It was a rainy day and Elyon was writing his chapter when he suddenly saw a name appear on the discord chatroom. At first, he thought that it was a prank because the mods can change their names whenever they want to.It was a name that he was familiar with because it was one of the Authors that inspired him to write a novel of his own. It was AuthorWiz, the author of [Reborn: Evolving From Nothing.]
Truedawn: Oh, hey wiz! It"s been a long while since I"ve seen you active here.
Sleepteddy: Sup wiz.
AuthorWiz: I"m too busy these days. Not a bad thing, haha, just never time to be on. Hi Teddy! *wave emoticon*
Truedawn: True. We"re all busy with our lives.
MishaK (FCAA & SSTCFW): Hi @AuthorWiz
It didn"t take him long to realize that the person chatting on the discord chatgroup was the real deal, instead of a bot created by the mods. He immediately stopped what he was writing and saved it.
He then immediately typed his greeting, but it was to no avail. He forgot that he was muted earlier for 2 hours so he can"t type anything in the discord chatroom.
"I need to find a mod to unmute me!" Elyon checked the list of online moderators and sent direct messages to Mishak and Nix.x.xiE (sєʀєи∂ɨρɨтγ_ɑςє). He kindly asked them to unmute him so he can talk to one of his idols.
AuthorWiz: You aren"t purple anymore. Oh Mish you"re purple now.
[A/N: The Moderator"s name in the Writer"s Chatgroup is purple]
Truedawn: I left and I came back.
Sleepteddy: Busy being lazy hehe.
Truedawn: Less responsibility.
AuthorWiz: Truth mate. Discord can eat away a lot of time If you ain"t careful.
Truedawn: I can focus on my studies now yeah.
Alison35: Why is TrueDawn white? *glare emoticon*
AuthorWiz: He was born that way you racist.
"Tsk tsk Alison you racist lmao!"
Alison35: I know you Wiz. Famous suit guy.
AuthorWiz: @Truedawn Do you use Grammarly?
Truedawn: @AuthorWiz I do not.
AuthorWiz: It helps catch a ton of stuff.
Truedawn: Why?
AuthorWiz: You really should.
Truedawn: Ah.
AuthorWiz: Not all of its corrections are helpful, but it is like, 10/10 always use and takes <1>
Truedawn: Then I"ll download the mobile version of it.
AuthorWiz: I use it for every single chapter I post.
"I also use Grammarly. The free version that is…"
King_of_the_Abyss: Hi AuthorWiz!
AuthorWiz: oh LORD.
King_of_the_Abyss: I"m a big fan!
"Whoa! You"re his fan as well? I guess that"s the reason why we get along King."
AuthorWiz: Hi @King_of_the_Abyss *smiley emoticon* Nice to meet you.
Nix.x.xiE (sєʀєи∂ɨρɨтγ_ɑςє): Your abs pic is in the database lol.
AuthorWiz: Pfft, y"all funny. A healthy body = a healthy mind = better writing.
One of the mods lifted the mute on Elyon and he immediately typed his greeting.
Elyon: I finally met one of the people who inspired me to write. h.e.l.lo @AuthorWiz
AuthorWiz: @Elyon *smile emoticon* Aww cool!
Elyon genuinely felt happy after Authorwiz talked to him.
"Is this the feeling of those fans when they meet and talk to their favorite celebrities?"
AuthorWiz: I LOVE to write, I"m so happy I could inspire you too @Elyon @King_of_the_Abyss.
Elyon was smiling ear to ear from the reply of AuthorWiz. If someone were to see him right now, he would be cla.s.sified as a suspicious person. One of those stalker fans who stalk their idols for autograph and pictures.
Elyon: @Nix.x.xiE (sєʀєи∂ɨρɨтγ_ɑςє) thank you (for unmuting me).
Namake: Yeah there was another guy other than Elyon who came by here recently who said you were his inspiration.
Elyon: @AuthorWiz Thank you. Meeting you here is great.
"This is also one of the reasons why I joined the discord chatroom. To meet the two people who inspired me to write a novel of my own."
AuthorWiz: *Smile emoticon*
King_of_the_Abyss: @AuthorWiz I was part of the camping sect for so long just to talk to you before turning to writing ahahahah thank you for your inspiration.
AuthorWiz: *open mouth emoticon* The Comment Camping Sect! ah!
King_of_the_Abyss: I was one of the elders.
"WHAT!? You"re an elder of the Camping Sect!? My favorability with you increased by +20 points."
AuthorWiz: Practices makes perfect.
King_of_the_Abyss: Indeed it does.
AuthorWiz: I wrote more than 1,000,000 words before I found success.
King_of_the_Abyss: 1,000,000 words wow!
AuthorWiz is one of the most successful writers in Webnovel. Getting serious advice from him when it comes to writing is very important especially for new authors like me.
AuthorWiz: I work out every other day *smiley emoticon* Healthy body, healthy mind.
"Maybe I should work out as well so I can see my 6 pack abs."
SunScar9: You"re inspiring me to work out harder, that"s all you did.
Namake: @AuthorWiz Come into chat some time and do a structured Q&A. I"m sure a lot of the authors here would love to ask you questions.
"Namake you"re a G.o.d d.a.m.n genius!"
