Chapter 286 Is It so Easy to Write a Mystery Novel?

The reason why is complicated.

The reason is that this is indeed a very good work, but it falls short of the expectations of many suspense fans.

The murderer was announced in Chapter 7.

Nearly half of the remaining space is used to tell the story.

This is indeed the writing method that the old thief is best at. It avoids the most difficult inference writing and uses strengths to avoid weaknesses.

"The old thief is still the same old thief. The familiar writing pattern is that not all bad guys are good, and not all good guys are good."

"I finished reading it in one afternoon...I still have so much to enjoy."

"I have to say that Sherlock Holmes is indeed very charming. Even if there is not much plot, he can portray these images in such an attractive manner through his words and deeds! It's really awesome!"

"But one thing I have to say is that I feel that "Sherlock Holmes" cannot continue to be as popular as "Harry Potter". What everyone likes to watch is still reasoning. Hey, whether it is "A Study in Scarlet" or Peacock's " "Housekeeper" is missing a bit of flavor..."

"Old thief! You have forgotten your identity! You are a code-writing tentacle monster! After half a year, you are using a mere hundred thousand words to deal with us?"

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The first "Sherlock Holmes" was released in the morning, and by noon, the first batch of readers who had finished reading it had already given their reviews on the Internet.

To say disappointed, someone must be disappointed.

Many readers have always had high expectations for Lao Thief, hoping that Lao Thief can present another masterpiece in the series, just like before, but Lao Thief's shortcomings...

"I have to say that some readers are right. The old thief's shortcomings in this kind of logical conception are still quite obvious. Although "A Study in Scarlet" has an exquisite design, it still lacks some flavor..."

"I feel that Watson plays the role of the reader. He does not advance the plot in the story, but just looks up to Holmes from the reader's perspective. Therefore, the creation of the rigorous, mean, and cold image of Holmes is inseparable from Watson. I feel that many authors You can all learn from the old thief’s writing style.”

"There is definitely no problem with the old thief's writing ability, but this "A Study in Scarlet" really didn't meet the readers' expectations. If I were to give it a score, it would probably be a 9-2 point work, not as good as Peacock's That "The Housekeeper."

"Don't worry yet! When has the old thief ever let us down? Have you forgotten the first and second seasons of "Clannad"?"

"It's different. "Clannad" is a coherent work, and "Sherlock Holmes" is a series of works. In my opinion, this first one just doesn't reach the level of a top mystery writer."

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Xizhou.

Lin Qiu got off the plane, adjusted for the time difference, and when she woke up from the hotel bed, she happened to catch up with the heated discussion of "Sherlock Holmes" in Xiazhou.

Before the release of "Sherlock Holmes", many readers thought that the old thief had shortcomings in this area and anticipated such a situation, but it was just a blind cat encountering a dead mouse...

"A Study in Scarlet" is Conan Doyle's first detective novel. It was rejected several times before it was published. Fortunately, Conan Doyle persisted, otherwise there would not be those wonderful works that followed.

Being rejected several times shows that this work is not an amazing work.

When future generations watch this work, they will use the filter of the entire "Sherlock Holmes" novel.

Nowadays, for this new work, readers also have the filter of old thieves.

Because Lao Zei's works, even if they start off slow, never disappoint.

But suspense mystery works...

This is not the type that can advance by leaps and bounds...

"Don't worry."

""Four Signatures" is the real beginning."

Lin Qiu was not surprised by this kind of criticism and public opinion.

Although I am extremely reluctant to do a story similar to that of pretending to be a slap in the face...

But sometimes it feels like you can't help it. Whether it's "Demon Slayer", "Clannad" or the "Sherlock Holmes" series, it's all a situation of suppressing first and then improving. The previous plot will definitely be criticized.

The following plot will definitely reverse the criticism and become a masterpiece.

It was not Lin Qiu’s intention, but who could he ask to reason with?

