Looking Back and Looking Forward (Testimonials)
After sitting in front of the computer for two hours, I finally typed the first word of this testimonial. Just like in the previous book, I have a lot to say, but I don't know what to say.
Let's first explain the chapter on Han Yue in Volume 5...... Uh, I've been really scolded very badly during this time, I heard that there are still people who are posting mocking posts, and there are even people who come to the book review area to watch, and I am also sweating.
First of all, the abuse didn't affect my writing plan or state of mind. In the late stage of the fifth volume, the plot has been straightened out, and it is relatively easy to write, so, when the chapter about Han Yue is released, in fact, the whole book has been written, and the rest is just updated on time every day, and the end of the book after the fifth volume is written is also planned for a long time, it's not that my mentality collapsed so I finished the book in a hurry.
Regarding Han Yue's plot arrangement, in fact, the real situation is like this. It's not that I have a bad taste or some kind of bad habits, or Wen Qing's upper body has to arrange a few cruel plots, it's really that the previous plot and the later plot have been conceived in advance, such as Han Luochang's betrayal, etc., but in the process of writing, I found that the reasons for Han Luochang's betrayal that I conceived before were not sufficient, and the previous foreshadowing, about Mo Xiangsheng's madness, etc., is really difficult to solve. After thinking about it for a few days, he suddenly had a "flash of inspiration" and simply arranged for Han Yue to be ruined, so that the context and plot could be naturally connected. Because of the heavy task of writing, I was afraid of interrupting the update, so I really didn't think too much, and I didn't have time to think about it carefully, so I posted it like this. Although I had a hunch that this plot would inevitably be disliked, I really didn't expect such a strong response.
Well, it stands to reason that as an old author, this kind of low-level mistake should not be made, but how to say it, maybe it was because I used my brain too much at the time, and I was confused for a while, and it became like this.
Now that it's done, I'm not going to change it. Let him stay here as a wake-up call and a lesson to me. As for causing a bad reading experience for everyone, I sincerely apologize to everyone here, and I'm sorry, I won't make such a mistake in the future.
As for abusive posts in the book review area, I have deleted all those that involve personal attacks, and I will not delete those that do not involve personal attacks and simply criticize the content and plot. After all, we are not those ancient singers, and we can't even tolerate a little criticism.
Okay, that's all about Han Yue's plot here, let's talk about other things.
Everyone must be curious why I just disappeared for two years...... Khan, in fact, everyone knows it, such as being busy in reality, getting married, adding children, having a lot of things, or whatever, in fact, they are all excuses. In the past, when I was not married, there were all kinds of things, but don't you write them the same? This reason is not sufficient.
I myself have thought carefully about how I managed to do this amazing thing after two years of delay. But after thinking about it, I didn't find any important reason, in the final analysis, the reason is just two words, procrastination, if one word, that is laziness.
If I were to expand on the reason, it would be that it was too difficult to write about it. At the beginning, the newborn calf was not afraid of tigers, and as soon as his mind was hot, he decided to serialize this on the Internet, and sure enough, he wrote happily at first, but after the accumulation was consumed, it was difficult to write.
This is also the reason why this book has been interrupted many times in the past. Sometimes I really don't know how to write, I don't know what to write, I don't know how to develop the plot next, only stop for a while, rest for a few days, think about it for a few days, and with accumulation, I can start writing a little more. When the accumulation is exhausted, it will be interrupted again, and so on.
After the fourth volume was written, I did plan to take a break for a while, but even I didn't expect that this break would stop the car and it had been delayed for two years, Khan.
It's like there's something that's hard to do, but you have to do, and it's not too time-bound. So in the writing of the fifth volume, my mentality became, alas, I don't know what to write, let's talk about it the next day. The next day, I decided to think about it today and start writing tomorrow. It's tomorrow again, alas, I want to drink today, write tomorrow. Another day, I drank too much yesterday, and I am not in good spirits today, so I will definitely start writing tomorrow......
Here's why. If it weren't for the determination made some time ago, we must start writing and we can't delay any longer, I'm afraid that this fifth volume has not been finished until now.
I'll admit that I'm really not a qualified web writer. A truly qualified author is one who smokes two packs of cigarettes, drinks ten cans of Red Bull, and has twenty cups of coffee a day to finish the day's update, and I'm still far behind.
Of course, I did not do the right thing in this matter, made a big mistake, made everyone wait for so long, and once again solemnly apologize to everyone.
And a few more about the fifth volume itself.
I don't know if you have noticed that although they are five stories in the same book, they are in the same lineage from the timeline, but in fact, each of the five stories is different - not in terms of content, but in terms of genre - among them, although the first four volumes have differences, but the differences are small, and the fifth volume is very different from the first four volumes.
I'm always looking for something new and changing. I don't want to do something that repeats the core of a story a hundred times. This objectively makes it more difficult to write, but I think it's the best way to do it.
In the fifth volume, I tried to downplay the suspense factor as much as possible, and shifted the reader's interest from the search for the mystery to the development of the story itself. I began to try to create more characters, create more character conflicts, make each character have a different personality and fate, and try to show some of the character's characteristics in the development of the story as much as possible. To put it more simply, I tried to rely on the story to create appeal in Volume 5, rather than relying on suspense to create appeal as I used to.
The fifth volume can be said to be the one in which I seek change. It's just that so far, this has not been too successful. People don't seem to like the fifth volume. But there will be changes in the end, and it is too boring to continue to repeat the previous story. In my future works, I will slowly reflect, improve, and strive to do better.
To be honest, I don't have a clue what kind of story to write in the next book, whether to adopt a volume-by-story structure, and what kind of adjustments to be made in terms of story genres. One thing is certain, though, that in the past two months, my accumulation has been hollowed out, and it may take some time before I can start writing new stories.
This time is not too short, and I plan to have at least 200,000 words of manuscript before starting to publish the book after I have completed the idea. I'm really afraid of the feeling that I have to force myself to write in order to keep up with my head empty, and I can't write a word after sitting in front of the computer for two or three hours. In order to avoid this, a certain amount of manuscript is required.
And the update of new books will not be fast. Today, I have deeply realized that my books are different from other people's books, and my strength lies not in the speed of updates, but in the thoroughness and excitement of the story, as well as the outstanding creativity. Competing with others for update speed is tantamount to attacking the enemy's strengths with one's own shortcomings. Therefore, I will completely abandon the idea of winning by the speed of update, and honestly update every day, and win by quality.
At the same time, I will resolutely overcome procrastination and laziness, adjust myself as quickly as possible, conceive as quickly as possible, and save manuscripts as quickly as possible. Of course, all of this is done on the premise of quality assurance. You can rest assured of this.
And, in the new work, I will try to get rid of some of my previous problems, for example, although I can't write cool texts, I can at least get rid of those unpleasant ones - such as the plot about Han Yue in Volume 5.
Please continue to believe that I have the ability and determination to continue to present wonderful stories for everyone. I'm convinced of that, and I'm confident that I can do it. If you can, please continue to support me.
Finally, it's New Year's Day soon, and I wish you all a happy new year, good health and happiness in the new year.