
A Web Novelist's Survival Guide to Ancient Times
网文写手古代生存录
- Status
- Completed
- Length
- 1.2M Words
- Genre
- Historical
- Subgenre
- Alternate History
- Updated
- 6y ago
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An Imperfect Reading List... Still Worth a Look...
I've read a lot of books, and there's always something lacking... So I can only pick the best. The reasons I recommend them may not be compelling, but these books have left a lasting impression and stood the test of time...
A Booklist of Historical Fiction
Plots and tropes from the old days, though sadly most of the best parts have disappeared.
Pretty Interesting Historical Novels
I sincerely recommend great books that will take you through the landscapes of the past and let you explore the long river of history. These are all interesting historical novels about saving the nation in times of crisis, changing history, and achieving remarkable things. They span parallel worlds, ancient China, and old Europe, each with a different social setting. This is a list devoted to historical fiction, so please don't recommend other genres.
Let These Newbies Grow
If this list is to your taste, please add it to your favorites. Work is exhausting. I'm too tired to keep up with even the novels I'm reading, so I've put my search for new books on hold for now. I'll add a new one now and then. In 2019, some novels got picked up and started releasing chapters in bulk, so of course I kept supporting them. Others became impossible to read, so I dropped them without hesitation. The ones limping along can stay here for me to check back on later. The books recommend
Lighthearted Novels
Maybe I’m getting older. I’m not into fighting and killing anymore, and prefer something light and relaxing, so I read a lot of urban entertainment stories. I’m also tired of elaborate schemes and plots. They’re exhausting. Most of these books have one heroine or none at all. I’m out of things to read. My bookshelf is packed, but I only open three books each day: Super Dimensional Wizard, The Meow of Words Takes Shape, and Embers Ad Infinitum. Otherwise, I revisit old favorites. I’m thinking of
The End of a Legend!
End your reading slump~~
Male Idols with Attitude
I recommend male leads with a strong sense of purpose. By that, I mean: They have goals, discipline, and ambition. They're handsome. It's that simple. They know their own limits and act accordingly. No romance. A little romance, but it plays a very minor role. Or they're self-aware about being a lecher and know that not every woman is madly in love with them, some just have something to gain. Both sides understand what's going on. They don't keep rescuing the heroine or face-slapping the m
A List for Whenever the Mood Strikes
Books I'm reading now that I think are pretty good.
Do Books Everyone Knows Really Need Recommending?
Do books everyone already knows about really need recommendations? I try not to recommend books from the popular charts. I've been an avid reader for seven years, trying new books every day. I only read the opening chapters before recommending a book, so if it gets bad later on, don't blame me.
My Books
My Books
Seek the True Seed Where Lightning Strikes, Find the Roots When the Wind Brings News
Promising new novels and classic older books, with smart characters, fun and easy to read. Not perfect, but still worth a look. Just a few words to spark your interest.
Great New Reads
Hope someone will follow me.
Some Books I Think Are Good
Single-Lead and No-Romance Gems, My Personal Reading List
I've been reading web novels for over a decade and only want the good stuff. I'd rather starve than put up with all the poison points. Even with a single heroine or no heroine, I won't read it if it's poorly written. I'm extremely picky. I might not even read the books I recommend. That's just how it is. When recommending a promising new book, please say whether it has no heroine or a single heroine. If there are more than one potential love interests, I can't be bothered to read it. My pers
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It has been many years since I last uploaded a novel, after "Awakening - As If Yesterday" and "There's a Ghost in My Body". I also wrote an urban fantasy novel during that time, but I wasn't satisfied with it, so I revised it many times. After that, I never uploaded it and just left it on my computer.
Regarding the writing style of "The Book Within a Book," although the author felt that copying books was too unscrupulous and wanted to write it himself, the protagonist's fantasy world clearly follows the currently popular fantasy novel formula.
Please, author, don't stray from the main plot! End it quickly and get back to the story of the book within the book!
I just want to say, why did your protagonist, a perfectly good writer, get involved in all this messy stuff? What's the point of putting him through all this? Is it to elevate his status? Then why not let him take the imperial examinations?
It ended up turning into a story about imperial power and officialdom again, which is really speechless.
The beginning was quite original, but the latter part completely veered off-topic, writing about stale and tired stuff. No wonder it flopped; the author clearly doesn't understand why readers are there.
A long-time reader's comment on the author
Author, try writing some Japanese-style light novels again; times have changed. Previously, mainstream online novels were domestic fantasy, cultivation novels, and urban novels. Before that, it was domestic Western fantasy. Now, they have become system novels, Japanese light novels, and comedy novels. The changes in online novel trends are due to the changes in the readership.
This is really boring. The author's main focus is writing the novel, but now they've completely strayed from that. It's only one thread a day, so let's just part ways amicably.
He can consistently stray from the topic.
Writing books would have been so much better, or even running a newspaper would have been fine, but instead, he had to go into politics.