1 Point

At two o'clock last night, I was still typing, and I had just written half of the second update, and then my daughter-in-law suddenly walked into the study and told me that another author had passed away.

I was stunned for a moment, and my heart began to feel a little uneasy.

Then she showed me her phone, and almost all of her Moments were reposting the news that starting point Platinum Great God Gezi Li Ye died of a heart-bloating illness.

I have been in the industry for 14 years, and I have not been in this circle for a long time, but I have heard such news many times.

They are all talented people, thieves and three idiots, the night in the grid...

When I saw this news, I felt sad and sad.

Wife let me go to sleep, I will write the rest of the manuscript tomorrow.

I have no way to refuse, because during this period of time, I have built a snack bar, busy with decoration and various other things, I have no time to code during the day, and I am rushing to write in the middle of the night, and she almost does not go to bed until three or four o'clock.

I know what she is worried about, because I am a colleague, and I also know that she must be feeling uncomfortable at this time.

I got up in the morning and made up the second update that I hadn't finished writing, but I still felt that I wanted to talk to everyone.

Those who choose this industry really do it because they love it~

I have seen a lot of people scrambling here, staying up all night, taking meager remuneration, or even zero remuneration, creating worlds and stories that may not be perfect one after another, but they are still full of motivation and energy.

If he were to switch to any profession in reality, he would be treated as a fool, right?

In this industry, even if you have been persisting and working hard, you can finally stand out, and even the authors who just rely on code words to get food and clothing are a minority of people.

More authors are enduring exhaustion after work, staying up late to type.

Many people have seen the monthly income of the successful gods, but they have not seen the persistence and hard work behind them.

Of course, I can't even see the sadness of those authors who don't even get 3,000 yuan a month.

When I entered the industry in 2014, the first book I wrote was one million words, and I took a signing cup from an outstation without receiving any remuneration.

In 2015, because I lost my confidence in writing articles, I was able to get some recognition for writing about the colleagues of the Great God on Tieba, and the first real remuneration I got was the second prize of the Wangyu Great God’s Mo Tianji fan essay , 600 yuan in shopping gold, I bought myself a mechanical keyboard with a green switch, and I was happy for a long time.

Later, when the restaurant was put on the shelves, it felt very strange to be in the same frame as Sanjiang, the master of Wangyu, and push it in the same frame.

Later, I participated in the Tieba event of Maoji God, and got three comics by Jiang Ye, and I was very happy.

Those two years were really all about generating electricity for love.

I came to the starting point for the first time in 2016 and wrote the book "Fuguo Quanchen". At that time, I liked Fenghuo Xuezhong very much, and felt that I should also write such an awesome book.

But because of his limited ability, he only got a little bit of shape and didn't have a good spirit, so he fluttered miserably. There are 890,000 characters, and when it is finished, there are about 89 uniform orders.

It took about seven months to write this book, and the total manuscript fee I received was about 3,340 yuan, with an average of 400 yuan per month.

There are many books of this level at the starting point, and the subscription income is almost zero, because 4,000 words are updated every day, and the starting point will have a perfect attendance bonus of 600 yuan.

If it is not for love, it is hard for me to imagine an adult staying up late in front of the computer for several hours for 600 yuan a month.

Later opened "One Punch Tang Monk" 2016.10-2017.12.30 Eunuch.

The biggest change that One Punch has brought to me is that I finally feel that I have readers, even though the number is not large, even though there are a lot of abuse and sarcasm, but from stand-alone to having readers, that feeling is indeed very special.

Because Yiquan won the second prize of the two-dimensional essay solicitation, and then got a guarantee contract of 25 thousand characters, the book was written for nearly 2 million yuan, and after tax, he got about 45,000 yuan in manuscript fees, and the average monthly average was about 3,000 yuan.

Barely crossed the subsistence line.

At that time, Yi Punch was still in college and lived in a dormitory. In college, everyone played games.

So the dormitory was very noisy, it was dark, and I watched the live broadcast... So I moved a table to type on the small balcony. In winter, the temperature was below zero, the wind was strong, and my hands were frozen. Bake your hands, otherwise your fingers will be stiff and unable to move.

The hardest period of code writing was probably during that time, and then the lumbar spine protruded, probably because of the freezing at that time.

