There are at least three hurdles in writing a red book from a newest inbound author to a famous king who is close to God.

the first one is to sign a contract and complete a work.

There are many authors who have not signed a contract, such as ftp and a group of old authors who insist on writing, such as Magic World before signing a contract, such as CS- the prodigal son in Border Town, such as Legend 3D》…… ... There are many such examples. 17K has made a list (tentative name) to make those unwilling to sign a contract for various reasons. Writing is a hard job, and I have always respected those writers who insist on writing without seeking fame and fortune. This list may change its name, but it will always exist.

without the recommendation of the website, the road to commercialization is really difficult.

So if you want to make money by writing online, the first hurdle you have to overcome is signing a contract.

first, I like books with many signatures. When I first saw the prodigal son of Border Town, as an ancient fan, I really felt tears in my eyes. This book has been transferred to several websites, and the readers are very loyal, but for various reasons, it has been buried. When I started to be an editor, I once heard my boss say that many good books in the world were buried by editors. This is a wake-up call that has been ringing in my ears. It is true that the power of website editors is really great now. They sign books they like and don't sign books they don't like. Many editors never even read books, just look at the data and decide what books to sign. Every time I read the boss's words, I always feel particularly guilty. When I see those unknown authors who insist on writing, I always feel that I have not done enough and have not done my best. We are willing to publish more public works on the homepage when there are still 17K recommendation opportunities, and we are also willing to provide various opportunities for those authors who insist on writing and give them as much help as possible.

second, I like to sign the books of the authors who have all the works. There are too many uncertainties in online writing. It's really a pity if you sign a work and don't finish it in the end.

Many new authors have very strong ideas and simple and fluent writing styles, but they lack control over the overall situation. At the end of the book, I'm afraid they don't even know what they are writing.

it is difficult to gather the control of the overall situation without being honed by hundreds of thousands of words.

I have talked with many authors about this. Most books are signed when they are tens of thousands of words. Although there is an outline, it is difficult for writers to stick to the idea of the outline. At this point, the drinker is a model, his outline is very complete, and he writes with dedication.

after signing the contract, most writers can write very quickly in the initial stage until they meet the first bottleneck.

This bottleneck is roughly in the third month of writing. When the number of words is 311,111-511,111, many writers may suddenly feel that they don't know how to write well. Because of all kinds of things, there are no words to write. A long time ago, when I was working on another website, I once signed a pencil sharpener by an author who wrote "Fighting Rhapsody". Once, when I got up at two or three o'clock in the middle of the night, I saw that his Q was still bright. He was also a man with a job. By the middle of the book, he was extremely painful to write, and he often couldn't write a word for hours. It's easy for any newcomer to write the beginning. In the middle, he begins to feel a little hard. It's the most difficult when it's 711,111 to 811,111 words. It's all good in anticlimactic, dragging on the number of words and talking. After reading tens of thousands of books in recent years, few of them can finish well. Most of the authors who have passed this barrier and have a good ending have successfully completed sublimation. After passing the first hurdle, they became famous writers, and even many of them made it to the sky and started professional writing.

Let's talk about the appropriate ways for the signing author to meet the first hurdle.

a bookmark has an appointment, and there is always something to recommend it. There must be a reason why a book is signed, right? What is its highlight? Why do so many readers like it?

Many authors themselves don't know why my bookmarks are lost and why my books are on fire.

So it's very easy to ignore your own strengths and choose your own shortcomings when you continue to write.

In many books, the subscription may be high at the beginning, but it becomes less and less later, a large number of readers are lost, and books end hastily. And some authors persisted, not only realized, but also successfully transformed.

Many authors like to analyze data. In fact, in my opinion, they should analyze their first half works. Where to attract readers, where is your own bright color.

The editor is just a veteran reader. There will be mistakes and omissions. I often say that a good editor doesn't mean that he can find all the good books. This is a matter of God, not an editor. As long as the book he likes is liked by many readers, then he is qualified. When the editors signed the contract, most of them had read the book. The author might as well ask the readers what the advantages of this book are, or why they like reading this book.

communication with readers is very important. Because it is not the editor who subscribes to the author's book, but the reader who subscribes. Some senior readers have more eyes than editors in reading books. As for which readers are senior readers, it is up to the author to find out.

