Chapter 685 Work Injury
Yes, the manuscript is requested.
One thing Wen Xue is often asked when meeting some young authors and readers 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 prestigious domestic literary journal, they have very high requirements on 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 would like to ask, are there no blockbuster manuscripts in the public submission mailbox?
have.
The last author who had a blockbuster hit is now over 40 years old.
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 the draft once.
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, who send small Pornographic.
Don’t say it.
It’s so **** 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 counted as a work-related injury.
so-
Even if editors have the task of reading manuscripts in public mailboxes and giving simple comments to each manuscript, they only read a batch of manuscripts when the assessment is approaching, or when the mailbox is cleared every three months.
Normally.
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 invitations—
Editors will communicate with authors in advance, but sometimes plans cannot keep up with changes.
For example now.
When the editor-in-chief asked the editors about the manuscript, Lao Huang said: "Lao Yu couldn'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.
Any 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 those old guys for manuscripts."
The editor 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 became quiet.
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 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.
Flow!
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 when he thought that there was an unfaithful magazine in front of him who had been defrauded of his royalties.
The editing circle is not large.
The editor contacted Susan, and Susan called Li Qingning.
"Um?"
It has been more than a month since Jiang Yang submitted his article to the public submission mailbox of their magazine. He is still waiting for the release of "Order" 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 article, the magazine’s automatic reply email stated that their review period is three months.
However.
Although Jiang Yang has good endurance, he has poor patience.
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 covet them again when he has the opportunity in the future.
“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 the manuscript, and then switched to another magazine because he couldn’t wait any longer.
this-
“Okay, okay, I understand. Thank you Xiaosu. I’ll treat you to dinner another day.”
After the editor-in-chief thanked Susan, he quickly opened the public submission mailbox and searched for "Jiang Yang", and two emails came out.
An email retracting a manuscript.
The other email was a submission email, with the subject "Short Story "The Ordination"" and no author's name.
The author's name must be included in the body of the email.
“I really voted!”
The editor scratched 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.
This matter is causing a fuss—
The editor-in-chief didn’t know what to say for a moment.
but.
If you miss it, you have missed it.
Although the editor-in-chief is sorry, 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 as 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 afraid to speak.
The editor-in-chief gave them a hard look, returned to the office, and asked someone to contact Jiang Yang.
I missed such a good manuscript, even if I regret it, it will 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 email address, or he can even pick it up in person.
After the editor-in-chief entered the office, Wen Xue and 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!"
(End of this chapter)