. As a result, the more they write, the more they become, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, they give up because they can’t continue to write, or they can’t continue to write, so they copy other people’s works.

In online writing, the word YY is often satirized. But here I clearly tell the newly added author or the author who is preparing to join that YY is the essence of all works. YY is the salt and seasoning in the dish. Novels without YY are not worth reading. Of course, it is difficult for others to swallow a dish full of salt. Don’t be induced by boring people who often make mistakes.

What is the essence of YY? My definition is that it is the description that I can bring me the most pleasure in that situation.

For newcomers, there is actually a very simple way to write about the subject and choose the right one. When you think about a subject, then close your eyes and think in your mind that this world, the protagonist is me. As the protagonist, what I want in this world and what I can get in this world.

If you think this way, your spirit can easily fall into it, and even start to think about how you should talk. How can you feel more happy in this world? When you think of something, you will be happy, angry, and drool. Then, this subject is the subject you want to write about.

Young people, especially those who write, often feel that they are unique and what they think is different from others. But this is wrong. Humans are group creatures, and you are the same as many people. What you think and want, what you want will make you happy when you see, and what you get angry when you see is the same.

So, when you are the protagonist in your mind, you have a happy and fun life. For example, you think of yourself returning to the past and becoming an emperor, three palaces and six courtyards, playing with palace maids, and letting countless women kneel there to serve you, making you extremely happy. Then you write about how to use your emperor's identity to enjoy beauty. If you think of you going back to the past, fighting in the past, getting happiness in war, and making China the world's strongest country, and feeling happy, then write about the emperor with war as the main line.

Remember, your story must make you feel happy, excited when you bring yourself into the protagonist, and feel countless fun. Such a subject is the subject that you are suitable for writing. As for whether you don’t understand, whether you have professional knowledge or whether you can describe this feeling, it doesn’t matter. What you are writing is the story you want to happen to yourself. This is the most effective and easiest way to succeed in choosing topics.

When your subject matter can move yourself, you can also move others.

Special note: No matter how much you like some topics, the general environment does not allow them to be written. If you write them, you will not have a future, and you may be invited to have tea because of this. Here, I will list the topics that are strictly prohibited from appearing in the starting point.

1: Any subject that describes wheels.

2: Any time after 1921, the older generation of leaders of the Party and the country appear or real events. For example, a certain author actually writes that he will take Mao as his younger brother and Zhou as his subordinate. A certain person directly constructs a political party to confront GD. The truth is, even if you don’t have a brain, don’t come to the starting point of disaster.

3: Official texts or anti-corruption texts, real local or central officials appear. Anti-corruption texts can only be written to municipal officials. Only the deputy governor level can only be written to provincial officials. It is strictly forbidden to appear to be true local names or provincial names. Any description of the central government involves corruption, etc., is strictly forbidden to include the real central leaders and the spouses of the former leaders. If the book describes the real surname, then congratulations, your book will be deleted.

4: Command modern Chinese troops, destroy Japan and the United States, and eliminate Indonesia.

5: Describes the Sino-North Korea dispute.

6: Writing on modern or modern ethnic issues.

: Any writing too much about Islam.

8: It is strictly forbidden to mention*.

9: For overview works, it is strictly forbidden to appear countries with the same name as in reality, such as China.

Ten: There is no such thing as * in the book.

I wrote this article because Qidian divided the new book potential list into two lists in order for newcomers to have more opportunities to show their views. However, there are still many newcomers who have taken annoying approaches, and there are also many newcomers who still don’t know where their problems are. So I think writing something that can be useful for newcomers.

If the writing skills of Qidian authors are divided into levels, I can probably be considered a medium or low-level second-tier author. Maybe I should be considered a relatively high-level author among the third-tier authors. With the quality of writing alone, I think many newcomers are better than me. But as the deputy editor-in-chief of Qidian editorial department, Shanda Entertainment, the editor-in-chief of the novel, and the participant of Qidian's multiple systems, I think I have been watching Qidian's development in recent years with a relatively objective perspective, looking at Qidian's large number of works, and the mistakes that newcomers often repeat.

When talking about my identity, I don’t want to show off. I want to explain that such an identity makes my reading at Qidian more targeted. When I look at works, it’s not simply good-looking or not, but whether the works have commercial value.

I will write some of my experiences on topic selection, outline, character shaping, plot rhythm, Qidian editorial department work methods, the effects of various lists, and how the author can develop Qidian better, hoping that it will be helpful to the new author.

This guide to newbies in the Internet author is aimed at commercial authors who like to write and hope to exchange for a stable and good profit. Authors who want to write works that have been remembered forever, authors who write prose and poetry, etc. This article is of no use to you.

