A perfect life starting from a light novel writer

People cannot be judged by their appearance, and books cannot be judged by their names.

Tang Yin's expression just condensed slightly, and then she focused on the plot of the novel.

The male protagonist of the novel, Song Ren (Rita Sukai), is a high school student. He is a useless person who only wastes time, skips school and plays games. However, one day in his life, he encounters the soul of his dead friend Lin Yi (Meiko Honma).

In the first chapter of the novel, a lot of pen and ink is used to describe the family environment of the male protagonist Song Ren and the female protagonist Lin Yi.

The family's helplessness towards Song Ren, his decadent outlook on life, and irresponsible attitude towards things

Seeing this made Tang Yin very angry.

On the other hand, Lin Yi's portrayal is so adorable.

She is a petite and cute loli in a white dress. She doesn’t understand anything, but she speaks out a sentence at a critical moment that can warm the readers’ hearts.

She had been dead for several years, but when she returned home, she found that her family was still immersed in the sadness of her passing. Although her father was calm and her brother's grief had faded, it was obvious that her mother had not been able to get over it.

At every meal, she would be served a bowl of rice with rice on it.

"Stop doing this kind of thing, serving a portion to my sister every time she eats. I look like an eyesore. If I die, I won't be able to eat anymore." My younger brother could say this while playing with his cell phone.

"Don't say such things. Your sister may be so confused that she didn't even realize she was dead until now. Serve her some food." Her mother just looked at Lin Yi's photo, tears welling up in the corners of her eyes.

"I know." Lin Yi stood among the family members with a smile on her face, but her voice was choked with sobs.

"Lin Yi, I still know that I am dead."

The father was reading the newspaper, the younger brother was eating, and the mother was looking at the photos of her body.

However, their family, Lin Yi, is here, but they can't see it.

No one heard what she said.

She was right in front of her family, but couldn't communicate with them.

The whole world, everyone who can see her and hear her speak.

There is only the male protagonist, Song Ren.

Seeing this, Tang Yin suddenly felt a knot in her heart.

To say that the early plot of "Unheard Flower Name" is slow does not mean that its early plot is really not interesting at all.

Perhaps in the early plot of this work, a lot of space is used to set up the plot, create the atmosphere of the novel, and arouse the readers' emotions bit by bit.

But it can suddenly and abruptly break the reader's defenses with a line, a scene, and a plot of less than ten seconds.

Of course, most of these touching highlights focus on the heroine.

This work is impeccable in its portrayal of the heroine.

But why do many people find this work not attractive enough in the early stages of watching it?

The problem is not with the plot at all, but with the male protagonist.

The original setting of this male protagonist is too ordinary.

There is no golden finger, no extraordinary courage, no surprising wisdom displayed.

Well. He is just an ordinary person, a sunshine boy when he was a child. Later, he suffered psychological trauma due to the death of the heroine, which led to the abandoned house where he spent his life from elementary school to high school.

The only unusual thing about him in this work is that the heroine likes him and that he can see her ghost and communicate with her. Other than that, there is nothing else.

When everyone watches the work, when they see the heroine appear, they will find it very cute. When they see the childhood playmates of the protagonists appear, they will feel that these characters are portrayed very realistically.

But then what?

The male protagonist is real. He has little opportunity to show off in the early stages. He is even in a weak and suppressed relationship with his childhood friend.

This makes the audience look very bored if they assume the perspective of the male protagonist.

Tang Yin is also going through this process now

The more she watched Lin Yi, the heroine, the more she liked her.

While watching it, I often sigh, why is Xia Yan's portrayal of the female character so good, and Lin Yi is really sensible, cute, tearful, and heart-wrenching.

But what about the male protagonist?

To be honest, Tang Yin couldn't find anything wrong with him, but she just felt like why the heroine Lin Yi would like him! What a pity

I have finished reading the three-chapter novel Unheard of Flowers.

Tang Yin looked up at the ceiling

After thinking about it carefully, she found no fault with this work.

The male protagonist Song Ren may not have performed well enough, but what he did after meeting Lin Yi was not annoying.

The heroine Mei is indeed adorable and charming.

The conflicts between the childhood friends and the male protagonist Song Ren are also very realistic.

But it is.

"It's not attractive enough! Xia Yan." Tang Yin paused and looked at Xia Yan.

"The pace is too slow. After three chapters, I still don't know what the main plot of your novel is."

Falling in love doesn’t feel like love at all.

It talks about friendship, but the plot doesn’t delve far enough in this direction.

Why did the heroine Lin Yi appear in front of Song Ren, and why was only Song Ren able to see him.

What's Lin Yi's purpose?

As a reader, Tang Yin had no clue about these doubts.

"I know." Xia Yan had long known that Tang Yin might say such a thing.

He himself felt this way, not to mention Tang Yin, the novel editor with a more critical eye.

"But...that's the pace of this novel. It's a slow burn."

As soon as Xia Yan opened his mouth, both Tang Yin and Song Lingjun looked at him.

"Very slow?" Tang Yin looked confused.

"This is a novel that we are trying to get serialized in Red Maple, one of the top journals in Southern Province. It's slow? If you know that, why did you create such a novel?"

Serialized journals are not a place where creators can enjoy themselves at will.

To put it bluntly, the light novel industry is very competitive. Why do the editors in the editorial department rely on the plot of the first chapter of the novel to decide whether the novel will stay in the book club journal at the serialization meeting?

