For a guru or platinum author, they could sign a contract without uploading the content. For ordinary authors, they had to upload at least three to five chapters of content. They could submit the contract after about 20,000 to 30,000 words. If they were unsuccessful, they could wait until 50,000 or 100,000 words before submitting the application again. In addition, if you want to sign the contract through direct delivery, you can receive a contract message if you reach 20,000 to 30,000 words and are liked by the editor. If you use the internal submission method, you can write more than 6,000 words and send it to the Qidian editor's email. If you are liked by the editor, you can directly add the editor's QQ. You may receive a contract message after publishing the first chapter of the work. After the number of words of the works on Qidian's main website reaches 100,000 words, Genesis Chinese Network, Yunqi Academy, Qidian Girls 'Network, Fiction-Reading Network, Red Sleeves, and Romance Fictions Bar reaches 50,000 words, the option to sign a contract can be found in the Author's Section, Managing Chapters, published Chapters, and Contract signing application. After the application is made, the editor will review it, and the result will be notified within 7 working days (postponed during weekends and holidays).
There were two ways to sign a contract with Qidian novels: internal investment and direct publishing. If the book was published directly, 6000 words could enter the backstage of the group of editors (if the book was published on weekends and holidays). All editors with more than 30,000 words could see it, but it was uncertain whether the editor would check it. If 300,000 words had not been signed, and more than 50,000 words had not been picked up by the editor, there would usually be some flaws, but it was not impossible for the editor to find out later. Internal submission was to send the manuscript to the editor. The requirements were generally around 6,000 words. If the manuscript was 4,000 words, it might pass. However, the requirements were different for each editor. If the editor told him that the draft had been approved, it would basically be considered a contract. However, the internal submission could only be submitted to one editor at a time. The 300,000-word contract may not have been signed because these two effective signing methods had not been used before, or there were problems with the plot, style, market adaptability, etc., but the specific situation needed to be analyzed. <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
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.
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.
There could be many reasons why a 40,000-word novel at Qidian had not been signed. Judging from the submission method, if it was internal submission, it might be that the editor had not processed the manuscript, or the manuscript did not meet the requirements of the editor who submitted it. This was because the requirements of each editor were not exactly the same. Some required more words or had special requirements for the outline. Moreover, internal submission could only be submitted to one editor at a time. If they encountered an editor who read the manuscript slowly, they had to wait. If he published the book directly, it might not have attracted the attention of the editor. At least 6000 words can be entered into the editing platform of the group. 30,000 words + can be seen by all editors, but other groups of editors may not necessarily see it when they are busy. From the content of the manuscript itself, perhaps the introduction of the title lacked attractiveness, did not include the golden finger, highlights, suspense, brain hole and other elements; The opening did not focus on the protagonist, or the first three chapters did not include the protagonist, events, golden finger, upcoming crisis and other elements; The golden finger lacked a sense of expectation, growth, and interest; The opening plot did not reverse or the protagonist did not use the golden finger to reasonably reverse the situation; The opening lacked a sense of anticipation. There was no foreshadowing or suspense to make the readers want to read it. In addition, the language is not smooth, the level of wording is low, or the update is unstable, etc. may also affect the contract.
To delete an uncontracted novel published at Qidian, one could enter the author's section and choose work management under the menu. Then, one could find the work to be managed and delete it. The specific steps included using the relevant function menu to adjust the volume. By transferring the sub-volume of the work to the recycling bin, it could indicate that the work was deleted.
For a novel created at Qidian, being published and signed wasn't a necessary requirement to become a good novel. The release and signing of contracts were mainly related to the commercial operation of the work. A contract meant that the author and the platform had reached a cooperative relationship, and the novel would only be published and sold on the platform. On the shelves, the contracted novel would be placed on the sales page for readers to buy and read. These two were important ways for the author to earn income and promote the work. However, the excellence of a novel could be judged from many angles, such as the content of the story, the style of writing, the content of the thought, and so on. Some novels that were not signed for release might still perform well in terms of story creation, literary value, and so on, but they might not be signed for release for various reasons (such as not meeting the commercial promotion model, the author had no intention of doing commercial operations, etc.). <a href="/?from=ask_words" style="color:red" target="_blank">Read more exciting novels for free</a>
About 20% of Qidian's contracted authors had no income after signing the contract. This could be considered the worst income situation for Qidian after signing the contract.
