Today is the first day of rest.
I went to have my teeth cleaned, and like everyone who goes to have their teeth cleaned, I also had three teeth filled.
I was reading book reviews yesterday, and Zhang said that the number exceeded 1,000 within half an hour, and now it is 3,800+.
rave reviews.
Hahaha.
I feel relaxed.
Before opening this volume, I said that I hope everyone will like the story in this volume. Of course, this is my highest expectation and the direction of my greatest efforts.
But I also said that I can write about Buddhism and health care——
What I originally expected was to update 4,000 times a day, stop updating at random, and be a happy waste, a heartless handsome guy, not a fat man with edema and a depressed otaku.
So I tell everyone again and again, support books, support books.
But I didn't expect that I couldn't persuade him. The follow-up order kept hovering between 18,000 and 20,000, and when the paper was closed, the highest reached 24,000.
As soon as I open my eyes every day, there are 20,000 genuine readers waiting for updates.
It seemed like there were 20,000 pairs of eyes looking at me in the void, telling me, Ah Shi, you have to hold on.
I can almost feel Wang Changji's feeling... "From that time on, he has been watching the gods."
Every time I want to indulge, I feel ashamed to turn on the computer.
I couldn't make this volume a waste.
But overall... I'm probably happy.
I was very nervous writing this volume, because the fatigue from the previous volume had not been eliminated, and my mood was still at its lowest point, and the writing difficulty of this volume was very, very high.
This is a volume that is constantly filled with holes, basically from the beginning to the end. Compared with the filling of holes in the Fuyao volume, this volume is even more frenzied, pulling out many hidden threads, igniting them all, and letting them go.
Fireworks for everyone to see.
The Bone God...
Zhang Linchuan...
The details of the Battle of Qi and Xia are completed, the world view is further supplemented, and the history is enriched...
Such as the Battle of Jingmu and the War of Jing's Westward Expansion, which could only be skipped in the previous volume, this volume also needs to explain the key details, so that the high emotions of the previous volume will not be just a castle in the air.
If the difficulty of digging a hole is ten, the difficulty of filling it is one hundred.
It is easy to write an eye-catching picture, but how to complete the details of the picture and how to fill in its causes and consequences without damaging its style is very difficult.
For example, you can describe a wise man, saying that this person is very resourceful and can plan the world, and how awesome he is. You can use a few very stylish scenes to establish the image.
But when you want to fill this hole, you have to kill a lot of brain cells and use your brain, which is definitely not up to the passing mark of a wise man, to painstakingly simulate that world and use the conditions in that world to in a higher dimension.
, deduce some methods that you would never have thought of on your own. Of course, you need to use some writing skills to help you overcome intellectual barriers. But it cannot be done easily.
Just imagine, when readers are looking forward to a business giant and how he will maneuver in the business competition, it is finally revealed that his method is to steal the official seal...
Another example is the sentence at the end: "The crying baby on the little bed, a pair of dark eyes, suddenly turned pale!"
When shown alone, it is an eye-catching picture.
But how long did it take me to write in order to let readers know who this baby was and "frightened by what they knew"?
For another example, in the Battle of Qi and Xia in Shenlin Scroll, I clearly wrote that there was a traitor in the top brass of the Xia State, which resulted in the defense system of Jianfeng Mountain being clearly visible to the people of the Qi State.
How to fill this hole?
It was given in advance that there was Jixia Academy in Qi State and Erdemi in Mu State. It was emphasized many times that there was Hutai in Xia State and two marquises of Xia State were fighting over it.
Such a smart reader can easily deduce that Hutai of Xia Kingdom is also an existence equivalent to Jixia Academy. And the person in charge of Hutai who has never shown up is undoubtedly a high-ranking person of Xia Kingdom.
In this way, the choice of the traitor can be accepted by readers.
In addition, Hutai is outside Guiyi City, and the Qi army came to the city. Jiang Shu did have the possibility of conquering the Si Xuan Underground Palace. The logic makes sense, and the style is very consistent with Jiang Shu.