When I graduated in 2017, I chose full-time because of the book One Punch. I didn't even submit a resume, nor did I go to any interviews. I packed my things and went home after graduation.

Looking back now, if it wasn't for the good luck later, it would probably be a very regrettable choice in my life.

Coding at home full-time was a very stressful thing, because the manuscript fee was not high at the time, but staying at home all day long would give people a very bad feeling, such as gnawing on the old, such as laziness.

And during the period when I just came home, I also suffered from very severe insomnia, as well as sudden outbreaks of lumbar muscle strain and lumbar spine protrusion. I spent several months standing up and typing, one day at a time.

When I went to the hospital, the doctor was very surprised and asked me what I did for a job and why my lumbar muscles were strained at a young age.

About six or seven out of ten full-time authors have this problem, which is caused by long-term sitting and incorrect posture, and it is often only when they start to feel uncomfortable that they realize that they should adjust their posture. Combine work and rest...

I can't sit or squat, my parents are worried, and I feel very uncomfortable.

After losing weight and doing recovery exercises, I got a lot of relief. At present, as long as you don't lift heavy objects, don't do heavy work, and don't squat for a long time, you are no different from ordinary people.

One punch wrote Shangling Mountain, and then the eunuch became an eunuch.

In fact, the outline has already been written, and the idea has been conceived countless times in my mind, but I have never put pen to paper.

Probably dare not write.

What do you do after going up to Lingshan? Exterminate Buddha?

I was afraid that the book would be gone, and I was also afraid that I had written something that I shouldn't have written. Anyway, I was very entangled. I wrote a long paragraph several times, and then deleted it.

There are some things I should explain, such as Wangfushi Li Simin, such as Xiaobai saving the people, such as Wukong returning to the peak...

When I sort it out, I should be able to write all of these.

In November 2017, I opened the restaurant book, which allowed me to climb out of the pit of the street and get a relatively good income. At least I got rid of the embarrassing state financially, and also proved to my parents that I have been working hard. Doing the right thing.

But the mental pressure never eased.

This is an anxiety shared by Internet authors. I have talked to many authors, even those who are already very successful, still cannot get rid of it.

Regular and quantitative updates every day, the pressure of bursting updates from time to time, the pressure of subscription decline, the pressure of changing wind direction in the book review area...

Sometimes it may be because of a sentence from a reader in a book review or a chapter review: Recently, good water...began to fall into a cycle of infinite reflection, overwhelmed, and even panic and insomnia.

Starting from the full-time coding, as long as it is still updating, I have never experienced a completely relaxing vacation. Even if I am traveling abroad, I still count the time to go back to the hotel and upload the coding. It's the plot I'm going to write today.

Staying up late is the norm. Many authors choose to start coding at night, make a cup of coffee or strong tea, and write all night.

Stomach troubles, heart palpitations, most of the time I will selectively ignore them, thinking that it will be fine after a night of sleep.

I have participated in some author gatherings and activities. Except for some authors who are self-disciplined, have a regular life and exercise regularly, most of the authors are potbellied and have dark circles under their eyes. Even if they are young, they do not have much youthful breath.

Are they sad? Not necessarily, because I often see them posting screenshots or book reviews of readers praising themselves in the circle of friends, and they can feel the smugness through the screen.

The author's happiness is so simple.

Because my thoughts are a bit mixed, I write whatever comes to mind.

In fact, I have written so much, I have reviewed my own experience, and I have also told some stories in the circle, not to sell misery, but to tell my dear readers: Give the author a little more tolerance and encouragement, especially those who The author who has just started and is just beginning to explore on this road, maybe your encouragement can make him go further on the road to the street, and maybe the next book will let him see the hope of life.

Harmful words hurt people. You may just say something casually and forget it after saying it, but it may be a very big blow to an author.

Poor writing is probably due to a lack of ability, because people with an improper attitude cannot type out a million novels word by word in front of the computer.

As long as it is not a matter of principle or position, as long as he can continue to write, he will definitely make progress.

Those who stay up late to code may not be great, but they really shouldn't be treated violently.

In the end, I wish the night master in Grid will go well all the way, and I also hope that all colleagues can cherish their bodies and stay away from illness.

——Whispering about the rivers and lakes. (=easy to read novels)