Surviving as a Writer in the British Empire - Chapter 70



＜ Cage of Burning Flames ＞

When I say this, I feel like I’ve become something of a ‘latteise hole’, so I’m very cocky, but genre literature was once dominated by game fantasy.

＜Ark＞, ＜Royal Road＞, ＜Blacksmith Xia＞······ Riding the wave of that trend, numerous novels came out.

It was literally a wave, a tsunami. At most, dozens of works have been pouring out in just one month.

That’s how I came to the rental store and repeated the disappearance, and the game fantasy….

perished

A genre whose market itself has disappeared.

There must be many reasons for this, but anyway, except for a few works, the existence itself has literally disappeared.

Did the old people call this the hwamu 11 red (花無十日紅)?

Like this, the box office success of the genre is like a wave. A trend at best, a trend at worst.

It is also the boundary between commercial art and fine art.

Commercial works are faithful to the trend, but fine art rejects the trend.

Commercials pander to the current, but fine art leads the trend.

It’s never a question of which one is superior. Both are worthwhile. There is superiority within a genre, but there is no superiority between genres.

Anyway, I’ve been living as a writer of genre literature for half of my short but half of my life.

Songchungi must eat pine needles, and silkworms must eat mulberry leaves. Therefore, I had no choice but to be sensitive to this trend and study it as much as possible.

Although ＜Peter Parry＞ was not directly researched, in a way, wasn’t it a work that thoroughly benefited from this trend?

That’s why I couldn’t help thinking about this part of my next work.

So, the question ‘what do you think is the latest trend or trend?’ has always been in my mind.

So, at this moment, what is the answer? I can’t say for sure, but I vaguely felt it.

It’s none other than an adventure.

The frontier spirit is not unique to the United States. At the end of the Belle Epoque, the citizens who adapted to the city that was gradually modernized came to feel a sense of ‘gukppong’ by conquering nature rather than comforting it.

One of the representative examples was the popularity of ＜King Solomon’s Mines＞ published by Henry Rider Haggard 10 years ago.

It is truly an ancestor of the adventure genre.

Of course, these adventures have been obscured in recent years by Sherlock Holmes and gothic novels.

Perhaps because of that, author Haggard is also working as a weekly serial writer at ＜Tit-Bits＞, a competitor to ＜Wicked Temple＞. Even while writing strange romance novels.

But i know

this point. In the late 1890s, the era of adventure novels is coming again.

The big wave that would later develop into ＜Indiana Jones＞, ＜Uncharted＞, and ＜Tomb Raider＞.

The basis is just that.

─British Empire Jackson-Hemsworth Expedition Rescues Norwegian Explorers in the Arctic!

It’s not a big article. Frederick Jackson, who is said to be the leader of the expedition, is unknown.

But I knew the name of the ‘Norwegian explorer’ mentioned in this article.

Fridtjof Nansen.

He is one of the most famous Arctic explorers and a Nobel Peace Prize winner.

Although the Nobel Prize has not yet been established.

Anyway, this means that the thrilling Antarctic conquest season of Amundsen, Shackleton, and Robert Scott is coming soon.

The overflowing adventure stories and exploration records, each one of them, were hugely popular.

the famous ad.

‘Male Sailor Wanted – Dangerous Journey, Low Pay, Extreme Cold, Long Total Darkness Lasting Months, Constant Danger, No Guarantee of Safe Return, Glory and Honor in Success’.

Think about the fact that the competition rate of 197 to 1 was attached to this manly, extremely ambitious phrase itself.

Now, Europe is in the age of great adventure!

Then why did the European countries that sponsored them scramble for the Antarctic exploration that never made money?

Of course, it is to realize the desire of mankind to fill in the empty corners of the map, and to fill up the soup with that sense of accomplishment.

And the winners of the mulberry are none other than Norway, the United States, and the United Kingdom. these three countries.

But what about it? am i in england now?

If you don’t eat even though you know that Shiryu is coming, that’s an idiot.

So, Mr. Bentley and I were preparing to launch a new book, ＜Dr. Dictor’s Bizarre Adventures＞, to jump on the adventure novel boom. I was in the middle…

“Come on, writer.”

“Hey, f*ck.”

I, in such a bewildered voice, the protesters who appeared on the streets of Charing Cross.

To be precise, I couldn’t help but be dumbfounded when I saw the ‘giant Peter Perry Wickerman’ they surrounded and dragged.

What the hell is that… I don’t know, I’m scared. I think it’s similar to Odaiba’s giant robot.

─Listen to Richard Bentley, president of ‘Bentley and Son’ publishing house!!

“Listen! Listen!!”

And the sound of the leader of the demonstrators who had brought the Wicker Man shouting hit my ears.

─We are the ‘Peter Perry Anti-Complete Demonstration Coalition’, formed to prevent the completion of ＜Peter Perry＞!!

─We can never stand by and ignore the publisher’s conspiracy to end the adventures of our brother, ＜Peter Perry＞!!

─We resolutely demand! Vow to publish Part 2 of the ＜Peter Perry Series＞!! Our purpose is only that!!

──If the above demands are not met, we have no choice but to express our determination in this way.

With that cry, flames began to rise from Peter Perry Wickerman’s ankles. As if to prove that heat goes up, Wicker Man instantly became Fireman.