I dare not say how helpful the things I wrote are to a new author, but even if a new author can benefit from these things, it is worth it. A few years ago, I was in poverty and could hardly write anymore. But fortunately, my enthusiastic friends on the Internet helped me through the difficulties, so I have a good working environment and a good income now. Therefore, I firmly believe that friends who like to write, work hard and have the talent to write should not be able to obtain appropriate material returns after hard work. Internet authors, when we write, we should also get material returns because of our writing. This is our right.

This article is dedicated to newcomers who work hard to make their lives by relying on writing.

The first article of online writing: idea.

To establish ideas, that is, to choose the topic you want to write.

Many authors ignore topic selection, but they like to write such topics recently. However, topic selection is the foundation of author writing. Any author has his own style as his writing. This style will have a considerable impact on the popularity of the work because of the topic selection of the work. For example, Mr. Lan Jing has beautiful and cumbersome writing, and uses a nearly translator writing method. His understanding of the history and culture of the European Middle Ages has made his writing style complement his European Middle Ages theme structure. Among online works, Mr. Lan Jing's works are the most outstanding in describing the political and cultural atmosphere of the European Middle Ages.

He has not been able to imitate his writing style on the Internet. So although he uses vest blood coral to write the Demonic Thieves, any reader who has read his work can determine the identity of the author within a few chapters. The most popular author of Qidian, Mr. Xuehong, has the biggest feature of his work, which is a kind of slut and unrestrainedness. Just like Maradona's fans, this slutty feeling makes the protagonists of the same type as other people's works always make readers feel more happy. However, it also causes the protagonists in his works, whether they are gods and demons, dragons or evil winds, whether they are Chinese, foreigners, ancient and modern people, the protagonists always seem to make people feel the same personality.

Until now, many new authors still hold on to Mr. Xuehong, who just wrote early and caught up with luck. If I had written rebellious works at that time, I would have been famous even if I wrote so quickly. This mentality is as often said by Chinese directors. I could also shoot the Lord of the Rings Star Wars. But our best director can only shoot Wuji after getting the money.

If you say a little bit off topic, and when you get back to the topic, how can newcomers choose the subject that suits them?

In theory, there is no suitable topic for new people, but only the author. It does not say which topic is suitable for the elderly and which topic is suitable for new people. However, for new authors who aim for commercial writing, some topics are still not suitable for touching when they first entered the industry.

I personally think that for newcomers who do not have certain writing experience and confidence, the first book should not touch the three major categories of martial arts, science fiction, and reasoning. Most readers who read books grew up reading martial arts books. Martial arts are the first, and there are countless classics. But the most important thing is that the routines and character creation of martial arts are well known to most readers. I understand that newcomers have a dream of martial arts, after all, the world is an eternal dream in the hearts of Chinese people. However, it is too difficult for newcomers to write good martial arts, especially long martial arts, to be too difficult. If you really can't let it go, it's really hard for newcomers to write good martial arts, especially long martial arts.

The dream of martial arts is to package the martial arts written. For example, the essence of "Zhu Xian" is martial arts romance, but it is used as fairy tale. "Ultimate Hell" uses online games to package martial arts, and has achieved excellent success. Another shortcut to writing martial arts is to write fan of well-known works. The advantage of this writing is that because the characters in the book have already had a clear impression in the hearts of readers, the author does not need to spend time describing the characters. The love for the original book and the expectation of the characters will also make the works easier to gather a large number of readers.

Whether it is the famous "Young Qiao Feng" in the past, the name of "The Boys Here", which is called "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "I Am Zhang Wuji", and "The New Legend of the Two Dragons of the Tang Dynasty", they are all representatives. However, the biggest problem with this kind of work is that they are fan works. To be honest, using fan works to obtain commercial benefits is illegal. However, the older generation of martial arts writers generally ignore online fan workers, and this has actually become acquiescent.

Although Qidian generally allows VIPs to be added to martial arts fan works, you should not expect to recommend publishing. The allowed fan works are basically limited to early martial arts works, Huang Yi's works, game fan works, and works that have been published for more than fifty years. However, for online works and Japanese anime fan works, only publishing is allowed, but not signing contracts. If you want to obtain commercial benefits, don't spend too much effort on these aspects.

In terms of science fiction, the reader group is relatively small at the moment. Second, those who like science fiction works have certain requirements for the logical rationality of the works. Although there are also alien works like Xuan Yu "Legend of the Soldier" that do not abide by the rationality of science fiction works but are very popular, overall, science fiction has very high requirements for the author's knowledge. If you cannot write the feeling of science fiction, then writing about other types will make the profit much better.

