"When I first read a Chinese online article, I was deeply immersed in it."
Filipino online writer Kikyo Reina, my favorite Chinese web novel "Sorry, I'm Playing the Heroine's Script", and I don't get tired of reading it repeatedly, "I'm obsessed with understanding China's life Xi habits, which is also the main reason why I became the author of online novels."
And this is not an isolated case.
According to the "2023 Report on the Trend of Chinese Online Literature Going Overseas", the total revenue of China's online literature industry in 2022 will reach 317.8 billion yuan, of which overseas revenue will reach 40.63 billion yuan. As of October, about 10,3600 Chinese online translations have been launched by Qidian International, and the number of Chinese online translation languages has reached more than 20 languages. Riding on the east wind of AI translation, "one-click going to sea" has become a new trend of Chinese online novels going overseas.
Urban romance, revenge and rebirth, suspenseful love, adventure story, system crossing, growth and upgrading... These types of online novels that are familiar to domestic readers also firmly attract the attention of foreign readers. More importantly, under the influence of China's online literature, more and more overseas young people have embarked on the road of online writing, and only the starting point of the international online literature platform has cultivated about 40,3 overseas online writers, and the explosive growth rate has increased by three times in three years.
Overseas authors from more than 100 countries and regions in Southeast Asia, North America, Europe, Africa, etc., are learning to write and change their lives through online articles such as "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms", "Full-time Master", and "Tiandao Library".
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Bangladeshi teenage girl writer
The post-00s who love to watch "Three Lives, Three Worlds, Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms".
Bangladeshi post-00s female writer "Azia", the life script she got is the "big heroine" in the online article - after the death of her father, the 16-year-old "Azia" began to write online articles, which not only solved the financial needs of the family, but also covered all the expenses of studying at Florida International University.
12 o'clock in the morning after finishing her studies, it is Azia's writing time. She will write from 12 o'clock to 3 o'clock in the morning, updating 4000~5000 words every day.
Azia had fun. She enjoys interacting with her readers and often derives inspiration and material from their comments.
Yazia loves to read the Chinese writer "Tang Qigongzi" "Three Lives, Three Worlds and Ten Miles of Peach Blossoms". The various elements of traditional Chinese culture contained in this novel, as well as various online settings such as fantasy and reincarnation, opened Azia's eyes and "felt the charm of Chinese mythology and romance novels".
More importantly, this novel has become a model for Azia's online writing, after all, the hero and heroine need a huge and logical closed-loop plot setting to cross the "three worlds", "I learned a lot from it, such as how to balance the structure and elements of the article, how to jump from one plot to another, how to adjust the stability of the characters in the novel, and how to balance my views in various misunderstandings and turns."
Compared with the more distant Europe and the United States, Chinese online novels make it easier for Azia to empathize, she likes those Chinese online novels with happy endings, and she also likes Chinese actor Yang Yang, because they can all give her beautiful illusions, "I don't like realistic literature, reality is already so difficult, why should I go to watch other people's more miserable real lives?" ”
In online literature, Azia found that romance novels in which the heroine changes from weak to strong are very popular, "I have written seven novels, five of which are on this theme, and the reading data of these five books is better." Maybe it's because women are awakening now, which will attract more young readers. ”
Azia said that in her feelings, in Chinese online novels, the domineering president genre has almost influenced the entire world's online novel culture, and romance novels in many countries are imitating this way of writing, "I don't know if it's accurate, but in my case, I feel that this type of novel has become popular in other countries since China became popular."
"The Return of Meng Bao", which signed with Qidian International, is what Azia considers her best work so far, "On the one hand, the inspiration came from my neighbors, who were divorced because of the 'evil mother-in-law' in the story, and went through many hardships and got together again, and on the other hand, it came from a Chinese TV series that I liked very much, but the ending of this TV series was not very good, so I changed it to a good ending."
Azia's success in online writing made her a campus star at school, and some friends around her were influenced by her and began to create online articles. "They love to write romance novels. One of my friends, before writing online articles, was often forced by her parents to do something she didn't like, and even urged her to get married, forcing her to go on a blind date. But since she made money through online articles, her parents no longer forced her. She is now in college and has chosen a major that she loves – Chinese Cultural Studies. ”
Canadian writer
People sell the company in middle age and write a "rebirth essay"
The 42-year-old Canadian online writer "Qingxuan" has a life experience like the protagonist of the online article. Before writing the online article, he ran a company that worked 16 hours a day, all year round; After touching the online article, he sold the company to write full-time, "much easier, and I have time to vacation".
Qingxuan's writing life is very regular, getting up at 6 o'clock in the morning every day, writing novels for two hours, eating breakfast, and resting for a while. Write for another two or three hours in the afternoon, send the finished content to the editor, and complete the daily work.
