Writing Web Novels In America-Chapter 215 - 213: Anomalies in the Eyes of Writers

New Haven, near Yale University.

In a villa lived Joseph Heller, a towering figure in American Literature, accompanied by "King of Bestsellers" Stephen King and Nobel Prize in Literature winner Tony Morrison in 1993, chatting on the sofa.

"Mr. Heller," Stephen King pondered, then reminded, "’Anomalies and Creatures’ is a blend of fantasy, science fiction, and humor."

"Hehe," Joseph Heller put on his reading glasses and smiled lightly, "Don’t worry, Steve. I have no prejudice against fantasy novels."

"As for works of humor," he picked up his coffee and sipped gently, "I’ve been invited countless times to give my opinion on novels through various means."

"Although most of them haven’t succeeded," the old man paused, then continued, "But in terms of creativity alone, I’ve seen too much."

But ’Anomalies and Creatures’ is really different.

Stephen King was just about to speak, to give another reminder.

After all, to a traditional novelist, ’Anomalies’ might seem too absurd.

And Mr. Joseph Heller was already 73 years old this year.

But just then, a middle-aged man in a butler’s outfit entered the living room.

"Mr. Heller, it’s time."

"Mm," Joseph Heller nodded and gestured "please".

The middle-aged man picked up the remote control and turned on the TV.

Seeing this, Stephen King had to close his mouth.

He began to recall the original book of ’Anomalies’ in his mind in order to compare it with the TV series.

And Joseph Heller watched the screen intently.

At the same time, he started categorizing ’Anomalies and Creatures’ in his mind against the types of novels he had read before.

Noble vampires turned pauper, all-knowing, all-powerful gods with neuroses...

Using unconventional character settings to generate jokes.

This style was basically a mutation from ’The Good Soldier Schweik’.

He watched the TV, internally chuckling, "Ah, reading too many works steals the joy of reading."

"Many works just by looking at the beginning, you can roughly guess the following developments."

However, as the president of the Writers Association, Heller decided to finish watching ’Anomalies and Creatures’.

Though in recent years, due to neck problems, he was unable to read novels.

But considering he had already signed his name in the announcement, he had to understand what this so-called daily life in ’Anomalies’ was all about.

He sipped his coffee and watched attentively.

Soon, the rest of the characters also made their appearances.

Kind-hearted lawful demons, cold-blooded ruthless exorcists.

The old man thought about these characters’ classic images in other TV shows and nodded slightly.

Sure enough... everything was as he had guessed.

But the next scene made Joseph Heller widen his eyes.

That ferocious-looking demon was drawing a mysterious Magic Array using ordinary soy sauce?

Well...

Those Satan worshipers in the United States must really dislike this plot.

The old author smiled and said to Stephen King, "This kind of breaking the cliché, Wang has played it to the extreme."

"No, not yet," Stephen King pointed at the TV and whispered.

Joseph Heller looked puzzledly at the TV screen, only to see that the adorable-looking werewolf was frantically eating tacos.

Then, it was "Awooo... woof."

"Is this a werewolf?" The old author looked at the somewhat cute image on the TV and murmured to himself, "Using the contrast of appearances to further create jokes?"

"But isn’t this a bit redundant with the demon?"

Like him, the male and female leads in the drama were also puzzled.

"Why do I feel she doesn’t look like a werewolf, but more like a... Husky?" the female lead whispered.

"Uh..." Joseph Keller chuckled, then laughed heartily.

"Using double negatives to enhance the jokes."

"Well, this Wang still has some ideas."

At this point, his attention was fully immersed in the TV drama.

Even the exact genre of ’Anomalies and Creatures’ no longer mattered.

"How did the protagonist end up in Otherworld again?" the old author asked, puzzled, "With so many plot developments, how many words is he planning to write?"

"Uh..." Stephen King paused for a moment before slowly answering, "Now, ’Anomalies’ by Wang has already reached four million words."

"And there’s no sign of an ending yet."

"What?" The president of the Writers Association was truly shaken now.

"This Wang is really..."

He thought for a moment, unsure what to say.

From when he started writing in his twenties to now, he had written only seven million words.

While he was still amazed, the protagonist had finished his second adventure in Otherworld.

And a character with less obvious features, the sea demon, also appeared.

"Four million words, how many characters it takes to come up with that," Joseph Heller predicted in his mind, wondering how many new characters would still appear.

But unexpectedly, ’Anomalies’ no longer expanded its characters but began to expand its plot.

"I give you a task, go to outer space to welcome a new guest."

"Outer space?" The protagonist and the old author exclaimed together.

Stephen King watched the older author’s expression and almost burst out laughing.

Seeing the demeanor of the two younger writers, Joseph Heller quickly sat up straight.

"So this is like ’The Good Soldier Schweik’ entering the fantasy and science fiction space of Tolkien and Jules Verne?"

"This writing style is indeed..." the president sipped his coffee.

After a moment, he smiled at Stephen King and said, "I think I need to hire someone specifically to read novels for me."

"I just want to see how Wang handles such a jumbled plot."

"Uh, Mr. Keller," Tony Morrison hesitated for a moment before speaking, "Our purpose is to see Wang’s influence on ABC."

"And that influence is most easily seen in the production costs."

"Oh." The old author took a sip of coffee, covering the embarrassment on his face.

A moment later, he pointed at the space station on the TV screen.

"I think we already have the answer."

Stephen King and Tony Morrison looked at the realistically depicted space onCreateOptionsMenu, nodding concurrently.

"Indeed, billionaires have the most intimidating influence on producers," Morrison said with a smile.

"So," Stephen King shrugged, "I suggest you guys also publish your works on wangwen.com."

"Starting tomorrow, I’ll urge more people to join the site."

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