I took a look at the word count and found that it was already 248,000 words. Let me make a small report here.
The reason why I don't round it up is because 250 is a bit unlucky, and there is a lot of superstition in daily life.
Before we officially start, let me make a few digressions. If you use the website to read books, you can see a line of red text in the middle of the page. It currently displays "Updated continuously for 518 days."
This means that from the time the book was published, no matter how busy we were or what happened, there would be no interruption of updates for 581 days. After it was put on the shelves, although it rarely broke out, except for rare circumstances, it was guaranteed to be updated twice a day.
Of course, this is not to say how diligent I am, because there are many authors who are more diligent than me, but I think this can show an attitude that I take writing books seriously.
Next, let’s talk about books.
Let’s talk about the word count first. The scholar has written nearly 2.5 million words so far. I have an outline and some detailed outlines. I have already thought about the ending. I estimate that the number of words will be less than 4 million. As for the specific number, I really don’t know. It may be in the early 300s, maybe
Nearly 400, it depends on how much plot will be filled in the middle.
Some things have been mentioned before. For example, before I started the book, I read some popular books on the ranking list, summarized some elements, and then started the book with my head in a hurry, until now.
The title of the book was decided without much deliberation. Many people said it was low, so just let it be low. Even the book was written blindly, so picking a random title is nothing.
In addition to the title of the book, the plot has many shortcomings. Looking at the previous parts from the current perspective, the shortcomings are obvious.
Some people say that Xiaoyao is a piece of shit. There is no Xiaoyao in the whole book. It’s a waste of good titles. Thank you for complimenting me on the title of my book...
I can't explain to them that the happiness they want cannot be written. Xiaoyao is relative. Li Yi wants absolute happiness. What kind of water does Rong Xiaorong take?
To change the way of thinking, compared with Li Xuan, Li Yi is happy enough, and compared with the King of Shu, is Li Yi happy and happy?
This is my understanding of Xiaoyao.
As for the style of the book, some readers may feel that there are some differences between the early and late stages, because I did not have my own style in the early stages. I deliberately studied the styles of several great masters, but later I may have gone astray. I don’t know how it ended up like this.
Looks like, now the title of the book is actually "Li Yi's Daily Life of Making Death"...
I also don’t know why, everything I write is even out of the historical category, history? Romance? Martial arts?
On this point, I think it should be written as smoothly as possible. As long as the author likes to write and readers like to read, don't worry about these issues. In fact, if you can become a book lover now, you probably don't care about these anymore...
The current style should continue and be improved. The next book will definitely be of the same type and style. Although I haven’t started writing it yet, this should be certain.
This style is difficult to write. Almost every chapter has to be written to the point of laughter. You can’t do it without something in your mind, so you have to often read the connotation jokes on Zhihu Tieba. You have to integrate the jokes into the plot without appearing superficial. To be honest
, I really feel like it’s not easy for me...
Regarding the subsequent plot, in fact, the foreshadowing is already obvious enough. Everyone can guess that what I have to do is to fill in the holes. There is no need to dig new holes now. Once the holes are filled, it is time to end.
In fact, there is a lot more I want to talk about with readers, but saying too much will affect the code and may be a spoiler, so I’ll stop here.
Finally, there is a digression, which is what I have always wanted to say. This is a novel, this is ancient times. Ruyi is a very, very, very important character. I like her very much, but when it comes to the first heroine in the usual sense
...Well, that’s it for now.
So those who say that the heroine has no role, that the heroine's role is not as good as that of a maid, you are so self-righteous...
Rong Xiaorong on March 10, 2018
ps: The chapter says you can ask questions in it, so I’ll pick some answers for non-spoiler purposes.
