Cang's Ramblings

Chapter 253 252. Review of the Four Great Light Novel Masters
The Four Talents of the Early Tang Dynasty is a collective name for the Chinese writers Wang Bo, Yang Jiong, Lu Zhaolin and Luo Binwang in the early Tang Dynasty, abbreviated as "Wang Yang Lu Luo".

The Old Book of Tang, Biography of Yang Jiong, records: "Jiong was as famous as Wang Bo, Lu Zhaolin, and Luo Binwang in terms of prose and poetry. They were known throughout China as Wang, Yang, Lu, and Luo, and were also known as the Four Heroes."

Du Fu once commented on the four men in a poem: "The style of Wang, Yang, Lu and Luo at the time was frivolous and never ceased to be ridiculed. Your bodies and names will perish, but the rivers and mountains will flow on forever."

In the past two years, the light novel category has become the last safe haven among all the popular categories, and a large number of authors with great imaginations have emerged, making the category a flourishing scene. However, it has also led to an extremely scarce number of recommended positions, and real novice authors have suffered from the torment of single-player work.

Among them are four authors with extremely high starting points. They have created many works that have exciting beginnings but sad endings. I call them the "Four Masters of Light Novels."

The first socialite at the starting point: Blue and white sky
He has written "Dungeon Player", "I Survived 999 Tribulations", "Laughing Live Broadcast Room", and "Fantasy Creatures Earth Startup Company". It is said that he is a great author from a certain city.

《地下城玩家》2019年3月22日发布，2020年3月14日完结，累计168万字。

This book was put on the shelves on May 10, 2019, with an initial order of 14,000, 200,000 collections on Qidian, 40,500 collections on the bookstore, 520,000 fans, 26 alliance leaders, including 1 silver alliance leader.

Since the book came out, it has once set off a false reputation of "crowd-funded literature". The interaction between the author and the readers is highly integrated. This chapter says that at a certain period of time it became the birthplace of the author's creation of the plot.

During the serialization period, he repeatedly asked various well-known authors to promote his chapters. The effect was very obvious and the results were quite explosive. He was hailed as "the number one socialite on Qidian"!
As the saying goes, "Success and failure are both due to Xiao He." This book's success fell to the ground under the thousands of good advice from readers.

《我渡了999次天劫》2020年1月1日发布，2020年4月2日结束，61万字。

This book was put on the shelves on February 21, 2020, with an initial order of 3700, 110,000 collections on Qidian, 32,500 collections on the bookstore, 200,000 fans, and 4 alliance leaders, including 1 silver alliance leader.

The beginning of this book is 80% similar to "My Senior Brother is Too Steady", making it a typical follow-up work. The first order performance was good, but compared with the brilliant performance of the old book with 10,000 orders, the author felt that it was not as good as expected. So, it was discontinued.

《惊笑直播间》2020年3月13日发布，2020年4月11日完结，10.77万字。

This book did not make it to the shelf because its performance was too poor. It has 3003 collections on Qidian, 346 collections on Bookstore, and 26 fans.

From the beginning of this book, "Draw a sword to cut the water, but the water will still flow"!
《幻想生物地球创业公司》2020年4月14日发布，停更于2020年6月4日，17.35万字。

This book was put on the shelves on May 15, 2020, with 240 first orders, 8810 collections on Qidian, 1182 collections on the bookstore, 15,300 fans, and the disciple with the highest fan value.

At this point, Lan Baitian quickly fell from being the "number one socialite on Qidian" to the tragic situation of "abandoning her account and using a pseudonym".

One of the Four Emperors: The Dove of the End

He successfully won the title of "Four Emperors" in the 2019 "One Emperor and Four Emperors" Light Novel Writing Competition with "I'm a Monk in Tokyo". It is said that he is from a certain Lu and is a great god on the Tianbang.

《我在东京当和尚》2019年10月8日发布，停更于2020年5月7日，累计72.46万字。

This book was put on the shelves on December 1, 2019, with an initial order of 12,000, 180,000 collections on Qidian, 37,400 collections on the bookstore, 450,000 fans, and 4 alliance leaders.