Qing Xuan has set aside an office in his home for writing, and he hangs portraits of the characters in his stories on the walls, "I describe my characters to the painters and let them draw them. I often sit in a chair and look around at the portraits on the wall to conceive my novels."
Currently, Qingxuan's most popular work is "The Call System of Rebirth", which is his second novel. "When I wrote my first novel, readers told me they wanted to read a story where the protagonist could summon a lot of things in life and make anything better. So I started writing this novel. ”
In "The Call of Rebirth", Qing Xuan created a protagonist with special abilities. At the beginning of the story, everything is within the protagonist's plan, but as the story progresses, many things go off the rails and cause chaos in the world.
"I know that some characters are very popular, like people who are brave enough to try and always help others, while others are very annoying, like people who will do whatever it takes. I'm going to create what people like and what people don't, so that I can spark a discussion, and they'll scold but keep reading. Readers have controversy about novels, which is exactly what he likes to see, "If readers don't say anything and it's not good, it means they don't care!" ”
Qing Xuan's favorite Chinese online articles are "Full-time Master" and "Waste Wood Goes Against the Sky: The Demon Emperor Crazy Concubine". Qingxuan admitted frankly that his novels are largely consistent with Chinese online texts in terms of writing mode, and even deliberately put some Chinese fantasy elements in the copy part of the novel. "If I find something new in a Chinese online novel, especially something that I think will soon become popular, I will add it to my novel."
Of course, under the similar structure of online texts, writers from various countries will combine different cultural backgrounds to form online novels with the skeleton of Chinese online texts and the flesh and blood of various cultures.
"In many online texts in China, there will be a very arrogant young master, who will have some fierce conflicts with some core characters, and then he will be insulted or knocked down." Qing Xuan thinks that this is a very stereotypical way of writing Chinese online texts, so when he writes "Arrogant Young Master", he will let him do his own thing first, reap the consequences, and slowly fail and fall. "But actually, I still like China's 'arrogant young master' plot, especially when the protagonist insults others arrogantly, there will soon be a reversal and a slap in the face. If it weren't for this kind of plot, I wouldn't have been able to read it. ”
"In Canada, people my age don't usually change jobs again unless you really can't get along." So far, Qingxuan's path to online writing has not been understood by too many people, and many people think that writing online articles is an unstable job. But Qingxuan didn't care, after all, "life is really good". Next, he intends to write a science fiction novel that "tells the story of a chosen modern soldier who becomes a hero to all mankind."
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Ghanaian Female Writers
Use the money from writing "chasing wife" novels to help women
For the 35-year-old Ghanaian female writer "Glorious Eagle", it is not easy to insist on online writing. In order to change 6000,4 words a day, she only sleeps <> hours a day. After sending the two children to school during the day, they can seize the time to write between housework; At night, after putting the child to sleep, she tiptoed down her story.
The Glorious Eagle comes from an unhappy family, with an early death of his mother and a violent father. As a child, she often questioned the women who surrounded her father: "Why are you doing this?" "You can't rely on a man like that." "But they thought I was still a kid and wouldn't take my advice." And the online novel has opened up a new world for the glorious eagle, where she can map her expectations for women and marriage into the story.
"I am very impressed by the Chinese online novel with the theme of 'son-in-law'." She said that there are many twists and turns in China's online articles, and "hooks" will be placed in some key links. "I admire the rich imagination of Chinese writers, and I am dazzled by the dramatic plots and twists."
A large number of online articles have made the Glorious Eagle keenly aware of the topics that readers are concerned about. "Now everyone will like those female protagonists who have changed from weak to strong, or domineering president-type male protagonists. If you add time-traveling, 'chasing a wife' or a little fantasy, it will be very popular. ”
Glorious Eagle's current most popular "Tracing Old Love" follows this writing pattern. Before she started writing, she told the story to the editors of Starting Point International, and confirmed the popularity of this "wife-chasing" novel genre before starting to write. She portrayed a domineering and indifferent male protagonist, "This is a person who was very bad at the beginning, and did a lot of excessive things to the female protagonist, making people feel that they could not be together anymore." He was scolded by a lot of readers, but readers will still read it, because they are all expecting him to be 'slapped in the face' when he chases his wife later."
"I hope that my heroine has perseverance, that women can cry when they are hurt, but they should not give up, let alone be swallowed by pain." Glorious Eagle describes her female characters as follows, "What I want to convey is that true love can change even the most ruthless people, but it also has its own bottom line, and loving someone does not mean allowing yourself to be hurt." ”
Today, Glorious Eagle not only makes a better living by writing online, but also uses 80% of her income to support other women in need. She said that writing online articles has made her feel fulfilled and satisfied, and has also changed her life and that of her family, "I will never stop unless God wills otherwise."
Chengdu Business Daily-Red Star News reporter Mao Yuchuan