Something to Say

The typical process for a new book is as follows: it usually starts getting recommended when it reaches around 100,000 words, then it starts competing in the PK round when it reaches around 200,000 words. After two rounds of PK, it gains about 70,000 to 80,000 favorites, and it can be officially released when it reaches around 100,000 favorites. Finally, it depends on the first day's subscription performance.

The book "Martial Ancestor" has 300,000 words and 10,000 favorites, but it has only made it to a few minor recommendations on the channel. I've been waiting and waiting, but the PK battle is still not happening, and I'm getting a little impatient.

I feel that this book is written quite well, and the readers are very active. The data in terms of rewards, recommendation votes, and book review sections all look pretty good. I wouldn't say it's excellent, but it's at least above average.

So I asked the editor why there hadn't been a PK (player kill) yet after all this time.

Editor's reply: It's very difficult, the results are too poor, I suggest starting a new book.

I was completely stunned. Seriously, I was so confident in myself when I edited that one sentence and it just knocked me out. It turns out that all of this was just wishful thinking on my part. I'm so ridiculous.

I thought about it again and asked: If I continue to update steadily, will I get a chance to PK? I don't want a second PK, just one is fine. I don't want a two-sided PK, just a one-sided one is fine. I just ask for a chance, just a chance to try.

The editor said: My grades are really bad. If they were even slightly better, he would give me another chance, so... there's nothing I can do.

I know that editors can refer to more detailed data in the backend to judge whether a book is good, has potential, or is worth promoting, such as follow-up reading, retention, daily active users, V-receivers, etc.

With such transparent data references, it's difficult for professionals like editors to misjudge the performance of a book. They can basically say what it is and that's what it is; it's a very objective thing.

Therefore, I decided to accept the editor's explanation.

However, I couldn't accept it for a while.

It turns out that everything was just my own assumption, everything was just me feeling good about myself. My book's performance was really bad, so bad that it couldn't even get a chance to compete. Isn't that ridiculous?

If a book can't get on the PK (player kill) stage, it's basically a dead end. Without the massive exposure and readership accumulated through two rounds of PK, what are you going to use to get it published?

Although the previous Battle Through the Heavens fanfiction also performed poorly, even though it has been completed for several months, the average subscription is still only a few hundred, not even reaching 1,000.

Even so, during the new book launch period of "Battle Through the Heavens," it went through two rounds of competition. When it was released, it had 470,000 words and 140,000 favorites. Of course, the initial subscription data was very poor, as everyone knows.

The novel "Martial Ancestor" has 300,000 words, but only has 10,000 favorites. It doesn't even get a chance for a PK or a one-on-one battle. Can you feel the difference?

I don't know what to say, really.

I think there must be a reason why the new book is not doing well, right?

However, for a moment I couldn't quite figure it out.

As for the pacing, I handled it fairly well; as for the writing style, I've improved a lot since my last book; and as for the plot, the reader feedback has been good, and I enjoyed reading it myself.

So, where exactly does the problem lie?

When I was planning to start a new book, my editor asked me what I wanted to write. I said I wanted to write Martial Movement. My editor suggested that I continue writing Battle Through the Heavens the Heavens fanfic, since Battle Through the Heavens the Heavens fanfic is the most popular in the world of anime and manga.

How high is it? Eight new books were featured on the same recommendation page on the anime/manga channel, and six of them were fanfiction of "Battle Through the Heavens " (Battle Through the Heavens). That's how high it is.

In comparison, Martial Movement Universe is far less popular, so I don't recommend you write it.

I still insist.

Because I think Martial Movement with 1.47 million favorites on the online bookstore, if I can attract one-tenth or even one-hundredth of the original readers by writing a fanfiction, it will be enough to make a living.

After all, the masterpieces of great authors are no joke. Even just learning a few things from them is enough for ordinary people like us to make a living.

Furthermore, I discovered that there isn't a single Martial Movement on either the bookstore or Qidian (and even if there is, it's usually abandoned after only a few words), which means there's a market for it, and I think it's worth writing.

The editor said there are no Martial Movement fanfics and the market is vacant, but the reason may be the opposite. It is possible that those books have all died due to poor performance, which creates the illusion that no one is writing Martial Movement fanfics.

