The book Xianlu, and the character Xu Dao, finally reached the moment of waving goodbye.
The past two years have been full of ups and downs. The author was admitted to the hospital twice and was completely ruined for at least two months.
But at least there is no eunuch in "Xianlu", and it still reaches a big ending in the story.
I am very grateful and grateful to all the book friends for their support from the beginning to the end!
Especially in the later stages of the book, to all the book friends who are still here, thank you, I am very grateful! It is precisely because of your existence that Xu Dao has ushered in a period of growth.
During these two years of writing, a lot of things happened. Let’s not mention trivial matters. The author’s writing status and ability just went round and round, with ups and downs.
[To be honest, I have been using Yeguo to read and catch up on books recently. I can switch sources and read aloud with many sounds. www. Android and Apple are available.]
In the first half of "Xianlu", the Erhai Chapter of Wu State ended. Cuckoo was immersed in an indescribable state of harmony. It was the first time he felt the kind of connection between the past and the future in a million-word article.
The connection, the feeling that the article has its own vitality, kept Cuckoo in a state of excitement and enlightenment for two or three weeks.
Perhaps for other authors, this feeling is very common, and Cuckoo is exaggerated. But for Cuckoo, it is really rare and wonderful. At that time, I felt that my whole body had reached a higher level.
And it was also around the end of the first part of "Xianlu" that Cuckoo began to systematically sort out his writing experience, discover weaknesses, and learn to overcome them.
In this process of sorting out and learning, Cuckoo felt the sense of enlightenment for more than a moment, and the writing system also went from being simple to being complex, and he thought it was complete, and various ideas flourished.
The reason for this may be that Cuckoo is extremely lacking in writing, or to be precise, story talent. Many other authors and readers are accustomed to some concepts and techniques that are natural and natural, but Cuckoo needs to analyze them layer by layer and go around them.
Only by rubbing it away can you understand it clearly in your own way.
After all, when he first wrote the book, Cuckoo had no idea what the climax of the story would be.
It was finally reflected in practice, that is, while sorting out and learning writing skills, the second half of "Xianlu" was even more stumbling, and even difficult to describe in one sentence, which caused a great feeling to the readers and a great sense of frustration to the author.
At the beginning, it was an ambitious statement, but when it was written down, it was difficult and made a joke.
I obviously feel that I am better at writing than before, but why does it become more difficult for me to write?
At that time, Cuckoo was very miserable, as if he was standing in a fog, not knowing whether the path he was taking was getting closer to his goal, or whether he was getting further and further away.
I even lost my grasp of the attractions of this book for a while, that is, "Why do readers like to read my book?", "Why is the beginning and the writing at the beginning so beautiful, and what exactly did I write at the beginning?"
All kinds.
One year has passed, and now I look back. The suffering of this year may be due to the fact that when the book "Xianlu" really appeared in Cuckoo's mind, there was only the world of Wu Guopian, or to be precise, he started writing it.
At the time of the Immortal Relic, only the map "White Bone Temple" really appeared in Cugu's mind.
In short, without an outline, the world would be incomplete, and the sense of oppression would be lost later on.
In the middle period of the creation of "Xianlu", when various inspirations emerged, most of them were related to Xianlu, but they did not apply to Xianlu itself.
This is a big flaw. Many readers have this understanding: This author is amazing in the early stage, but as for the middle and later stages... he has no middle and later stages.
Now looking back on this shortcoming, or analyzing it with recent insights, the reason for this is that Cuckoo's writing has always been based on a world view and a sense of charm, that is, "This world is so wonderful", "This kind of life"
I like it, it’s interesting, I thought about it”…and then create and write about it.
But after the interesting parts of the worldview were developed, the author fell into fatigue and boredom.
Young people like the new and hate the old.
But as everyone knows, in fact, after a world view is spread out in the minds of readers, it becomes more attractive. When readers enter this world and become accustomed to these characters, that is when the whole world really begins to come alive! After all, readers see
The time when the author wrote is different from the time when the author wrote. The former passed by in a flash, while the latter lasted like years.
If you think about it carefully, actually making readers like a world and some characters is the most difficult step.
But Cuckoo often ends up at this step, and instead falls into fatigue and weakness, which is really a pity and ineffective. Perhaps this is the reason why Cuckoo started creating in college, but up to now, he still falls into the street.
There is one big flaw, the characters.
Cuckoo is actually very bad at characters. In this book, Xian Lu, and before Xian Lu, I made no secret that I would not start the story from the characters at all.
But I don’t know whether it’s a sin or luck, but sometimes the characters in the novel come to life and rebel against the author.
Generally speaking, it is similar to the later stage of the Wu Kingdom Chapter. There must be an earth-shattering battle. This is determined by the story itself. Cuckoo actually doesn’t want to write it because he can’t write, but the story needs to be written. It will force Cuckoo to write, or forcefully
avoid.
Regarding the characters specifically, there are two main characters that escaped Cuckoo’s control. (Laughs, in fact, I have never controlled them at all.)
