"Divaleo, is this name an English name?" Editor Yuan Ming asked on the other end of the phone.
"It's close to a name from South America."
"Where's Jonaya?"
"Is there any problem?" Liu Yun asked.
"It's best to use local names, like Lu Mingfei, Wang Daming, and Shi Qiang. For female characters, just call them Lin Zi and Zhi Zi. Names like Liara are a bit discouraging."
Liu Yun pretended to be relaxed and replied, "I know, change the name to Chinese. Is there anything else? Is the plot OK?"
If I had known that I would be given a nonsensical lesson, it would be better not to ask this question. The editor said a lot like firecrackers, "After all, it's not like a physical book, it's an online article. What readers want is enjoyment, and enjoyment is the most important thing. If you write about the conflict between two alien civilizations, it's better to write about an alien civilization." In the conflict with earth civilization, the sense of immersion will be stronger, especially in the first few chapters, the sense of immersion is very important and determines half of the score of this book.
Of course, there is absolutely no problem with my writing skills. After all, I was the winner of an essay contest and published many best-selling novels. You just need to keep up with the rhythm of online writing in your thinking and writing habits. "
Liu Yun was not angry, but just a little helpless. He was almost used to it. He was a best-selling author after all. He had been writing online articles for several years and his results were good. He was just around the corner.
From now on, we should rarely communicate with editors about plot and characters. Of course, editors understand readers’ tastes, but not all of them. Sometimes, you still have to listen to yourself.
After the phone call, I felt depressed. He is a writer who thinks very quickly. It only takes four or five hours to update 8,000 to 10,000 words a day. He seems to have brains in his ten fingers. He has ten engines running at the same time, so he can easily enter the story.
First change the names of the people, and then read through the first ten chapters.
If there is an alien civilization on one side and an earth civilization on the other, then let the alien civilization possess scientific and technological power hundreds of times beyond the earth's technology, and it can destroy mankind in a few minutes.
With this modification, the story is tense from the beginning and enters countdown mode.
The advantages are clear at a glance, and emotions are easy to deal with, including nervousness, fear, being overwhelmed, and resignation. It is nothing more than these emotions that can attract readers to continue reading.
Make up your mind and get started. My fingers were tapping on the keyboard. Civilization T204, 0.7 light years away from the earth, a rocky planet, captain Divaleo, now changed to Sean, a Chinese name, and a bit like a Western name.
The spacecraft carries 109 automatic life machines and 2 million human embryos in the cold storage warehouse...
Can civilization T204 continue to thrive on the new planet?
Wait, have you seen this storyline before?
Liu Yun is a fan of science fiction novels. When he was a child, whenever "Science Fiction World" was published, he would rush to the newsstand to buy the magazine immediately, and read every article after buying it.
At that time, Liu Yun dreamed that one day he could write good science fiction novels.
There are too many novels about the contact between two civilizations. Ted Chiang's "The Story of Your Life" is about the arrival of alien civilizations on the earth.
It's really baffling why I remembered this book. I don't need to consider all the books about alien civilizations coming to the earth, because the story I am writing is about to happen on a planet 0.7 light-years away.
"A Space Odyssey"? No, this book by Arthur C. Clarke is too classic to be identical with it. That would be tantamount to digging your own grave.
What other books are there? What are you worried about?
Even if there are some similarities in setting, it must be a completely different new story. First of all, the word T204 Civilization has never appeared in any novel.
Thinking of this, Liu Yun's head began to hurt, and his temples on both sides were swollen and sore.
My hands are also a bit unruly.
He forced himself to type a few more lines on the keyboard. The fingers trembled violently.
Could it be the kind of hand tremor Asimov developed in his later years?
In his later years, Asimov was unable to complete typing work at all. His hands were completely unable to type accurate words on the typewriter, and he finally had no choice but to stop writing.
Could it be that he will suffer from hand tremors at such a young age?
Liu Yun didn't want to believe it, but his hands were shaking so much that he couldn't help but not believe it.
Hand tremors? Do you have this problem? It seems there is, I saw it somewhere.
Can't remember...
I've also had some memory problems lately. It's all because of the failure of his last book. Although he hasn't had a particularly good sales volume since his debut, he is still a moderately famous author. However, the editor of the last book said that poor sales were to be expected. Now is the era of easy reading. , no one wants to read anything too profound.
Profound? Liuyun doesn't think so.
He guessed that the writing style needed to be more refined, and the subject matter was not really profound.
Does it have to be about writing about harems, time travel, and spending two million in your pocket at every turn to be considered easy?
Is there such a disease as hand tremor? With this question lingering in his mind, Liu Yun reluctantly wrote another thousand words. Finally defeated.
Enough, let’s search to see if there is such a disease.
Sure enough there is. Clinically, hand tremor is divided into: resting tremor, kinetic tremor, postural tremor, rebound tremor and vibratory tremor. Although tremor manifests as shaking of the hands, its root cause is mostly in the brain. It is caused by some disease that damages the areas of the brain involved in movement coordination functions.
What? Brain disease? Isn't this Alzheimer's disease?
Wait a minute, the causes of hand tremors include Parkinson's syndrome, hepatolenticular degeneration, hepatic encephalopathy, cerebellum and brainstem lesions, cerebral arteriosclerosis, cerebral ischemia, drug poisoning, dementia, etc.
Judging from the time, place, age and predisposing factors, the onset of hand tremor in the elderly is likely to be caused by senile hypertension, arteriosclerosis, and sudden mental stimulation.
Generally speaking, symptoms of hand tremor often appear in the elderly. You should see a neurologist, endocrinologist, and metabolic doctor in time for appropriate examinations to identify the cause and provide correct treatment.
Parkinson's disease? Cerebral arteriosclerosis?
Cerebral arteriosclerosis should be impossible at Liu Yun's age, right? Then what's left is Parkinson's disease? If it's Parkinson's, there's no way to cure it.
How can a writer create if he can't type? How does a writer who can’t type because of Parkinson’s write?
Just as I was thinking about these troublesome things, my editor Yuan Ming sent another message. There will be an author meeting at the book fair next week, and Liu Yun is invited to attend.
This is a good opportunity for writers to promote themselves, and the news about their reputation is lukewarm. Indeed, this is considered a benefit from the editor, and there is no need to ask the author to participate.
If Liu Yun doesn't want to go, there are many authors under Yuan Ming who are willing to participate, not to mention that the publishing house is not just an editor from Yuan Ming.
Liu Yun immediately agreed. Even if he couldn't make it in time to write the manuscript next week, he couldn't miss this kind of activity.