Why the reputation of the old thief is so shocking now has something to do with this reason. The matter of "reversal" is extremely passionate in any industry, and is even accompanied by the adjective "miracle".

It's really miraculous that the old thief can reverse the criticism every time.

This time is different from the previous ones, that’s why the scale is so big.

Because it is difficult for old thieves to write literal inferences, this inference has almost become a "consensus" now!

"A Study in Scarlet" is definitely not a failure, but this time the entire Xiazhou and Yingzhou suspense reasoning circles were shocked. Without comparison, there would be no debate!

Judging from the ratings on Book, "A Study in Scarlet" only has a score of 1, while Peacock's "The Housekeeper" has a score of 5!

This should be the first author to defeat the old thief in his work!

This made many of Peacock's reasoning fans ecstatic. They proudly shared many of Peacock's works on major forums and even gave Peacock a higher title.

But Li Liyue herself felt that these old thieves readers were a little too crazy...

In Li Liyue's view, "A Study in Scarlet" must be qualified as the opening work. Even the first part of her series "Lady Jeanne" was quite immature.

And this "A Study in Scarlet" is not immature from the plot to the writing style, and the images of Holmes and Watson are perfectly portrayed, which can be regarded as a great foreshadowing.

"The second part should be the real key work."

Li Liyue thought so.

But Li Liyue is not sure whether the second part of Lao Zei's "Sherlock Holmes" can meet the high expectations of readers.

As for whether to compare or not, it will not be too late to comment after the "Sherlock Holmes" series is all out.

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The audience in Xiazhou has extremely high expectations for Lao Zei.

But the readers in Xizhou and Yingzhou are far less demanding.

As soon as the first part of "Sherlock Holmes" came out, it immediately became a best-seller, continuing the magic of the "Harry Potter" series.

And the image of Holmes was completely spread on the Internet in just a few days.

Although the plot of "A Study in Scarlet" is not that amazing, the details are really amazing.

The most interesting and worth mentioning is Holmes' amazing detective ability, which makes readers and Watson constantly amazed!

At first, Watson sneered at Holmes' various theories and raised various doubts, wanting to embarrass Sherlock, but he was unexpectedly impressed by Holmes' rigorous reasoning logic and extremely keen insight.

The profound knowledge possessed by a person is simply a walking crime scene evidence collection and forensic expert team in the 19th century. It's really awesome!

The second half depicts a man's journey of revenge for love that breaks through all difficulties and spans decades. From a young man to death, with gray hair, it can be said that he has spent his whole life.

Such a plot can make readers in these states empathize.

The only drawback...

"It's too short!!"

"Hey! I don't know when the second part of "Sherlock Holmes" will be released!"

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The Book rating of 1 point means that there are still many readers who like this book very much!

Regardless of their expectations, trust, or simply thinking that this work is awesome, they are all looking at Xianque Academy and Laozei, and their eyes mean:

"When are you going to release the second part?"

"Harry Potter has to wait for 49 days, so Sherlock Holmes can't be left behind, right?"

"No! Sherlock Holmes is shorter than Harry Potter, it should be faster!"

Lin Qiu and Qin Chuan, the CEO of Xianque, have already made plans for the release of Sherlock Holmes.

The public opinion of the first part was exactly what Lin Qiu expected.

Qin Chuan waved his hand, and the trailer of the second part appeared, which made the entire Jiuzhou novel world boil! !

["Sherlock Holmes I - A Study in Scarlet" is now on sale! ]

[Elegant detective, exquisite reasoning, and a plot full of mysteries. Follow Sherlock Holmes on the foggy streets of London to appreciate his super wisdom hidden behind his pipe and magnifying glass. ]

[Can't get enough? It doesn't matter! The story has just begun. ]

[Sherlock Holmes II - The Sign of Four, this time there is no 49-day delay, it will be officially released on June 6th in 21 days!!]

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June…

6th?!

