The intention of publishing this chapter is to introduce the working and living conditions of online writers, and I hope that readers can better understand and support us.

Taking the book "Demon Dao Extreme Venerable" as an example, if you keep two updates a day, and each chapter is nearly 3,000 words, then the pure code word 101 needs to be written for one and a half hours per chapter.

It's not fast, it's not very slow, it's just so-so.

However, it takes at least three hours to conceive and revise these two chapters, which means that it takes about one hour to conceive one chapter, and another half hour to revise and polish.

So a day spent on code words is 3 + 3 = 6 hours.

Maybe people say that compared to working 8 hours a day, being an online writer is still very easy!

Yes, that's true, but there's much more to an online writer than meets the eye.

One is that continuous learning takes a lot of time and energy, such as reading Jin Yong and Gu Long novels, and when reading 101, it is necessary to analyze the plot and characters, and at the same time to take notes, draw charts, and analyze the plot structure, so the reading speed is very slow.

Jin Yong's 15 books, 101 took more than half a year to read them carefully, and now I have to read "The Legend of Deer and Ding" repeatedly, because the understanding is not deep enough.

In addition, popular web novels, comics, movies and TV series, this should also be widely watched, if you write about history, professional, it will take a lot of time to consult such books.

Some writing books, such as McGee and other writing principles in the West, and books by some Chinese novel connoisseurs and critics, 101 are good when you see them, and you buy them to learn when they are novel.

On average, you spend at least 3-4 hours a day reading and studying, maybe more.

In this way, 6 hours of codewords are added, which is 9-10 hours of work.

It's not over yet, we write books for readers, whether readers like to read them or not, and if they think there are any problems, we have to communicate with readers.

Take the book 101 as an example, the first 16 chapters were sent out, and everyone generally reported that the rhythm was too slow and the cool point was insufficient, so on the weekend and two days, 101 really had no intention of coding words, and communicated with his father on the phone many times, each time for more than 1 hour, and asked him to read the manuscript, discuss the gains and losses and ways to improve (the old father is nearly 70 years old and has also written novels, so he is a loyal reader of 101 and will give 101 good advice).

In addition, there are a lot of opinions from friends in the writing group, and 101 needs to spend time discussing with them, analyzing problems, and finding ways to improve.

And these problems are summarized, how to change them, 101 still has to go through Jin Yong's books, such as the chapter of the Gambler's Fang, the protagonist is too passive, so 101 specially went to see "The Legend of Deer and Ding", Wei Xiaobao was captured by the Heaven and Earth Society, it is also a passive plot, how did Jin Yong deal with it?

These problems are pointed out by others as just a general feeling, and it is up to the author himself to analyze and locate them, and to find out how to improve them and understand the principles so as not to repeat them in the future, we have to read books and ponder them carefully.

And all of this requires a lot of time and a focused attitude.

So, it was a great thing that there was a problem in writing a book, which allowed the author to refine his skills and make himself more aware of writing a novel, but it was also a disaster, and the subsequent revision work had to reimagine and adjust the structure of the plot on the one hand, and revise the chapters that had been written before.

This will affect the normal codeword work.

This part of the workload that may pop up at any time, just like the overtime work that everyone goes to work, once it happens, it takes 2-3 days to deal with, or even more.

It will also greatly affect the mood of writing, and you can't continue to write at all.

In addition, due to long-term desk writing, online writers are generally overweight, with symptoms of fatty liver, high blood lipids, and high uric acid.

Because of the mental work that focuses on ideas all day long, it is often difficult to fall asleep, so there are cases of insomnia and dreams, and some authors use alcohol to eliminate excitement and relieve stress.

Some people drink a lot of tea, coffee, and smoke to increase their excitement and get a good state.

Long-term high-speed code words, shoulder and back pain, back pain, neck pain, finger tenosynovitis, dry eyes, migraine, gastrointestinal indigestion

These are not good for the body, so you need to do exercise to stay healthy, then you should do at least 1-2 hours of exercise every day.

Also, the online writer is an otaku and a housewife, and if you are married, you need to take on most of the housework, buy groceries, cook and take care of the children, take care of the elderly, and none of them can run.

Hiring nannies and part-time workers is just the patent of the great gods, and it is difficult for the small gods to do it.

In addition, there are festivals, sudden illnesses and accidents, which make the author's stable creative time and mentality interrupted from time to time.

In this way, a qualified Internet writer must be a strong warrior, with an iron body, tough nerves, and a huge heart.

Considering the accident, his workload is not two changes a day, but three chapters a day, and the excess is used as a manuscript to deal with the accident.

Okay, how much time you need to work every day, 101 can't be calculated, which of you is good at math, do the math!

Anyway, I think that every day my mind is a novel, and when I open my eyes and close my eyes, it is a novel, except for the code word is work, even doing housework and going to the toilet and taking a bath, my mind is a novel.

Alas, alas...... This business is just like the Demon Gate, it's the way of the Devil!

As soon as you enter the Demon Gate, it is as deep as the sea, and you will move forward step by step until you have no regrets!

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