On Qidian Chinese Network, there were the following ways for writers to sign contracts and earn money: ** 1. Contract-related ** 1. ** 6,000-word Quick Method ** - Write a book every day, and stop after writing 6000 words for each book. The title, the title of the book, and the introduction had to be carefully crafted. They also had to put the official website logo on the cover. Qidian Chinese Network had a first round of editing review. If they did not pass the first round within five working days, there would be a cross-editing review. According to this method, 16 people tested for a month, and 15 of them successfully signed the contract (one failed due to poor writing). Most people would sign seven or eight people in 12 to 15 days (when writing 12 to 13 books of 6000 words), and the others would sign later. - Note that the subject matter cannot be repeated. Qidian has 15 - 16 editing teams, and each book should only be submitted to one editing team for each genre. 2. ** Another tip for signing a contract ** - Every Friday from noon to afternoon, he would write a new book and complete 2000 words (chapter one). He would also write the title, introduction, and cover before submitting it for review. - On Saturday, upload one photo every hour (5 photos, 10,000 words). He uploaded two photos every hour on Sunday morning and three photos from afternoon to evening. A total of 20,000 words were uploaded in the past two days. - He would normally update 2000 words a day on Mondays and Tuesdays (2 photos, 4000 words in total). When uploading 20,000 words on Saturday and Sunday, they had to redo the manuscript in advance. Every time they uploaded a chapter, they would use the gap to revise the next chapter. According to this method, they would receive the contract signing notice on Monday, Tuesday, or Wednesday at the latest. ** 2. Ways to earn money ** 1. ** Work contract and VIP membership ** - The works could be signed after gaining a certain amount of attention and recognition on Qidian Chinese Network. After signing the contract, they would receive more promotional resources and better treatment, and the author's income would also be higher. - VIP membership was a way for readers to support works and authors. After becoming a VIP member, readers could enjoy more reading privileges (such as removing advertisements, reading new chapters in advance, etc.), and authors could earn income from VIP membership. The income was related to the number of works that were signed, the frequency of updates, the quality of the works, and other factors. 2. ** copyright sales and authorization ** - The works could be authorized to be published as physical books by publishing institutions, or adapted into movies, television dramas, games, etc. After the copyright of the work was purchased by the publishing organization, the author could receive copyright fees or manuscript fees. If the work was adapted into other forms, the author could receive adaptation rights fees. These benefits were related to the popularity and influence of the work. 3. ** Tipping and Red Envelopes **(Although the reference materials did not mention Qidian's tipping and Red Envelopes mechanism in detail, this method exists in general online literature platforms. It can be speculated that Qidian has similar situations) - The readers could tip the works they liked, and the author would receive income from it. 4. ** Advertising sharing and promotion cooperation **(Although Qidian's situation is not described in detail in the reference materials, general online literature platforms have similar profit models) - The platform might split the advertising revenue with the author based on the traffic of the work, or cooperate with the author to promote the work. 5. ** Creation and sales of derivative products **(Qidian was not mentioned in detail, but it is a common way for web writers to earn money) - For example, the author could profit from the sales of peripheral products (such as figurines of novel characters). 6. ** Cultivating a fan economy **(Qidian is not mentioned in detail, but it is more common in the online literature field) - By attracting fans and organizing fan-exclusive activities (such as fan meet-and-greet, fans paying to read special chapters, etc.) to make money.
Qidian novels needed to meet a certain number of words to be published. The specific number of words varied from novel to novel. Generally speaking, the word count requirement for a novel at the starting point was one million words. However, if he wrote well, the word count requirement could be relaxed to about two million words. In addition, there was a time limit for the novel to be published. Generally speaking, the time requirement for the novel to be published at the starting point was to reach 1 million words within a certain period of time (usually 3 months). If you want to publish it on Qidian as soon as possible, you can try to meet the word count requirement and keep updating it during the writing process.
There was no specific time limit for Qidian novels to be updated after signing a contract. It depended on the terms of the contract between the author and Qidian. However, generally speaking, after signing a contract, the author had to abide by some agreements, such as updating a certain number of words every week or submitting an update report on a regular basis. If the author stopped updating, they might face punishment from Qidian, such as deducting points, reducing the author's fee, deleting chapters, and so on. These punishments may have a negative impact on the author's literary creation, so it is recommended that the author try to avoid interrupting and maintain regular updates. It was a very common problem to stop writing at Qidian, but a long-term interruption could negatively affect the author's creative ability and reputation. Therefore, authors should try their best to keep updating and improve their writing skills to win the recognition and support of readers.