After submitting five drafts in a row, on June 17, 2012, Tang Xiaosheng successfully added the Q-Q of the starting group responsible for editing jelly.

On QQ, Jelly made a lot of suggestions for "Counterfeit Traverser", and her suggestions were summarized in a rough format: "This novel is a good idea, but the selling point is not reflected, the characters are too mixed, the plot is a bit scattered, the system is relatively chaotic, the main line is not clear enough, the sense of substitution is not good, and the upgrade is too fast......"

In short, in addition to the creativity is passable, there are a lot of problems. Of course, this is good news for Tang Xiaosheng, and in any case, he finally got a professional review from the editor, and he knew what was wrong with his novel.

However, Tang Xiaosheng actually didn't understand the editor's comments, such as what "selling point", "sense of substitution", "main line", "upgrade system" and other basic terms of online novels, Tang Xiaosheng didn't know anything about it, and he had never heard of it before.

Fortunately, everything has Baidu.

After chatting with the editor, Tang Xiaosheng began to look up information on the Internet, searched for several articles that introduced the "sense of substitution" and "selling point" of the novel, and clarified the basic concepts of these novel writing. Later, on the advice of the editor, he overhauled the novel.

Nine days later, on June 27, Tang Xiaosheng made his sixth submission. The next day, I got a reply from the editor, which roughly means: the plot is too scattered, the system is a bit messy, and the selling point is not prominent.

In a word: the signing criteria are not met for the time being.

As a result, Tang Xiaosheng could only bury his head in continuing to revise the draft and outline.

Two more weeks later, on July 11. Tang Xiaosheng's latest manuscript was written again, and then the seventh submission was made.

Two days later, I received a reply from the editor, but this time it still didn't pass, and the problem was similar to before.

After the failure of this submission, Tang Xiaosheng began self-reflection. He had already submitted seven drafts, and there were at least twenty of them that had been scrapped, and there would be no pressure if he were asked to write a "Twenty Beginnings of Novels on the Street".

It's just that after writing so many beginnings, the more he writes, the more confused he becomes. Thinking is getting more and more confused. He feels that his current submission seems to be like buying a lottery ticket, with no technical content, and a bit of luck. Because of what kind of novelist is attractive, Tang Xiaosheng doesn't have any concept in his mind.

And so on. Nor is it a way. Although Tang Xiaosheng didn't care about submitting more than a dozen drafts. But after careful consideration. He decided to put a stop to the plan for submissions for the time being. Other editors are also very busy, and Tang Xiaosheng feels that he writes a bunch of garbage and submits it repeatedly, which always feels a little unkind.

Thereupon. After being killed for the seventh submission, Tang Xiaosheng did not submit again, but decided to concentrate on learning the skills of novel writing.

In the following three months, Tang Xiaosheng went to the Internet café almost every day to look up information about online novels. I don't know what to do if I don't check it, and I'm shocked when I check it. Tang Xiaosheng found a lot of information about novel writing on the Internet, and in three months, he found more than 200 articles on novel writing skills.

After gnawing on more than 200 articles, Tang Xiaosheng finally had a preliminary understanding of the creation of online novels. After studying the writing skills, he began to write again, and he wrote for a month.

Before you know it, the time has come to October 27, 2012.

That morning, Tang Xiaosheng finally wrote another manuscript and prepared to submit it for the eighth time. When he was about to submit, he unexpectedly learned the news that the starting point-editor Jelly had actually left.

As a result, Tang Xiaosheng's eighth submission changed to an editor, Lan Elf.

On the fifth day after the manuscript was submitted, I received a reply from the editor of Lan Elf: "The idea is good, but the plot is too tangled, and the plot is a bit scattered, so it is recommended to delete a lot." ”

The manuscript was killed again.

After receiving this reply, Tang Xiaosheng was relatively indifferent, it was not the first time he had been killed, and he had long been used to it. After that, according to the editor's suggestion, he made a lot of cuts to the plot outline, and cut about half of the plot.

Eight days later, on November 10, Tang Xiaosheng submitted the abridged outline and rewritten manuscript to the editor.