The first one is Jiang Qiongju. Some old friends may know that she is from another book. At that time, Cuckoo was very confused and had no idea why the book club liked her so much. The original plan was to make a knife, but then he was forced to stop.
And this character seems to have a lot of room for development and a lot of plots, but Cuckoo is not good at characters. She has signs of coming back to life, but it is a thorny problem that is beyond my control. So I directly killed her and made her disappear.
, the protagonist parted ways with her.
The second one is You Bing. She is actually just a roommate, a supporting role, and a passerby. The original ending was very miserable. She was aloof and self-sufficient, but ended up dying in the Bone Temple, hanging herself or something like that. Anyway, she didn’t have enough talent, and she didn’t want to live alone.
, and died standing.
As a result, she directly jumped out of her original destiny and wanted to jump from the female supporting role to the heroine... When Cuckoo turned around and realized this, he was very confused. Obviously she was just a female supporting role, why did some book friends read her?
They are childhood sweethearts, and many book friends think this character is good.
Having learned from past mistakes, Cuckoo resisted the idea of killing her and allowed her to continue to appear, and then she really jumped from a supporting role to the heroine. It was not until later that the protagonist had to temporarily separate from her, and she temporarily disappeared. However,
Later, the role of You Bing jumped out again and took the position of the heroine.
Although Cuckoo has never given her the title of heroine, because in the character column of the starting point, she has always been marked as a supporting actress. But throughout the book, she is a genuine heroine. (Sigh)
What can I say about this feeling? It's strange to narrate, and even stranger to the author when writing it. And when a character's initiative exceeds the author's control, in addition to bringing benefits, she will indeed cause certain obstacles.
The most typical one is, how can you survive in the world with a family?
But in the final analysis, it is a good thing if a character can move on his own.
It's just the author's lack of ability that makes good things turn into obstacles. It's the author's fault, not the fault of the characters. After all, why can't someone with a family live in the world?
Guo Jing and Huang Rong, Yang Guo and Xiao Longnv, classic characters in many online works, partnership relationships, master-disciple relationships, father-son relationships, etc... When reading them, you will not feel like you are dragging your family with you, but rather you will feel confident and a goal.
, is the motivation and the enemy!
There is no such thing as taking care of the family in the novel. It is only the author's poor ability that makes people feel that he is taking care of the family, without planning and control.
The above two major points are basically the biggest problems in cuckoo creation.
In the second year of writing in Xianlu, Cuckoo encountered so many difficult problems, but fortunately he still continued to write with great stumbling.
It is precisely because it is better to bite the bullet and write for a year than not to write and stop there. There are many difficulties encountered and many gains.
After a year of hard work, Cuckoo realized these two concepts: "After the world of the novel unfolds, it becomes more exciting." and "After getting familiar with the characters, it is when these characters really attract readers."
You may understand these two concepts at a glance.
But Cuckoo didn’t understand it back then, he really didn’t understand it!
Only now do I know that allowing readers to enter a world and become familiar with a few characters is the beginning of making readers willing to spend money. Moreover, with this method, the retention rate of readers is quite high, and they don’t even have to rack their brains to write.
The plot and daily routine make readers willing to continue reading.
When You Bing appeared again in "The Immortal", the number of subscriptions jumped out by a large margin. The TV series "Friends", "Family with Children", etc. are even more typical proofs.
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These things summarized seem to be a bit much, but they are actually just two of the more obvious problems and feelings that appeared in Cuckoo's year. Others, such as the main line, desire to rise first, suppression, pressure, and description techniques, etc., are too numerous to mention.
enumerate.
But if a friend asks me, has Cuckoo’s writing ability improved?
Cuckoo:……
Cugu has repeatedly asked himself, what does writing, or novels, rely on to attract readers, especially paying readers, so that readers are willing to feed the author?
Is it a pretentious plot, or a brain-burning plot? Is it a delightful character like an old friend, or is it a novel and exciting world view? Or is it a sense of impatient anticipation, etc.?
All of them can hook readers.
But how can we learn from these things specifically? How can an author actually start writing and operate them? Is there any specific methodology?
Yes, that is:
"It depends on feeling."
It feels right, just write randomly, don't worry about the rules, every palm is bloody, every whip is a mark, it is absolutely wonderful. It feels wrong, no matter how good your calculation is, it is stiff, stumbling, and does not read well.
In this way, after a year of hard work and sorting out, Cuckoo seems to be spinning in circles.
But that's not always the case. To be precise, skills can only guarantee a lower limit. They are disciplines that can help you avoid pitfalls.
A good writing technique may be to draw a circle at random, and then the author scribbles and draws in it casually, so as not to go outside the circle, but not to have a rigid sense of craftsmanship.
As a writer, what you need most is desire, enthusiasm, enthusiasm, hostility, unpopularity, friendship, indifference, fairyland, science fiction...all kinds of things.
How to keep the breath in your chest longer and make it smoother and clearer when you exhale it is the greatest role of all writing skills.
