How to better package your work

How to quickly improve your writing skills and how to make your works more attractive are two problems that I believe are shared by many newcomers. In fact, improving writing skills cannot be achieved overnight, but improving your works can

To look better, at least to look better, is something that everyone can do immediately.

So how should it be changed?

The answer is very simple, that is, modifying the various appearances of the work while keeping the content unchanged.

In fact, everyone knows that the same product with different packaging will have completely different sales prices and sales. If done well, a piece of clothing worth only 100 yuan can still sell well even if it is priced at 1,000 yuan.

It's not impossible. This principle is also true for online novels, but it is ignored by many authors.

Seeing this, some authors may say that the packaging and decoration of works is not the job of the website? Then it should be designed by ** artists to make the reading page more beautiful, right?

If you think so, you are completely wrong. In fact, there are many details that the author can control, and these things are the elements that really affect the performance of the work. They are more important than the page design of the artist.

As for the specific details worth noting, I will talk about them one by one below.

First of all, it is naturally the face of the work - the title.

As the external signboard of a work, the importance of the book title is self-evident. Regarding the naming principles of the book title, I will write a separate article to explain it. I will briefly mention it here. A good book title must follow the simple word selection

, easy to understand, easy to recognize and remember, and catchy. At the same time, the title of the book needs to conform to the writing style of the work, and it is best to reflect the characteristics of the work.

It is difficult to change the title of a work. You need to be careful when choosing a name. However, this does not mean that the title cannot be changed. If it is an unsigned work, it is slightly easier to change the title. As long as the author

Select the area to contact the administrator, then explain that you want to change the title of the book, and submit the name you want to change it to. Of course, before submitting, it is best to search by yourself to see if the title you want to use already exists, so as not to

The application failed due to duplication.

If it is a work that has been signed, then changing the name will be more troublesome. The author needs to contact his editor to explain the situation, and the editor will arrange to contact the contracted editor and re-sign a name change agreement.

Second, it is the author's pen name, which is exactly opposite to the title of the book.

Compared with book titles, pen names have less impact on works, but their role cannot be underestimated. If a pen name can be remembered by readers, it will not only make it easier for them to find the work, but also help promote the author's next work.

, which helps to quickly copy the popularity of the previous work to the next one.

The choice of a pen name is not as important as a book title and does not need to express any meaning. However, the pen name also needs to follow the principles of being simple, easy to remember, catchy, and can be remembered by readers and easy to type.

pen name.

In addition, regarding the choice of a pen name, one thing that needs to be reminded is that the pen name needs to be healthy and harmonious, and should not follow the three vulgar routes, nor should it take the disgusting route. Such a pen name may not affect the performance of the work, nor may it prevent the author from becoming popular.

, but the problem is that after becoming popular, the pen name will become a restriction for the author to move to a bigger stage. Imagine that if you become very popular, you will be pushed to the podium of CCTV or to some very formal occasions, but you

But your pen name is "a piece of shit", how can the host introduce you? So, if you just want to be a low-level author, then it's okay to have all kinds of weird pen names, which may be more fun, but if you are interested in becoming a first-line author,

So it's better to keep your pen name normal.

The third is the introduction of the work, which is also the most direct face of the work and is not as important as the title of the book.

Regarding the design skills of the introduction, I will also write a separate article to explain. Similarly, here I will only introduce one of the most important principles, that is, the introduction needs to be consistent with the content of the text. The content of Xiaobailiu must be matched with the introduction of Xiaobailiu, and the text

Qing's main text should also match Wenqing's introduction. Don't just look at what elements are popular and add them to the introduction at all costs. That may seem like a trick to get clicks, but those clicks will not translate into real readers.

Fourth, the volume title, volume introduction and chapter names of the work.

Of course, the importance of a single chapter name in a work is far less than that of the book title, but the combined influence of many chapter names should not be underestimated. There are also some principles that need to be followed in the design of chapter names.

Regarding this, I will also write another article to explain. Here is a brief introduction, everyone knows the following points: it is better to have chapter names than not; title-based titles are very dangerous; you can give appropriate spoilers but do not reveal the foreshadowing.