Five days later, the editor replied: "The opening is still not ideal. It is not appropriate to choose the little dragon girl at the beginning of the novel. In addition, Yang Guo's problem should be downplayed as much as possible, otherwise it will be said by readers to be a green-hat plot, no matter how round you are later. ”

In this way, Tang Xiaosheng's ninth submission failed again.

On the night of November 15, Tang Xiaosheng meditated on the computer, preparing to reimagine the plot of the beginning of the novel. It's just that after racking my brain for a few hours, I still don't have a clue.

From the time he decided to write "The Imposter Traverser" to the present, seven months have passed, and during this time, Tang Xiaosheng has written more than 800,000 words of waste manuscripts, and the outline of the novel alone has about 150,000 words.

After sitting in the Internet café for a night, Tang Xiaosheng did not open his mind. It wasn't until about one o'clock in the morning that he returned to the rental house, and then lay down on the chuang with a tired body to sleep......

……

Another space-time, Earth-13.

Tang Xiaosheng woke up slowly, and when he opened his eyes, he found that he was sitting on the beach in bedroom 3 at home, and he was holding a beautiful woman in his arms, Yang Ziwen.

"Did you dream of Tang Xiaosheng?" Yang Ziwen asked with concern.

"I dreamed it." Tang Xiaosheng said truthfully, "Tang Xiaosheng has already begun to conceive "Counterfeit Traverser", and submitted a manuscript to the starting point-editor. Now, though, he's having a hard time. His manuscript has been submitted nine times in a row, and various ideas have been tried, but the manuscript has not yet reached the standard of signing a contract. ”

Yang Ziwen's willow eyebrows curled: "Is it so difficult to sign a contract?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "It's not difficult to sign a contract, at the starting point, an average of one out of twenty novels can be signed, and the signing rate is 5%, which is still quite high, and the probability of being admitted to a key university is about the same." Tang Xiaosheng's novel didn't succeed, mainly because you wrote it too badly. ”

Yang Ziwen thought for a while and said, "Since Tang Xiaosheng doesn't know how to write the opening chapter, why don't we teach him to write it?" If Tang Xiaosheng appears again, we will tell him in detail about the beginning of "The Imposter Traverser". ”

"That's what I'm going to do." Tang Xiaosheng said. "The character who appeared at the beginning of "Counterfeit Traverser" was Xiang'er, and then Long'er appeared, I am going to ask Xiang'er and Long'er to come over and ask them to tell Tang Xiaosheng how to write the beginning of "Counterfeit Traverser".

Yang Ziwen nodded lightly, agreeing with his idea.

So, Tang Xiaosheng took out his mobile phone and immediately called Guo Xiang and Xiaolongnu. After receiving the call, in less than 20 minutes, Guo Xiang and Xiaolongnu came to the Bauhinia Community and entered the beach of bedroom 3 together.

When you come to the beach. Guo Xiang's mouth opened. Yawning incessantly. She was sleeping in Xiangshan Film and Television City, but she was woken up by Tang Xiaosheng's phone, and now she is still a little sleepy.

"Big brother, what are you looking for me and Sister Long?" Guo Xiang's small hand rubbed his sleepy eyes. Asked curiously.

The little dragon girl sitting on the side also had the same question in her heart. Tonight is Tang Xiaosheng and Yang Ziwen's wedding night. Xiaolongnu never thought that Tang Xiaosheng would call her here in the middle of the night.

Tang Xiaosheng looked at Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang and explained, "I came to you tonight, because I have a difficult task to be handed over to you. Tang Xiaosheng of Earth Time and Space X has already begun to write "Counterfeit Traverser". He doesn't know how to start a novel, so I want you to guide Tang Xiaosheng. ”

"Tang Xiaosheng?" Guo Xiang's big eyes blinked, "Is that the person in the dream who was haunted in the '13th Earth Time and Space'?" ”

"Yes." Tang Xiaosheng explained, "Tang Xiaosheng lives in another time and space, called X Earth space-time. Tang Xiaosheng will create the novel "Imposter Traveler" to reflect the '13th Earth space-time' we are in, and we need to give him some help to ensure that he can successfully complete this novel. ”

Guo Xiang and Xiaolongnu suddenly realized, and Xiaolongnu asked, "Guo'er, how can you help?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "Tang Xiaosheng dreams every day now, and he often appears in the '13th Earth Time and Space'. After he appeared, we took the opportunity to tell him the plot of the novel "The Imposter Traverser", and the more detailed the better, so that he could not conceive it himself. ”

