"Writing a novel?" Huo Xing frowned slightly, a little surprised by Tang Xiaosheng's answer, "Are you kidding? ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "I'm really going to write a novel. ”

Huo Xing was skeptical: "You can write novels?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng shook his head: "No, but you can learn." ”

Huo Xing was a little speechless, looked at Tang Xiaosheng like an idiot, and said, "You really don't want to toss, what kind of novel do you have to write?" In today's economy and society, how can there be a future in writing novels? Come and sell with me, that's how much money you can make! ”

Tang Xiaosheng smiled faintly.

His decision to write a novel was not a spur of the moment, but a long-term depression. Although he has been wandering for nearly five months, Tang Xiaosheng's depression has not improved, he always dreams of Yue'er, and whenever he wakes up from a dream, he feels very empty in his heart.

Tang Xiaosheng chose to write a novel in order to cure his depression.

He remembered that in Freud's analysis of dreams, there was a detailed psychological analysis of people's dreams. When a person keeps dreaming the same dream, it means that he subconsciously suppresses a strong desire, and it is precisely because this desire is not vented that people will always dream.

Tang Xiaosheng carefully analyzed his own situation, and felt that he always dreamed of Yue'er, it should be because he missed Yue'er too much, and his strong longing formed a depressed emotion, which was ambushed in his subconscious, and his dreams were always occupied by Yue'er.

And to change this situation, the best way is to do it. It's about making art.

According to Freud's theory of the subconscious, when people's subconscious desires or desires cannot be catharticized, they can be sublimated and transformed into inspiration for creation, turning it into a work. As for the work, it can be said that it is a song, a painting, a statue, a poem, or a novel.

After careful consideration. Tang Xiaosheng decided to vent his depression through the novel. He decided to write a novel, a novel about Yue'er, and hoped that with this novel, he could get rid of the never-ending harassment of Yue'er.

Therefore. Tang Xiaosheng didn't come to the computer city today to look for a job. I came to buy a computer. Now that it has been decided to write a novel. Then obviously a computer is needed for codewords.

The price of a computer is still expensive, at least for Tang Xiaosheng at this time. He now has only 1,700 yuan left in his bank card, and he is still counting on this money to live. Obviously, you can't spend too much money on a computer.

And to buy a computer with the least amount of money, you can only choose to buy a second-hand computer. In the computer city, there is a second-hand computer market, which sells all second-hand computers, most of these computers are Internet cafes or enterprises eliminated products, the quality of computers is uneven, but the price is relatively cheap.

Tang Xiaosheng has worked in the computer city for nearly a year, and he is naturally clear about the situation in the computer city, and he also knows a lot about the insider. He came to the computer city today to do his best to buy a computer at the lowest price.

After two hours of strolling around the computer city, Tang Xiaosheng successfully bought the next computer, which included a computer host, an LCD monitor, a set of mice and keyboards, a headset, a 4G USB flash drive and a modem, which cost him a total of 295 yuan.

Of course, the price of 295 yuan is not available to ordinary people, and if Tang Xiaosheng hadn't been in the computer city for nearly a year, he would have to pay at least 500 yuan to buy this bunch of things.

As the saying goes, there is no good thing when cheap.

I bought so many things for only 295 yuan, and the quality can be imagined. The computer motherboard that Tang Xiaosheng bought is 845 boards, the CPU is an old-fashioned 478-pin Intel Pentium processor, the memory is 256M miscellaneous brands, the hard disk is Western Digital, the capacity is 40G, and the video memory is integrated with the motherboard, with a capacity of only 32M.

The LCD brand is not wrong, it is Samsung's, however, the product was produced six years ago. The mouse and keyboard are the kind that cost 5 yuan a set, and as for the headset, it is given away for free, and it belongs to the type that basically can't be sold.

As for the USB flash drive and modem, they are also second-hand and seventy percent new.

A computer of this level has been obsolete for several years, and its configuration is definitely non-mainstream, just a little spare money, and it is impossible to spend money to buy this pile of garbage back.

However, for Tang Xiaosheng, this configuration is enough. He bought a computer instead of playing games, not using large software, but only for codewords. As long as he can open a WORD document for codewords, he is satisfied.

After several tests, Tang Xiaosheng found that this computer has no pressure to open WORD documents, and it seems that there is a little bit of smoothness, when opening three WORD documents at the same time, it doesn't feel stuck at all. Tang Xiaosheng once tried to open WORD, and then opened the Kuwo music player, and the computer didn't crash, which is really amazing.

Now that the computer was bought, Tang Xiaosheng officially began to write novels.

