I am a writer

Chapter 148 Filling the Blank! 【Seeking Subscription and Monthly Pass】

Knowing yourself and the enemy is the only way to survive a hundred battles.

Qin Chuan did not start writing novels directly, but planned to see the level of suspense novels and mystery novels in the world before starting.

In the name of controlling market dynamics, it is actually lazy.

Mystery novels have developed so far, and there are so many works.However, after searching around, Qin Chuan found that there were very few excellent masterpieces and a large number of bad ones that were just fake.

In the weekly list of best-sellers published on the official website of the Writers Association, there is not a single mystery novel in the top 300 categories of novels, and it was only after the first one appeared that it slowly ranked over [-].

It is estimated that many people randomly look for a mystery novel, but what they see is a bad work that is unappetizing, and they have lost interest in mystery novels since then.

Anyway, there are very few discussions on the Internet about the major genres of suspense and reasoning, and it has become a niche within a niche!

When readers are too lazy to complain about bad works, it proves that this genre is indeed not good.

It's just that many works naturally contain some suspenseful reasoning elements.

"Is it so miserable?"

Qin Chuan knew that the general public was enthusiastic about martial arts and historical novels, but he did not expect mystery novels to be so bleak.

It is estimated that excellent writers have switched to other types of novels.

Suspense mystery novels are basically the most difficult to write among all novel types. They require novel techniques and novel overall plot development. If they are like others, they will be uninteresting.

It is a great challenge for writers to be innovative, flexible in thinking, and highly logical. It is simply a grave for newcomers!
Writing romance, writing about cities, writing thrillers, writing fantasy upgrades, which one is not easier than writing suspense reasoning?
Although it cannot be said that bad money drives out good money, if a more popular novel type can be written in a simpler way, which writer is willing to ask for trouble!
Mystery novels are an imported product. In today's period when Chinese culture is particularly strong, such foreign works are not taken seriously at all.

Now not only are the mystery novels in China not read by many people, but the same is true in Europe, America, Japan, and South Korea. There are occasional masterpieces, but they are still in the relatively small era of short stories and magazines.

In such a vast China, with such a prosperous literary market, there is only one professional magazine that publishes mystery novels - "Mystery World".

It's the only family that eats alone, and mystery novel lovers can't find a second one!

Even so, the sales volume is also very dismal. Basically, it can only cultivate some amateur mystery writers and maintain the most basic situation.

The conspiracy in the novel is highly valued, and the story and characters are lacking, which is why readers and publishers dislike it.

A novel is all about the story, without a complete story, what is the use of a suspense or a trick?

Mainly short stories, supplemented by long stories, limited authors, insufficient excellent manuscripts, and low manuscript fees.

This is the current status of Chinese reasoning!
Mystery novels as a whole have declined in this way, and there is no difference between the original style and the social style.

No one has the time to sort things out.

Qin Chuan's current popularity is far from the peak. If he becomes the top writer and then writes mystery novels, it is really possible to bring about a wave of enthusiasm, just like the revival of spiritual energy and Cthulhu and Honghuang in the online novels in his previous life. Same.

It is a work that develops and stabilizes this type of novel, making most readers know and like this type of novel.

This also creates demand.

Demand and supply always complement each other.

As reader demand increases, the number of authors writing in this genre will naturally increase.

Then the cycle repeats, developing into a popular category.

As for how long this popularity can last depends on the creativity of the authors.

Since Qin Chuan has already chosen "The Devotion of Suspect X", he naturally wants to be the leader in mystery novels in the world!
Although not a pioneer, it is also very good as a master.

Just like the founding emperor of the Tang Dynasty was Li Yuan, but the most familiar emperor was Li Shimin.

At that time, he will have to spend more time promoting this novel, and he can no longer be a shopkeeper like "Zhu Xian".

"Why do I feel that I have a great responsibility!"

Qin Chuan laughed at himself, he is not the kind of person who likes to put gold on his face.

Anyway, "The Devotion of Suspect X" is an excellent novel, and after it's written, it doesn't matter whether anyone reads it or not.

No matter how bad the external environment is, Qin Chuan's determination will never change.

The title of this book is very interesting. Suspect X. The X represents unknown. Readers need to guess who the suspect is in the process of reading the book.

The first suspect in the book is not the same as the last suspect, so X is used instead, which increases the difficulty of reasoning.

At the same time, since the final suspect, Shi Hong, is a mathematician, the value of X is often used when solving mathematical problems, which echoes the content at a distance, which is very clever!

The unknowns of a math problem can be solved.

Like a math problem, the X in this crime was eventually found.

He has a clear idea of ​​the main line of the novel, and now he starts to make character cards for each character in the document.

In this way, no matter how you write, there is a frame constraint, and you will not suddenly go off the rails!