Fifth, discard the chapter.

The so-called abandoned chapters refer to canvassing declarations, leave requests, bug explanations and other chapters that need to be explained to readers at that time, including public chapters and VIP chapters. These chapters that are not part of the main text need to be cleaned up regularly, but there are some

different.

Please delete any chapters such as requests for leave and explanations for breaking updates after they expire. Keeping these things is undoubtedly a slap in your face. Don’t you think the book is not enough for the street? Do you have to let readers know that your updates are unstable?

? Even if it is really unstable, at least let the readers finish reading the previous content before talking about it.

You can keep a little bit of the canvassing declaration, especially for the students who competed for first and second place in the monthly votes. Because after seeing this kind of declaration, readers can understand that the work must have been awesome back then, which can add some value.

Readers’ confidence in reading the article. Of course, even if you want to keep it, you can only keep one or two at most. Most of the canvassing chapters must be deleted, otherwise, it will really affect the continuity of reading.

Compared with canvassing declarations, acceptance speeches, and Sanjiang speeches, I don’t think they are abandoned chapters. Because they cannot be many, they are nothing more than one chapter or two, and they can be placed in public works related to the main text content.

Separating it will not affect readers' reading. The fact that the work can be recommended on the cover itself represents the quality and popularity of the work. Hanging this testimonial there is actually equivalent to a badge of honor. No matter whether the testimonial is well written or bad, it itself

This proves the awesomeness of the work. Therefore, I recommend retaining this type of chapter.

As for some explanations of the work, especially the explanations about the shortcomings pointed out by readers, it depends on the specific situation and whether they really need to be kept, but in general, I suggest deleting them. Because this is actually a self-exposed one.

In this way, only a few readers originally discovered this flaw, but after the author explained it like this, all readers saw it, and they all had some reading difficulties. Why bother? Of course, many times, the so-called flaw is actually not

It doesn't exist. It's just that the readers have a partial understanding of it, or they don't understand the author's intentions. However, even so, when new readers see the so-called flaw description, they will subconsciously think that the work is not well written.

By the way, I have to ask, don’t you all know how to delete abandoned chapters?

If it is a public chapter, you can move the volume to the recycle bin, and if it is a VIP chapter, you can directly unban it. Be careful not to unban the wrong chapter!

Sixth, the layout of the work.

The quality of the layout will of course directly affect the reader's reading experience. No matter how good the content of a book is, if the layout is inexplicable, it will probably end up in the street.

In fact, it is rare for authors to be completely incapable of formatting. If you edit it with software such as Word, then copy it to the author area and upload it, there will basically be no major formatting problems.

Here, the only thing I want to emphasize is the length of the text paragraph.

There is no final answer on how many words there are in a paragraph. It can be long or short, depending on the specific content. However, the author should also try to avoid paragraphs that are too short or too long, especially paragraphs that are too long.

Once a paragraph is too long, readers will see a densely packed area, which greatly affects the reading mood. Take me as an example, once I read a chapter with several thousand words, the whole chapter only has one paragraph, or only two or three paragraphs.

Yes, I basically have no interest in reading it.

As for paragraphs that are too short, this does not have such serious consequences, especially a few short paragraphs alone, which will not affect anything. However, throughout the article, it is recommended to try to control the paragraph length to a moderate level.

Seventh, control the number of words in chapters.

Controlling the number of words in chapters is actually quite embarrassing, because it requires considering several different factors at the same time, and the demands of these factors are often contradictory.

Mainly speaking, there are several factors that determine the number of words in a chapter of a work. One is the rules and restrictions of the website, the other is the special needs of other media, and the third is the needs of the plot.

**The rule restrictions are mainly three.

First, before a work is put on the shelves, each chapter must reach 2,000 words before it will be considered an update by the system. Therefore, the public chapters should not be less than 2,000 words, but it is best not to be too many, otherwise others will have the same number of words twice.

You only have one update, do you lose money?

The second is the VIP word count calculation rule, which is calculated in units of one thousand words, and fractions below a thousand words are not counted. Therefore, the word count of VIP chapters is stuck in the unit of one thousand words, such as two thousand and a few words, three thousand and a few words,

This is the best deal for the author.