Before the creation, Tang Xiaosheng was a little apprehensive in his heart, and he knew almost nothing about the creation of novels. He hadn't written a novel, or even read it. After living for so many years, he has never read any famous novels such as "Journey to the West", "Dream of Red Mansions" and "Romance of the Three Kingdoms", like "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "The Legend of the Condor Heroes", "Dragon Babu" and other martial arts novels, as for online novels such as "Breaking the Sky", "Star Change", "The Legend of Mortal Immortals", he has never heard of it.

In the field of fiction, Tang Xiaosheng is almost equal to a blank sheet of paper. With his strength, it is obvious that he is not capable of writing a novel. If it weren't for the constant harassment of Yue'er, the depression was getting worse and worse, and Tang Xiaosheng would not have written a novel after being beaten to death.

It's just that, since it wasn't killed, let's just write and see, it's a dead horse as a live horse doctor.

Tang Xiaosheng is still a little self-aware, he knows that his future in writing novels is very slim, and his life and death are uncertain. Although it is said on the Internet that some online novels can earn a hundred years, or even tens of millions, every year, Tang Xiaosheng knows that he may not be able to support himself by writing novels.

Out of caution, Tang Xiaosheng made two preparations. On the one hand. If the novel is successfully signed, earns money, and is able to support itself, then continue to write; On the other hand, if the novel can't support himself at all, then he obviously has to find another job to solve the most basic food and clothing problems.

After making a decision, Tang Xiaosheng immersed himself in conceiving the novel. He wrote the novel to get rid of Yue'er's entanglement, so the theme of the novel is naturally related to Yue'er.

Yue'er once said before her death. Her biggest dream is to travel through time and space. She also made an appointment with Tang Xiaosheng to invent a time-travel machine in the future, and then go to various time and space to play together.

With these in mind, Tang Xiaosheng preliminarily determined the theme of the novel - crossing.

He wants to write a time-traveling novel about Yue'er.

Fiction comes from life.

In the process of ideation. Tang Xiaosheng recalled many things about his childhood and Yue'er. He's going to pack it up and modify it. And then put it into the novel.

After seven days of pondering. On April 24, 2012, Tang Xiaosheng finally roughly determined the creative idea of the novel and gave the novel a name. It's called "Imposter Traverser".

After deciding on the idea, Tang Xiaosheng began to write the outline of the novel again. Since many of the plots of the novel are his childhood experiences, the idea is quite smooth and the inspiration is endless.

After eight days of day and night thinking, a 50,000-word outline was preliminarily completed. With the advent of the outline, Tang Xiaosheng began to write the text of the novel.

Compared with writing an outline, Tang Xiaosheng obviously felt much more difficult when writing the text, and when he coded words, he couldn't help but recall the sad experience of being forced to write an essay when he was in school. For a long time, he didn't understand why there was such a thing as "composition" in the world.

If it weren't for the cure of depression, Tang Xiaosheng would never have written.

In the code word, Tang Xiaosheng feels like squeezing toothpaste, he can squeeze a little bit and count a little. After writing hard for more than a week, Tang Xiaosheng finally squeezed out a 50,000-word text.

After writing, Tang Xiaosheng still has a sense of accomplishment, since he was a child, he has never written so many words. Out of a responsible attitude, he revised another 50,000 words repeatedly.

Keep improving!

After three days of revision, Tang Xiaosheng felt that it was almost the same, and decided to submit the manuscript. After a month of hard work, on May 9, Tang Xiaosheng sent the finished manuscript to the editor of the starting point-Chinese-net by email, and then began to wait anxiously for news.

The editors at the starting point are very busy, and it usually takes a week for them to reply to the manuscript. In the few days while waiting for the news of the starting point editing, Tang Xiaosheng was not idle and continued to refine the outline, and the number of words in the outline rose from 50,000 to 70,000 words.

Six days later, on May 15, Tang Xiaosheng finally received an email, which was from the starting point - the editor. Seeing the editor's email, Tang Xiaosheng was a little excited, but when he clicked on the body of the email, his heart suddenly cooled.

The starting point - the editor's email reply was only one sentence: "I'm sorry, your novel is not up to the contract standard for the time being, thank you for contributing." Happy creating. ”

After reading the reply, Tang Xiaosheng knew that his submission had been killed, which meant that his month-long efforts ended in failure. At the same time, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but have a question, what does the editor mean by "signing standards"? What are the "signing criteria"?

In order to find out this problem, Tang Xiaosheng specially went to the Internet café to surf the Internet, wanting to use the almighty Baidu to find out the specific meaning of "contract standard".