When the news of the new book preview was announced simultaneously in Kyushu, readers all over Kyushu were excited!

The original 49-day delay for the release of a Harry Potter book was a miracle in the novel world. This Sherlock Holmes book still continues the writing speed of the Harry Potter period, with a book released every three weeks!

[Fuck! 666666! As expected of the old tentacle thief! As productive as ever!]

[Just started? Looking forward to the second Sherlock Holmes book!! 】

【It is useless to be prolific in mystery novels. Quality is far more important than quantity. You need to have a rigorous conception. Anyway, I am not very optimistic about it. The first one is quite ordinary...】

【As I said, don't be impatient to question Lao Zei. Wait until all the works are out. If it is really not good, you can kill him or cut him up as you like. We, Lao Zei's book fans, were the first to rush him, but we have not seen the whole picture, so we will not comment! Believe in Lao Zei! 】

【It is only at this time that I think Lao Zei is a good thief. There are indeed not many authors as prolific as him. Don't forget that Lao Zei is still updating online novels, although he is slower than a turtle...】

【This "Sherlock Holmes" is really crucial. If it can create miracles, Lao Zei will probably be directly enshrined as a god! 】

【Every time Lao Zei releases a book, I always have a lot of doubts, and they are all reasonable, but when the work is finished, I will be slapped in the face every time...】

In addition to the enthusiastic response from readers, these readers also discovered a detail

That is, in the picture accompanying the second trailer, there are five books, and the cover of the second book "The Sign of Four" is placed in the front.

This should mean that there are five books in the "Sherlock Holmes" series!

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CEO Office of Xianque.

Qin Chuan sighed and said helplessly:

"There are obviously ten works, but they say there are only five."

"This Lin Qiu..."

"It's too inhuman..."

Qin Chuan should be the only three people in the world who know that there are ten books in "Sherlock Holmes", not five.

The other two are Lin Qiu and Tang Anning.

According to Lin Qiu's idea, the previous five books can be released every three weeks.

After the release of the fifth book "Memoirs", there will be a period of "completion period".

Because in the "Final Case" of this "Memoirs", Holmes fell into the abyss...

and died.

Qin Chuan didn't know how much influence Holmes' death would have, he just thought that Lin Qiu's bad taste was committed again.

But Lin Qiu knew that once Holmes fermented throughout Kyushu, the sensation caused would be more exaggerated than "Harry Potter"!

The defense value accumulated by the "Death of Holmes" plot should be no worse than the tear-jerking works such as "Hope" and "The Crucible". This is the purest defense value...

After "A Study in Scarlet" and "The Sign of Four", there are "Adventure History (Part 1)" and "Adventure History (Part 2)", which record many classic stories, such as "A Scandal in Bohemia", "The Red-Headed Society", "The Mystery of Boscombe Valley", etc.

The most critical part of the fifth "Memoirs" is definitely "The Final Case".

From the reader's perspective, this is the last work that has been completed.

Lin Qiu thought about it carefully. Why not just let Holmes stay here? After all, the exchange of the next five books requires defense breaking value, and there is not much defense breaking value benefit. But now the defense breaking value is sufficient, and the next five books are still classics. Lin Qiu really can't bear to let them be covered in dust because of his personal reasons.

These include the sixth book "The Hound of the Baskervilles" and the eighth book "The Valley of Terror" and other extremely classic stories.

The total number of words in the "Sherlock Holmes" series is not very large, far less than the number of words in the "Harry Potter" series, so it is actually not a big deal for Lin Qiu.

One or two million words, 2 hours of coding every day, with Lin Qiu's current coding speed, can be easily finished during the Spring Festival holiday.

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"Are mystery novels so easy to write?"

Yingzhou.

Nagoya.

Xiao Xiangzhengtai, the most popular "new orthodox" mystery writer in Yingzhou, finished reading "A Study in Scarlet" and threw it aside, sneering.

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