short stories

There was a young man who had always dreamed of becoming a successful novelist. He had spent years writing his own novel, but he had never been able to find a way to break through. One day, he met a mysterious old man. The old man told him that he was destined to be a successful novelist as long as he wrote novels according to a specific plan. So the young man began to write according to the old man's instructions and reported his progress to the old man regularly. After years of hard work, he finally produced a very successful novel. He felt very excited and thought that he had realized his dream. However, when he took the novel to the old man, the old man told him that his novel was not the best because fate told him that his novel could only be published on a specific island and only one copy could be published. He was young, but he did not give up. He decided to continue writing and look for opportunities to create a truly excellent novel.