Guo Xiang basically understood: "Big brother, are you asking me and Sister Long to wait here for Tang Xiaosheng to appear?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng nodded: "Tang Xiaosheng has been worrying about the beginning of the novel recently, and the beginning of the novel is about the plot of "The Condor Heroes", so it is most appropriate for the two of you to guide Tang Xiaosheng in writing." ”

Xiaolongnu looked around and asked curiously, "Will Tang Xiaosheng definitely appear on this beach?" Will he be somewhere else? ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "Tang Xiaosheng found the inspiration for "Counterfeit Traverser" on this beach, and this beach is the source of his creation, so when he conceived "Imposter Traverser", he usually dreamed of this beach. We'll just have to wait at the beach. ”

The little dragon girl nodded.

So, everyone sat on the beach together, chatting and patiently waiting for Tang Xiaosheng to appear.

While waiting, the sky was getting brighter and brighter, and it was already the next morning.

Since Tang Xiaosheng still hasn't appeared, Xiaolongnu, Guo Xiang, Yang Ziwen and Tang Xiaosheng have no choice but to continue to wait by the beach. In order to avoid boredom, the four of them went to the sea to catch fish and shrimp together, ready to eat barbecue.

Until noon, when they were roasting lobsters together, a white light suddenly flashed on the beach and condensed into the figure of a man.

The man was none other than Tang Xiaosheng.

Seeing this, Yang Ziwen's pretty face suddenly showed joy, stood up from the beach, and greeted: "Brother Tang, are you here?" ”

Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang also stood up one after another, and looked at Tang Xiaosheng who was standing ten meters away.

Facing the gaze of the three beauties, Tang Xiaosheng frowned slightly, and after looking at Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang a few times, he looked at Yang Ziwen and asked puzzledly: "Yue'er, are they your friends?" ”

"Hmm." Yang Ziwen introduced, "The beauty in the cyan casual dress is Guo Xiang, and the beauty in the snow-white dress is the little dragon girl. ”

"Guo Xiang? Little Dragon Girl? Tang Xiaosheng's mind was a little confused, and he asked, "Why are they here?" ”

Before Yang Ziwen could answer, Guo Xiang had already preemptively said, "Sister Long and I are here to help you." ”

"Help me?"

"That's right!" Guo Xiang asked Tang Xiaosheng, "Have you been thinking about "The Imposter Traverser" in recent months, and now you are struggling with the beginning of the novel?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng was shocked: "How do you know the Dao?" ”

Guo Xiang comforted: "Don't worry, Sister Long and I have already helped you conceive the beginning of the novel." The plot at the beginning of "The Imposter Traverser". It started at the Psychiatric Hospital in Gyeonghua City. ”

"A psychiatric hospital?"

"Hmm." Guo Xiang recalled, "At that time, I possessed Guo Yixiang, was mentally confused, and was imprisoned in a psychiatric hospital for treatment. Tang Xiaosheng was entrusted by Guo Yang, pretended to be Yang Guo, and entered the psychiatric hospital to find Guo Xiang. Later, they escaped from the psychiatric hospital together and went to the orthopedic hospital to see Huang Xiaoming, who was injured in a filming fall. As a result, in the hospital. Tang Xiaosheng unexpectedly met the little dragon girl ......"

Guo Xiang then recounted his personal experience in the psychiatric hospital in detail. These experiences of hers are the plot of the beginning of the novel.

When Guo Xiang recalled these experiences, Tang Xiaosheng was stunned when he heard it, he couldn't imagine that Guo Xiang really helped him conceive the plot of the novel.

After ten minutes. Guo Xiang finally finished his plot. Afterwards. The little dragon girl answered. She also began to describe to Tang Xiaosheng her various experiences after crossing over to Long Xiaoxue.

"Is there anything else you don't understand?" After finishing her statement, Xiaolongnu whispered to Tang Xiaosheng, "If you have any doubts. You can ask me and Xiang'er. ”

Tang Xiaosheng thought for a while and asked strangely, "How did you come up with these plots?" ”

Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang looked at each other, and Guo Xiang replied: "These plots are our real experiences, not conceived. Therefore, the impostor you wrote is not a fictional novel, but a non-fiction literature, which tells the history of the development of another time and space. ”

Tang Xiaosheng was stunned.

