Liang Yu quickly flipped through the magazine he bought from beginning to end, and found that the content published in the magazine was as Guo Pinyuan said, which was the story of a teenager who was passionate about the sun.

"Does that mean that the content I'm creating doesn't fit the theme of the magazine?" Liang Yu closed the magazine and looked up and asked.

"That's not the case, the three stories you emailed me this time are "Magic Phone", "Things You Don't Need", "Chivalry", plus the first manga submission "Pursuit", except for "Chivalry", the other three comics are very suitable for Fantasy."

"Huh?" As soon as he heard Guo Pinyuan say this, Liang Yu didn't understand the meaning of what the other party said just now, was it really just to popularize science for himself.

"If you're just going to have to deal with a script contest like this, that's good enough to qualify, no, you're better than most amateur contributors your age, or older than you, at least in my opinion, if I were a judge in the SD script contest, I'd vote for you." When Guo Pinyuan said this, although his words were full of praise, the other party's face did not have the kind of smile that praised others, but stared at Liang Yu's eyes seriously: "But I want to ask - are you satisfied?" ”

“？”

"Considering your age, maybe I should say to you now, do a good job, and then let you revise these manuscripts before submitting them, and see you get a finalist, and if you're lucky, you can get the third prize, but I think that's a waste of your talent."

"Talent?"

"That's right, it's talent." Guo Pinyuan stretched out two fingers, "In my opinion, there are two kinds of successful people in this world, one is talented people, commonly known as geniuses, they are born superhuman, inspired by many people, often achieve success in a flash of inspiration, and the second is to rely on calculations to achieve success, this type of people usually think about how to be successful, what they most often do is to collect intelligence, conduct detailed analysis, and apply it to the formula of comics, that is, how to be popular and how to draw, or so to speak, It's genius in another sense. ”

"Isn't it diligence?"

"Hmm...... Although I don't really want to say this, there are many things in this world that can't be done by hard work alone. For example, if you don't find the right way to study, blindly copy the rigid routine, then you can't solve the problem of memorizing the formula all day long, and some students have mastered the application method of this formula, then it is like a key inserted into the keyhole, and the problem will be solved. As for the importance of hard work, genius also requires hard work, success requires 99% sweat, and the rest is the 1% inspiration. ”

"I see, please continue with the topic just now." Liang Yu said.

Guo Pinyuan leaned back in the chair, crossed his hands on his chest, and fell into recollection: "The first time I saw your "Pursuit", I felt your talent, the story is full of tension, short and concise, and the ending is full of suspense, which makes people unsatisfied, such characteristics have been continued in the later "Magic Mobile Phone", "Unwanted Things", "Chivalry", it can be said that this is your talent, the creative talent to create a tight logic and unexpected plot!" ”

Liang Yu listened quietly, she looked down at the printed draft full of red pen annotations in her hand, and could see that this was not a perfunctory revision, but a lot of effort.

However, the other party said, "It's not good enough!" ”

"Is it because I didn't take into account the question of the readership of the work?"

"That's right, no matter how talented you are, you can't take boxing comics and baseball comics to girl's magazines and publish them, and vice versa, as a person who aims to be a cartoonist, you must aim to attract more readers, and you can't be satisfied with creating a story that is not bad, or only a story that is self-satisfied." Guo Pinyuan picked up the magazine of shonen fantasy on the table: "Compared with other shonen comic weeklies on the market, the themes of Fantasy are more diversified, and the simple point is that the subject matter is not limited, but if you want to be successful, there are still tricks." ”

"What's the trick?"

"First of all, as I said before, this is a teenager magazine, and the readers are teenagers, so the three themes of drawing the stories they want to see, victory, hard work, and friendship will definitely not go out of style. Secondly, the choice of subject matter is also very important, the length of comics that a magazine can publish is limited, but the number of authors who submit is far beyond this number, Liang Yu, if it were you, how do you think you can attract the attention of editors and defeat many competitors? ”

"Pick some unpopular subjects."

"Yes, if you choose the mainstream fantasy adventure stories on the shonen comics, then there is a contrast, no matter how strong the newcomer is, I don't think I can have a work that matches the stable style of "Dragon Pig" and "Youyou Black Book", and already has a large number of fans, but in contrast, themes like "Detective Kidd" are very popular because of their uniqueness, and the Grim Reaper has become a primary school student, constantly creating treacherous murders everywhere, And the protagonist is a magician detective who uses magic to restore the murder case, and the novel and interesting setting of fighting wits and courage with the other party is an instant hit. ”

"But wouldn't a subject that is too biased lose popularity?"

"So we should also pay attention to the problem of degree, the reader will maintain a mysterious interest in an unknown field, but too much professional knowledge will make people feel boring, and the work still needs to be guided by a story, and it is good to add explanations in the appropriate places." Guo Pinyuan paused for a moment and said: "If it were other authors, I actually didn't encourage them to use this method to create, because some swords have the feeling of going sideways, but because I feel your talent, no, it is precisely because you have such a talent, so this may be a more suitable path for you." ”

"In other words, do you want to combine the themes of hard work, camaraderie, and victory to create a story with an unpopular theme?"

"How about a way to put it in a way that makes people shine?"

"I see, I'll go back and think about the story before I re-submit." Putting away the printing paper in front of him, Liang Yu said.

"Well, but these three "Pursuit", "Magic Phone", and "Unwanted Things" are also revised according to the comments I wrote and sent them to me by email." Guo Pinyuan said.

"Hey, isn't this needed?"

"I didn't say that once, I'm talking about your shortcomings and deficiencies, and then work hard step by step as I just said. But these stories are well written as short stories.,It's a pity to abandon it.,I'm going to wait for you to revise it and continue to vote for the script contest.,Because there's no limit to one person who can only vote.,If the judges like it.,It's also possible to win multiple awards at the same time.。 After Guo Pinyuan finished speaking, he suddenly remembered something: "By the way, there is another thing I want to discuss with you." ”

"What's the matter?"

"There is a middle school student about your age, in the first year of high school, I want him to draw your "Pursuit", what do you think?"