Reflections on the Completion of the Book

At this moment, "Eight Directions Cloud Movement" is finally over, at this time I think about recalling the creation process of the whole novel, although the results are very poor, it can be described as hitting the street, but I have completed at least two requirements (not announced, for myself):

First, the cumulative number of words in this book is 1.11 million, which is more than one million, which can be regarded as a million-word novel, and I still have a slight sense of accomplishment in my heart;

Second, the book is over, there are no eunuchs, and the main hole has been filled, fulfilling my promise, because I currently have several manuscripts in my hands, all of which have not been written much, I really don't like the feeling of eunuchs, although the book is hastily finished in the later stage, but it is over after all.

In fact, I asked myself, this book is a little different from the original intention I originally envisioned, I didn't follow the outline, some fanciful feelings, and even the back and the name can't match, which is also one of the reasons for the poor results of this book, and it also made me realize the importance of the outline, and I will try to refine the outline of the novel in the future, don't let the novel deviate from the original intention, and write around what I want to write as much as possible.

According to my original plan, this novel wants to write some stories and characters that can move myself and others, the story of Xiaoxuan's resurrection, the story of Yexun's butterfly purple clothes, the story of Yexun and Wang Ke, and even Wu Changkong, Jiang Yuan, Liu Suifeng, Shi Dangdang, Wuyazi, Dugu Xiaowan, Baili Xi, The eldest prince of the Li family and others, each of them has their own story, but unfortunately it has not been realized later, which is a big pity, because in my opinion, the core of the novel is still a character, whether the protagonist or the supporting role, whether the good guy or the bad guy, all the stories are for the characters, but I am helplessly limited to my skills, or time and energy, and even the results of this book, are not enough to support me to complete all this, you can see that the update behind my novel is very slow, after several days, and even almost a eunuch at one point, just because of the lack of motivation to continue, fortunately I did not give up。

For me, although I am not successful in writing novels so far, I will have some gains and experiences in every failure and street fight. Here's what I'm planning for next:

1. I'll spend some time sweeping the list, which is a process I ignored before, to see how other people write, to see what genres are popular now, after all, is it an online novel, or is it inevitable that there are some "routines" and "clichés".

2. Regarding the genre of the next novel, it has not yet been decided, maybe it will move to the mainstream of the city, maybe it will continue to write fantasy (although there are many fantasy gods, the water is very deep), maybe I will try other genres, martial arts and other genres, but I still want to write a story and person that can move me, if I can't even move myself, I'm afraid I don't have the interest to write at all.

3. I will carefully prepare an outline and refine the outline as much as possible, which is also something I didn't pay attention to before, and then I will try to communicate with the editor to see if my story and outline are feasible, but I don't know if I'm such a street writer, whether the editor is too lazy to take care of it, hehe.

4. I hope to find a balance between the "routines" of online novels and my persistence, to be honest, I am disgusted by some of the "routines" of online articles now, but after all, it is the era of fast food in online articles, if there are no highlights at the beginning, and it can't catch the reader's eyeballs, I'm afraid few people are willing to read it, even editors are no exception, let alone sign a contract.

5. I'll try to update, but I'm not a full-time writer after all, I still have my own studies and family, so I can only write as much as I can, hehe, this is also the least favorite of editors and readers, without the amount of updates, editors won't recommend it, and there will be fewer readers, it's a vicious circle.

Okay, that's it, it's time for me to be quiet, plan for the next book, and we'll see you in the next story!