The book "Heaven" was a creative failure because of my lack of ability.
For this book, the problem is that I took the wrong path. I wanted to explore in the wrong direction. I wanted to write an 'ordinary person' protagonist, but I found that I didn't have the experience to control this kind of character, so I could only work hard to write this story.
Finished speaking.
The overall structure is given. Because I don’t want to write a story about upgrading and fighting monsters, there are very few plots to choose from. However, because the male protagonist can’t stand up, this style of writing becomes completely loose, leaving only a non-violent character.
Characteristics.
When I had written tens of thousands of words, I felt a twitch in my heart. I had no memory of the main character.
When I wrote more than 100,000 words, I continued to fix the characters but got stuck in the plot. Having written for many years, I knew what this meant. My mood quickly began to darken, but I kept trying to defend myself, saying that this was okay, there must be a way.
I can go a long way, and then continue to fill in the character of the male protagonist. I went crazy to find my own state, to fill the vacancies in this area through supporting characters, and wrote Muzha, Black Bear, and Xiaoyue.
But the problem of ambiguous protagonist’s character is becoming more and more fatal.
This thing was established at the first sight. If the first impression is no longer good, it will no longer work. I began to hesitate whether to reopen it, but reopening it for overhaul is equivalent to directly scrapping the book, which is disrespectful to the readers who continue to read it.
Gradually, there were serious deviations between the current protagonist and the story I had conceived, and my inspiration became continuously empty.
That feeling of being completely powerless is really uncomfortable.
When I wrote it and put it on the shelves, I wrote in my acceptance speech, "The length may be very short." In fact, I have decided to use this book as a supplement to the worldview of my senior fellow apprentice, Renxian, rather than as a worldview expansion.
After it is published, I will not compete for the list, but quietly promote the plot and let the public account ridicule me. I have not written well. If I am ridiculed, I will laugh at it. It is not a big deal. I can make the next book better and spend some money to compete for the list.
Already.
I originally wanted to slowly write "Heaven" to two million words and then end it. Although the male protagonist couldn't stand up, it was still a bottle of soft drink, so I used it as a negative pressure exercise for myself.
But I didn't expect that my defense would be broken because of things outside the book.
I participated in a relatively high-level literary training, which lasted for several months.
I love literary creation and want to be an author who can leave a name in the history of literature. I have a great yearning for the literary circle. After the completion of "Brother", I refused to repeat my routine and write a stable male protagonist.
It's because of literary youth disease.
Miraculously, this training cured my literary youth disease.
The training was very good. There were many literary masters and literature professors who influenced me. I also benefited a lot.
What broke my defense were two sentences.
'Yours is just a cultural product, not literature.'
'Your future historical position will be determined by the pen of literary historians.'
Yes, online articles are just cultural products.
This time I really got in touch with this circle and understood its operating system.
I became convinced.
Internet articles may become the engine of emerging culture.
Because online articles provide story samples for readers, they are truly based on readers and serve readers.
Why should I jump away from a promising new literary genre?
It was as if I had opened up a knot in my mind that had been in my mind for many years, and my thoughts suddenly became clearer. The inspiration that had begun to shrink due to illness in my late stage of human immortality resurfaced again.
But because the problem in "Heaven" is too deep, there is no way to remedy the male protagonist's character, and he is still unable to use it.
So I tried to create the inner demons chapter, but the effect was not very good.
Readers of online novels do not want to read things that are blunt and dig deep into the heart, but want to watch good plots and stories with intense conflicts, or the wonderful interactions between characters.
The outpouring of inspiration made my creative process even more uncomfortable.
In the past few months, I have rejected the copyright of Tianting that I have discussed (the comics are available for more than 100,000 words, and I refused because the protagonist cannot stand upright, and the written content is flimsy, and I have no shame in letting others adapt it), and I also refused Obtained the copyright for Tianting Animation (a benefit given by Senior Brother and Human Immortal, because Senior Brother’s animation will be released at the end of this year, and the Human Immortal copyright has been given to Station B).
In fact, I still feel sorry for this part of the royalties, but this is what I insist on.
I need this way to redeem my creative desire.
Admit failure, sum up experience and lessons, and get up again when you fall.
I began to constantly reflect on why the male protagonist of the book "Heaven" couldn't stand up, and then I discovered...
It's really my fault.
I really can’t blame anyone else for this.
I felt unconfident once in February or March.
The beginning of the current version of the story is the beginning I wrote when I first conceived the story and the story was not yet complete. It is very soft and relaxed, weakening the conflicts.
But after I conceived the entire story, I rewrote the beginning of the story and received a comprehensive rejection.
The big guys' words "It's too different from your original style" made me revise the draft like crazy for a month. All the hard work I put into the idea completely collapsed and I was completely confused.
Is it a problem if the style is too different from the old work?
I don't understand.
The reason why the current male protagonist in Heaven cannot stand is because from that time on, I chose to lie down and accept it.
The big guys are just giving professional opinions, this is my own problem.