When it was released at the same time, this book ranked second, beating out a number of well-known authors such as Pure Little Dragon, July New Fan, Cow in the Cocoon, Full Metal Jacket, Stupid Ordinary QD, Aldehyde Stone, and Tingri, but unfortunately lost to "My Senior Brother is Too Steady".

The reason for stopping the update of this book is that the writing is broken.

Not a bad ending: Sky White

He is the author of "Let the World Feel Pain from Now on".

本书2019年11月22日发布，2020年4月29日完结，累计72.93万字。

This book was put on the shelves on February 1, 2020, with an initial order of 8700, 310,000 collections on Qidian, 100,000 collections on the bookstore, 610,000 fans, an average order of 13,000, and 3 alliance leaders.

"From now on, let the world feel the pain."

A different Naruto story.

According to the author, the book was completed smoothly, without a bad ending. This chapter suggests that some readers share this sentiment. How does a 73-word light novel feel to Qidian's eight million online writers, and how does it feel to its broader readership?
Many readers often leave me messages, saying that they won’t read a novel unless it has 200 million words or is finished.

So, does 73 words count as a successful completion?
Sixteen Newcomers: Disciples of the Demonic Path

著有《我在东京当剑仙》（70.65万字）《变成丧尸该怎么办》（5.19万字）《二次元帝国》（85万字）《全球之英雄联盟》（180.85万字）《神级探险家》（11万字）《王者之英雄联盟》（8.89万字）。

"I'm a Sword Master in Tokyo" was launched on July 1, 2019, with an initial order of 4000, 50,500 collections on Qidian, 25,500 collections on the bookstore, 91,100 fans, and 2 alliance leaders.

He won the title of "Sixteen Newcomers" in the 2019 "One Emperor and Four Emperors" Light Novel Writing Competition with "I'm a Swordsman in Tokyo". His contemporaries include Lan Bai Tian's "Dungeon Player", Chang Shi's "I Add a Point to Everything", He Feng Yu Yue's "This Japanese Story Is Not Too Cold", Yin Tian Shen Yin's "Monsters Will Die If Killed", and Bu Qi Shi Xian's "Player Super Justice".

In his closing remarks, the author admitted that the ending was a failure, and gave three reasons: no outline, setting problems, and lack of passion.

After that, the post he published titled "What to do if you become a zombie" was directly blocked.

It has been four months so far and I haven't seen any new books. I wonder if the number has been changed.

【summary】

The above four people are called the "Four Heroes of Light Novels" not just to complain, but to hope that more people can learn lessons from them and warn themselves.

They are just a microcosm of the many authors in the light novel category, and also a microcosm of all online writers.

Open high and close low, open low and close low, change the number and continue, no way to go... and so on.

These are the problems that more than 80% of online writers will encounter.

When you decide to enter the online literature industry, you will encounter these problems.

But there are still some people who are still walking alone for the sake of their dreams and love.

These people are the inexhaustible driving force that keeps online literature alive.

【to sum up】

Writing is not easy, so cherish every moment!

I’m Cang Yiwei, and I’m here to promote “Cang’s Ramblings”!
Welcome to the paradise of book reviews.

【Cang's Ramblings】

First of all, I would like to thank the 2014 little book friend for the reward of 400 Qidian coins and the fierce big dog for 2 monthly tickets.

Secondly, the main purpose of writing such an offensive article is to give a reminder to more novice authors.

These four authors are all extremely talented, with extraordinary imaginations, and their writing and stories are all top-notch.

We don’t understand the so-called world of genius.

After tens of thousands of orders, the boutique line has become boring to them.

But more authors may not be able to write a masterpiece in their entire life.

The gap between people is so huge, you can't help but accept it!

No matter what the reason is, being a eunuch frequently does ruin one's character, and the little reputation that has been accumulated really cannot withstand such a toss.

I hope that all my fellow authors will take this as a warning, keep their original aspirations in mind, and forge ahead!
(End of this chapter)