I finished updating two chapters today, come and ask for a day off...
I came to Shanghai in the past two days to participate in a starting point activity, which is a little bit of gold... I originally brought a notebook with me to squeeze in time and write, but I deliberately wanted to take two days off to take a rest - in fact, I could choose any activity.
Those who don't want to go only agree to it because they want to go out for a walk and take the opportunity to change their minds.
Anyway, I finished writing the red feather line in this paragraph before, so I didn’t get stuck in any place where I couldn’t go up or down...
This book was published on December 26 last year. It is 21 days shy of the one-year anniversary today. It is the only book I have written that has spanned the past year except Asking. It is currently the second longest book and is probably still there.
will be the longest book.
It’s said that it’s less than two million words a year. It seems that it’s not too slow to say it’s slow, it’s okay...
In short, writing a book for a long time becomes very tiring, just like a marathon. It is easy at first, but then I sit there and write every day, and there is no weekend or anything. The more I write, the more tired I become, the more I write, the stiffer my brain becomes, and it is too much for my body and spirit. At my age now
It's getting bigger, and the period of weakness is earlier than before... What a tragedy.
And the structure of this book is longer than the others, so I can't finish it like the other books. It's better to rest more, go out for a walk, and change into a better state, so that I can present more exciting content.
So I took two days off on the 67th.
And it is very likely that the number of leave requests will increase in the future. I would like to apologize to everyone in advance.
I won’t argue about the monthly ticket for now. I’ve already asked for leave and there’s no point asking for it. I’ll try to see if I can get an extra ticket when it’s doubled at the end of the month. If I can’t, forget it.
Oh, by the way, on the 8th, there will be a night makeup episode to fill the gap. It has almost three chapters of text content. If you are interested, you can follow it. I think the night makeup and love in the episode are particularly cute.
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Also, since it’s almost an anniversary, let’s make a brief summary.
The summary was written intermittently over the past few days, but don’t blame me for finding the time to write this...cough...
I don’t know if I can feel it from a reader’s perspective, but from a writing perspective, this book should be considered the book where my style has changed the most... even more so than the style of the previous Qiuqiu single heroine.
Because after all, Qiuqiu still takes emotions as the theme. No matter what the main line of every previous book is, the theme is emotional drama. But this one is not...
Before I started the book, I said that this book would reduce the proportion of emotional drama. Many brothers later said that they couldn't tell. They felt that there were still a lot of emotional dramas, but the nature was really different. Because this book did not have emotional drama as the core.
, it does not exist to promote the plot. It mainly uses the protagonist’s own experiences to promote the story, and emotions are used as additives.
In other words, removing these emotional scenes will basically not affect the main plot (whether it will look good after removing it is another matter). This is the goal I want to achieve this time, and it basically went according to plan and was very successful.
It can even be hidden from the senses of many readers.
Of course, there are also keen readers who have noticed the difference. They feel that the better version is very gratifying and can satisfy you more. If they feel that it is not as good as before, they can only say sorry and cannot meet their expectations.
After all, as a writer, you still have to try different writing methods and break through bottlenecks before you get too old and lose your enthusiasm. Regardless of success or failure, you can tell yourself that you have worked hard, instead of resting on your laurels.
In the end, this book became my best one, and it is probably due to the readers’ recognition and encouragement of this change. It is considered a successful attempt. Thank you all.
Especially in the early and mid-term, the response to the Jianghu flavor was the best. I was very surprised. As I said before, I thought that the old-school Jianghu flavor was very outdated and old-fashioned, and might not achieve any results. But in the end, everyone liked it very much... more
There are countless people who don't want to read women at all and come here only for the Jianghu stories. When it comes to women, they are bored and don't want to read it. This is the first time in my many years of writing career (I have seen it before, but not this many).
Of course, the main theme of the harem is still the same. Iron-bloodedness and tenderness are the complete Jianghu... In the end, some of these brothers gave up, and some were even scolded and left. I could only cover my face and cry, laughing.
It's a pity that the story of Jianghu doesn't last too long, and it quickly moves into the world and fantasy. Although it is an inevitable progression according to the plot, there are still many brothers who are reluctant to leave and want to see the taste of the past.
I'm scratching my head, it's okay. I might write a low-level book if I have the chance in the future. I'll consider it when the time comes.
Speaking of this, some brothers who always like to say "it doesn't have the same taste as the previous books" don't know if they understand that they are written just so that they don't have the same taste as the previous books, so you... usually don't think that others have the same taste for each book.
Some people pursue different tastes in each book, but they feel that the taste is different from the previous ones. Why bother...
As for not liking this book and feeling that it is not as good as before, that’s normal. It’s normal for everyone to prefer which book they prefer. But those who say “I don’t like it, it’s bad” should still accept it. They are no longer children.
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Of course, if we talk about specific content issues, then the writing is indeed not without problems. There are often some criticisms, some of which are indeed reasonable, and some of which are unreasonable. I have responded to some of them, but not to most of them. I really don’t have the energy to be like before.
Then it exploded.
Among them, the bigger rhythm is still the part about Lao Xia’s death.
I didn’t understand it very much at the time. From beginning to end, the character was portrayed in a dramatic way: “Because he doesn’t take the people of the world seriously, he will eventually die at the hands of the people of the world.” He was also a selfish and foolish king, the source of troubled times. Basically, the whole book
There are no good words to say about him. All the supporting characters are scolding, the daughter is scolding, and the protagonist is rebelling. Apart from being able to fight, he has no other qualities to speak of. Even his speech is second-rate. He is completely written as a big naughty kid.
