A few years ago, after learning about the situation of online writers, Xiao Ning immediately backed down. He admitted that he did not have the patience and perseverance to update every day for years.
He felt that writing online novels solely for the purpose of making money, rather than out of genuine love for it, would be an extremely painful experience; anyone who writes such novels knows.
So, he never thought about writing online novels again. Even though he envied those high-income online novel authors, he knew that their money was earned, and could even be said to be earned with their lives.
However, now that we have artificial intelligence, we can reconsider writing online novels.
Daily updates are not a problem at all for AI-powered rice.
Once the requirements for online novel creation are finalized, the next step is the writing process.
Register with Dianmai, become an author, click "Create," upload your chapters, wait for a contract, wait for recommendations, wait for the book to be published, and then you'll receive your royalties on the 12th of the following month.
The amount of payment for a manuscript depends entirely on its quality.
The first obstacle is signing the contract.
The online novels you write must meet the requirements of the editors, or in other words, conform to the formula of commercial online novels featuring boasting and face-slapping, before the editors will recommend you for a contract through the author's backend, and you will officially become a contracted writer with DotNet.
Otherwise, even if you write a million words, you won't get a single penny. But what's puzzling is that there are no fewer than a hundred such people on D, writing millions of words out of love.
The platform claims to have eight million authors, but it can only sign contracts with fewer than eighty thousand, a success rate far below one percent.
Only by signing a contract can you truly make money.
Readers' tips and subscriptions can be converted into royalties, which will be deposited into your bank account the following month.
After thinking for a long time, Xiao Ning finally made up his mind and said, "Dami, you said you can write web novels. Write one and let me take a look. If I think it's okay after I've read it, then you can upload it to Diaoniang!"
Rice's voice came through promptly: "Master, what type of web novel do you want to read? Just specify a category, or give an outline, and Rice can create a web novel instantly according to your requirements!"
"Type? Let me think..."
Xiao Ning's heart stirred, realizing that his cheat ability allowed him to travel to the internet.
So, is it possible to artificially create a world of cultivation or immortal heroes?
The first step is to write it down, then adapt it into animation, then into TV series, games, etc., to maximize the operation of its IP.
Could such a world be derived from this?
In that instant, Xiao Ning's heart fluttered.
"Rice, my idea is to set the world as a cultivation world, with the three realms of heaven, earth and man, the heavenly court and the underworld, and races such as demons, ghosts, and monsters."
"Most importantly, this world must be full of treasures, divine weapons and magical artifacts, and cultivation techniques and secret manuals. As for the other plot points and characters, you can handle them as you see fit!"
After much deliberation, Xiao Ning slowly stated his request.
"Master, no problem, please wait a moment!"
A few breaths later, the sound of rice came.
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Chapter 3: Writing a Novel (5k)
"Dude, you're really famous! Get up now!"
Early in the morning, Xiao Qiang burst into Xiao Ning's room, shouting and yelling.
"What are you doing in here? Get out, I need to get dressed!"
Xiao Ning opened his eyes and roared.
"Oh! Why are you being so fierce? Just let them go!"
Hearing his roar and seeing the rage on his face, Xiao Qiang's heart skipped a beat. She quietly replied and obediently walked out.
Xiao Ning took a deep breath, feeling a throbbing sensation between her brows, and then shook her head helplessly.
"This little brat is getting more and more outrageous! It seems I need to find a place to teach her some manners and etiquette, lest she grow up to be a crazy person!"
He muttered to himself as he got out of bed.
After leaving the room, washing up, filling the water vat, finishing the farm work, and having breakfast, Xiao Ning returned to the room.
Last night, Xiao Ning instructed the AI, DaMi, to create a web novel for him to review. DaMi then embarked on a long period of "creation."
After waiting for a while and seeing that it was still not finished, Xiao Ning stopped waiting, sat cross-legged on the bed, closed his eyes and meditated to comprehend the Great Dao.
The night passed in the blink of an eye. When Xiao Ning heard Xiao Qiang's commotion in the morning, he quickly lay down in bed to avoid her noticing anything amiss.
Now that she had done some farm work to lighten the burden on her grandparents, Xiao Ning finally had some free time. She took out her phone from the table and put on her Bluetooth headset.
"Dami, how's the writing going?"
Xiao Ning was quite looking forward to it.
As soon as the words were spoken, the phone screen lit up automatically, and a little dog rolled out from the corner, stood upright in the middle of the screen, and bowed with its two front paws together, saying: "Good morning, Master. Da Mi has completed the outline and detailed outline, and the first 500 chapters have also been written. Please do me the honor of taking a look!"
"What? Five hundred chapters? He wrote a million words in one night?"
Xiao Ning's eyes widened in disbelief.
Then he quickly said, "Let me see it!"
A word processing app on my phone opened automatically, and inside was a story titled "Rebirth in the City: A Journey to Immortality," with a word count of over 1 million.