I'm a Light Novel Master in Japan

Eri Sawamura's expression became more serious the more she looked at it. After reading the rules and origin of this kind of literary writing competition, she turned her head and said loudly to Li Yan: "...This is impossible, otaku Li, let's not worry about anything else for now. Mention, you can't do it simply by 'limiting the time'. A procrastinator like you will definitely lose if he participates in this kind of competition!"

At 10:25 in the morning, in the living room of Room 505 of One Yuan Apartment in Shinjuku District, Eri Sawamura once again came to sit with Li Yan. She was wearing the green coat and knelt on the cushion. When Li Yan planned to participate in this competition, Li Yan was completely defeated simply because of the fact that the work was written within a certain time limit.

Speaking of it, Ying Lili really didn't understand why Li Yan suddenly decided to participate in this literary competition in Japan. She had never seen Li Yan interested in such a serious competition.

"Forehead……"

Li Yan suddenly looked up from a pile of dictionaries and collections of essays, wanting to refute, but the strange thing was that he didn't know how to refute Ying Lili's point of view for a moment.

"This... All in all, I will try my best to write it out." Li Yan put down the book, and after thinking for a long time, his expression changed several times, and finally he could only make the promise of "trying to".

Eri Sawamura put down the materials of the [Japan Jiecun Prose Awards], sighed slightly, put her hands on her cheeks, and said boredly: "Yes, yes... Since you have decided, your work is finished anyway. , it’s not impossible to temper it..."

She took out a bunch of sketches from her package, and piled them on Li Yan's desk. She also planned to work on Li Yan's room when she had some inspiration.

Since the end of his novel, Li Yan's writing career has temporarily come to an end.As a commercial work, it is undoubtedly the best in the industry in the face of this total sales performance.However, writers who rely on words for life cannot get rid of one of the most basic quality assurance factors, that is, writing style.

From the point of view of the editorial department and Ying Lili, as a light novel, I don’t need these things at all, but it happens that such a person whose foundation in Japanese is weak relies on words to make a living, and writing it down will bring me a dislocation of identity concept , and a strong sense of crisis.

Li Yan's narrative method has always been in an awkward position, and this situation has lasted for a full two years of his writing career.

Since he is a writer, he should have mastered more advanced writing style and elaboration style. Unfortunately, what he has been criticized the most is the most basic writing style and vocabulary use.

The feeling of being denied all the time, even Li Yan, has enough heartache, which can almost be described as being tortured.He does not put himself in the position of simply making money when he writes, but hopes that he can really be recognized in writing.

Now the senior sister and the small literature club they founded are facing the danger of being abolished, no matter what, Li Yan will not let the senior sister go, and let her support the future of the club by herself...

This may be an opportunity to overcome the bottleneck, or it may be an opportunity for him to find the answer himself.

When we parted, senior sister, I hoped that he could define himself as a writer...

Li Yan couldn't help but put down the book, and sighed lightly: "Huh..."

Sawamura Eriri heard something wrong, she frowned slightly, without stopping her brush, and asked in a blunt tone: "Why are you sighing?"

When Li Yan heard Ying Lili's tone, he was a little restless at first, and replied with a bit of dissatisfaction: "You heard wrong, just concentrate on drawing your manga."

Eriri Sawamura heard Li Yan's anger, Li Yan rarely coddled her like this, her eyes sharpened immediately, she glanced at him, her voice became a little louder, and said: "Wait a minute, you are in a bad mood Don't take me as a punching bag, I'm obviously doing it to care about you... Huh, don't talk about it, just do whatever you want."

Li Yan was choked up, and seeing Ying Lili losing his temper, he regretted that he couldn't hold his breath. After being silent, he faced his most trusted partner and said, "Sorry, Ying Lili..."

Ying Lili said nothing, wondering if she was still angry or not.

Li Yan hesitated a few times, his thoughts were dazed, and finally he revealed his thoughts to Ying Lili, and asked: "Well, Ying Lili, I want to ask you something... Do you think that a guy like me, Is it strictly a writer?"

Eri Sawamura finally stopped painting, but she still didn't take a look at Li Yan, and asked casually: "What does this mean, what's the matter with your self-denial all of a sudden, haven't you finished a work... Wait, are you still thinking about Jump? Why are you thinking about Wen Qing?"

The breeze blows on Li Yan through the balcony. This young man's eyes are silent. He has nothing to do with the word Wenqing. I have always worried that one day I will not be able to write new things.”

"..."

Sawamura Eriri finally raised her head to look at Li Yan curiously.

Li Yan's face was a little more bewildered, and he said with a bit of bitterness: "After I finished writing a work, I began to have such a mood, whether I can meet the expectations of readers in the future, whether I can still write Produce works of the same level. Ying Lili, the sketches and oil paintings you draw can be exhibited at the city hall, and the novels I write will be nothing if they go beyond the scope of light novels."

Ying Lili frowned and said: "Ah, the light novels at the beginning were not classified like this. Good works will become popular everywhere, so don't think too much about it."

