Unemployed at the Beginning, I Let the Singer Come Back

Yes, by appointment.

When Wen Xue meets some young authors and readers, one thing he is often asked is, do your editors really read the public submission mailbox? Wen Xue always said to look, but in fact, to look is to look, but only symbolically.

The reason is simple.

As a domestic literary palace-level publication, they have very high requirements for the quality of manuscripts.

Most of their manuscripts are submitted to already-famous writers; Mesozoic writers submit manuscripts; or they submit manuscripts to younger generation authors whose articles have been published in other publications, won awards, or were recommended by other authors, and whom the editors feel have potential to be exploited. draft.

Many people are asking, are there no blockbuster manuscripts in the public submission mailbox?

have.

The author whose last hit was now in his forties.

He became a blockbuster in his twenties.

It is still talked about by people in the circle.

As for the manuscripts unearthed from public mailboxes in recent years, some were eventually published.

Wen Xue was in charge once.

Although there were many problems with that manuscript, there were some highlights. Based on in-depth communication with the author, Wen Xue gave professional opinions. Then, the author made repeated revisions and communicated repeatedly. It took almost half a year before the manuscript finally became a published version. The appearance of the magazine. Although Wen Xue was very pleased, the middle-aged author benefited a lot from this revision and embarked on the road of becoming a writer.

but--

It’s too tiring to revise a draft like this.

and.

There are not many such manuscripts in public mailboxes. There are more strange manuscripts, which are not named according to the format, the sender's nickname is not mainstream, and they are bombarded with N submissions every day. There are even some who claim to be the modern Jin Ping Mei, and send small Pornographic.

Don't say it.

So damn well written.

When Wen Xue went to work at the publishing house the next morning, he had a plaster on his waist.

pity.

It cannot be considered a work-related injury.

so--

Even if editors have the task of reading manuscripts in public mailboxes and giving brief comments on each manuscript, they only read a batch of manuscripts when the assessment is approaching, or when the mailbox is cleared every three months.

usually.

Wen Xue didn't even bother to open it.

Their main focus is still on requesting manuscripts, reading manuscripts from authors they know, and communicating and revising.

For manuscript requests——

Editors will communicate with authors in advance, but sometimes plans cannot keep up with changes.

Such as now.

When the editor-in-chief asked the editors about the manuscript, Lao Huang said: "Lao Yu can't submit the manuscript. The short story has been written into a novella, and -"

Lao Huang feels that he still has the tendency to write a long novel.

The missing manuscripts will naturally have to be made up.

The editor-in-chief asked who was the right person to ask for manuscripts from: "Bring some fresh blood, don't keep asking the old guys for manuscripts."

The editor-in-chief still hopes to have a different style.

Lao Huang and others recommended several young authors.

Wen Xue blurted out out of nowhere: "How about we ask Jiang Yang for a manuscript?"

The conference room fell silent.

Lao Huang: "Let the old thief defraud us of some royalties?"

This guy is also a fan of Jiang Yang's mystery novels.

Don’t think that pure literary editors don’t read genre novels. They also need to adjust their taste occasionally.

Wen Xue: “Wouldn’t it be enough if the review was stricter?”

The editor thought for a while.

As the editor-in-chief of the magazine, from a profit perspective, he very much hoped to invite Jiang Yang to write.

Traffic!

but--

When readers of their magazine see this name, they will probably think that serious literature is not serious.

but--

The editor-in-chief agreed after thinking that there was a magazine that had been defrauded of manuscript fees.

The editing circle is not big.

The editor-in-chief contacted Susan, and Susan called Li Qingning.

"Um?"

Li Qingning was in the office. When he heard the news, he glanced at Jiang Yang who was lying on the sofa basking in the sun. "My husband submitted an article to their magazine, but when there was no feedback, he became anxious again and submitted to another magazine. "

It has been more than a month since Jiang Yang submitted his article to their magazine's public submission mailbox.