The first hurdle is roughly like this. Authors who want to write commercially should try to sign a contract first. Online writing is definitely not as simple as imagined, otherwise there will be too many people who can eat this bowl of rice.

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After finishing the first VIP work, the author will face two choices, one is to open a new book, and the other is to retire from the Jianghu. Most retired authors don't live by code words, so we will only discuss the authors who want to open new books.

opening a new book is the second hurdle for online authors.

Countless gods have encountered obstacles in new books, thus streaking across the sky like meteors, leaving only a masterpiece and a new work with a beginning and no end.

Many authors didn't notice this, which wasted the popularity of the first book. There are too few loud names on the internet. Many people know the book, but they don't know the author. Hao Wai, who wrote "Dude", was the author with the first subscription and popularity in that year, but his reputation was not loud. In the second book, Landy Charming Morning of Lonely Master also encountered this hurdle. Writing "The Legend of the Tycoon" is fascinating, and it is also the author I admired very much in those years. However, I wasted a lot of popularity in opening a new book, which was expected to rush to the front line, but fell behind.

in the second book, many people were hasty. In fact, it doesn't matter whether we can meet the third hurdle, because most people are stopped in front of this hurdle.

When opening a new book, we should pay attention to four points:

The first one is how the popularity of old books is passed on to new books.

second, how to operate the new book

third, what to do when encountering bottlenecks

fourth, whether to change jobs

On the first question, my suggestion is: study the readership, and don't make a hasty transformation.

(Let's talk about some digressions before, which are sketchy about the author's fame and the length of books. I will open a special post to talk about it later. )

Online writing is rapidly updated. I call a year on the Internet a generation. There are new people in Jiangshan generation, only to see the new people change for the old ones.

Many authors are afraid to start a new book, so it's a waste of time to write to millions of words. In fact, the most suitable serial length of a book is between 6 months and 1 years. General works, up and down in 1.2 million words is more appropriate, super red works, 2 million words is also relatively long. Of course, different types of authors cannot be generalized. (I'm talking about the majority here, and there are many special cases. For example, a film "Blasphemy" written in the misty rain south of the Yangtze River has been written for three years.) For most authors, the speed of one film a year and three films every two years is the most suitable.

Time is too short to gather popularity. After finishing a book within three months, readers haven't had time to turn into loyal readers.

it is inevitable that a book will attract the attention of many readers from its publication to its popularity as a new book. But at this time, the readers are not very loyal. Maybe you will come when you update, and run away when you are slower.

after signing the contract, I finished all kinds of recommendations on the website, and the work has passed about 211,111 words, which is the beginning of the work.

In this age of rapid decay, 211,111 words is not enough for readers to remember you. Time, at least three months, is not only the prime of the book, but also the best time to win the favor of loyal readers.

During this period, stable updating and communication with readers are particularly important. Once it is interrupted for a month or two, it will be difficult to enter the realm of success again. At the end of the book, there may be a few months, and the attraction of the book itself will decline, and the work will basically be won by loyal readers.

when it comes to loyal readers, we can't help but talk about transformation. For the authors, a book is popular for both accidental and inevitable reasons. Some authors are powerful, but others are heroes made by the times. No matter how popular the author is, since he is popular, he will inevitably have his own readers. The author who writes fantasy, his readers may not like reading history, and the author who writes Xian Xia, his readers may not like watching sports. Before the second threshold, I don't suggest that the author make a big transformation. Yun Tiankong is a very good example of this.

Many people only see Yun Tiankong's popularity, but don't see how he became popular. Many people only stare at his shortcomings to compare their strengths. I often say: everyone has something he is good at, and the stupidest thing in the world is to compare others' shortcomings with his own strengths. Such people will never succeed.

At the beginning of online games, Yun Tiankong wrote Lucky Swordsman. The second book, he wrote Fantasy Reality. At this time, he has occupied the list all the year round, and there are already many readers. The third book, The Legend of Baal, is a book of transformation, from online games to fantasy world. At the beginning of this book, I still haven't got rid of the shadow of online games, but it is just like this that readers of Magic Swordsman and Dream Reality read it.

Yun Tiankong's real transformation is "Mixing is a Life". This book was commissioned by me, and it contains a little dream of Yun Tiankong, who wants to write his own things. There is no doubt that, like the blood-red "Ghost", although this book has been well received, its popularity has never been high enough.

