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Interview with Futian

It was actually only half a year since I was a novice to a writer. For those who have been living in online novels for several years, I am just an absolute novice. In July 2004, when I just graduated from college, I first learned that in addition to martial arts novels, there was another sky on the Internet, and from then on, I began my career wandering in various book stations. From "The Demon God Pond" to "Zichuan", from "Shenglong Road" to "The Ethereal Journey", I swept through all the most well-known novels on the Internet in almost a month, and those days were the happiest.

Then, I fell into a shortage of books. With the introduction of my friend, I came to Qidian. The tens of thousands of novels made me excited, and then began to wash away the sand. However, with the speed of reading books and a little picky and picking habit, when I almost wiped out all the books on Qidian's total collection list and the general recommendation list, I couldn't help but fall into confusion again. At that time, I somehow had such an idea. Can't I write it myself?

It is very similar to the experiences of many online writers. My first novel is also an impulse work. Although the subject matter and content were written many years ago, I only realized how far the difference between dream and reality was until I started. Every word took a lot of effort to ponder, and every plot, every character, and even when I was sleeping and eating. However, I was born with a kind of understanding of rules, so I did not make the mistake of passing tens of thousands of words at once. I started one chapter a day with a cautious look at the clicks rising by dozens or dozens of times, and then I was secretly happy. At that time, my biggest dream was that when I got up the next day, clicks could suddenly rise by hundreds, but this kind of good thing never happened.

It was not until the third week that I couldn't stand it. I started uploading chapters a day and two chapters, watching my book move forward on the new book list like a snail. 5,000 words a day took up almost all my spare time, but I was still very happy. Until the day when Sanjiang passed, I was almost confused. I couldn't forget the extreme happiness until now. In those seven days in Sanjiang, my book had passed a month's new book period. At that time, I didn't know what to do with the rankings. I just felt very good and I could get another one again. Unfortunately, I only had 81 collections at that time. Coincidentally, Sanjiang happened to be synchronized with the female push. In just seven days, my clicks skyrocketed by nearly 80,000, but my recommendations were only a pitiful 1,000, which probably set a record of Sanjiang's push. If it were recently, I would probably be said to be a brush point, but I didn't understand it at that time.

After Sanjiang, I found that my collection had increased to more than 700, and then the sad thing came. Although it was still updated twice a day, the collection began to be a bear market, and the decline never stopped starting from 776. I admit that I was a weak person, so I paused my debut work "The Legend". Looking back at this book, the problem was not a little bit. Not only did the protagonist appear in the third volume, but even the plot was vague, as plain as boiled water. I think Sanjiang and the female series were probably recommended because they were barely able to pass the writing style.

The creativity of "Lingyun Achievements" was something I suddenly thought of when I was halfway through the first book. At that time, I had a vague premonition that this book should be slightly stronger than "Shenji". In the gap between writing "Shenji", I spent a very limited time to start brewing this book. Until "Shenji" was suspended, the book finally had a prototype of 30,000 words. I was very hesitant to write it, because I saw that some of the vast sea of ​​books were better than me, but I had a best friend. With her encouragement, I decided to try "Lingyun Achievements" and a completely different superficial novel from "Shenji".

As I expected, this was another painful journey. Even in the first week, click-and-tweeting seemed even more dismal than "Shenji". The female-tweeting Lord Longzi was the first person to encourage me. She gave me the opportunity to force the female-tweeting in the second week of uploading this book, which gave me a little courage. The next thing was that it seemed that the failure of applying for Sanjiang four times, and that frustration almost made me lose the motivation to write, and the update speed also dropped from twice a day to once. That period of time can be said to be experienced by every novice, so it still feels very difficult to think about it now.

I can admit that the first person to sign a contract with me was an editor of another website. He talked with me for a long time. It can be said that it was the first time he gave me the feeling of being appreciated. Until now, I still deeply thank him. On the night when I was about to send that contract, Lao T from Qidian found me and said he wanted to sign a contract with me. There is nothing to describe my mood at that time. It is probably possible to say that when a person was waiting to die in a dry well, two ropes were sent to him at the same time. In the end, I chose Qidian, not for anything else, but just wanted to fight for a breath.

The next process was much more dull, and Sanjiang passed it smoothly, even though it was the fifth time. The strong push, Sanjiang, and the mid-push, I always feel that I am actually a lucky person. Compared with many writers who have been rejected again and again, what I have experienced can only be considered a small setback at most.

Compared with most girls, my writing style is never gorgeous and there is little embellishment. I guess this has something to do with my writing level. After all, I haven’t touched writing in four years in college, and my high school composition is just a matter of course. You can still see those carefully crafted sentences in "The Legend of the World", but there is no trace of these in "The Legend of the World". There are many voices of doubting that I am a girl in the book friend group or in the book review area. It seems that many people think that girls’ styles are not like this. When I hear these, I really don’t know whether to laugh or cry, or whether to praise or belittle them. The hardcore supporters finally have a group of people. To be honest, they support me to the present.

Fortunately, I have come step by step, and there are not many criticisms. Maybe this is a bad thing, but it is also my scrupulousness. Until now, I have never dared to let a relatively senior person comment on my books with a critical perspective, including a very sensible friend in the group. I didn't ask them how they smiled at criticism, so they have been weaving their own stories carefully. For girls, writing books is for the sake of dreams and longings in their hearts. If you just want to show them to yourself and have no other requests, don't pretend to be generous and let others.

Storytelling, I have seen too many girls and sisters feel wronged for others' criticism. Really, I have not made strong preparations for fighting and fighting, and there is no plot of more than 100,000 words. Never ask professionals for comments, as that will make you dizzy. Sisters who sincerely seek progress, please do not be knocked down by others' criticism. Only by constantly improving can you bring great progress. The few female authors I admire have each experienced other's blows, but they have persisted and have very excellent works.

After writing so much, it seems that I am talking about my personal experiences and experiences. It is too long-winded. I can only hope that for the author, my things can give you some meager help. For readers, I only hope that you can see these and understand me more deeply.
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