There are not many characters in the whole novel, and the absolute protagonist is of course Shi Shen Zhezai, who is Shi Hong after being transformed by Qin Chuan.

The high school math teacher, with his thinning hair and round face, looked years older than he really was.Originally wanted to be a mathematics researcher, but because of his family relationship, he was unable to further his studies, so he could only teach high school students who could not understand the mysteries of mathematics. As a result, he was depressed all the time, and secretly fell in love with his neighbor Chen Jing.

Another character who fell in love with Shi Hong was Tang Chuan. He and Shi Hong were classmates at Huaqing University. He is now an associate professor of physics at Huaqing University. He has keen insight and can guess the occupation of strange women through observation.With these abilities, Yukawa can help his college classmates who are police detectives solve difficult cases with a small amount of information.

Chen Jing is the cause of the whole story. Her first marriage failed, and after divorcing her second husband, she lived a life of homelessness and depended on her daughter for life.After the incident, although Shi Hong helped her tide over the difficulties, he couldn't hide his impatience towards Shi Hong, and felt sorry for always hurting his daughter.

The image of Shi Hong, a mathematical genius, cannot be created with a single sentence, but needs a lot of space to reflect the person's mathematical ability by using side views or other people's evaluations.

He is obviously a calm and rational mathematical genius, but he has strong feelings hidden in his heart.

Tang Chuan is not the protagonist of the novel, even if he is a real crime solver.He can be remembered by readers. In addition to his super reasoning ability, he is also a living person with various emotions, and a person who can fight wits and courage with Shi Hong.

The role of Chen Jing is somewhat critical. If it is not handled well, readers will regard her as a troublemaker and criticize her from the moral high ground.

Therefore, Qin Chuan must stand up the characters so that readers can feel sympathy and pity for her.

After thinking about this, Qin Chuan began to slowly adapt it to localization. However, this adaptation was a bit difficult and the progress was slow.

……

In the spacious and bright office, the sound of fingers tapping on the keyboard kept ringing.

Qin Chuan stared at the computer screen intently, shook his head when he saw the passage just written, and then deleted it all.

I do not know how it is.

Anyway, it feels awkward to read.

I want to avoid copying the full text, but what I wrote is not concise and precise enough.

He clearly knew what he wanted to write and what purpose he wanted to achieve, but his progress was always stuck at the beginning.

It is very difficult to form your own style, and it is even more difficult to change other people's works into your own style!
"bang bang bang"

There was a sudden knock on the door.

Qin Chuan quickly switched the document to a webpage, and then said, "The door is unlocked, please come in!"

Even if the leaders know that Qin Chuan is writing books in the office, it's better not to be caught directly.

"Mr. Qin, the Academic Affairs Office called and said that someone from the newspaper office is looking for it, that is, the "Literary Newspaper" that published "Metamorphosis". I passed your office number to them, and they should call soon. "

"Okay, thank you Teacher Song, I will pay attention to answering."

"Goodbye then."

Teacher Song quietly closed the door and left. She was responsible for communicating with various units in the school. Although she was curious about the reason, she was also very sensible and did not stay here.

Qin Chuan was a little puzzled, what the people from the Literature and Art News asked him to do.

He stood up from the computer and after searching around, he found the phone that was already gathering dust. No one used it at all!
Everything is contacted by mobile phone, not by office phone at all.

Who can expect a university teacher's office to be always occupied?

"Jingle Bell……"

The urgent bell rang immediately, Qin Chuan picked up the microphone, and said, "Hi, this is the office of the sports team. May I ask who you are looking for?"

"Hi, comrade. I'm Lei Hao, editor-in-chief of the Literature and Art Newspaper. May I ask if Mr. Qin Chuan Qin is here?"

Guo Zhijian couldn't find Qin Chuan's mobile phone number before, so he could only search it through his workplace when he submitted "Metamorphosis", and then contacted Star City University of Science and Technology.

Qin Chuan was a little surprised when he heard this, "Hello, Chief Editor Lei, I am Qin Chuan."

He didn't remember anything about his relationship with Lei Hao, so why did he find him?
Lei Hao was actually vaguely aware of it, and after hearing Qin Chuan's energetic voice, he replied: "Teacher Qin, your short stories are very well written, and readers like them very much, so I called you specifically to make an appointment. If If you have time, you can publish the short stories you have written in our literary journal, and the manuscript fee will be calculated according to the top rate. In addition, I have a small thing, this year the Writers Association will start to recruit new members soon, I don’t know Teacher Qin, have you ever thought about joining the Writers' Association? I can be your recommender."

"Writers Association?"

Qin Chuan was still calm when he heard the news of the previous draft request, and it was even expected.

It's just that the content of the Writers' Association was unexpected!

(End of this chapter)