After rebirth, she first killed the book thief, and she was busy writing articles to save people

The so-called natural list is a ranking list that is "naturally" generated by the number of readers' readings and payment amounts.

It does not require editorial review and recommendation. It is not only friendly to unsigned new authors and can increase exposure, but it is also a great affirmation of the work.

When Jiang Baige saw that her novel was on the list, it was already time to get off work. Plus it was Friday, she put herself in the shoes of a social animal and decided to wait until Monday to contact the other party.

Fortunately, as mentioned in the previous beginner’s guide: the most important thing after being on the list is to stay updated.

She quickly opened the document and took a look at the word count. There were less than 150,000 words in total, and with the 40,000 words that had been updated, there were only 100,000 words left.

She used to update every other day, but after being listed, she needs to change to daily updates. If she opens a paid subscription service, she may need to update more than once every few days.

The speed of writing at the beginning was pretty good because the beginning of the story had a high degree of overlap with the previous version, and only the main supporting characters and foreshadowing needed to be added.

But as time goes on, with the addition of new characters and plots, and the story and emotional lines gradually unfold, it becomes more difficult to write.

Her typing speed basically remains at around three to four thousand per day, and she will get stuck if the plot doesn't flow smoothly.

Compared with those authors who can write 10,000 or 20,000 words a day, it is really too slow.

It is not particularly obvious now, but after 20 years, with the rise of free and genuine websites, online literature has developed into a red ocean, and writing 10,000 yuan a day has become a basic skill.

If she can't do it and wants to write full-time, her end will be the same as hers: starving to death!

During this period of time, she spent too much energy on Li Bingyang. As she was not good at multi-threaded work, she couldn't help feeling anxious.

She sat in front of the computer, feeling confused for a moment. She had not yet completed the number of words she had planned for today, but she just couldn't muster the energy to write.

The cell phone rang at the right moment. Jiang Baige felt like she had grabbed a life-saving straw. She was able to rationalize her behavior of not writing and quickly picked up the phone.

"So active in answering the phone today?"

The mother's slightly teasing voice came from the other end, and Jiang Baige's good temper dropped by half: "If I don't like it, I will just hang up next time."

"You're in a bad mood. Why are you angry over a joke?"

Thinking that this was the first time she had talked to her mother after her new life, Jiang Baige's heart softened a little: "Maybe it's premenstrual syndrome."

"what?"

So Jiang Baige explained to her mother, who was used to calling menstruation "Aunt Flo", what premenstrual syndrome was. There was no impatience in her tone. Instead, after listening, her mother casually said, "Top students are different. They know everything."

Jiang Baige was a little surprised. She thought her mother would be proud of her only after she was successfully admitted to the university that everyone thought she could not attend in two years.

During the four years she was in college, her parents never came to other provinces to see her. But when she was studying for her master's degree, her parents went to Anjing two or three times a year.

So after she graduated from a prestigious university and obtained a household registration that others couldn't buy with money, she didn't think about getting married and having children as soon as possible. Instead, she gave up her stable job in a state-owned enterprise to do a freelance job that was precarious and required her to pay for her own social security - a job that the older generation had never even heard of, such as "writing online articles". Her parents were so angry that they didn't say a word to her for half a year and kept it a secret from relatives and friends at home.

Sometimes she also wanted to know, in another world - if a parallel world existed, would her parents regret not understanding and supporting her more when they learned of her sudden death?

"What are you thinking about? Why aren't you talking?"

My mother's shrill voice coming from the phone had a vague sense of reality.

"what?"

"Let me ask you, will you come back this National Day?"

Bai Yunqing, Jiang Baige's mother, clearly remembers that during her freshman year, Jiang Baige, who had just registered, was dissatisfied with her college entrance examination results and wanted to repeat the year, so she took advantage of the National Day holiday and went home with her luggage.

After opening the door, Bai Yunqing and Jiang Huatao, Jiang Baige's father, were petrified when they saw Jiang Baige dragging large and small bags of luggage.

In the end, although Jiang Baige was persuaded to go back, she was still frightened. It was the National Day holiday again, so she had to find out the news first.

Jiang Baige's silence gave Bai Yunqing a bad feeling: "It's okay for you to come back, but if you haven't given up the idea of ​​repeating your studies, I'm afraid we have to have a good talk."

Bai Yunqing's words were unintentional, but Jiang Baige's listeners took them to heart.

She realized that whenever she needed to make important decisions in her life, her ideas were always contrary to her parents':

She didn’t do well in the college entrance exam and wanted to repeat it, but her parents advised her not to because they knew she had poor mental qualities;

When faced with the choice of postgraduate entrance examination and guaranteed admission, her parents wanted her to stay at her current school, which was not that good but safe. However, she wanted to take a chance and go to the university she had chosen when she took the college entrance examination.

When she was preparing to find a job, her parents expected her to have a stable life. They thought that a girl’s job was not the first priority, but having a good family was. However, she only wanted to pursue her career. She found that the opportunities in state-owned enterprises were slim, so she wanted to pick up her dream again...

When she was younger, she would compromise, for example, she stayed in this university, which seemed not bad.

But as she grew up and moved away from her parents, she began to stop being "obedient." Sometimes her results were okay, such as attending a prestigious school that everyone envied.

But in the end, her "dream-chasing journey" ended in complete failure.

"I won't go back this year." Jiang Baige made a different decision than she did that year. "Mom, you know, I like writing novels. I just signed a contract with a website some time ago, and now I need to rush to the charts. I want to take advantage of the holiday to stay in school and save more manuscripts. If I go home, the trip back and forth will waste a lot of time."

The call from her mother was like a warning bell, reminding her that since she had chosen this path, she must make a good start. Just like an online article, if the beginning does not arouse the curiosity of the readers and no one looks forward to the development of the story, then the excitement afterwards will be meaningless.

If an online novel fails, you can write another one, but you can’t reread your life endlessly.

On the other side, Bai Yunqing tried hard to digest the new words such as "signing", "list", and "saving manuscripts", and finally said: "Okay, then you should be careful, read the contract carefully, and don't be deceived."

"understood."

When the call was about to end, Bai Yunqing added: "Don't be too tired. You can make an appointment with your classmates to go out and play for two days. Don't worry about the money. I will transfer a thousand yuan to your card. If it's not enough, just tell me."

Jiang Baige wondered for no reason, now that she had money, could she sign up for a Muay Thai class?

Just as Jiang Baige hung up the phone with her mother, another strange call came in.

Since she didn't want to write the article anyway, she simply answered the phone.