It's not that no one writes, it's that all the writers have died.

I insisted that I believed there was a market for it, and the editor said, "Okay, you can give it a try."

And then it turned out like this: the grades are too bad, so I suggest starting a new book.

I'm just wondering, is Martial Movement, a classic work by the Great God Cabbage, really a niche novel on the online bookstore? Are there really no readers reading it?

No, of course not, Martial Movement sells very well in bookstores as well.

As for why my fanfiction didn't perform well? It was so bad that it didn't even get a chance to compete.

Because I'm trash!

If you can't even figure out why your grades are bad, then you're utterly trash. Yes, it's because I'm a complete piece of trash!

I'm wondering what I should do now?

The previous book had 140,000 favorites before it was released, and this book only has 10,000 favorites? How can it be released like this? Even if it is released, what good will it do?

What should I do after it's published? Write it all myself? Work on it out of pure passion?

I thought about it for a long time, and things came full circle. The editor suggested that I cut this book and start a new one immediately. Yes, cut this book, cut my hard work.

My friend who co-wrote the book with me also suggested that we cut this book as soon as possible, cut our losses, and turn our energy to the new book and prepare for its start.

With only 10,000 favorites, the outcome of the listing is a guaranteed flop, a complete disaster.

He said your previous Battle Through the Heavens had 140,000 favorites and 373 first-day subscriptions, so he could barely keep writing.

Your Martial Movement fanfiction is going to be available for purchase with just 10,000 favorites. So tell me, how many first-day subscriptions will you get? Will you get 50 or 100? Even if you get 100 first-day subscriptions, what can you do with them? Save up some money to buy a pack of cigarettes?

So, take my advice and cut it off right away.

I thought about it and decided to refrain from cutting it.

To write this book, I stopped writing for a month to prepare, and all the materials were ready before I dared to start writing, because I really love it.

So, I directly applied to the editor to have it published, requesting it to be published on February 1st, which is tomorrow morning.

Today is the 31st. In a few hours, at 0:00 AM on February 1st, the VIP channel will open and the product will be officially available.

I will upload 20 chapters at once.

After it's published, there will be a minimum of 4 updates per day, with extra updates added at irregular intervals.

I want to try, I really want to try it once, I really, really don't want to abandon this book.

Although my grades are already so bad that it's obvious to everyone, I still want to give it a try.

Friends, what if a miracle happens? What if our book gets better subscriptions than others? What if our book gets 10,000 favorites and still gets 6 or 7 times the number of first-day subscriptions as others? What if...

I'm thinking that if I get 300 initial subscriptions, if I can get 300 readers to subscribe to my book, then I swear I will definitely finish writing this book seriously and complete it properly.

Seriously, just 300, if we could get 300 first-time subscriptions, that would be great! 300 is really, really not much!!

Even if someone genuinely doesn't have the money to subscribe, could you please spend just one cent to subscribe to the first chapter before reading the pirated version? For those who read books on other platforms (especially Qidian, Mobile QQ, and browsers), could you please come to the bookstore and temporarily subscribe to the first chapter before going back to read it, so that the initial subscription data looks better?

P. S.: Many people don't seem to know what a bookstore is. A bookstore is the same as Chuangshi and QQ Reading. They are all the same thing.

Please support me on QQ Reading, even just once, just once.

First-order data is really, really important to me.

In the previous Battle Through the Heavens fanfiction, when the Battle Through the Heavens arc ended and the Great Ruler arc was being written, almost all the readers left because they didn't like it.

However, in order to fulfill my original promise, I gritted my teeth and finished the Great Ruler series, completing it properly.

Therefore, you must believe me.

I love this book so much that I really don't want to cut it up.

This is currently the only Martial Movement Yuewen still being serialized on all of Yuewen's websites. Seriously, I really don't want to abandon it; I want to finish it.

I'm rambling incoherently right now; I don't know how to organize my thoughts.

The goal of 10,000 favorites and 300 first subscriptions is extremely difficult. It's barely achievable on Qidian, but on QQ Reading, where the number of favorites is often inflated, it's practically impossible.

However, I still want to ask you for a favor.

Please, everyone!

I really want to keep writing, really...