The reason why I want to go to the Internet café is because Tang Xiaosheng's rental house does not have a network cable. Originally, he wanted to pull a broadband to facilitate the creation of novels, after all, novels need to find information. Unfortunately, the residential area where he lives is about to be relocated, and China National Telecommunications and Information Technology no longer accept broadband services. And this rental house was lived in by Yue'er, and Tang Xiaosheng didn't want to move out, so this broadband was not completed in the end, and the Internet could only go to the Internet café.

On May 16, Tang Xiaosheng spent ten hours in an Internet café, looking up the meaning of "contract standard" on the Internet, and he really found a lot of answers.

Some netizens think that in order to sign a contract, the novel must have new ideas; Some netizens think that the novel should have a sense of substitution and resonate with readers; Some netizens think that there needs to be a conflict at the beginning of the novel, and then quickly pull out a small climax to make the reader feel refreshed; Some netizens believe that the personality of the protagonist is very important, and it is necessary to make people interested in the character; Some netizens think that the beginning is suitable for using a novel or fragrant plot to bluff the reader first......

There are at least thirty more similar answers.

After reading these answers, Tang Xiaosheng had mixed feelings. The already messy brain suddenly became even more messy.

While there are many answers to the "contracting criteria" on the web, when there are too many answers to a question, there is no difference between it and no answer.

It's like having 30 clocks in front of you at the same time, and each clock shows a different time, and in this case, you still don't know what time it is.

So, after looking up in the Internet café for a day, Tang Xiaosheng still couldn't understand what the "signing criteria" were, and Tang Xiaosheng didn't seem to understand many of the opinions raised by netizens. In particular, words related to writing, such as "sense of substitution", "rhythm", and "writing perspective". Tang Xiaosheng didn't know what to say at all, and he had never heard of it.

With a swollen head, Tang Xiaosheng returned to the rental house, trying to digest what he saw on the Internet.

After a night of meditation. Tang Xiaosheng found a new idea. The next day. Tang Xiaosheng revised the outline of "Imposter Traverser". Then rewrite the text.

Three days later, on May 20, after writing 30,000 words. Tang Xiaosheng made the second submission.

On the third day, May 24, the editor sent a reply message via email, with only one sentence: "I'm sorry, your novel doesn't meet the contract criteria for the time being, thank you for contributing." Happy creating. ”

On the surface, there is only one sentence in this email, but the amount of information it contains is huge. Until this time, Tang Xiaosheng still hadn't figured out what the so-called "signing criteria" were.

The failure of the second submission did not make Tang Xiaosheng lose confidence, because he had no confidence in the first place, and there was nothing to lose.

So, Tang Xiaosheng wrote another 30,000 words and cheekily made a third submission.

Three days later, on May 30, I received a reply from the editor: "I'm sorry, your novel doesn't meet the contract criteria for the time being, thank you for contributing." Happy creating. ”

After reading the reply, Tang Xiaosheng still did not lose confidence. The editors have made it clear that "your novel will not meet the contract standard for the time being", he said that it will not meet the contract standard for the time being, not that it will never meet the contract standard.

Therefore, Tang Xiaosheng felt that he could give it another try.

So, after racking his brains to revise the outline of the novel again, Tang Xiaosheng coded another 30,000 words, and on June 3, he made his fourth submission.

After the submission, Tang Xiaosheng continued to wait for news. He thought that the most tragic result should be to receive another "I'm sorry, your novel doesn't meet the contract standard for the time being, thank you for contributing." Happy creating. Unexpectedly, the situation was even worse than he imagined.

Because this time the starting point editor didn't reply at all.

After waiting for more than a week, Tang Xiaosheng never received a reply from the editor, and the fourth submission was like a mud cow entering the sea, with no return and no news.

Tang Xiaosheng analyzed it carefully and felt that the situation might be like this. He submitted his manuscript to the editor four times in a row, and the editor estimated that he was already bored, so he directly blocked Tang Xiaosheng. As a result, there was no reply at all for the fourth submission.

There was no reply, and the rejection was actually the same reason, and the fourth submission was declared a failure again.

Tang Xiaosheng has always felt that his novels are badly written, and it turns out that his novels are indeed badly written.

After tossing for two months, not only did not meet the most basic signing standards, but was also blocked by an editor, which is really not an ordinary setback.

However, Tang Xiaosheng still did not lose confidence, he will not give up his goal of writing novels, and in order to treat his depression, he will definitely stick to it.

Although Tang Xiaosheng may have been blocked by one of the starting point editors, there are a total of ten editors at the starting point, and after being blocked by one editor, he can continue to contribute to the other nine editors.

Tang Xiaosheng checked on the Internet, and some netizens said that the editor jelly of the starting group seems to be good, and he is willing to help newcomers, and it is said that jelly is still a sister paper. After learning the news, Tang Xiaosheng thought about it for a while and decided to give Jelly a try.