In fact, there is no need to fill this hole at all, because most readers have forgotten...
But this is called the writer’s character.
There are holes that must be filled.
If you don't fill it, don't dig it.
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It's probably because of the difficulty of writing, or maybe it's because I'm in a bad mood and mentally weak.
I have continued the fatigue from writing the previous volume.
Since the first chapter, I have not saved any manuscripts, and I have been in a state of not saving any manuscripts for a long time.
This makes me feel hugely insecure.
It's like walking on the edge of a cliff, with the danger of missing a step at any time.
Thousands of threads of plot have been woven up to this point... This book is too difficult to continue.
I find it very unbelievable. I still get up at 8:30 every day, write, think, and stop until 10 at night. I still only have 4,000 words, and I can’t save the manuscript?
I have tried many ways to adjust myself, but all failed without exception.
The first step to happiness is that you can quickly write four thousand words and then go out to play.
But I can't do it...
I'm very good at comforting myself.
For example, when I go to bed at night, I make up my mind to write 8,000 words the next day, send out 4,000, save 4,000, and go back and forth, and I will take one day off and one day off on average. What a great job.
After finishing the revision and updating the next morning, I felt... 6,000 words is actually quite good. It takes two days to write and one day to save!
When writing at night... four thousand words will be great. If you keep updating, you will be great! Go to bed first, and get up tomorrow with eight thousand words!
This goes over and over again, salted fish comes again.
Another example is when Boss Qiqi got her first silver.
I said it was not a big problem, it was just that I owed more money. If I was in good condition one day, I could easily check it off.
When Mr. Qiqi left a message aggrievedly to urge the update, I quickly explained to him in the book review area that because the author is too slow and has a lot of debt, this debt repayment will have to be queued... It is already scheduled!
Who would have thought that Qiqi didn't read the message, and the next day she received another silver, and left another message asking why there was no update.
I'm anxious, listen to my explanation, watch my explanation, why do you go to Baiyin even if you don't agree with me?
I quickly explained it to Qiqi in the comment area and asked the operation to help explain.
Boss Qiqi still didn’t see it, and then there was another silver!
Everyone in the alliance is condemning me, asking why I am so arrogant and so indifferent to the boss.
I was really embarrassed, my head was hanging, my butt was piercing, and I quickly drove the big boss out. I was afraid that the speed would be slow, and Qiqi boss would come with some more silver.
I just breathed a sigh of relief after returning the extra update from Mr. Qiqi.
Our Gold League member jumped out and asked me loudly, why did Qiqi jump in line?! And the Silver League member Qin joined last year has not paid back the extra update...
So is this what it feels like to have a harem on fire?
I explained to him that Mr. Qiqi doesn’t read messages and doesn’t join groups. I can’t explain it. I can only reply with an update to avoid hurting the boss.
Mr. Qin just said - I won’t listen, I won’t listen, I won’t listen.
Oh my God, who can tell me, I obviously work hard every day and feel like I am paying off my debts every day, why haven’t I paid off my debts yet?!
I have no choice but to work hard to repay President Qin and the Silver Committee...
I obviously decided to lie down, but in the end I started doing sit-ups...
To be honest, the support given by readers to this novel cannot be overstated no matter how hard the author works.
A novel with 4,000 words updated every day has been in the top ten of the list twice during the serialization of this volume. They can't even get a monthly pass to read "Chixin", so they have to read other books to support "Chixin".
What kind of spirit is it!
Your love is so intuitively expressed here, and my intentions are also reflected in the words of this novel.
I have always been shy about talking about writing skills, for fear of misleading others. But today I want to talk to you about it.
Let’s talk about what I did to make everyone believe in this world and to give it a sense of “realism”.
The first is the sense of existence and weight of history, and the second is the sense of flow and development of the world.
One is forward and the other is backward.
