End of volume testimonials, yesterday's me is no longer me
Yesterday, I wrote for sixteen hours from waking up to going to bed. The crazy burst of 25,000 words made Mao so exhausted that he immediately fell asleep after writing. He just woke up at noon... I hope my schedule is okay.jpg
In fact, the reason for the update is not to participate in the 515 update event, but mainly because this volume is a mainline volume and there will be a lot of chapters.
If we follow the previous normal update rhythm, it will be the 20th after finishing this volume. If we take another day off, it will fall to the 21st, which is the second half of the year. When the next volume is finished, it may be moved to the end of the month accidentally.
...This is also caused by the obsessive-compulsive disorder of "I want to finish each volume in the middle of the year."
Because the unit drama model has its convenience, I plan to experiment with a writing method that combines the main plot volume and the branch plot volume for this book.
Counting the prologue "Caged Bird", this book has a total of seven main volumes, which connect a complete story related to the truth of the world. The second volume "Purple Ink" is a typical branch volume, not
Directly related to the truth - and I only wrote the outline of the main volume, which ensured the integrity of the story structure while leaving more flexibility for temporary ideas.
The branch volumes can be filled in at any time depending on inspiration... In this case, the book will be quite flexible. It may take two years and more than twenty volumes to write at the longest, and it can be completed in only seven months at the shortest. It is very flexible.
Using this structure, you can follow the main line of a given outline if you don't have inspiration, and you can keep writing the script if you have inspiration and mood.
Of course, if your grades are good, you can write more.
Why don't you help cats promote it (the words are serious and thoughtful)
This can also be regarded as drawing on the experience of the book "Expert of Conquering Demons" written by my friend "Expert Who Wants to Touch" Cha Ye, to prevent being stuck and unable to write when there is no inspiration.
The structure of this volume is also related to the volume "The Faceless Man" by the Demon Conquering Expert. The original inspiration for this volume was first generated when I, Cha Ye, and several other authors were discussing narrative tricks.
A very classic narrative trick in Internet articles is the Lord of Mystery’s return home-Blood Moon mode. Because at first Xiaoke’s wish is to go home, and then when he looks up and sees the blood moon, it will give people a feeling of “Already.”
The feeling of "traveling to another world". It was not until later that I discovered that it was really the moon on the earth, but it was just soaked in blood - and then the lament of "I can't go home" will become even more touching.
There is no lie-like content in this, but the spliced disclosure of part of the information creates a montage-style misleading.
This volume is a typical narrative, and it is a flashback narrative.
At the beginning, the scene of Morgan being seriously injured in an alley was used as the first beat, and the sudden appearance of a bad day would give people a misleading sense of crisis.
Although the time and content of the letter sent by Morgan did not match the length or content of the letter Russell received, and it was stated that "the rain will not fall on that man", the two plots are connected at the same time.
One chapter will give people a misleading impression——
When readers read this, they may feel that it is a bit strange at most, but the logic can be constructed in another direction. Because the atmosphere has already arrived, and the atmosphere pushes the readers to read intensely.
Judging from the feedback in Chapter 69, this experiment was successful. After further research, the cat mastered a new technique.
Another inspiration for this volume, just like the title of the volume, comes from Liu Wenyang's short science fiction novel "One Day in Prison". As mentioned in the introduction, Mr. Liu is one of my favorite Chinese science fiction writers, although "One Day in Prison" has
The idea is nothing new nowadays, but when I read this novel when I was a child, I was totally shocked!
Another inspiration for the third volume is Ayatsuji Yukito's work "The Clock Museum Incident".
When people are locked in the museum, all they need to do is change the time on all the clocks in the museum, which will confuse people's sense of time - I think this technique is second to none among Ayatsuji Yukito's neo-honkaku-pa works.
. And I soon realized that the empty island was actually a huge secret room:
Different from the Internet era on earth, the connections between different sky islands in this world are completely severed.
There is no common currency, no banking industry, and no GPS. All means of real-time communication based on technology on each island are cut off. The only way to achieve synchronous dialogue across geographical boundaries is to enter the dream world; in addition, even the elves can only
Travel to other empty islands through the physical body to hold meetings
; People's understanding of other sky islands is basically limited to electronic newspapers and periodicals brought by "tourists" and "personal words from friends on other islands". Even "newspapers" do not exist - the paper books and magazines in this world
There are very few newspapers and periodicals, and most of them are leftovers from the earthly era.
