The recently released "Portrait of Online Literature Writers in 2021" shows that online literary writers have ushered in the "95 era". Among the writers signed by the reading platform alone, the post-95 generation accounts for the largest proportion and the fastest growth; among the new writers added last year, the post-95 writers account for up to 80%. Today, the newly released list of "Twelve Heavenly Kings" of online literary model writers in 2021 also shows this trend - the post-95 generation accounts for nearly half of the country, and the post-90s are the main force.
12 authors, including Light Spring Flowing Sound, Seven Percent, Kindergarten Leader, Shuo You Have Something to Say, Yan ZK, and Pei Bu, won the honor and became the new leader among the online writers of the year, and the potential "new god" with outstanding achievements in various categories. As a new generation of online literature, post-95 writers have shown a variety of creative interests, enriched the ecology of online content, and the style of writing is innovative and vibrant.
Taking Yan ZK, a post-95 representative writer and "2021 suspense fantasy king", as an example, like many new generation writers who have embarked on the road of writing, Yan ZK has been influenced by the squid who loves diving by platinum writers and transformed from a senior book friend to a young writer. The work "Town Demon Museum" covers a variety of elements such as urban, suspense, history, etc., integrates the myths and legends of the Chinese millennium such as "Search for God" and "Classic of Mountains and Seas", wraps the positive energy emotional core with the suspense unit story, ranks first in the starting point for 5 consecutive months Chinese network suspense category monthly ticket list, long occupies the forefront of the starting point category best-seller list, and the current collection number ranks first in the starting point suspense category.
Some readers commented: "What shines between the lines is the light of the nation's ideological collision, tempering and casting over the past five thousand years." This is both the history of our nation and the legend of the nation' past. In addition, "Town Demon Museum" is also ranked in the top ten of the 2021 Reading Year Good Book Male Frequency List by Yien Data, together with platinum and god writers such as "Dafeng Da renren", "Long Night Embers", "Night Naming Technique", etc.
Born in late 1998, The Light Spring Flowing Sound was selected as the "Post-95 Fantasy New Explosive King" with his work "Unscientific Royal Beast". The novel shows the portrait of the other-world archaeological expedition group of humans and pet beasts, and creates a new way of writing "Royal Beast Stream". This work with two-dimensional elements won the first place in the double list of the starting point new book monthly pass and the category monthly pass on the shelves in August, breaking the record of the starting point and the same theme, ranking in the top ten of the starting point monthly pass list for 4 consecutive months.
Newcomer writer Pei Can't, with the invincible and nonsensical xianxia "sitcom" book "I can't be a sword god" book, won the title of "95 post-hilarious xianxia newcomer king". After the works were listed on the shelves, they ranked in the top ten of the starting point category monthly ticket list for 5 consecutive months, and also led the birth of the starting point "Sword God Stream", injecting innovative blood into the Xian xia category.
It is reported that the selection of the "Twelve Heavenly Kings" has lasted for six years, and every year, combined with the achievements of new works, user reputation, literature and innovation of that year, the twelve best newcomer creators are selected. Many of the platinum god writers who are now famous, such as Talking Elbow (2017 "Twelve Heavenly Kings"), I Will Repair Air Conditioning (2018 "Twelve Heavenly Kings"), Green Shirt Drunk (2019 "Twelve Heavenly Kings"), and Newspaper Seller Xiaolangjun (2020 "Twelve Heavenly Kings") have all been among them. Counting the past five sessions, the "god rate" is as high as 60%, and the list can also reflect the trend of the frontier of online literature that year.
According to industry evaluation, the annual selection continues to send fresh blood to the writer echelon and promote the overall growth and development of online writers. From the systematic upgrading of the writer's welfare policy, to the starting point of the creation school, the "Young Writers Support Program", and then to the new launch of the "Gold Medal Editing Studio"... Under the benign writer support mechanism, the number of "mid-waist" writers increased by more than 30% last year alone. In the view of Yang Chen, vice president and editor-in-chief of Reading Group, the support for mid-waist writers is also a "protection" for the diversification of the online literary ecology, so as to build a healthy writer echelon and form a virtuous circle. Only the continuous influx of new writers and persistent content innovation can promote the continuous incubation and value improvement of high-quality online articles, so that more creators can emerge and good stories can continue to live.
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