Another author, who was previously said to be one of the two treasures of overhead history. Now, his position is still consolidated. After Ming, Guide to the South established the status of drunkards as masters of history, and its readers have been very fixed and extremely loyal, and many of them have reached the depth of experts in the discussion of history.

Readers are always the author's most precious wealth. Authors who want to succeed should pay attention to the voice of readers and think about it before transforming.

on the second question, how to operate the new book. My suggestion is: choose a good theme, set an outline, estimate the general plot, and have more than 411,111 words (if the popularity is high, there can be an expanded plot, if the popularity is not high, it will not waste too much time and words), and communicate with editors and their senior readers first.

you can listen to the communication with readers, but the decision is still in your own hands. The communication with the editor is more due to the arrangement of recommendation. If there is no special failure in the plot, then even if the popularity of this book is not as good as the first one, it will not be too bad. More importantly, the second book is more popular than the first one. This is the king. Of course, it is closer to the third hurdle.

As for the third question, when encountering a bottleneck, my suggestion: cherish your pen name, and give readers an explanation no matter how much.

the sloppy opening of books leads to insufficient popularity. At this time, many people will persuade the author eunuch and then open a new work. This can save time and effort, but have you ever thought: What kind of readers are those who come to support themselves when books are unpopular? Is their true loyal readers. These readers are the precious wealth brought by their own hard work in using a book, so they abandoned it, destroying the reputation of their first book. People's reputation is also slowly accumulated. Therefore, to become a god, please be kind to your readers, be kind to each of your books, no matter how long or short, finish your own writing and give the readers an explanation.

If you are afraid of the servant street, there is a kingly way, and you can also adopt some overbearing methods, such as toad's efforts to seize the house. If the new book is lost, be decisive, TJ. If the new book is lost, put it under your own pen name. However, this method is not feasible at 17K, so it is still not recommended. Small-scale circulation is ok, and the role of loyal readers will emerge at this time.

Every author has his own readers. If you sharpen your knife and don't miss the firewood, you will definitely get more if you write more than 111,111 words.

regarding the fourth job-hopping, my suggestion is:

1, it is very important to choose a good employer first

. The styles of each website are different. Even if they are both fantasy websites, the styles and orientations of 17K are still different from those of other websites, such as Starting Point, Surfing Waves and Fantasy Sword. Some of them are sincere and serious, which is determined by the readers attracted by books such as "Dragon Way", "Dust Margin", "Mixed" and "Guide to the South" after the opening of the website. So some books can be popular at 17K, but not on other websites. Some books can't be popular at 17K, but they can be popular on other websites. Of course, with the increase of contracted works, the style of the website is also diversified, and many books that could not be read originally have a stable readership.

To tell the truth, whether you are coming to 17K or going to other websites, the author needs to pay attention to the composition of readers. You might as well study the situation of books of the same style and type on the website first, and then decide whether to move or not.

2, prepare the boutique

If you are sure that your work will be popular on other websites, you must start preparing the boutique. There are generally some recommended arrangements for authors who are ready to change jobs. Before jumping, try your best to win the chance of blocking and pushing, so the risk will be much smaller.

I've been talking about fine products, but what are they? There are fine products in commodities and fine products in literature. The real masterpiece is a work that carefully studies the composition of readers and the wind direction of the website, and seriously writes it down. It doesn't mean that you can just take a book to fool you when you change jobs. This is destroying your own signboard. The risk of changing jobs is great. If you don't come up with at least the same level as the old books, it is extremely easy to be a servant. So readers on both sides will be lost.

what does the author rely on? It's a reader.

3. Evaluate your own strength.

If you are not a particularly big god, you should finish the second book before deciding whether to jump. A book is not enough to make the vast majority of authors become true deities. If you jump to other websites, your loyal readers are insufficient, and it is extremely easy to lose your position.

Of course, society encourages normal mobility, and job-hopping can often get better treatment. If we can correctly grasp the direction, we will get greater benefits. What I have written is just to let the author reduce the risk and succeed more safely.

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This is specially written for writers who are interested in the development of professional writing.

Before reading the following, I would like to reiterate the advice given by 17K and individuals with blood reward to the author: