If you have written 40,000 words at Qidian and haven't signed the contract, there may be the following reasons: 1. ** Not up to the editor's attention standard **: - The title and introduction were not attractive. They did not contain elements such as golden fingers, highlights, suspense, or imagination. They could not attract the editor's attention to the work. - The main character appeared too late, or the first three chapters (within 6000 words) did not fully present the main character (character), events (plot), cheat (if the system and other elements were present, it would be better), the upcoming crisis, and other elements. - There was no plot reversal in the first chapter, the protagonist did not activate the cheat, or the cheat lacked a sense of anticipation, growth, interest, and so on. - The opening plot did not use a cheat to turn the situation around reasonably, and the crisis setting was not attractive enough. - The opening lacked a sense of anticipation. There was no foreshadowing, suspense, or development of the plot. It did not give the reader the desire to continue reading. 2. ** Basic writing problems **: The sentences are not fluent, and the level of diction and sentence formation is low, affecting the editor's overall evaluation of the work. 3. ** It's related to the time of direct submission **: If it's a direct submission, pay attention to the time of submission. If the book was published on Saturday and Sunday, although 40,000 words had been written, the editor did not work on weekends and had not seen the manuscript yet. It was impossible to confirm whether or not to sign the contract. And even if it exceeded 30,000 words (40,000 words met this condition), although all editors could see it in theory, if the editor was busy, he might not pay attention to the work in time. 4. ** Flaws in the work **: From the content, there may be certain problems in the plot, character creation, story logic, etc., which caused the editor to not choose to sign the contract.
On the Qidian platform, the 6,000-word contract involved two methods: internal submission and direct delivery. ** 1. Inward Projection ** 1. ** Word Count Requirement and Completion Judgment ** - Generally speaking, about 6,000 words were enough for the internal submission. However, some editors might ask for more or less words. Some editors would look at the outline, while others would not. If the 4,000 words were written well, it was possible for the draft to pass. Once the editor had approved the manuscript, it was basically considered a contract. The subsequent release of the book was a process. - For example, in the process of publishing a book, if 6,000 words were to be submitted to the internal editor for endorsement and were chosen by other editors to be shortlisted, they had to find the internal editor. 2. ** The advantages and disadvantages of internal investment ** - The advantage was that they could know the fate of the work earlier. Some editors would read the manuscript on weekends and in the early hours of the morning. - The disadvantage was that he could only submit to one editor. If he submitted more than one draft without proper reason, he would be blacklisted. If an editor did not pass the draft, he could submit another one. If he met an editor who read the draft slowly, it would take more time. ** 2. Straight Hair (Directly Send Books)** 1. ** Editor and View System ** - A minimum of 6,000 words could be sent to the editor's background. However, if the book was published on a Saturday or Sunday, even if it was 6,000 words or more, the editor would not be working on the weekend and would not receive a short message. All editors with more than 30,000 words could see it, but other editors might not read it if they were busy. 2. ** The advantages and disadvantages of straight hair ** - The advantage was that all editors could see the work, and editors of different types (such as Xianxia, urban fantasy, light novel editors, etc.) could sign if they thought the work was good. - The disadvantage was that he would be very anxious before he received the message, and it was easy for him to frequently check if the Author's Assistant had received any messages. To increase the chances of signing a contract with 6000 words, the title of the new book should be attractive. The introduction should include elements such as the novel's golden finger, highlights, suspense, and imagination. The opening story should be centered on the main character and the first three chapters (within 6000 words) should include the main character, events, and golden fingers.(There are additional points for system texts), the upcoming crisis, and other elements. If there is a plot reversal in the first chapter, the protagonist has a golden finger, and the golden finger has a sense of anticipation, growth, and interest, it will add points. The opening will allow the protagonist to use the golden finger to turn the situation around (the greater the crisis, the better). The opening will have a sense of anticipation and foreshadowing. It will also help to sign the contract. The sentence must be smooth and the update must be stable.
On Qidian Chinese Network, there were two main ways to sign a contract: internal investment and direct publishing. If a book was sent directly to the editor for collection, generally speaking, 6000 words could enter the backstage of the editor's group. In theory, all editors with more than 30,000 words could see it. However, if one applied for a contract after reaching 100,000 words (understood here as not being signed by the editor), there might be some problems. Judging from the editor's consideration of signing the contract, it might not have met some key signing criteria. For example, the introduction of the book title was not attractive enough, and did not include the golden finger, highlights, suspense, imagination, and other elements of the novel; The beginning did not directly focus on the protagonist; The first three chapters (within 6000 words) did not include the protagonist (character), events (plot), golden finger (system, etc.), the upcoming crisis, and other elements; The plot of the first chapter did not reverse, the protagonist did not activate the golden finger, or the golden finger lacked anticipation, growth, and fun; The opening plot did not use a cheat to turn the situation around, and the opening lacked a sense of anticipation, foreshadowing, suspense, and the development of the plot. In addition, there might also be situations where the sentences were not fluent, the level of diction and sentence formation was low, and the updates were unstable. Although editors were judged based on certain standards when signing contracts, it might be insufficient in these aspects if they were not signed after reaching 100,000 words.
On Qidian Chinese Network, 6000 words was a key word count node. If the book was sent directly, after 6000 words, the work would enter the backstage of the editor's group and the editor would be able to see it (provided that they avoided weekends and holidays). If it was for internal submission, 6000 words would be enough, and 4000 words might be good enough. However, the requirements of each editor for internal submission were different. Some might require more or less words, some might require an outline, and some might not. If the editor had already said the manuscript, it was basically considered a contract. The rest was the process of publishing the book. However, one had to pay attention to the fact that one manuscript could not be submitted multiple times. An editor could only submit one manuscript. In terms of signing probability, the probability of signing straight hair was higher than that of inward investment.
The probability of Qidian signing a contract varied. Some believed it to be around 5%, while others said it was 20%. From the number of words alone, it was difficult to determine the probability of signing a contract with 10,000 words. However, if the newcomer's new book could satisfy some key factors, the chances of signing the contract would increase. For example, the title of the book was attractive and the introduction contained any elements such as the novel's cheat, highlights, suspense, imagination, etc.; the opening chapter directly unfolded the plot with the protagonist as the center and the protagonist appeared as soon as possible; the first three chapters (within 6000 words) contained elements such as the protagonist, events, cheat (system type cheat had extra points), and the upcoming crisis. The more these factors were satisfied, the higher the probability of signing a contract. In addition, if there was a plot reversal in the first chapter, the protagonist activated the cheat and the cheat had a sense of anticipation, growth, and fun. If the protagonist used the cheat to turn the situation around reasonably (the greater the crisis, the more points), and if the opening had a sense of anticipation that could attract readers to follow and other advanced criteria were met, it would be more helpful to sign the contract. At the same time, the sentences had to be fluent, and the wording and sentences had to be at least above the level of primary school students. It was also necessary to update and stabilize them. If a newcomer's new book met the first three criteria, had a stable update of 50,000 words, and did not have any major negative points in the plot, there was an 80% chance that they would sign the contract.
According to statistics, the signing rate of Qidian was around 5%, but there was no statistics on the signing probability of 10,000 words, so it was impossible to accurately answer the specific value of the signing probability of 10,000 words.
In the contract signed by Qidian Chinese Network, the A version of the contract had the following characteristics: 50 years after the death of the original author, the author could enjoy the promotion, full-time guarantee, reward support, etc., and 50% of the net profit of the copyright would be distributed to the author. If they chose Version A, the author would have a corresponding editor in charge. The work would be recommended and promoted by the platform, and they would be able to enjoy the author's benefits (including the Full-Attendance Award and readers 'tips). This had a positive effect on the author's promotion, creation guarantee, and income. However, this also meant that the author had to give half of the net profit from the copyright to the platform. In general, Version A was suitable for authors who wanted to use the platform's resources to promote their works and were willing to accept the corresponding rights distribution model.