As for reasoning, it requires higher logical rationality and has fewer readers. When writing reasoning, it is best to write with the mentality of practicing your own writing logic and not expecting business returns at all.

An author is not suitable to write about subjects that he does not understand or dare to be interested in. This does not mean that an author who does not understand computer technology cannot write about hackers. An author who does not understand martial arts cannot write about the arena. Because most readers you face do not understand. This is the scout team of ten thousand people and millions of troops fighting together in "Naked Orchid", "The Tiger Dynasty" sells 100 million gold coins, and some modern urban novels, the protagonist is worth trillions of dollars and the pocket money is hundreds of millions of dollars. These flaws that can be described as humor or ignorance do not affect the popularity of the work.

The so-called subject that the author is not suitable for means that you cannot write about the selling points of such subjects. This can also be said to not write works that you are not interested in.

You may not understand, but you cannot be interested in your subject matter. For example, writing a hacker, you may not understand what the computer language is, or you may not understand how to steal other people’s QQ passwords (to say, the thief I hate the most is stealing passwords). But you must know what hackers can do, what the hacker’s ability will bring to the protagonist... because this is the tension and conflict selling point of the story you want to write.

When choosing a topic, the most taboo thing is to follow the trend. No matter what others write, they don’t care whether they like the subject or not. They just think that the subject is popular, so they quickly start writing. As a result, the more they write, the more they become, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, the more they are, they give up because they can’t continue to write, or they can’t continue to write, so they copy other people’s works.

In online writing, the word YY is often satirized. But here I clearly tell the newly added author or the author who is preparing to join that YY is the essence of all works. YY is the salt and seasoning in the dish. Novels without YY are not worth reading. Of course, it is difficult for others to swallow a dish full of salt. Don’t be induced by boring people who often make mistakes.

What is the essence of YY? My definition is that it is the description that I can bring me the most pleasure in that situation.

For newcomers, there is actually a very simple way to write about the subject and choose the right one. When you think about a subject, then close your eyes and think in your mind that this world, the protagonist is me. As the protagonist, what I want in this world and what I can get in this world.

If you think this way, your spirit can easily fall into it, and even start to think about how you should talk. How can you feel more happy in this world? When you think of something, you will be happy, angry, and drool. Then, this subject is the subject you want to write about.

Young people, especially those who write, often feel that they are unique and what they think is different from others. But this is wrong. Humans are group creatures, and you are the same as many people. What you think and want, what you want will make you happy when you see, and what you get angry when you see is the same.

So, when you are the protagonist in your mind, you have a happy and fun life. For example, you think of yourself returning to the past and becoming an emperor, three palaces and six courtyards, playing with palace maids, and letting countless women kneel there to serve you, making you extremely happy. Then you write about how to use your emperor's identity to enjoy beauty. If you think of you going back to the past, fighting in the past, getting happiness in war, and making China the world's strongest country, and feeling happy, then write about the emperor with war as the main line.

Remember, your story must make you feel happy, excited when you bring yourself into the protagonist, and feel countless fun. Such a subject is the subject that you are suitable for writing. As for whether you don’t understand, whether you have professional knowledge or whether you can describe this feeling, it doesn’t matter. What you are writing is the story you want to happen to yourself. This is the most effective and easiest way to succeed in choosing topics.

When your subject matter can move yourself, you can also move others.

Special note: No matter how much you like some topics, the general environment does not allow them to be written. If you write them, you will not have a future, and you may be invited to have tea because of this. Here, I will list the topics that are strictly prohibited from appearing in the starting point.

1: Any subject that describes wheels.

2: Any time after 1921, the older generation of leaders of the Party and the country appear or real events. For example, a certain author actually writes that he will take Mao as his younger brother and Zhou as his subordinate. A certain person directly constructs a political party to confront GD. The truth is, even if you don’t have a brain, don’t come to the starting point of disaster.

3: Official texts or anti-corruption texts, real local or central officials appear. Anti-corruption texts can only be written to municipal officials. Only the deputy governor level can only be written to provincial officials. It is strictly forbidden to appear to be true local names or provincial names. Any description of the central government involves corruption, etc., is strictly forbidden to include the real central leaders and the spouses of the former leaders. If the book describes the real surname, then congratulations, your book will be deleted.

4: Command modern Chinese troops, destroy Japan and the United States, and eliminate Indonesia.

5: Describes the Sino-North Korea dispute.

6: Writing on modern or modern ethnic issues.

: Any writing too much about Islam.

8: It is strictly forbidden to mention*.

9: For overview works, it is strictly forbidden to appear countries with the same name as in reality, such as China.

Ten: There is no such thing as * in the book.

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