He is also waiting for the release of "Ordained" to let many people see the beauty of Wang Lao's writing.

However.

There has been no movement from the magazine.

It's not the magazine's fault.

When submitting the manuscript, the magazine’s automatic reply email stated that their review period would be three months.

However.

Although Jiang Yang has good endurance, he is not very patient.

This magazine is published bimonthly.

There is no news yet, which means that it will be at least half a year before the article is published.

Seeing Jiang Yang waiting eagerly every day, Li Qingning thought that this would not work. He missed her soon, so he asked him to write a retraction email to the mailbox, and asked Sister Chen to hand the manuscript to Xu Guangzheng. Xu Guangzheng I happened to know the editor-in-chief of "Kyoto Literature and Art".

After the literary editor got the manuscript, he fell in love with it at first sight.

As an old editor who has been in the industry for more than 30 years, this is the first time he has seen an article that did not change a word, did not dare to change a word, and was unwilling to change a word. He directly arranged to enter the publication process without saying a word, and also specially invited Xu Guangzheng had a meal to express his gratitude.

Jiang Yang felt very happy after hearing the editor's comment.

This is the characteristic of Mr. Wang. His words are plain and rarely gorgeous. Mr. Wang even thinks that the lack of words is the highest compliment for his articles. For example, when writing about flowers in the wind, he wrote "the flowers are messy", I’m not counting the words, but it’s wonderful.

This is nothing.

Jiang Yang will wait for a chance to covet them again.

"That's it-"

Susan didn't expect that the duck she got from "Qiu Shi" actually flew away. She hung up the phone and called the editor-in-chief of Qiushi magazine.

"ah?!"

The editor-in-chief of "Qiushi" was surprised!

He didn't expect that Jiang Yang had already submitted his manuscript, and then switched to another magazine because he couldn't wait any longer.

this--

"Okay, okay, I understand. Thanks, Xiao Su. I'll treat you to dinner another day."

After the editor thanked Susan, he quickly opened the public submission mailbox and searched for "Jiang Yang", and two emails came out.

One email was a retraction.

The other was a submission email with the subject line "Short Story "The Ordination"" and no author's name.

Only the author's name should be included in the body of the email.

"I really voted!"

Editor-in-Chief scratching his head

He took advantage of a favor and asked for a manuscript. It turned out that the manuscript had already been submitted, but he couldn't wait any longer and switched to another company.

What's going on -

The editor didn't know what to say for a while.

but.

Missing it means missing it.

Although the editor-in-chief is regretful, it is still okay. Just like Li Yu sang in "Forgetting Each Other", life is always missed.

With this thought in mind, he opened the manuscript and wanted to see what it was like.

Half an hour later——

boom!

Wen Xue was communicating with the author on chat software when the door of the editor-in-chief's office was suddenly opened, causing the office to fall silent. Just when they were about to see what was going on, they heard the editor-in-chief shout with a louder voice: "From today on, all editors' public mailbox review quotas must be completed on a monthly basis, and the public submission mailbox must be cleared every month. !”

"ah!"

Wen Xue blurted out.

As soon as he said it, he regretted it, because he saw the editor's eyes coming towards him like a sharp sword.

The editors were too afraid to speak.

The editor-in-chief glared at them fiercely, returned to the office, and asked someone to contact Jiang Yang.

I missed such a good manuscript, even if I regretted it, it would not help.

The most important thing now is to contact Jiang Yang. When Jiang Yang has new articles, he can send them directly to the editor——

No!

Send it directly to his editor-in-chief's mailbox, or even pick it up in person.

After the editor-in-chief entered the office, Wen Xue and the others murmured in their small group: "Did the editor-in-chief take the wrong medicine?"

"The public submission mailbox will be cleared every month! I'm going to die!"

"Why did the editor-in-chief suddenly pay attention to the submission email?"

"I do not know."

While they were muttering, the editor-in-chief in the work group spoke again: "All manuscripts must be cleared this month!"