History is everywhere. It is what happened in the world in the past, and to a large extent, it must also affect the present. It cannot be just a background board, just a thin piece of paper. It should be more important than anything else.
They are all three-dimensional and more real than anything else.
To this end, I filled in a lot of details in every corner of the story.
For example, Qiao Yanjun is synonymous with rich women in Qi State, such as the various delicacies in the world of Chixin, and when Er Fengming scolded Jiang Wang, he was scolding Marquis Lingyang during the reign of Emperor Wu of Qi.
Not to mention kings with a strong sense of presence like Emperor Wu of Qi, there are also monarchs like Emperor Xia Xiang whose great achievements have come to nothing. Readers can also see his influence from many details of the Xia Kingdom.
And there is an Emperor Liang Min who only exists in history books, an incompetent king and the last emperor. When his sword "Red Talisman" appears in the hands of the disciples of Jiange, you will think... is there really such a person in history?
This is the ubiquity of history and the weight of history.
The reality of the world lies in [flow], which is a sense of development and participation.
For example, after I wrote The Gift of the Master, Chong Xuanzun chatted with his father.
Just to portray two characters and describe the father-son relationship between Uncle Mingguang and Brother Zun, my writing requirements for this dialogue are "interesting dialogue" and "distinct personality".
But in addition to meeting the writing requirements of story framework and characterization, I also have other considerations about it.
During the conversation, Uncle Mingguang shamelessly asked his son to do things for him, buy the house that his neighbor refused to sell, and let him get through so he could enjoy life.
As a portrayal of the father-son relationship, this dialogue is appropriate.
But not long after, the yard was really bought and opened up. In the writing, it was just mentioned in one stroke, less than ten words. Ninety-nine percent of readers will not pay attention to such details. Even I
Now I can't remember exactly where I made this mark.
But as long as a reader notices these words, the reality of the world will emerge.
Because you will find that this world is really moving. People in this world are really living their own lives and telling their own stories.
The same goes for this.
When Jiang Wang was desperate in the lost world.
Yin Guan is also fighting to the death for the inheritance of Immortal Palace.
Uriel is also carrying old cases and walking on the edge of life and death.
Our perspective is on Jiang Wang, but the last two stories are also happening. But they can only be proven by a few words long after the incident is over.
The world is fluid.
There are still many stories happening in this world that the author has not written about and readers have not seen. We can fantasize as much as we want.
It is not enough for a vast fairy world to be fluid, developing, and have a history and a future. It also needs to have texture.
And where is the texture reflected? What should be the most authentic reality in a novel world?
I think it's originality.
It can be as small as poems, lyrics, and songs, as well as the Shu Guoshu, as large as a unique spiritual practice system, endless spiritual paths, people who are constantly pushing the world, and a history that has sufficient depth.
I am shallow and arrogant. I have to write and create everything by myself.
In order to prevent my shallowness from affecting the world, the original classics in my heart usually only show half a sentence. But just a few sentences, I have to think about it for a long time.
I can't tell you that it is a classic, but the excerpted sentence is "Look at this bowl, it is big and round."
I can only rack my brains, ponder over and over again, dazed for a while, waiting for the gift of inspiration.
What about "Daxia Fangzhi", "General Theory of Five Punishments", "Shimen Military Strategy", "Stories of Strange Beasts", and "Xianfang Jing".
What about "Chaocang Wu" and "You Sheng's Bi Tan"?
What about "Jingxu Xiang'er Collection" and "Mingshan Nine Trigrams".
What about "The Bodhisattva Sutra" and "The Bodhisattva Annotation".
Even the "Sutra of No Life", "Three Listens to the Three Buddhas", and even a beast-faced play on the grassland...
Even "The Sword of History Cuts the Sea"!
Friends, can you feel the huge amount of work involved?
In the vast world, there are countries all over the world. Each country has a different environment, a different political ecology, a different history and characters, as well as the "crystallization of wisdom" of the sages and many classic works scattered in this world.
This is not what a novel writer should do at all.
