At the start, I tricked the school beauty, and ended up with twins?

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Qin Shan watched the authors in the group continuously share their ideas to comfort him, and his mentality gradually began to change.

As an author, it's not about ignoring readers' opinions, after all, a closed approach to creation generally doesn't end well, but you also can't completely just listen to readers' opinions.

A book's readership ranges from a few individuals to millions, and as the saying goes, it's difficult to please everyone—authors can't possibly write plotlines that satisfy all readers' tastes.

Some people like knife-edge plots, others prefer pure romance, and some are fans of minotaurs—these preferences can't all be unified in one book.

Faced with such widely varying opinions, he, as an author, shouldn't favor any faction but should complete his creation based on the initial settings and the outline he had already developed.

Since the book he had written reached an average of two thousand five hundred subscriptions, it meant that at least two thousand five hundred people were satisfied with the current plot.

As long as he continues to write according to his own set-up, it's highly likely that these two thousand five hundred people will continue to support him.
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But if he listens to new readers' opinions and modifies the plot, it's very possible that he won't only fail to attract new readers but might also cause his longtime readers to drop the book.

If that happens, it would be a loss indeed.

Qin Shan felt he was slowly rediscovering his initial intention in writing; he wanted to write what was in his own heart, not what others wanted him to write.

He wanted to present the stories in his mind to the readers.

"Qin Shan, your book's follower count has been dropping recently! At this rate, you might not get a major promotion."

"I've looked over your plot, it started off really well, but why does it feel like some of the immersion is lost later on?"

Just as Qin Shan was gradually grasping the true essence of creation, his editor suddenly reached out to him through a private message.

Qin Shan was surprised.

He had already signed three books under this editor, but all three performed mediocrely.

The best one reached one million words at completion with only two hundred people subscribing to the full book.

So he has always been somewhat embarrassed to ask the editor for the website's recommendations and never discussed writing with the editor.

Even now with his new book performing well, he still felt too shy to bother the editor.

Unexpectedly, the editor took the initiative to contact him.

"Nai! How many followers do I have now?"

Qin Shan quickly asked the editor about the status of his new book.

Editor Nai: "Two thousand three, over three hundred less than yesterday. You should be able to see the subscription details in your backend, right?"

"The number of subscriptions for the new chapters is still rising, but the increase is much smaller than the previous few days."

"I originally thought your creation was going steady, so I didn't check in with you, but when I looked at the editor's backend today, I noticed a problem with the data growth for your book, and that's why I came to talk."

Editor Nai sent several messages in quick succession.

Qin Shan had never talked so much with the editor before; he would only mention his book's title when launching a new book.

It seemed his current book really was doing well if even the editor was following it.

But seeing that Nai mentioned the follower count dropping to two thousand three, Qin Shan's heart sank immediately.

It was bad enough not increasing in a day, but to lose three hundred readers' follow was a crash!

If this continued, let alone reaching an average of three thousand high-quality subscriptions, even holding onto two thousand average might be difficult!

He quickly asked, "Nai, are you following my book? Where do you think I went wrong in my writing? Can you tell me?"

Qin Shan felt as if he had suddenly grasped a lifeline.

He believed that the editor's unique perspective could definitely pinpoint where his current problems lay.

He knew his plot had collapsed but didn't know exactly which part.

Editor Nai: "Do you really want to hear it?"

Qin Shan was puzzled; of course, he wanted to hear!

"Yes, listen! Why not! You're the editor, you definitely understand the market analysis better than I do!"

Editor Nai: "Well, all right! I'll tell you the truth then. From my point of view, I feel your last ten chapters were quite a mess; the protagonist Qin Yu's character has become somewhat inconsistent. If possible, my advice is to delete and rewrite. /Sigh"

Ten chapters!

Qin Shan's head spun at the number of chapters that had collapsed.

Ten chapters meant at least twenty thousand words as a baseline.

He wrote about ten thousand words a day, so that meant two days' worth of content had collapsed.

Matching up the time when the follower count started to decline, it seemed that the content written in those two days was problematic!

Indeed, the editor's insight was exceptional.

He had pinpointed the extent of the collapse right away.

But to delete and rewrite meant he would have to pause updates for two days, right?

Could he do that?

Qin Shan hastily asked the editor, "Nai, deleting and rewriting is okay, but I'm afraid my readers will give up on the book due to the changes in the story after the rewrite..."

"And to rewrite ten chapters, I'll need two days; won't many readers mind if I don't update for two days?"

Editor Nai: "That's up to you now. Rewriting will definitely affect the current readers, as surely those few hundred readers who left because of your plot won't come back."

"If you rewrite, you're bound to lose some more readers! If you pause updates, those who can't wait and abandon the book, that's to be expected."

"It's your choice! As an editor, I can only offer advice. Creation is your own business, but I can assure you, your book will get all the promotions it deserves from me, that's all I can do."

Qin Shan: "Okay, I'll think about it, Nai!"

Editor Nai: "Hmm, you do need to think about it. As I said, my opinion is just for reference, but I still don't want to see you go in the wrong direction and ruin a book that could potentially take off and make big money!"

"For me, if you mess it up, it just means a little less performance, but for you, it means all the effort and hard work you've put in over such a long time could go down the drain."

Qin Shan: "I got it, Nai! Thanks!"

Editor Nai: "I won't say anymore, I still have some other authors' matters to deal with. I'll wait for your good news. Once you hit three thousand average, I'll pull you into the high-quality authors' group!"

Qin Shan sent an emoticon saluting.

Seeing that the editor sent no more messages, Qin Shan finally let out the breath that had been held in his chest.

The editor talking so much with him surely meant he hadn't given up on him.

And Nai had a good reputation among other authors too, rarely missing any book recommendations that were due.

Sometimes, with extra promotion resources at his disposal, Nai would even give additional spots to his authors.

As an editor, Nai was doing his job very well.

After all, an editor might have a few hundred authors, even up to a thousand, under their wing; it's impossible to attend to every single one of them comprehensively.

Of course, most of the effort must be spent on authors who can achieve results.

That wasn't to be condemned.

Since Nai had assured him that the subsequent promotions would continue, he had nothing to worry about.

Now, what he needed to think about was whether or not to rewrite.

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