Different situations had different requirements for signing contracts with Qidian novels. - Gurus and platinum authors were special. Sometimes, they only needed to tell the editor that they could sign a contract before they uploaded the content. - Generally, an author would upload at least three to five chapters (about 20,000 to 30,000 words) before signing the contract. If the contract was not signed successfully, they could wait until 50,000 or 100,000 words before submitting the application again. - If they signed an internal contract, they could usually write about 30,000 words of text and submit the outline of the novel to the editor. However, some internal submission editors might decide that the manuscript was approved (that is, it was considered a contract) when the author wrote 6000 or 4000 words (if it was well written). If the book was published on a Saturday or Sunday, it would require at least 6000 words to enter the backstage of the group of editors. All editors with more than 30,000 words could see it (but other groups of editors might not necessarily see it when they were busy). - From the perspective of the editor taking the initiative to sign the contract, if the editor felt that the work was good, he might send a short notice to sign the contract before 50,000 words. - In addition, if it was a newbie, they would usually wait until 100,000 words to sign the contract, and those who had already signed the contract might sign the contract with 50,000 words.
Qidian Chinese Network's contracted authors had to have at least 500 readers to pay for their services (500 effective paid readers). The distribution method was 1 point/1,000 words/number of readers. He only wrote 6,000 words and signed a contract. If he did not meet the requirement of at least 500 readers, he would not receive this portion of the revenue. However, in the first three months of the novel's release, after completing the corresponding number of times, he would receive a monthly creation benefit of 1500 yuan. In addition, there would be a reward of 600 yuan for full attendance if you updated more than 4000 words a day.
Writing novels at Qidian was easy to sign, but it also depended on many factors such as the quality of the novel, reader feedback, storyline, and character setting. The starting point was a highly competitive online platform. If one wanted to get a good response and reputation in a novel, they needed to spend a lot of time and energy to polish their works and improve the quality and appeal of the novel. In the process of writing, he also needed to understand the rules and regulations of Qidian, understand the classification and labels of novels, so that he could better display his works to readers and gain more attention and support. To write a novel at Qidian and successfully sign a contract required a lot of effort and patience, while constantly improving one's writing skills and creativity.
There were two ways to sign a contract with Qidian: - ** Internal Projection **: - Every editor had different requirements. Some asked for more words, some asked for less, some asked for an outline, and some asked for none. Generally, it was about 6000 words. If one wrote 4000 words well, they might pass. - If the editor had said the draft, it would basically be considered a contract. The follow-up book would go through the process. However, one had to pay attention to the process of publishing the book (for example, when writing 6000 words and was about to ask the internal editor for a signature). If other editors took a fancy to the short version, they still had to look for the internal editor. - The advantage was that they could know the fate of the book's contract early, and some editors would read the manuscript on weekends and in the early hours of the morning. The disadvantage was that they could only submit to one editor at a time. If they submitted more than one manuscript for no good reason, they would be blocked. Only if the editor did not pass the manuscript could they submit another one. It would be more time-consuming if they met an editor who read the manuscript slowly. - ** Directly Sending Books (also known as Directly Raging)**: - He opened the book through the Author's Assistant and waited for the editor to retrieve it. - The advantage was that all editors could see the manuscript. Even if it was written in a specific genre (such as Xianxia), editors of other genres (such as urban fantasy, light novels) could also sign on if they felt that it was good. - The disadvantage was that he would be in a hurry if he couldn't get to the station for a short time. Whether the editor could see the book directly depended on the time and the number of words. If the book was published on Saturday or Sunday, even if the editor wrote 30,000 words, the editor would not be able to see it because the editor did not work on the weekend. At least 6000 words could enter the backstage of the group of editors, and all editors with more than 30,000 words could see it (but other groups of editors might not read it if they were busy). In terms of publishing time, it was better to publish books on Saturday. He could write 4000 words a day. On Monday, when the editor had enough words to read, he could read it. If he was busy on Monday, he could read it on Tuesday. If he published books on Thursday and Friday, the editor would rest on the weekends. On Saturday and Sunday, he would have to wait bitterly. In addition, the editor of the publishing team had the responsibility to read the manuscript. It was not necessary for the editors of other teams to read the manuscript. Early signing was just the editor's favor, not necessarily the readers 'favor or the work would be popular. If more than 50,000 words were not picked up by the editor, the work might have flaws. If you felt that signing the contract was hopeless and did not plan to write, you had to see if there were any shortcomings within a week. Many times, you might get a short review if you stopped updating.