Because of this, the Sky Island itself constitutes a huge enclosed space. Almost all puzzles that can be used in the Secret Room and Blizzard Villa modes can be used with slight modifications, just like the modification of time.
"The Clock Museum" is my favorite work in the "Clock Museum" series. The "Demon Conqueror" I recommended above, "One Day Prisoner" and "The Clock Museum Incident" are all very good works. You can go and watch them if you have time.
Then it’s time for the cat’s self-criticism:
One mistake I made in this volume was to explain Kamalthe's abilities unnecessarily.
Generally speaking, the story structure of this volume is Puella Magi Madoka Magica - it comes from the last cycle of a time cycle. The core contrast of the story lies in the gap between the people in the "first cycle" and the "last cycle". Also
That is to say, this is actually a story about "growth" and "change".
He actually has nothing to do with Kamalser's abilities. I only need to use him to create a tense atmosphere and invincible enemies. But the overly complicated abilities distract the reader's attention and condense part of the reader's expectations.
When it comes to "how to defeat such a powerful enemy". But in fact, the audience does not care what the specific ability of Witch of the Night is, and it does not need explanation. Because what the magical girl fights is her own destiny and despair itself - this kind of
The misdirection of wrong attention originally came from the refinement of Kamalse's abilities.
According to Robert McKee's theory, the relative complexity of the characters must be adapted to the type. The reader's attention should be focused on one point, which can reduce the reader's understanding pressure and allow the reader to understand every detail of the turning point and the core of the character.
The changes can be experienced more clearly.
But in general, I have gained something. In the three volumes so far, I have deliberately used three different structural methods, and did not use the fantasy creation mode that I am familiar with. Just to absorb the nutrients of new themes...
...and gained quite a lot.
The mistake I made in the first volume was to "create a science fiction atmosphere" and deliberately distinguish my fantasy creation mode. But overly stacked settings and atmosphere are unnecessary. When I focus on the description
When it came to the atmosphere, I actually ignored the tension of the plot itself. This resulted in the plot progressing too slowly in the part that created the atmosphere and world view in the first volume.
In the second volume, I tried to improve this mistake and added part of the plot. But a new problem appeared - that is, redundant plots.
The plot that is really needed in the first half of "Purple Ink" is to go to see Hibernation with the bad guy, learn about the bad guy's life experience, come back to see the bird of paradise, date the delphinium, and enter the dream world, which is the core plot of the second volume.
The pre-plot took a full seventeen chapters, and this number could actually be reduced to half if we worked harder. Another problem is unnecessary battles: too much text is used to show the newly acquired abilities of the Paradise Birds.
This leads to a weakening of the emotional tension in the climax.
For the third volume, I absorbed the problems from the first two volumes and made corrections. The daily plot of the third volume has been obviously specialized, because my initial idea was to use daily life to interweave "Xia" and "Russell",
There was no problem with this idea at the beginning about the growth and changes of the three "Morgans".
However, there were some problems with the integration of the mercenary line plot led by the two mercenaries, which caused the transition from Russell to the Godfather to become unfamiliar, and the plot about Kamalse was unnecessarily complicated.
.But when I try to describe Kamaltha's ability in detail, the reader's attention is inevitably directed to "discussing the ability itself", which actually deviates from the theme of this volume, and this attention
The offset of force is the problem with my own writing method.
However, just like Xia Xia, Russell and Morgan... If I want to express something in each volume, then the content of this volume is "Don't be afraid of failure."
How many times can a person fail before he is knocked down?
It could be once. It could be many times.
But every failure is by no means meaningless, because people can draw strength from failure. The intensity of a person who is knocked down by one failure is completely different from that of a person who is knocked down by the tenth failure.
I also learned new nutrients from failure.
Afterwards, Mao will also share with you my sources of inspiration, creative ideas, and lessons learned at the end of each volume.
Hope it's useful to everyone.
I have a day off today, although I feel like I may not be able to come back from this day off...
Brother Meng, remember to read more and don’t raise the cat to death. You can also promote the cat’s book.
If the grades are good, the cat can write more. Although this book itself is an experimental work, it will always be full of challenges precisely because it is an experimental work.