And I want to fill in these things in addition to the excitement of the story and the characterization of the characters.
If you see these carefully.
You will find out.
Qing He Yi Shi is also a very good author, but his volume is not about the number of words.
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I always feel that my creative life will not be very long.
Because it consumes too much of myself.
If someone were to observe my writing state, they would probably think that I am a psychopath.
Because I often talk to myself, I often imitate the words of the characters in the novel, and imitate their actions. When I write and the plot is exciting, my keyboard will crackle, as if the keyboard is broken, and the characters in the book It's like being able to crush your opponent into pieces.
I respect every character in the story and never hesitate to show the charm of anyone.
I respect their paths, be honest about their choices, and let them collide freely.
The main plot is by no means Jiang Wang's personal revenge, or in other words, it is just one of the bright lines. From beginning to end, what I want to explain is this complete world of Xianxia. Therefore, every piece of the historical puzzle is close, every outline of the world is I put a lot of effort into clarity.
If I have to describe it, my writing is like "knitting a sweater". Many threads are entangled together, constantly entangled, each moving forward, and finally forming a complete picture.
For example, when Zuo Guangshu and Xiong Jingyu chatted in the garden of the Duke of Huaiguo, my writing requirement for that scene was to outline a beautiful family through the description of these two people, making their memories more profound and their emotions more intense. Strong. It writes about the mother and son, and even more about the Duke of Huai's family.
One of them is about the golden-feathered impatiens flower. By the way, the conflict between the Bao brothers is mentioned.
I had already thought about the endings of Bao Bozhao and Bao Zhongqing very early on, but it was only from that moment that I started sketching them in a completely unrelated plot.
Looking back, this is true in many places.
I try to balance everything, wishing every word could have multiple meanings and bear multiple responsibilities.
Let the reader read back from this line and it will be complete, and read back from that line and it will be complete. Each line is very clear, and they are all intertwined. It is such a serious story.
But the problem caused by this is——
There are limits to the author's ability.
It is impossible for the author to completely escape from "knowledge" and the author's cognition to fully understand the reader's perspective.
Although I have to read each chapter carefully after I finish writing it, I often stop and appreciate it over and over again. What I think is exquisite is actually not able to give readers immediate feedback at the time. Its brilliance will remain with me for a long time. Later, in the author's own mind.
Just like the pot of golden-feathered impatiens.
The pot withered in three days.
Its true beauty can only bloom in front of you after "Crane Soars to the Sky" is finished.
It is impossible for an author to take care of everything and do everything to the best of his ability.
I have always been annoyed that when I wrote about Zhengsheng Palace, Yue Leng, Li Youyun and Jiang Wang, I tried to take into account too many details, but because of my poor mental state, I wrote a section that was vague and boring, and I couldn't stand to watch it.
I can’t forget some of the plots that I had to cut out at the end of Shenlin Scroll because I was in a bad mood and lacked energy. Among them was the line between Chen Zeqing and Wang Yiwu, which was originally intended to remove Wang Yiwu from a gradually marginalized situation.
To bring it back, we also had to flesh out the character of Chen Zeqing. Thinking that they might have a role in the future, we made a choice and gave the little energy to Xia Guoren...
There are so many great characters in the novel.
The author is indeed a weak mortal.
But I still have to take care of both, and I still have to try my best to maintain emotional stability, ensure a good body and a good spirit, and push everything in this world forward.
Because any piece is missing, it is not the one I wrote in the introduction, "The World of Fairy Tales Where Love Is So Extreme".
Welcome.
I'm not sorry you left either.
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By the way, I forgot to report to everyone. The current average booking is 19,500. I have a bold idea - I wonder if it can reach 20,000 when I take the leave?
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Thank you to all readers who support me and give me strength.
Thank you to all readers who have accompanied Jiang Wang to explore this world of fairy tales.
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The name of the next volume is for——
"Through the Looking Glass".
I also hope it can be liked by everyone.
This chapter has been completed!