I don't read what kind of novels I have this seem like strict screening way to ensure that I won't sink in the novels sea, and I cannot remember all of the rules I've been using during the past years but they really work. I don't read what kind of novels: (Referring to Chinese online novels) 1. Without chapter numbers. 2. without chapter names. 3. Having a book title mark in the title. 4. Talking about author's feelings in the first chapter. 5. Saying it's a sequel of some book with a book title mark in the title. 6. Saying the author is a rookie, newbie and need recommending votes in the first chapter. 7. I don't usually read what kind of novels:. -1. Talking mainly about romance. 1. The format of chapter numbers are too strange. 2. Talking about a non related story in the first chapter to the main novel. 3. The protagonist does not show in the first chapter. 4. No conflict shows even a bit in the first chapter. 5. It's only about Chinese online long novels and will be invalid with Japanese light novels and English literary novels, not to mention those non novels. I've been in a novel soliciting hold by douban.com, which needs a novel up to 80-300k words(I mean Chinese characters) in the following 100 days, from April 23rd to August 1st. One chapter with 2000 words each day would be okay, and I just see a new novel which have got 50k words in only 2 hours. (It's 7:45 now and it began at 6:00) It‘s good to hold manuscripts and to have a strike on the very first day of the 100 days period, but this soliciting is titled as Rally. How could one hold a rally when he or she made the most efforts in the first mile? It's the second time for me to write a long novel, I thought I could get at least 10 chapters' manuscripts and a well developed outline. But I got only one and a half chapter, with a one third completed outline. I gave it much time with preparing but it's still more difficult over my heads. When I completed the first chapter I knew this novel would just be another shit on my writer's dream. Problems in it, I can feel most of them but have no idea how to improve this situation, especially I don't want to rewrite the outline and the outlines of the chapters. (Here is mine. Caution that it's all in Chinese.) read.douban.com/reader/column/31933609/chapter/111227933/ Enough complains. I've been away from italki for a week, and it's a pity because the hours with italki would be happy. I'd keep on my writings, both in Chinese and in English.