The hot heat spread like a hook to this side. Even my face was going to be burned by the smell of ash… But to me at that moment, I couldn’t help but feel like a Siberian knife wind that was colder than ever.

I thought wrong…

I was arrogant. I am sick. I can’t read trends.

No, how the hell do you read that? sh*t.

“Now, author? Are you okay?”

“I’m fine.”

okay. The character I made has become such a gigantic wicker man, so it rides better than the forest in Yiling, but… so far it’s okay.

The problem is, the readers who are making demands that I can’t even make.

“Write it.”

“What can I do, writer…”

said Mr. Bentley with tears in his eyes.

Yes, I certainly want to cry too.

“Can I have a cup of coffee, please?”

“Ah, yes. All right. Maria!!”

“Here you go.”

I nodded and drank the coffee brought to me by an editor called Maria with trembling hands.

Well, also ah-ah-ah. Every time I come, it is rewarding to insist hard.

It’s been a while since I denied reality like that… I started spinning my head quickly.

Anyway, what about that?

Oh my God, it didn’t have a bad ending like Sherlock Holmes, and it didn’t have a bad ending like Sword Master, did it? ‘That’s how everyone lived happily ever after’ Is it a happy ending? Still asking for a part 2?

As far as I know, no web novel has ever received this level of demand… I was thinking about fixing it.

Come to think of it, I also tried to do this to persimmon trees.

In addition, in the web novel market, if you finish well to the end, the writers will come back on their own, and excellent works are pouring out.

In other words, it is an era in which readers do not necessarily have to be thirsty for a single specific work.

But… this era is a bit different.

There aren’t many works out there. Even less fantasy.

It is true that my work with various mulberry flavors added to it is unique.

So a very small part, this time it’s hanging on to me.

“As expected, let’s say that part 1 will be completed this time, and part 2 will follow, right? If you need time, take a break and promise to come back…”

“No.”

I shook my head and said.

Of course, I want to ride that wind too. i want to ride it No, I want to make a lot of sweet money handed over by those readers who openly beckon me to light a fire and get on board.

However, that wind is a Knock Up Stream.

It’s a stairway to heaven.

If I get on it, ride it well, and get to the sky island, it’s fine. But my sails… so, what if my novel can’t handle it? Then the ship itself falls.

I’m going to have a good time, I’m going to have a good time.

Of the grim reapers/ninjas/pirates that once conquered the earth, what did the grim reaper and ninja writers draw after they were completed? There is no such thing.

I rode hard in the wind of a sequel, but my writing skills were not good, so the sails were all torn, and in the end, I asked the community to stay in my memories, and there was a bad reputation in the community.

That’s what it was originally called anticipation. If you don’t fill it up, the bar will soon be gone. It is the scariest home.

Maybe then… it won’t be that Wickerman that’s burning, it’ll be this publisher.

“As usual, Peter Perry forcibly increased the material for the short story to 8 volumes, right? No more.”

“However, if it goes as it is, it will have an impact on the sales of the sequel.”

“Don’t worry about that. It probably won’t have any impact.”

I sighed and said.

Anyway, those people are my readers. Right now, they are making a fuss because of the afterglow, but in the end, they say that if I do well, they will come back on their own.

And I don’t have the confidence to write ＜Peter Perry 2＞ well, but I have confidence in the sequel.

For web novel writers, choosing a topic and accumulating time is a problem, but progressing is not a problem. Because the past life has been like that. They say that they beg for food by writing the next post right after finishing it.

Then what should I do now…

After completely emptying my coffee cup, I tapped the desk with my fingertips, feeling Mr. Bentley looking down anxiously.

In fact, there is only one way to quench this fire as it should.

hour.

If I just quietly ignore it and use the new work diligently and well, those people will move on to the new work on their own.

This is a constant, not just my conceit.

Anyway, my name value seems to have been settled by default.

Of course, there can be some damage, but I’m not writing a completely different genre, for example, romance for women.

＜Vincent Villiers＞ and ＜Dawnbringer＞ have secured a certain level of readership, so there is no problem.

But… that’s why it’s a little dick to leave it as it is.

Aren’t my readers right now? At least one more person should be saved and settled into the next work. If you make an extreme choice… I will never forgive you.

In the end, the result of assuming all the numbers in this and that case…

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“Then… use it, I didn’t want to use this method.”

“Writer?”

“Mr. Bentley.”

I slowly turned to Richard Bentley Jr.

My spokesperson and editor in charge, who has been in the news several times already as the president and face of Bentley Publishing.

“Among the stories handed down in ancient China, there are some stories of great generals whose personality was Gao-ro’s son but whose tactics were amazing.”

“What do you mean?”

“Among them, there are some of them offering sacrifices for evasive maneuvers.”

“Stop, no way.”

“sorry. Mr. Bentley.”

I said messily.

I didn’t want to go this far.

“Please do one interview. Then, everything will be neatly organized.”

and the next day

Starting with The Daily Telegraph, the following extras hit the whole of England, starting with London.

＜Shock! Hanslo Jin Weijung?!＞

＜Is it a rebound from the phenomenal amount of work!? Will London lose a great neighbor?!＞

＜Top Secret! Report from an anonymous editor M! ‘Hanslo Jin didn’t sleep and read the manuscript…’＞

The so-called sick leave operation.

It was the moment when the ‘Peter Perry Anti-Complete Protest Coalition’ collapsed.