That's because readers have only this little patience.

It's not impossible to be slow, but first of all, if this novel wants to be serialized, it must pass the serialization meeting.

Secondly, after being serialized in the journal, if the plot is too slow and the performance is not good, the novel may be cut off before the plot explodes.

Tang Yin really doesn't understand Xia Yan. How could he make such a low-level mistake.

"Because... it's a pity."

Xia Yan actually doesn't know the plot of this work, but he believes that no matter which world it is, fans of two-dimensional works are definitely picky.

The Internet trolls in the parallel world can't be kinder than Longguo.

If this work can be so slow in the early stage, and still have such high ratings and such high playback volume in the parallel world, then it must have the quality of the work to match its achievements.

"What a pity? What do you mean." Tang Yin looked at Xia Yan.

"That's right, I think it is a work that surpasses Youth Journey in all aspects in all senses. But if I give up this work just because it is slow in the early stage and let it be buried deep in my memory, it's a pity." Xia Yan said with a smile.

All aspects.

Surpass Youth Journey?

When Xia Yan said this, both Tang Yin and Song Lingjun's ears perked up slightly.

Especially Song Lingjun, looking at the stack of novel manuscripts of Anohana in Tang Yin's hand, she was as if facing a great enemy.

So confident?

"You don't have the final say on this kind of thing. If the creators' judgments on their own works are so accurate, how can there be so many movies in the market that invest hundreds of millions and then lose money. How is the quality of this novel compared with Youth Journey? You don't have the final say, I don't have the final say, it depends on the readers of Longguo's novel world." Tang Yin immediately gave an example to refute.

There are countless examples of famous novelists who failed to write their new novels after becoming famous.

So before they wrote those failed novels, were they confident?

Of course, if they were not confident, why would they write these failed works and put them on the market to embarrass themselves? They must think they have written a top-notch novel!

But the market and readers taught them a lesson later.

"I understand what you mean, Tang Yin. So what I mean is that I think this work is a work that surpasses Youth Journey in all aspects. As long as it can be serialized smoothly, its achievements will exceed Youth Journey. Of course, this is just my opinion." Xia Yan's expression was calm, but his tone was confident and emphasized.

Of course, he was just bragging about the content of this paragraph.

There is no way. If you, the author of a novel, are not confident, how can others be confident?

You have to pretend to be confident.

Otherwise, if he feels guilty, others will think that there is something wrong with your attitude towards novel writing. Maybe you just made up a story and wrote it without a serious attitude to amuse others. Otherwise, why would you feel guilty and lack confidence in a novel you wrote with all your efforts?

With Tang Yin's serious personality, she might even choose to give up submitting the manuscript of the novel "Anohana" to compete in the serial conference next week.

"I think it's meaningless for you, Tang Yin, to worry about this issue now." Song Lingjun suddenly spoke at this moment.

"Although I haven't seen the manuscript of this novel, it's hard to judge the plot. But the serial conference is next week. You don't have enough time to reject Xia Yan's new work and let him create a new one."

"If you don't submit Xia Yan's manuscript, then Xia Yan's chance of competing for the quota for the serial conference next week is zero. And submitting his work is not zero anyway."

Song Lingjun said here.

Tang Yin immediately understood what Song Lingjun meant.

Unless you are ready to give up letting Xia Yan's work participate in the competition at this serial conference, otherwise, Tang Yin has only one choice.

Submit this novel!

Late at night, Xia Yan and Song Lingjun walked out of Tang Yin's community together.

The night wind was a little cold. Xia Yan looked at Song Lingjun's arms, which were slightly folded, and wanted to take off his coat to cover her.

But thinking of her character, Xia Yan paused, took two more steps forward, and blocked the direction of the wind.

"Why did you speak for me just now? If my work is missing from the serialization meeting, you will also have one less competitor." Xia Yan suddenly asked.

The night wind blew, and the corners of Song Lingjun's black school skirt fluttered, and her hair was also dancing.

Her fair and beautiful face was not shaken by the chill at this moment, but stared at Xia Yan.

"My goal is to defeat you head-on with my new work, not to win without a fight! As long as your novel is submitted to the serialization meeting, the competition will begin. My work was selected, but your work was not selected because the plot was slow to heat up in the early stage. I win. Even if both of our works get serialization spots and can be serialized in Red Maple, according to what Tang Yin said, your novel is slow to heat up, even if there are some excellent developments in the later plot, it is likely that it will not be able to recover in the later stage because of the lack of popularity accumulated in the early stage. I win."

"And even if I didn't say those words, Tang Yin would understand these principles and choose to submit your work."

"You really have a strong obsession with winning or losing!" Xia Yan paused after hearing this.

"I only have this obsession with people and things that interest me. I don't want to compete with all people and things. I'm not sick." Tang Yin looked at a taxi driving on the street and waved.

"But as long as I win the competition with your new work this time, I can let go of this insignificant desire to win or lose." Before getting in the car, Song Lingjun looked back at Xia Yan.

Her profile was beautiful and delicate, her skin was white and smooth, and her eyes were full of seriousness.

"Because, no one who has been surpassed by me has been able to overtake me so far. Once you become my defeated opponent, you will be my defeated opponent for life."

The girl spoke with confidence, and then got into the taxi.

Xia Yan watched Song Lingjun get in the taxi and leave.

For some reason, he felt happy and a little happy.

"How interesting, he turns out to be this kind of person." Xia Yan stood for a long time, muttering to himself.