CHAPTER 227: CHAPTER 6: THIS ROAD IS BLOCKED_3

If this isn’t concise enough, then his article is practically an ocean.

This made him start doubting his writing skills, but later the backstage fan count rescued him—after all, not all readers chase after the ocean, right?

Chen Jingbai touched his precarious confidence and decided that Chu River had misunderstood the concept of "word padding", so he straightforwardly changed the approach:

"Nowadays, popular articles are at least 800,000 words long, especially with your non-romance genre. If the protagonist already achieves such a long life jump within just a 10,000-word beginning, how many words do you plan to write for this book?"

To be honest, this report was crafted so concisely that Chen Jingbai could pull out any paragraph and write a story of no less than 300,000 words with ups and downs from it.

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This time, it was Chu River’s turn to be silent.

This novel was actually about a career report of a recruit from a team she led one year.

In the Star Sea Era, as long as the person allowed it and the superior permissions were sufficient, their portable light brain could record all their stories.

Chu River remembered every report and subsequent evaluation made by each recruit, even this recruit named Song Chenyang, who, despite not reaching the day of retirement to collect a pension, still went to the Third Guard Satellite, successfully establishing a plantation on that Deserted Star...

However, how many words could the light brain’s report have?

After the Deserted Star exercise ended, once the recruits officially joined, they could be deployed to any team.

She initially decided to use 30,000 words to describe the exercise process and then wrap it up in 10,000 words.

Then continue to write about the stories of other recruits with different experiences.

After all, she knew how to write a book; it needed build-up and a climax.

These recruits were the build-up. Finally, she’d write about a famous Mecha Warrior from the Star Sea as the climax, and then another Insect Race war as the conclusion...

Simply perfect!

With 20 people’s reports, it would definitely reach 1.5 million words.

That’s right, this novel had 20 protagonists, and Chu Fa Da was initially very confident.

But looking at Chen Jingbai’s comments, the prospects didn’t seem promising!

So she selectively answered: "I plan to write about 20 protagonists, which would make it reach 1.5 million words. Do you think this book could be published and adapted into film and TV?"

Chen Jingbai already didn’t know how to respond.

First-person perspective.

The story is so concise.

Yet it’s precisely concise and so realistic.

But it really isn’t suitable for the pacing of online serialization.

He couldn’t say for sure, so he answered frankly:

"I can’t guarantee it, because many readers might not be able to adapt to this setup, but personally, I think these 10,000 words are enough to support the core framework of a game."

Chu Fa Da was just a bit out of touch with reality, but still smart enough.

She instantly comprehended—unless luck was on her side, the hope of making big money wasn’t high.

Even if those 10,000 words could support the core of a game, the question remains, how much money could a single word make? Who with foresight would be willing to pay so much?

Chen Jingbai also encouraged:

"Don’t be discouraged, Little He, I think your writing is already better than 90% of newbie authors. If you want to better fit the market, perhaps break down the 10,000 words into more detailed parts and describe it using another narrative voice—my suggestion is, since you can create such a realistic and detailed story background, you can absolutely start from the details. Don’t be afraid of ’word padding’. If readers love it, then it’s an incredible achievement."

"What’s more, if you normally expand these 10,000 words, they wouldn’t even be ’word padding’ within 300,000 words—they’d be agile and concise pieces."

Chu River thought, after making reports for 20 years, the Central City military archive only required 30,000 words for a lifetime track record. Who in the world dared to write a single word of nonsense?

This seems hard to change!

She frustratingly took a bite of her cream-stuffed bun and helplessly thought—

Maybe stick to a fixed template for each story, just like forcing oneself to tackle the core of an essay in the last world. If an essay can get a perfect score, a novel shouldn’t have any problem.

But she wanted more than just no problem!

She wanted massive fame, a spike in income, preferably achieving this small goal before Su Tiankuo got his golden finger, making it easier for her to outsmart him later.

After all, many of the novels Su Tiankuo copied had original authors, like Chen Jingbai.

But prepared authors like Chen Jingbai were rare. If Su Tiankuo suffered and then chose works with longer timelines, it’s very likely that those works wouldn’t have even appeared in the original author’s mind when he’d publish!

Therefore, relying on original authors was too uncontrollable, better for her to use her own writing ability.

Whenever Su Tiankuo copied a book, she’d write a better-themed one, pressing hard on him.

Thinking about it like this felt quite pleasant.

Chu River originally planned this way as well.

But looking at Chen Jingbai’s evaluation made Chu River a bit frustrated—

Formulaic writing might get popular, but it would never be enough to consolidate divinity. She could get a perfect essay score because the essay itself was a compact piece, no longer than 800 words at most.

But with the current development of online literature, 800,000 words are equivalent to a short story.

Thinking of it like this, this path won’t work.

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