Looking back further, the outbreak of occupational diseases in the later stages of the creation of "The Human Immortal" had a great impact on my mental state. So when I started a new book, I completely lost my confidence and felt that I needed to listen to more opinions and make more revisions.
But I forgot one thing.
Writing is inherently self-expression.
In the process of advancing the existing story, I became more and more eager for the negative beginning, the led story, and the appearance of the protagonist. This desire became a flame, burning me, and kept me going for dozens of times. I couldn't fall asleep all night. I kept asking myself why I didn't believe in myself. Are my grades really that important? What would happen if I failed?
I will treat the opening chapter that I most want to use in this story as an extra and post it after this speech to make up for this regret.
The main theme of Zhou Zheng's story is actually the sentence "Heaven has failed me."
What this book lacks is actually this energy. Without this energy, the soul is completely lost.
It is indeed a bloody lesson.
And it was a hard lesson that probably affected my entire full-time writing career.
But when I start a book, I have to finish the story, so I didn’t expand the branch plots from hundreds of thousands words on, and just wrote the entire story structure.
When I write, I like to conceive of the ending first and then develop it step by step, so you don’t have to worry about not having an ending. The difference lies in how many supporting characters and plots and interesting characters are given.
The climax of Zhou Zheng's story lies in his infinite reincarnation. This is what I want to write most, and it is this ending that supports me.
Then after I finished writing, my whole mood was affected and I emo'd for two days.
A few months ago, in the old dormitory of BJ, lying on a single bed that made my waist uncomfortable, I was thinking about writing.
I found my problem.
Behind my lack of confidence was that I was coveting the happiness after my senior brother, coveting those highly exposed recommended resources and new book events.
I lost the motivation to challenge myself.
I lost my determination to explore forward.
The sudden decrease in updates in the last period of "Heaven" was because I was anxious.
I am anxious because I dare not continue to challenge myself, and I am anxious because I have lost my enterprising spirit.
Because of my initial lack of confidence in "Heavenly Court", I had already let down Zhou Zheng and the characters in "Heavenly Court", and I became even more anxious.
I'm afraid that I will sink like this.
Therefore, when the story of Heaven reached the end, I suddenly chose double-player.
I went behind your back and didn’t tell anyone (except for a few small WeChat groups, who needed readers’ help in reviewing the manuscript). I didn’t notify the starting point, and even asked my editor in charge to keep it a secret for me after reviewing the manuscript.
I condensed the burst of inspiration into a science fiction work. I chose to publish the book quietly. I set an expectation of 5,000 average subscriptions for myself and became a newcomer in a new field. I did not ask for high exposure or extra recommendations.
For resources, just test the water and push it normally. If you have a platinum name from a great god, it will be useless if the work is not strong.
I didn’t inform you. This is not to disrespect old readers, but the style of my new works is too different, not the same genre at all. I was afraid that you would spend money to subscribe because you like this pen name.
I decided not to do any promotion for the old book, but to move forward, write new things, try them, and see them.
I gradually regained that confidence.
Why should I not be confident?
I wrote the first half of Senior Brother, Human Immortal, The First Sword, and Yu Guang within a month. Why should I not be confident?
The two editors who guided me still loved me, forgave me for the surprise attack, and even arranged a new book opening for me.
The main problem with Heavenly Court is that the male protagonist cannot stand up, and the story and characters are misaligned and cut off my inspiration, making it completely ineffective.
There are several other issues that also give me headaches.
I have been writing Xianxia for many years, but I have exhausted the idea of Xianxia. I keep repeating what I have done before, with no breakthrough at all, and I cannot find good ideas or interesting plots.
I have written 16 million words of Xian Xia continuously.
This is also the main reason why I decided to open a new track.
There is also the current dianniang environment. Old authors do not compete for rankings and have no exposure channels, and everyone knows about competing for rankings, but my personality does not like this. When "Ren Xian" was first released, I was already ready to recharge.
, in the end, I held on to the golden alliance and didn’t take the final shot of stealing the chicken. Instead, I asked my wife to slowly reward him one after another. I just didn’t want to see the book friends on both sides scold me because I won by stealing the chicken in the end.
I hate fan circles.
Of course, I have to fight for it later, otherwise I have to open a new vest and get the bonus from the new vest (joke). I can compete for the rankings myself. I also have to adapt to Dian Niang’s current rules.
I would like to bow my head and apologize to the readers who have read this. The book "Heavenly Court" failed to produce the effect I wanted at all.
I don't have a good reputation, so I won't promote the new book on the new track. I will write it as a newcomer. If one day you can see it on Dianniang and like it, click on the interface and see that the author at the back is 'getting to the point'. I will be happy.
If I smile, have the motivation to catch up, and find the joy of reading, it means that I have successfully gone out.
A wonderful new year.
If someone tells me again, ‘This is too different from your original style’.
I know how to answer.
What I want to write is different styles.
Once again, I apologize for not meeting your expectations.
I love literature, and I also like chatting with you in Zhangshuo. I am very grateful to you for your companionship and support on the journey of Xianxia. I hope that my works can bring some extra fun to your life.
Say goodbye and bow again.
The following extra chapter may be what this book should be like.
well.
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