AuthorWiz: Feel free to ask me anything right now. *smile emoticon*
Namake: I"m mostly just wondering about how you practiced when starting out if you hit any frustrations with your writing itself and how you got past them.
"Good question! This is very important!"
Elyon eagerly waited for AuthorWiz"s reply in the comment section.
AuthorWiz: I first started writing ~5 years ago.
[A/N: iirc AuthorWiz is now 24 years old, so 5 years ago he was 19 years old.]
AuthorWiz: I started writing on RoyalRoad and man I was bad. I just kept writing and trying to improve. You can learn from reviews, but don"t let them tear you down. Especially when you start, you will make many mistakes.
King_of_the_Abyss: *LISTENING TOO ENTHUSIASTICALLY*
AuthorWiz: Even the best authors will get people telling them they suck.
Nix.x.xiE (sєʀєи∂ɨρɨтγ_ɑςє): true ^^
AuthorWiz: I still get that, even now. For example.
*AuthorWiz showed us a hate comment he received*
Sleepteddy: Haters are everywhere.
AuthorWiz: I get people like this all the time. You just gotta ignore stuff like that and not let it bother you. I know a lot of new authors struggle with people that are rude I certainly did back when I started.
Namake: Idiotic haters exist, yeah. I think it"s much harder to swallow when they have actual advice, though.
AuthorWiz: When you get sufficiently big, you will get haters, no matter what.
Elyon: @AuthorWiz Can I get your permission to upload your advice on my novel?
AuthorWiz: Sure, anything you want *smiley emoticon*
[A/N: AHEM! I always ask for permission.]
Adorable miaomiao: I need haters to get big.
"Be careful what you wish for miaomiao."
AuthorWiz: I try to write a minimum of 1,000 words a day. When I uploaded daily, I did 2000-3000.
King_of_the_Abyss: Thank G.o.d I"m doing the same quota.
AuthorWiz: ALSO PLAN THE PLOT Ahead of time. Use an outline. It will make your story so much better.
Nix.x.xiE (sєʀєи∂ɨρɨтγ_ɑςє): You can read all comments and reviews but you can choose which ones that you allow yourself to be affected. If it helps you, receive it well but if it"s just destructive, ignore and move on.
Adorable miaomiao: Im. Bad at outline.
Namake: Discovery writing is fine, too.
AuthorWiz: We all are, we all hate doing it.
AuthorWiz: Discovery writing will never be as cohesive and put together
Just by its nature.
Namake: I"m a discovery writer, but I do the mapping method. I have points that I know I want to hit and I discovery write to get to them, then clean it up later.
AuthorWiz: It"s just a general vision to have ahead of time. Plot major twists ahead of time, so you can foreshadow them or lead up to them stuff like that.
Sleepteddy: Is it even possible to write without knowing what is gonna come?
AuthorWiz: Also, if you ever post to Amazon like I did. Proofread your stuff a million times. Also, I highly recommend using Grammarly It helps me find a ton of errors. Though its corrections are only right like half the time
New Authors try to use Grammarly to find basic grammar and spelling errors. It also makes mistakes so don"t always follow it. This is especially true when it comes to the names of your characters. Grammarly will most likely read them as "incorrect" so be sure to double-check what you are changing when using Grammarly.
Nix.x.xiE (sєʀєи∂ɨρɨтγ_ɑςє): Invest in editors.
Namake: Important to remember Grammarly is wrong a lot. Do you not use editors though, Wiz?
AuthorWiz: But it still helps find typos, misplaced words, etc. Oh, I do. I hired editors too. But I have funds to spend.
Namake: Right.
AuthorWiz: I spent ~$3000 on editing.
Namake: For people who don"t, on their first novel, they probably can"t afford that kind of money, when they don"t know if they"ll succeed.
King_of_the_Abyss: Indeed.
AuthorWiz: Yeah. Lots of fan readers will edit for free.
[A/N: Ahem! Can any of you handsome gentlemen and beautiful ladies out there edit my chapters for free?]
King_of_the_Abyss: Me and Elyon are planning to edit each other"s novels.
"What!? When did I agree to that!? Me Edit? Are you insane!? I"m still having problems with my grammar and tenses and you want me to edit!?"
Elyon: Don"t count on me to edit. I suck big time. Super big time.
King_of_the_Abyss: We did agree though you will do it… *menacing abyssal glare*
Elyon: I will only point out things that I find as bad. You need to do it in the general direction because I suck in editing. Haven"t you seen my tenses? *crying emoticon*
Murakami_Takai: lol.
King_of_the_Abyss: Ssshh everything will be better Elyon.
AuthorWiz: I mean, even if you have 1,000 readers I"m sure a few will volunteer
Adorable miaomiao: My volunteer editors left me.
Raincloudguy: I will edit for free but don"t expect top tier editing.
Elyon immediately sent a private message to Raindcloudguy.
King_of_the_Abyss: I"ve literally prepared a year-long plan thanks to you Wiz. Thank you so much for your advice.
"Wow such dedication King! Good luck!"
AuthorWiz: Never give up *smile emoticon*
The chat continued and the new authors gained a lot from the advice of their senior authors. It was a good day and hopefully, Elyon will also meet the other author who inspired him to write a story of his own.
Will he be able to meet him just like AuthorWiz? Only time will tell.