Guo Xiang continued to advise Tang Xiaosheng: "When writing a novel, you must not feel that you are writing a fictional fantasy novel, but feel that you are recording historical events. The plot in the novel is what really happened......"

Airplanes!

Guo Xiang was just halfway through his words, when Tang Xiaosheng's body suddenly became transparent, and in a moment, he disappeared without a trace.

"Why did you leave so quickly?" Seeing this, Guo Xiang pursed his mouth and said a little depressedly.

Xiaolongnu looked at Tang Xiaosheng and asked, "Come on, can Tang Xiaosheng remember the plot of the novel we just told him?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng shook his head: "I definitely can't remember, after Tang Xiaosheng woke up, he could only remember some fragments." However, these conversations tonight have been hidden in Tang Xiaosheng's subconscious, and as long as the time comes, these subconscious will emerge and become the inspiration for his creation. ”

……

Earth space-time X, rental house.

"It's really strange, how could I dream of Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang?"

Tang Xiaosheng lay quietly on the chuang, secretly recalling the dream just now. He had just dreamed not only of Yang Ziwen, but also of Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang.

In the dream, Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang seemed to say a lot of things to him, but Tang Xiaosheng couldn't remember what Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang said now.

For the next three days, Tang Xiaosheng was still worried about the opening of the novel, and the more he thought about it, the more confused it became, and if he continued like this, he suspected that he might be really insane.

Until the morning of November 18, when Tang Xiaosheng was brushing his teeth in the bathroom, a flash of inspiration flashed in his mind, and a thought came out of his mind.

"Huh? Is it possible to consider writing a novel from a psychiatric hospital? ”

Following this line of thought, in the next two days, Tang Xiaosheng came up with a new beginning, and rearranged the outline by the way.

On November 27, Tang Xiaosheng submitted for the tenth time.

Two days later, the editor's mailbox replied with a sentence: "This beginning is much better than last time, and the tangled plot has been deleted." It's time to sign a contract. ”

In this way, after nearly eight months of tossing, "Counterfeit Traverser" successfully signed a contract with the website. After signing the contract, on December 10, 2012, the novel was officially uploaded on the starting point-Chinese network, and Tang Xiaosheng gave himself a pen name, called "I want to go back to Mars......

……

Earth space-time X, home beach.

"Good news, Tang Xiaosheng's novel has been signed." Tang Xiaosheng, who had just woken up, solemnly announced.

Hearing this, the three beauties of Xiaolongnu, Guo Xiang and Yang Ziwen were secretly happy, and Guo Xiang asked, "Did Tang Xiaosheng sign the contract with the one we provided?" ”

"Not bad." Tang Xiaosheng nodded, "Tang Xiaosheng is finally on the right track, and it's not in vain that we help him so much." Let's go, let's celebrate. ”

"Hmm."

After speaking. Tang Xiaosheng, Yang Ziwen, Xiaolongnu and Guo Xiang left the beach together and returned to the living room of their home.

At more than six o'clock in the evening, Chen Yameng, Gan Nineteen Sisters, Zhao Min, Ren Yingying, Dongfang Undefeated, Xiao Huang Rong and others all came to the Bauhinia Community.

Before, due to the incident in Jinniu Mountain, they had been living in Xiangshan Film and Television City, and they had not had dinner in the Bauhinia Community for a while. Now that most of the villains in Jinniu Mountain have surrendered, except for Murong Fu, they decided to live back in the Bauhinia Community, after all, this is more like their home.

At a potluck. Tang Xiaosheng mentioned to everyone the matter of Earth X, time and space and Tang Xiaosheng.

After learning these truths. Gan Nineteen Sisters, Zhao Min, Ren Yingying, Dongfang Undefeated and others were quite surprised, but they didn't expect that "No. 13 Earth Time and Space" was actually mapped by Tang Xiaosheng, a man in his dream, in a novel.

And the most surprising person was Chen Yameng. It was only then that she learned where she came from.