.This is a villain who has caused chaos in the world. The protagonist said to his face, "You will die at the hands of the common people." The attitudes of the author and the protagonist are very clear...
I don’t know why such a person is regarded as a positive character who is full of personality and must die vigorously. We haven’t written about the collapse of the patron saint’s character...even the person who couldn’t bear it and rebelled.
Everyone was scolded for not being like the mantis.
I was a little irritable at that time, thinking that I clearly wrote "一", but I had to say that I wrote "二" in one horizontal line. Isn't this baffling? Thinking about it afterwards, it may have caused such a big controversy, maybe it was the author's problem.
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We should not give the villain an overly complicated spectrum. For example, Chang He’s evening makeup is pretty good, and he is still a fellow countryman. As a result, the villain is not enough to be counter-reflective and emotionally incompatible, and subconsciously brings a positive halo and expectation to the readers. This is also too literary and youthful.
Disadvantages, I always feel that a strong person needs to be complex and three-dimensional, but in fact, emotional feedback may be more important. In addition, "Yu Tianxia" was backlashed, which caused a sharp decline in spiritual practice. Maybe the concept is relatively empty and unintuitive, which led to the development of Wutiao Enlightenment.
I felt that I was so strong that I died too quickly. Then I wrote too slowly, which resulted in me forgetting to do the foreshadowing in the early stage. This can only be blamed on me for being slow.
When I think about it this way, I feel relieved. I do have more problems.
Of course, if you want to say that I patched it up later, you won’t admit it. There is indeed a lot of foreshadowing in the front, and it can’t even be called foreshadowing. It should be called the whole book... The so-called "patches" are the summary of the previous articles.
Just emphasize it again...
There are also issues such as the heroine's combat power rising too fast. Many people have mentioned it before and after. Basically every heroine has to be criticized... I think this should really not be my problem.
Yes, maybe it is a bit misunderstood - because times have changed, everyone has upgraded faster than their predecessors, and that is necessary.
In the age of great strife, gods and demons have resurrected, dragons and snakes have risen from the land, both the frequency of battles and the creation of fortunes have been concentrated now, far exceeding those in the previous peaceful times. If we want to keep up with the predecessors in previous eras, it can only prove that they are a group of fools rather than men and women.
Lord. Even Changhe's cultivation speed is most affected by this factor, not the Heavenly Book, which he actually avoids.
For example, in the early years of Zhuque Xuanwu's understanding of higher spiritual practice, he only knew that there was a guard but did not know why. After searching for the blood of the soul, it began to explode; now there are many gods and demons, and important figures can basically know it. This is a group of strong
Before and after comparison, eras were separated in the past, but now they are not. So not only the heroine, but also Cui Yuanyong, Han Wubing, Situ Xiao and even Chi Li will be faster than their predecessors, because that is in line with the rhythm of the times, and the Heavenly Ranking will also be
The general destruction of imperial power is also the rhythm of the times.
It's not that when the protagonist becomes stronger, everyone will follow suit, but because the protagonist is living in a time of changing times, but the writing is not on others. The first thing to acquiesce is that everyone is working hard and is not offline.
When it comes to individuals, is there no self-consistent logic and sufficient foreshadowing? Some, in fact, we all know that, so I won’t list them one by one, but they are often said to be "everyone looking for reasons to improve"... Please,
As long as you want a character who has a role in the future, which book should not find a reason to improve and be much faster than the predecessor... There is no need to explain this originally, others can just give a reason. I try my best to make it reasonable, from the world situation to the individual
All the foreshadowing process is given, and I have to keep talking about it. Every time the perspective changes, the heroine will talk about it, which is really a bit overwhelming.
Do they all want the kind of works in which the protagonist moves forward alone, and suddenly when he looks back, all the people he once dated are far away and can no longer keep up, and he has been disconnected since then? This is the most reasonable, right? If I want this,
I'm so happy that the difficulty level has been reduced...
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Not much to say, I can’t stop talking once I start.
Not to mention other minor controversies, they are all my fault. I would like to apologize to everyone for not meeting expectations due to poor consideration or poor writing skills.
Generally speaking, I have not deviated from the original intention of my plan after writing this. Although it is controversial, this book is actually much less controversial than the previous one... Many brothers also told me that they particularly like the male protagonist of this book and think that Chang He
It's bold and brave yet smart and it suits the taste. I'm glad that everyone likes it, and I'm generally satisfied with it personally.
As for the follow-up, it depends on how well it is written later. For example, although there was no criticism about the content after the gods and demons appeared in the world, I felt a bit weak. The writing was not interesting and could not be ignited. I looked back at MD in some parts.
Speech problems are popping up... This won't work. I hope it will get better after resting.
Everyone said that if I slow down and look at the intermittent constipation, I don’t know that the ten thousand words a day will become more consistent and the forgotten things will disappear, but I really can’t do it...
I really can't help it. I'm an old and wizened man. I really can't maintain my condition and my energy is very low. I apologize for that.
Whenever this happens, I wonder how many more years I can write. My physical condition is too poor... I really envy those tough men who are older than me but still make millions. They are so damn strong...
Well, I’ll summarize it here first. It seems that I can write a lot less in the postscript of this book. I will be lazy and say that half of the content will be read back to the one-year summary~