Chapter 61: The New Book of the Writing Club
Han Haiyou is a high school student from a relatively well-off family. At least in this era when the internet was not yet widespread, his family already had a computer!
As an ordinary high school student, Han Hai has all the characteristics that general students have! Playful, love to read extracurricular books, and of course, occasionally put some energy into studying. After all, as a student, no matter what, his main job is still learning! This point, whether it's teachers, parents or students, all deeply agree with!
However, apart from studying, his greatest pleasure is extracurricular books! In the past, he liked Jin Yong's the most! Jin Yong, a master of martial arts novels, created fourteen heavenly books that are stunning! Leaving people with endless aftertastes!
The earliest contact with Xuanhuan was because of Su Chan's "Doupo Cangqiong"! The thrilling battles throughout the article, the imaginative and unrestrained imagination, and the various magical settings made Han Hai instantly fascinated!
With the rise of "Dou Po", a wave of fantasy craze began to spread on the internet! Overnight, countless fantasies began to spread rapidly online! And as the main base of fantasy, Dream Net had hundreds of works! This made Dream Net become a must-visit website for Han Hai every day!
However, although xuanhuan is enjoyable to read, it has one drawback - the updates are too slow! Although some authors can produce nearly 10,000 words per day, it's still not enough for him.
In fact, in '98, when the vast majority of online writers were not profitable, an author who could update nearly 10,000 words a day was absolutely professional! Even among part-time writers in later generations, there are only a few who can consistently update over 10,000 words a day. Those who can update over 10,000 words a day are mostly full-time online writers!
"Huh, someone's started a new book again! The username is quite strange, it's actually called Shangxiao Writing Society? I'm shocked, they've actually released ten books at the same time! Is this divine?" Han Haiyou exclaimed as he stared at the sudden appearance of ten books in the Dream Net library.
Although the internet situation in 1998 was greatly improved compared to 1997, it still hadn't become widespread. Computers were still a relatively high-end product! Online literature that relied on the internet for dissemination was still in its primitive era!
Even the current dominant web novel platform, Wenku, only has a few hundred novels, with an average daily increase of just one or two new works! Suddenly increasing by ten is absolutely a moment worth commemorating!
Let's take a look at what we have. Han Hai took a glance at the titles of these ten books: "War Emperor Arrives in the World", "War Overlord Dominates the World", "Unparalleled Fighting God"......
At a glance, Han Hai understood that these were all works imitating "Dou Po". To say that since the appearance of "Dou Po", the internet has been filled with imitators!
But Han Hai still opened a book and read it. What about following the trend? There are also masterpieces in the works that follow the trend. Don't be too demanding of the internet.
He let out a breath of relief after finishing all ten books in one go. How to put it, the overall feeling is still okay. Although they were all following the trend, but at least some new ideas were written! At least the protagonist's personality and personal divine artifact in these ten books are different from "Dou Po"! The writing style is also passable. It's a small white text, what else do you want?
It is said that with the rise of "Dou Po", the term "small white text" also began to appear in people's eyes. It is said that it was first mentioned by Su Jian, the author of "Dou Po", during an interview, and now it has become a direct synonym for this type of literature!
Han Hai suddenly felt something was off! What's wrong, he thought for a moment, and suddenly glanced at the word count. Suddenly it dawned on him, and he saw that the uploaded word count clearly displayed 58729! It actually had 50,000 words!
Most online writers are writing and uploading simultaneously, especially some new authors, who may have written a few thousand words and uploaded them immediately! At most, they write up to 20,000 words, which is considered a lot among newly uploaded works.
But the word count of these ten books is actually over 50,000 words! It seems that the author stored drafts at the bottom before uploading them! As for this point, Han Hai still agrees with it very much! The biggest feature of the Internet is to make people feel cool!
To make people feel good, a sufficient number of words is indispensable! Most readers can read tens of millions of words online in one breath! Don't be surprised! This is absolutely not an exaggeration! Don't think that readers will use the energy to read famous domestic and foreign works on the internet! The attitude of most readers towards the internet is just a glance at ten lines!
So for many readers, the internet updating 300,000 to 400,000 words a day is not too much! Of course, they also know this is unrealistic, it's not that there aren't any who can update like this, but unless they have stockpiled drafts beforehand, they'd all be going to see Marx!
So in the current situation, a more responsible author's daily update is between 5,000 to 10,000 words! This is also acceptable for readers! So some readers have already developed the habit of raising fat and killing!
One part has over 50,000 words, and ten parts would be 500,000 words! Han Hai took a cold breath, what kind of monster is this? They actually stored up 500,000 words before uploading it. But why not concentrate all these 500,000 words into one part? Why divide them into ten?
Han Hai was slightly puzzled, could this be a collective made up of ten people sharing the same username? This wasn't entirely impossible! There were signs that could be seen from the username itself. Han Hai thought for a moment but didn't delve deeper, after all, it wasn't the main point, the main point was...
"Ah! If only I could update 50,000 words every day!" Han Hai sighed. However, he also knew that this was a bit unrealistic, the first update of 50,000 words was possible because he had stockpiled drafts beforehand, but if it were 50,000 words every day, even with stockpiling drafts, it would be unsustainable!
After some thought, he still added all ten books to his collection. Anyway, the quality of these ten books is also passable! Worth a look!
The next day, Han Hai got up early and opened his Dream Net as usual. He first opened the bookshelf to see if there were any updates on the books he was following!
"What the...?! This writing club's update technique is a bit problematic!" Han Hai said with a hint of concern, despite feeling secretly pleased.
Although the internet has been around for a short time, as an old reader who followed Dream Network from its inception, Han Hai still has some understanding of online update techniques!
As a serialized upload, you can update 10,000 words a day, or 5,000 words a day, or even 2,000 words a day. But the most important thing is that your updates must be stable!
Because only in this way can you keep your readers focused! Daily updates of 50,000 words are good, but the most important thing is to persist! If you update 50,000 words today and stop updating tomorrow, it will be a torrent of scolding!
Han Hai is now most worried that such a situation will occur, after all, who doesn't know that updating 50,000 words per day is absolutely impossible! But if one gets used to this update speed and suddenly changes to 2,000 words per day, how can they bear it?
Fortunately, the worrying things that Han Hai had did not happen. The author of this writing club maintained a daily update speed of 50,000 words for the next period of time! This kept Han Hai in a state of painful yet joyful emotions!
At the same time, as time goes by, the influence of these ten novels that insist on updating 50,000 words a day on the Internet is also getting bigger and bigger!
