Tokyo Soft Rice King

He just felt that those authors were already very mature and did not need editors to guide them to create works with strong personal style, and most of the time the sales would not be too bad.

That's why he can safely hand these authors over to other editors. After all, a person's energy is limited, and he will not stop discovering new talents.

This is why Mori Keima is still only an "deputy editor-in-chief" so far, because the editor-in-chief's job is not just to discover new talents and urge manuscripts.

The editor-in-chief also has to discuss joint activities with major publishing houses, hold author signing events, maintain regular contact with printing houses, and deal with a series of miscellaneous things such as comic adaptations and animations of novels... Of course, these tasks are actually what ordinary editors need to do.

But Mori Keima never cared about these things. He had already produced enough impressive "records" to prove his unique vision, so he was qualified not to do these trivial things.

In fact, his original intention in entering the editing industry was to be the 'first reader'.

When he was in junior high school, he was a book lover. He especially liked to buy popular new novels. He always wanted to get the latest and hottest novels as soon as they were released.

But after reading for a while, he realized... Why are these authors taking so long to publish their books? What the hell are the editors doing? Are they playing mahjong at the publishing house? Go and get them to submit! I want to read the rest!

When he was feeling extremely frustrated because he couldn't watch the sequel, he suddenly got it.

Isn’t the editor the first person to see the finished work?

Okay! I decided to be an editor!

Authors! Your doom has come!

When I enter this industry, none of you lazy authors will be able to slack off! I'll force you to spit out your manuscripts even if I have to shove a whip into your asshole!

But after becoming an editor, he discovered that creating works is not like cooking hot pot. Once the water boils, you just throw in the ingredients and soup packets and it will be done naturally.

Many times, the author himself does not know what he is going to write next. It takes three days to write ten words, and half of them are names and punctuation marks.

These authors really don’t want to write, nor do they want to be lazy... they just really can’t write!

This made him very disappointed and angry.

Is this all you self-proclaimed professional writers have got? Produce more interesting works! If you can't, I'll force you to realize it!

Thus, with a heart full of rage, Mori Keima began his career as a devil editor...

The above is the glorious resume of Mori Keima, a professional editor.

And now he is reading the amateur works that are submitted to Hurricane Library on their own initiative.

Originally, this should have been the job of a new editor, picking out the good ones and discussing them at the serialization meeting, but he took over this job, and he had the power to independently decide whether to publish a work.

Although more than half of these new submissions are self-entertainment works by middle school students, there are also some interesting ideas.

He would write down these ideas and try to contact the authors who came up with them to see if they were worth cultivating. If they were really poorly written and didn't make sense, he would obtain the consent of the contributors, purchase the ideas for a fee, and then provide them to other authors as a breakthrough when they were stuck in writing.

This trick has been proven to be effective. It not only helps authors who are stuck in a writer's block to find their creative direction, but also those contributors who cannot become professional writers are happy to see their ideas incorporated into published works.

Because most of the ideas were from students, not only did they get paid, but they could also show off to their friends: "Look! The subsequent development of this novel was my idea!"

Although Mori Keima knew that this was actually taking advantage of the students' naivety and launching "inspiration extraction" on them when they still didn't understand the commercial value, it was actually a despicable act.

But what does meanness have to do with it?

As long as the work can be interesting, that’s enough!

I'm an editor myself! My mission is to make my work interesting!

Then he started his work for the day.

The first one is the submission that just arrived recently.

The title of the book is "My sister is actually an Hgame production master?!"

Sen Guima's eyes suddenly brightened.

Very good! The title of your book has already caught my attention!

This proves that the author is at least "expert". In today's light novels, eye-catching gimmicks are becoming more and more important.

Then let’s take a look at what kind of novel reading experience this little-known "expert author" can bring to you!

Chapter 113 I Predicted Your Prediction

"……interesting!"

After just reading the prologue, Mori Keima couldn't help but give his evaluation.

The theme is stated in the prologue, and exciting welfare content is written. Of course, the most eye-catching part is the sister's appearance at the most embarrassing moment of her brother, which is very dramatic.

He has keenly smelled the scent of a popular work, and this will most likely be the best submission so far this year.

From an editor's perspective, he felt that the most commendable thing was that this prologue alone had a very "visual sense".

Giving a novel a visual sense requires a lot of experience from the author, and only experienced authors can do this well. Although some authors describe very delicately, it is difficult for them to form a picture in the reader's mind.

Maybe this is not the most critical point for traditional literature, but it is particularly important for light novels.

Because light novels are the most suitable type of novels to be adapted into comics and animations.

The definition of light novels has been changing since Keima Mori entered the industry, but the essence remains the same. He believes that the most important point is "whether the novel is suitable for adaptation."

Comic and animation adaptations can bring about a surge in sales for the original novel. In this country with a developed animation industry, this is the most powerful linkage.

Illustrations and character designs are the inherent advantages of light novels, but few authors can grasp this and focus on the visual sense of the novel, instead pursuing literary connotation and meaning...

Screw literary quality! If you want literary quality, write a traditional novel! You submitted it to the wrong publisher!

This author is well aware of this.

Mori Keima's expectations were raised, and he wanted to read the next chapter immediately, but he found that after the prologue there was not the main text, but an introduction to the characters and descriptions of their images.

Watching this first will give you spoilers... or should I skip it... huh?

Mori Keima, who originally wanted to skip this part, inadvertently glanced at the dialog box and was immediately confused. Why is there a dialog box on the character introduction page?

Then he looked more closely and his eyes gradually widened.

No! This isn't a character introduction!

"This is... the reserved page for the color insert!"

After the character's name is a line related to that character, which clearly highlights the character's personality.

