"Infinite Base of All Heavens" is going to be released today.
In fact, this book has gone through many ups and downs before finally reaching this stage. I believe there are also some readers who have come from the previous "Infinity Legend: The Mechanic" and know what the Mechanic has gone through.
In fact, the results of "The Mechanic" were pretty good when it was put on the shelves. 18,000 collections were put on the shelves, and the average subscription on the first day was 880, about one subscriber for every 20 people. But later on, this ratio continued to increase, and by the end of the collection, it had 130,000.
The average booking difference is only about 1,500, which is equivalent to 100 to 1.
This number is actually quite disappointing, but I have been reflecting on it. When I was writing "The Mechanic", I had a new idea, and I hit a lot of minefields in the early stage.
But even so, "The Mechanic" once touched the threshold of high-quality products. In 2017, the plot happened to be progressing to "Borderlands". At that time, it was recommended on the homepage of the mobile phone, and the results were very good. The result was just after the recommendation
On the day it ended, it was blocked. It took a month or two before it was released, and subscriptions dropped by three-quarters.
If it weren't for the encouragement of readers and friends, this book would not have been finished at that time, but I persisted and wrote more than 5.7 million words.
Then in 2019, the plot of "Star Wars" was widely praised by everyone, and the number of subscriptions continued to increase from about 1,200 to 1,500, and then it was blocked again. This time, it has not been released since July until now.
Every time I talk about this matter, I always have the urge to cry deep in my heart. But I have to continue...
Because I like writing books.
When I was in elementary school, I went to a neighbor's brother's house to play. I saw him playing a game about masturbating in space. I was fascinated by the grand picture. After that, I often found various reasons to visit his house.
I went, but this brother’s parents started to annoy me.
Later I found out that the game was called "Galaxy Captain". Readers who know this game are probably showing their age.
After that, I started writing a novel in my homework book, called "Out of the Galaxy". I wrote tens of thousands of words, but then I couldn't finish it. But then I thought about it, a student who had just entered junior high school could write a novel.
With articles of tens of thousands of words, I think I was pretty good at that time.
So writing became one of my hobbies. Although I never wrote a long novel, I also wrote many fragments or short stories.
So I have always had such a dream in my heart, the dream of writing a book.
In fact, the greatest sense of accomplishment in writing a book is the process of presenting your own values to readers and then resonating with them. I enjoy this very much.
Later, I read many books, and then I realized, ah, it turns out that you can make money by writing books, so can I give it a try? When I thought of this, I had already started a family. But still
I started writing in my spare time, and this is "The Mechanic of Infinity Legend".
In fact, does "The Mechanic" make money? It definitely does. But compared to the workload of at least 6,000 words a day, the income of 35,000 a month is not high. I can only say that it is worth it for my fingers and
It’s just my head. But I really enjoy the process of writing a book. I feel extremely satisfied with every comment from readers, whether it is a good review or a negative review.
So I'm going to continue.
After "The Mechanic" was banned, I tried to transition and wrote an urban novel, but I found that my style was really unacceptable to urban readers, so I deleted it.
Later, I wrote a Cthulhu-style book, yes, it is still in my name now, with more than 100,000 words, "The Lord of the End". In fact, I like that worldview very much, so although this book was sold out, I
I still can’t bear to delete it. I just hope that when I have the ability to control this world view in the future, I can express what this book wants to express. Of course, this is a story later.
Next is the book, "Infinite Base of the Heavens". In fact, this book was not originally called this name, it was called "Infinite Legend: God of War of Ruins". However, due to the wrong pacing in the early stage, many readers were unable to get into the plot, so I put it here
I made a big change to the previous article, and also changed my name, and then I got to where I am now.
In fact, sometimes I feel that my writing style is still too rigid. For example, I really can’t write the fast-food articles that are now widely accepted. Because whenever I start writing, it always feels heavy. Why is it so heavy?
, I think maybe I think too much sometimes and think too comprehensively.
When I write a book, I think about a lot of things, just like the previous "Star Wars" chapter of "The Machinist". The reason why so many people like it is because I put in more effort. How much information have I consulted and how many settings have I turned over?
Yes, this is unimaginable.
And in order to bring myself into that environment, my entire life was almost filled with the BGM of "Star Wars". It can be said that during those few months, I was living in the world of "Star Wars"
people inside.
In fact, you can also feel this style in the opening chapter of "Resident Evil". I definitely didn't know a little about this world and then start writing as soon as I slapped my forehead. I had to have a deep understanding of this world view, and then I started writing.
Will write.
So I can't write about fast food, because my understanding of these worlds is very deep, and I don't want to just touch upon it. I would rather convey what I get from it to everyone, so I am destined to not be able to write fast food.
This is contrary to the current fast-travel style of solving a world within 2 or 30 chapters, so it may be destined to be niche.
Compromise? I still thought about it, and actually tried it, but failed.
Why did it fail? Because I am no longer myself and I don’t like what I write. Can readers like it?
So in the end, I decided to return to my original path and write what I like best and what I am best at. I believe that what I write can be accepted and liked by people, even if there are not many of them, they will
It made me realize that what I write is valuable.
Now that "Infinite Base of All Heavens" is about to be released, I am actually extremely scared. Really.
Because "The Mechanic of the Infinite Legend" can be published in Sanjiang and be promoted on the home page, but this book that was rescued from the street did not receive such treatment. Yes, this book is just a grassroots and a loser now.
So I'm really afraid, afraid that the performance of this book will completely collapse, afraid that the performance will be so bad that I can't continue. Because if that really happens, maybe I will lose a lot of things. Maybe I will compromise, maybe I will change,
But I don’t want to be like this. I firmly believe that my persistence is valuable, so I can only watch all this with a mentality of walking on thin ice.
As the second hand moves forward little by little, the time for my trial is getting closer and closer, I hope it can continue... I don't want to ask for an initial subscription, I just want to see the most real results.