Li Yan looked at her and continued: "Maybe so, but in fact, if it is according to the publishing rules, if there is no light novel in Japan, with my current writing style, there is no way to publish it at all. I am just trapped here. In a cage, I was lacking in basic skills at the beginning, and in the future... if the era of light novels changes in the future, Uesugi Yan will probably disappear soon."

Eri Sawamura looked at Li Yan for a long time before asking: "That's why you've been very anxious, not just about Kawen and bottlenecks, indeed, light novels are not recognized as literary works in Japan. It belongs to the position of the three teachings and nine streams. You have always felt that you are walking on the edge of orthodoxy, and although you are serious about writing stories, you have never had any sense of belonging and security, right?"

Li Yan was stunned for a moment, feeling that Ying Lili always seemed to understand his difficulties.

Sawamura Eriri showed a rare serious expression at first, but then she showed a dissatisfied look, and said angrily: "How smooth have you come to this high position? In such a situation, you will not treat yourself like this because of you. After improving your writing skills, you can solve it. If you can’t write or draw, such a depressed mood will always exist... But it is indeed possible to improve your basic skills to reduce your difficulties. Light novel market There are many books that are poorer than yours and sell better. I don’t know what they think, so I hope to gain everyone’s approval in terms of writing. After [-] years or [-] years, it will still not be forgotten... ...This is something that very few works of light novels can do, the recognition you ask for is really big enough..."

Her brush moves slowly, and the characters and storyboards in the painting are constantly clear from the sketch.

Li Yan was silent for a moment, and was stared at by Ying Lili a few times, it seemed that he had said something he shouldn't have said, which made him a little speechless now.

The appearance of Ying Lili lowering her head to create does not seem to be relaxed, as if there are bitter memories in her expression.

Then she didn't want to analyze Li Yan's troubles in depth, and said: "In short... If you think you can find the answer in this literature competition, you should take part in it. Don't I also want to participate in the high school painting competition? Let's verify together how far your creation can go in the orthodoxy, and whether it is really as weak as you think, idiot Li."

Li Yan didn't answer immediately, and after a while, he looked at Ying Lili's comics that looked like a H book with a complicated expression, and asked with a complicated expression: "So, how is your current oil painting prepared?"

Eri Sawamura was silent for a while, the paintbrush held by her slender fingers paused slightly, her expression was a little strange, the corners of her mouth were pursed, and there was an unknown anger in her heart, and she said: "W-how can it be so easy?" Ah, that's the grand prize for a regular painting."

Meaning it sounds like her current creation is still under-prepared.

Li Yan understands that Ying Lili once again regards Shiina Mashiro as the enemy. In terms of sales in the field of comics, Shiina Mashiro's detective works have strong vitality, and she has been clinging to the back of Ying Lili's gourmet comics. Food comics are very particular Authenticity, it should be said, is the most difficult to draw in the manga series. It is not easy to draw delicious food in black and white, and it is quite a test of drawing skills.As for the theme of gourmet duels, if you draw more, you will get less. Even if the plot of Ying Lili’s paintings is completed by him, it is limited to the girl’s clothing explosion benefits, school life, and many characters. It is impossible to add newcomers to promote the plot. Ying Lili recently encountered The sales pressure and bad-mouthing voice are definitely not lower than him.

Compared with Ying Lili, Shiina Mashiro's progress is much slower. As long as a clever killing method is designed, driven by excellent character design, one victim in each case can support several episodes. Shiina Mashiro's update has always been relatively stable. .

In the end, Yingli Li and Shiina Mashiro are still on opposite sides of the competition here.Ying Lili's situation is not much easier than him at all. He has always believed that Ying Lili is omnipotent in painting and has a good family background, so he should not be under too much pressure. Now seeing Ying Lili with a straight face, he seems to be proved wrong.

Sensing Li Yan's expression looking at her, Sawamura Eriri was slightly taken aback, then gradually narrowed her eyes, and asked falteringly, "What... what's wrong?"

Li Yan thought for a while, showing a slightly apologetic expression, and said to Ying Lili: "Ying Lili... I seem to have said something to you that shouldn't be said."

Ying Lili's cheeks were slightly flushed, she also looked at Li Yan for a while, finally put down the brush, stood up, coughed dryly, and said with a bit of anger on her face, "Stupid, stupid, this is not the first time we have When we meet, what else should I say or not? It's annoying to be nagging... But, let's be honest, there are indeed some problems with my oil painting... I understand your mood to some extent."

Li Yan listened, and the translated meaning probably meant that their friendship should not be so superficial.

Sawamura Eriri sat across from Li Yan, feeling a little calmer, put down her paintbrush, and stretched her waist. This stretch showed her well-proportioned figure to the fullest, although the bust that makes Eriri feel inferior is indeed in Japan It is considered average, but the taste of a young girl has not diminished in the slightest. With lazy tears in her eyes, she asked a little shyly: "Hey, otaku Li, are you really sure you want to participate in such a literary competition?" ?”

Li Yan nodded and said: "We must participate. Although senior sister has let us choose, I will never let senior sister Yuanzi fight alone. She is a good senior sister."

Ying Lili remembered the girl with three-strand braids like a cat's tail that she had seen at the University of Tokyo. She immediately put on a straight face, cut her face, and said, "Yes, I know, that senior who is always smiling beauty……"