Just like what is most important in a comic, interesting, is just the word "interesting". How to make the interesting most prominent is the biggest and best technique. Brain-burning can be done, painting style can be done, JOJO can be done, Doraemon can be done
The treasure bag is also OK, Maruko-chan's complaints are OK, and Sakura's clothes are OK...
By the way, Cuckoo has had this perception for a long time, and Cuckoo himself calls it "literary writing". Some people call it thoughts and feelings, emotions, and part of it is also called rhythm and a sense of expectation, which may overlap or be inconsistent.
After a year of thinking, I have devoted myself to studying skills, and almost lost my "literary spirit". And as I get older, the possibility of disappearing from everyone is getting bigger and bigger. It is only when I look back that I realize that my greatest advantage is actually
That's all, it's so inspiring.
I wish you all to remain young, passionate, lively, healthy and passionate as always.
We are always ourselves!
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This book and the new book of Yanguixianlu.
There are some regrets at the end of "Xianlu". Although the specific regrets are not mentioned above, friends who have read the above remarks may be able to roughly feel it.
Without him, the author is not capable enough and can't write it, that's all. If I write it again, I may have to switch to a flat stream, which will directly change the feeling of the whole text, and the dog's tail will continue.
But fortunately, there is no eunuch in "Xianlu", it has not been completely interrupted, and the author is still making progress slowly.
As for the new book, it was released last month and is still listed on Sanjiang Recommendation. As of October 28, 2022, it has 150,000 words and is ready to be sold. Click on the author's avatar to skip to read the new book.
On November 1st, the new book will be on the shelves. I sincerely hope to meet you all again and continue to make progress.
Cuckoo needs everyone's support, and I sincerely hope that the results will improve!
In this month of new books, the new books are basically updated twice, with an average of 5,000 words per day, which is better than the new book issue of "Xian Lu", but also not good.
I hope Cuckoo will do well and average 6,000 words per day after being published! Write well!
In the past month, the reason why I have been afraid to publish a single chapter to attract traffic is because "Xianlu" is not finished, and I dare not and am ashamed to publish a single chapter to attract traffic.
Now I dare to talk about it in detail.
The new book was originally going to be called So-and-so Breeding Farm, but I remembered that I had collected book titles from everyone during the creation of Xianlu, and the new book was also a story in the world of mountains and seas, so I changed the title to "Xiancong" instead.
word.
Also, Cuckoo knows that the story of Xu Dao is not over yet. After becoming an immortal, there should be a broader world, and Dongtu, which only exists in the mouth of the character, has not yet appeared.
But the Eastern Land is actually a place of ghosts, not a prosperous fairy city. The world of mountains and seas is a world of destruction. Xu Dao breaks free from his prison, and if he changes the map, it will only be flat, and the flavor will be completely changed.
After leaving the Kingdom of Wu, Cuckoo finished writing the Western Sea chapter, with two chapters each for the upper and lower parts, totaling 2.24 million words, each about one million words, which can be considered as a link between the past and the following.
My ability is limited, so I can only let the story Xu Dao presents to us stop here for the time being. As for the rest of his prosperous life, he is no longer Cuckoo, at least not the current Cuckoo, and he has the ability to write it in detail.
If any friends still want to know about Xu Dao's future path, you can read the new book "The Immortal Cage" to listen to the stories from the new characters. Take a look at the changes Xu Dao has brought to the world of mountains and seas.
Because the world view and era of the new book are the new prosperous age of immortality after Xu Dao conquered the world, and it is the world of Taoist priests where Taoists eat all kinds of food and run rampant.
At this time, in the world of mountains and seas, Taoism was innovated, and the method of taking food was outstanding. "Immortal Cage" and "Immortal Cage" are in the same world, but different eras. As for how long it will be in the future, Cuckoo will not spoil it.
Also, the outline of the new book has been decided.
It was Cuckoo who rarely came up with a complete outline. He went through the entire world, story, and several main characters in his mind. And it was not a long period of stumbling and polishing, but an outline that was written in one breath.
(Before starting the book, there was actually another outline that had been polished for a long time, but it was the precursor to the king. When the book was actually started, it was directly scrapped and was taken over by "The Immortal Cage". Speaking of which, the Immortal Cage is actually the same as Cuckoo.
Two years ago, I prepared a new book for a long time, but ended up scrapping it after writing the beginning, and then I came up with Xianlu in less than a week. This is actually the case with the earliest Liaozhai. The new book "Xiancong" still continues this tradition, but Cuckoo
This time I made a little progress and thought about the characters and ending of the book, and made an outline!)
If book lovers read it, they may be able to clearly feel that Cuckoo's way of writing characters has improved a little bit. And the beginning, the beginning of the new book, still has the same flavor!
That’s all. I sincerely invite everyone and welcome friends to read the new book.
The new book "The Immortal Cage" will be on the shelves on November 1st and is ready to be sold.
This time it is Yu Lie's story. The remaining heroes who have been fighting for three generations must not die in the middle.
thank you all.
Two years have passed by in vain, and time flies by.