Happy Little Scholar

Before the last chapter was published, the average book value had just exceeded 10,000, and the exact number was 10,004.

I really breathed a sigh of relief.

A few days after it was put on the shelves, the editor-in-chief Ruili said that it is difficult to become a god with one book, but if you can reach an average book value of 10,000, it will be of great help to the performance of the next book.

At that time, I was thinking, 10,000 average book values, I, a small loser, will never be able to achieve it in my lifetime, but in fact, I still have a little expectation in my heart when I was affirmed by the editor-in-chief.

What if?

So it was 10,000.

The current word count is 1.2 million. According to the outline, there should be a long way to go.

Here I would like to respond to those readers who doubt whether I have an outline and whether I write whatever comes to mind. There is really an outline.

According to the convention of thank-you speeches, of course, I have to review my mental journey first.

Authors who have experience in writing should know that when you think about the plot all day long, read books, watch TV series, watch movies, and see a dog walking by your door, new ideas will pop up. It may be fantasy, fairy tales, urban, science fiction, or history. In short, it may be just a momentary idea, and the prototype of a novel will be there.

The original idea of ​​this book suddenly appeared in my mind when a dog passed by my door.

Well, it was actually because of a banana, an angry banana.

Many book friends have always said that this book has the shadow of the son-in-law, and your feeling is actually right.

It was because of "The Son-in-law" by Banana Devil that I had the idea of ​​writing a historical novel.

I like the warm and daily life written by Banana the most, and the faint pretentious atmosphere between the words is surrounded. At that time, I thought how could this author be so awesome...

What to do? Learn!

Then I didn't learn it...

I read the story of the son-in-law over and over again, and found that although it was also fictional, it still required a foundation. I couldn't learn the core, but I could only learn to pretend to be invisible, learn how Banana told stories, and experience the scenes he described...

Of course, I was just thinking about it by myself. I read Banana's lecture notes, but I couldn't understand them. Suddenly, the image of Banana rose to a higher level in my heart.

I failed to learn Banana, but I still wanted to write history, okay, then I wrote it.

At the beginning, there were only two tones, history and lightheartedness. The former was influenced by Banana, and the latter was cunning. After reading the book of the old thief, I knew that history could be so funny. Maybe I could give it a try.

Later, I felt that pretending to be cool was the core of online writing. Here I have to mention the great god Duanqiao Canxue who helped me the most in this industry. He is the king of pretending in my mind. I learned a lot from him. At least in my heart, Duan Da is my well-deserved guide in this industry.

Some people also said that it was like Yu Yan's "The Best Houseboy". This is really not the case. I read Houseboy a long time ago, and now I even forget the name of the protagonist.

Okay, history, easy, pretentious and face-slapping, that's it.

Before this, I never thought that I would write a historical novel. I'm an engineering student with a pitiful lack of historical knowledge. What kind of history should I write? I heard that history readers are the most textually researched, and it's still a simple article. I'm not afraid of being criticized for writing this...

Later, I thought that if I didn't have a good historical foundation, I could make it up, and I wouldn't be criticized if I made it up.

Then I realized that I was still overthinking.

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It's not enough to have just one idea. I have to collect jokes and organize materials. These tasks took several months on and off.

Of course, it took a long time because I had to go to class and was busy. In addition, the tone had been set at that time. I had to write a light and funny story, which was difficult. I had to ensure that there were laughs in every chapter. There were too many things to prepare.

I remember that I started writing the beginning in early October, basically keeping one chapter a day. I submitted the manuscript to the editor after writing more than 10,000 words. I received a reply the next day and signed it.

The book was released on October 8th. On the same day, I posted a record post on Tieba. I kept posting one chapter a day. There were no comments and few collections. I tried to promote it, but it was stopped by others. In the second week, it stopped recommending...

It really started to rise when it was divided into strong ones. After that, Sanjiang strongly promoted it. It seemed that there were 24,000 collections before it was put on the shelves. I released the first chapter on the day of the release. I refreshed the background and the subscriptions soared. To be honest, my hands were shaking at that time. The subscriptions exceeded 1,200 in one hour, 3,008 in 24 hours, and it was a boutique on the first day.

It was put on the shelves for 18 days, and the average subscription was stable at 5,400.

The following days were more difficult. Although I have been writing books for two years, I have been flopped all the time. There is no difference between me and a newcomer. I was confused by the negative comments in the book review area.

In addition to criticizing the plot, various personal attacks also emerged one after another. It was the first time I encountered such a situation. At that time, I thought it was just writing a novel, but it was more serious than murder and arson. It seemed that I had a hatred for those people who killed my father and took my wife. I once had the idea of ​​becoming a eunuch.

Now I think I was stupid. I went to Youshu.com, Zhuishu Shenqi, Baidu Tieba, and read reviews in such places. I was determined to stick to it until now.

Later, I went to the book review area of ​​my favorite masters and my mentality changed all of a sudden. I was treated the same as the masters. I was going to be famous!

The biggest gain during that period was that I was no longer sensitive. I went from wanting to slash the trolls along the Internet to directly banning them from replying and then scolding them to my heart's content...

I think this is growth.

From the time it was put on the shelves, people said that the writing was broken and the number of words was watered. It has been broken until now, and it has been watered until now. There are 1.2 million words, 10,000 average.

I counted the days, six months and six days, 666...

I am writing the story I want to write. Obviously, this story may not satisfy everyone, but there are many readers who like it, which is enough.

Thanks to Qidian, QQ Reading, and those book friends who have always supported genuine books. It is all thanks to all of you that Xiaoshusheng can achieve what he has today.

Thanks again!

Short Xiaorong on July 19, 2017.