And all four of them are female protagonists... This shows that this is a novel with female protagonists as its selling point.

The description below was not originally an introduction to the characters, but rather a description of the scene. PS also indicated that the illustrations for this part should be placed at the very beginning, but in order to allow the editor to 'preview' them, they were placed after the prologue.

Indeed, generally speaking, color illustrations of light novels are placed at the beginning, but for submissions, if this is done right at the beginning, Mori Keima will think that the author is being clever, but after reading the prologue, you can first judge whether the content of the novel is qualified.

If the prologue only highlights the visual sense, then this reserved page for color inserts is the result of a complete thought about what the author wants to draw, and it is obviously intentional.

Mori Keima's curiosity was immediately aroused. On what occasion did they say these words?

Just keep reading and you’ll find out.

Another four hours passed, and the morning work time was gone. Sen Keima was so engrossed in reading that he even forgot to eat lunch.

After reading the entire volume, Mori Keima couldn't help but sigh.

"Amazing……"

This is not to lament the author's talent, but to lament that the author can consider so carefully.

This is already a 'complete light novel'.

First of all, generally speaking, novels submitted to the editorial department are rarely ones that are written in one go like this. Most of them just write an introduction with an outline, and then submit the work with a consulting attitude.

The fact that the author just sent the entire volume shows that he is quite confident in himself.

And it’s not that the author is overconfident, because this submission has indeed completed all the adjustments before publication.

It usually takes two to three months to publish a light novel in a library format, because first the author has to produce the manuscript, and then after receiving the author's manuscript, it takes one to two weeks to adjust it, mainly in terms of content, word count, and layout, etc., and then illustrations are added, and it is sent to the printing factory for printing, and finally put on the shelves in bookstores across the country.

However, this submission does not require any adjustments from the editor. The length and word count are just right. As long as an illustrator is commissioned to draw the illustrations, the novel can now be printed as a book.

In Mori Keima's editing career, this was the first time he had seen a submission with such a high degree of completion, which showed that this person had a very good understanding of the publishing house.

He even thought that this might be a well-known author using a new pen name to tease him, and wanted to find the sender's address and name to confirm it.

There was nothing wrong with the content, it had everything it should have, and some things he hadn't expected, and they were all equally interesting.

What's even more amazing is that in the novel chapter, he also left a reserved page for illustrations like at the beginning, and also wrote the content of the illustrations, and this illustration was inserted just when the picture appeared in Mori Keima's mind.

They can all highlight the charm of female characters, or the handsomeness of the male protagonist, and complement the content of the novel.

If the title of the book and the colorful illustrations at the beginning only show that the author knows how to sell the book, then now Mori Keima can be sure that the author is indeed intentionally creating a sense of picture, and he is paving the way for adaptation!

The only drawback is that the writing style is rather immature.

However, in the light novel category, writing style is not very important, and the most important thing is the fluency of the writing.

Moreover, the author seems to know that writing is not his strong point, so he tries to use simple and easy-to-understand words and concise and efficient sentences.

It is very easy to read. To be honest, even elementary school students will enjoy reading this work!

However, the emotions are conveyed very well! Not bad at all!

Great! This is great! This author is a talented person!

What Mori Keima hates most are those authors who can't figure themselves out, who have no idea where their shortcomings lie, and who wander around in a maze like headless flies, and end up with a difficult birth.

But at least this type of authors can be corrected with the guidance of editors, but some authors are really hopeless.

What Mori Keima hates most are those authors who are arrogant and unrepentant, who stubbornly believe that there is nothing wrong with what they write, and who will not give up even if they see that the sales have plummeted, and they even say that the readers did not understand their works. Such orphan authors can only be completely exiled.

Although so far, this submission is so good that Mori Keima wants to contact the author immediately.

But he was a seasoned deputy editor, and he had other concerns.

That is the sustainability of the series.

This volume of the story is indeed impeccable, but it is also possible that this is the only volume that performs exceptionally well. We don’t know how it will unfold later.

Moreover, I wonder how long the author spent polishing the work to such a high level of completion.

It could be several months or even more than a year.

If you want to become a professional writer, the most indispensable things are speed and stability. You must continuously produce high-quality content to survive in this cruel industry.

Only super stars have the right to delay manuscript submission, and publishers will turn a blind eye to it.

Many authors write well at the beginning, but the story becomes a mess later on, and Mori Keima has no choice but to order the work to be cut short.

Of course, he also wants those authors' books to continue to be published, but he can foresee that sales will plummet. Is he still going to throw garbage to readers?

He has seen countless immature authors who need editors to help them clean up their messes.

Anyway, let's contact them first to find out how long it took the author to write this novel and how they came up with the story.

At this time, Mori Keima had already decided to ask the author out for a meeting. Judging from the quality of the submission alone, it was completely worth it for him, the deputy editor-in-chief, to personally take the initiative and treat the author to a meal.

As long as the subsequent plot can be improved, this will definitely become a best-selling work!

But at this moment, he discovered that there was more content on the back of the submission. He pinched the thickness of the paper and found that it was quite a lot.

Could it be that he has even written the second volume?

He continued to turn the pages, and what he saw was...

An outline of what follows.

Mori Keima couldn't help laughing out loud in the editorial cubicle.

"Haha! That's very clever!"

Did you expect the reaction of even an editor like me?

Good boy...it's you!

Chapter 114: A Bet with the Class Monitor

The second Monday in September.

Hei Yuming came to the art department activity room with the class monitor after a long time. He didn't come here much last week because he was busy with his manuscripts.

The main reason he came this time was because his submission had been sent out and he was not so busy for the time being. Secondly, he came to extend the comics and novels he had borrowed before.