Chen Yameng asked Tang Xiaosheng: "Husband." You're saying I didn't exist in the first place. It's just that Tang Xiaosheng got Yue'er's name wrong. mistakenly thought that 'Chen Yameng' was Yue'er's name, so I was the person? ”

Tang Xiaosheng nodded: "Yes." ”

Chen Yameng's eyebrows frowned slightly, slightly uneasy: "Since I don't exist." Am I going to disappear? ”

Tang Xiaosheng smiled and comforted: "Baby, don't worry, you won't disappear." Actually, it's not just that you don't exist, all of us here don't exist in the first place, and everyone in this time and space is mapped by Tang Xiaosheng with "Fake Traverser". As long as Tang Xiaosheng writes this novel, then we will be able to exist forever. ”

Chen Yameng pursed her thin lips and asked with concern: "Has Tang Xiaosheng written the novel well?" ”

"He's already starting to write, and he's only writing a beginning so far." Tang Xiaosheng recalled, "Tang Xiaosheng came here last night, and Long Er and Xiang'er also instructed him on how to write the plot of "The Condor Heroes". "The Imposter Traverser" has nearly 6 million words, and it is estimated that Tang Xiaosheng will have to write it for two years. ”

At this time, Xiao Huang Rong, who was sitting opposite and drinking chicken soup, remembered something, wiped the oil stains on her mouth, and asked in a childish voice: "Daddy, will Mars come again?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng was a little curious: "What, Rong'er wants to see Tang Xiaosheng?" ”

"Hmm." Xiao Huang Rong nodded and pursed her mouth, "I want to guide Mars to write the plot of "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". ”

Tang Xiaosheng smiled, touched Xiao Huang Rong's little head, and said, "Okay, when he appears, Rong'er can talk to him." The plot of "Imposter Traverser" is so chaotic, Tang Xiaosheng can't think of it alone, we have to help him. ”

Guo Xiang added: "We are Tang Xiaosheng's think tank, and we can help him conceive all the plots. ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "Almost." ”

Xiao Huang Rong's big eyes rolled and asked, "Daddy, what does Mars look like?" Is he like a fireball? Is it still burning? ”

Tang Xiaosheng said with a smile: "Of course not, Mars looks exactly the same as the father of 'No. 0 Earth Time and Space'." ”

"Really?" Xiao Huang Rong's eyes lit up, and she felt so magical, "When will Mars come to our house again?" ”

Tang Xiaosheng said: "Daddy doesn't know what to do. If Rong'er wants to see him, she can wait on the beach in bedroom 3. ”

"Oh."

……

In order to meet Tang Xiaosheng, Xiao Huang Rong stayed on the beach in bedroom 3 for the next two days. It's a pity that two days have passed, but Tang Xiaosheng has not appeared.

However, Xiao Huang Rong is not idle, she has fun on the beach every day, sometimes she catches fish in the sea, sometimes picks up shells on the shore, sometimes piles sand on the beach, and sometimes calls Xiaolongnu, Ren Yingying, Guo Xiang and other beautiful women, and then wears bikini to swim in the sea together.

On the evening of the third day, Xiao Huang Rong and Guo Xiang played surfing together in the sea, and after dark, the two sat on the beach and ate barbecue.

"Xiang'er, why hasn't Mars come yet?" Xiao Huang Rong asked while grilling a lobster.

"He probably didn't dream." Guo Xiang guessed.

Xiao Huang Rong pursed her lips: "Is Mars not coming?" ”

Guo Xiang asked strangely: "Why are you so anxious to see Mars?" ”

Xiao Huang Rong bent her eyebrows, sighed softly, and looked sentimental: "I have a secret matter to discuss with Mars." ”

Guo Xiang asked: "What is the secret thing?" ”

Xiao Huang Rong shook her head: "I can't tell you." ”

Guo Xiang was puzzled: "What is it for?" ”

"I'm going to talk about this secret thing, it's a little inappropriate for children." Xiao Huang Rong explained seriously.

"......" Guo Xiang was a little speechless: Who is the child? You're the child, okay!

Airplanes!

The two were chatting, when a white light suddenly flashed on the beach and gradually condensed into a figure.

Seeing this, Xiao Huang Rong's eyes lit up: "Hey, it seems to be Mars!" (To be continued......)