The third is the word count requirements for some benefits, mainly the perfect attendance award. For example, the perfect attendance award requires 5,000 words to be updated every day. If each chapter is 4,000 words, then updating one chapter is not enough, and updating two chapters will add 3,000 more words.

As for the special needs of other media, this depends on the specific situation. At present, it is mainly the need for wireless reading. Generally speaking, the number of words in a single chapter of the work is more than 3,000.

As for the needs of the plot, there is no need to say more about this. Everyone also understands that if each chapter is stuck at a critical juncture and the key plot, it will undoubtedly increase the readers' eagerness to read the next chapter, which can improve the situation to some extent.

A little subscription achievement.

So, how to make trade-offs between these different word count requirements?

I think the following priorities should be followed: not seriously conflicting with the site rules - respecting the plot - catering to the site rules.

First of all, it is necessary to ensure that it does not seriously conflict with the rules of the site and cause very adverse consequences. For example, if the update of public chapters is less than 2,000 words per chapter, it will not be counted as an update every time. This is undoubtedly a huge loss, and if every chapter is

It is more than 10,000 words, while others only update once every five updates, which is also a big loss. We don’t have to completely stick to the word count requirement, and we don’t have to precisely control it to two thousand and a few words. We will suffer a slight loss. For example, we require two thousand but more words.

For three thousand, this is completely acceptable.

Secondly, there is a need to get stuck in the plot. As long as there is no serious conflict with the rules of the site, try to give priority to the plot and break up the plot. The benefits of doing so are better than acknowledging the rules of the site and not wasting a word.

Much more cost effective.

Third, without affecting the plot of the card, consider catering to the various rules of the site to the greatest extent possible to maximize benefits.

Eighth, the management of the book review area.

The book review area is a special face of the work. It is a special area where the content is not created by the author, but is controlled by the author. Here, it is also very likely to affect the performance of the work.

Just imagine, if you click on a work you haven't read and find that the book review area is full of scoldings, from top to bottom, they are all saying that the work is rubbish. How much mood will you have to read the book? And before reading a book, you are used to first

If you look at the book review section, there are quite a few readers.

Therefore, a harmonious-looking book review area is also helpful to the performance of the work. At least, it should not become an important element that makes the work fall off the street.

It goes without saying how to manage a book review area. Everyone knows that you should keep the praises and remove the scolds. I just want to remind you that the author needs to maintain a peaceful attitude when dealing with critical comments and not be carried away by anger.

Because the effect of guidance on these negative comments is far better than confrontation. Even if the author wants to deal with the book review area, he can still use some tricks, such as putting good book reviews at the top. It is best not to delete the post or even scold him directly.

, completely opposite to the readers.

In fact, if you think about it calmly, these readers who can provide critical opinions are the cutest. If the author can seriously look at their opinions and compare them with his own work, I believe he will gain something.

Ninth, the author’s old book.

The author's old books will also have some impact on the current work. Generally speaking, the impact is positive, especially the author whose old books have achieved great success.

But here, I mainly talk about the influence of old books on new authors.

If you are a complete newcomer and do not have any old works, then there is no need to read further. If you are an author who has several works but is not yet famous, if possible, I suggest you take care of the old books a little bit.

If the author has a few books, or an old book, it will look better, especially a complete old book, which can increase the readers' confidence to some extent. And even if it is a eunuch's book on the streets, there is a copy of it in the book.

There, the advantages slightly outweigh the disadvantages, because for a new reader, it is good if he can click on the author's information to take a look. Very, very few people will click on the author's old works and choose to read new books if they think they are good. Such readers

Basically it doesn't exist.

Therefore, if you have an old book, even if it is a eunuch, it is not recommended to change the vest and open a new book. It is actually more cost-effective to publish it on the old account. And if it doesn’t take much trouble, then try to add an ending to the old work, and add it in an honest way.

This is a complete state, which is of positive significance to the development of the new book.

Of course, after all, what really determines the success or failure of a work is the quality of the work itself. However, it is undeniable that the above details can affect the performance of some works to a certain extent. I hope that my experience can help
To be continued...