After revising the outline of the novel, Tang Xiaosheng wrote another 30,000 words of text, and on June 12, 2012, Tang Xiaosheng made his fifth submission and submitted the manuscript to the starting point-editor jelly......

After submitting the manuscript, Tang Xiaosheng did not continue to code words in the rental house, but prepared to go out to find a job.

Until this time, Tang Xiaosheng had been writing a novel for two months, and his money was only more than 700 yuan. In addition to eating, you also have to pay rent every month. What's worse is that you have to go to an Internet café to surf the Internet. This Internet fee is like running water, it is more than a dozen yuan at a time, and 700 yuan can't last long at all.

Tang Xiaosheng's novels have not yet met the contract standard, let alone making money from novels, so in order to have something to eat, he can only find another job.

In today's society, it is not difficult to find a job that will not starve to death, after a few considerations. Tang Xiaosheng finally found a job - moving bricks.

Tang Xiaosheng may have a better choice. For example, I went to work as a salesman in a computer city. Still, he decided to move bricks.

If you work in sales in a computer city, you need to constantly face customers. You need to communicate with your customers. A bunch of polite, hypocritical, boring things need to be said. I still have to think about how to fool customers, and I need to spend my energy on work.

The situation of moving bricks is different, although the work of moving bricks is a bit hard. But it has one obvious benefit – the mind is free.

When moving bricks, the brick mover's mind is unrestrained, and he can think about messy things while moving bricks, which is what Tang Xiaosheng needs most.

He is now writing a novel, and novels require a lot of time to conceive, and when moving bricks, he can use his time to conceive the plot, because the job of moving bricks does not require the use of brains.

So, on June 13, 2012, Tang Xiaosheng found a job moving bricks, and after two years, he returned to work on the construction site.

Every morning at eight o'clock, Tang Xiaosheng went to the construction site and began the work of moving bricks. When moving bricks, he is always thinking about the plot of "The Imposter Traverser", and occasionally when he has free time, he will write down some thoughts in a diary.

After getting off work at 7 p.m., Tang Xiaosheng would return to the rental house and continue to use the computer code until 1 a.m. Since the plot has been conceived in the construction site during the day, the idea is much clearer when coding words at night, and the speed of coding words is relatively fast.

After this life lasted for four days, on June 17, after getting off work that day, Tang Xiaosheng did not immediately go back to the rental house, but went to a nearby Internet café. His fifth submission has been out for five days, and I want to see if the editor Jelly has replied.

As a result, when he opened his mailbox in the Internet café, he found a new email, and the person who sent it was Jelly.

Seeing the new email, Tang Xiaosheng's heart was relatively calm, and there were not too many ups and downs. It's not that his psychological quality is good, but that he is a little numb.

It can be very frustrating when your first submission is rejected; The frustration is even more when the second submission is rejected.

However, if the submission is rejected four or five times in a row, and the last one is directly blocked by the editor, this is not frustration, but will take the initiative to give up hope. Only by giving up hope can we not be disappointed.

Therefore, Tang Xiaosheng did not have much hope for Jelly's email reply, and he was ready to be rejected for the fifth submission, and it was a big deal to submit it for the sixth time.

With this mentality, Tang Xiaosheng clicked on the email sent by Jelly, and his eyes were fixed, only to see the words written on the email: "Your novel is very creative." Add me Q-Q, Q-Q to chat. My Q-Q is 4943347XX, verify the title of your book on the Times. - xyZ-jelly halo. ”

After reading this reply, Tang Xiaosheng couldn't help but be stunned, staring at the computer screen with his eyes and frowning: "What's the situation?" ”

At first, he thought he was wrong, because this time the reply was not the words "Your novel does not meet the contract standard for the time being", which felt unscientific.

After reading the email four or five times, Tang Xiaosheng came back to his senses, and the situation was ...... Seem...... There is a turnaround.

Tang Xiaosheng wasn't sure what Jelly's reply meant, but it was at least a little more humane than the reply that "your novel doesn't meet the contract criteria for the time being." In particular, the addition of Q-Q really surprised Tang Xiaosheng, it is said that only contracted novel writers can add editing Q-Q.

Without thinking much about it, Tang Xiaosheng immediately logged in to his Q-Q number, and then added the Q-Q of jelly, and when he added it, the verification information was - "Counterfeit Traverser".

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PS: Here, a special thank you to the original responsible editor of the starting point group, Jelly. Although she has left her job, she is indeed an enthusiastic editor. Jelly helped her when she conceived The Imposter, and she was the first editor to give the novel a positive idea. (To be continued......)