Finally finished the book, although it is only 2.2 million words, but for a slow hand like me with an average speed of only three or four thousand words a day, it is already a long march.

I can't remember exactly what year I started writing this book, maybe around 2010, I could only write a few hundred words a day, and after a few days, I would stagnate, and then I would continue to revise it after a few weeks. I stopped writing like this, and by the time the first 100,000 words were finished, it had been about a year and a half.

The first 100,000 words for me is a hurdle. I vaguely remember that I was quite excited after writing 100,000 words, 100,000 words, and I felt that I was amazing, a person who had never had any writing experience actually completed a chapter of 100,000 words, and I felt quite relieved to see for myself that it was not bad.

When it was three or four hundred thousand words, I had the idea of submitting a manuscript, and the writing speed at that time gradually accelerated, and I could write about two or three thousand words a day, plus my financial difficulties, I was anxious to make some money at that time, so I hurriedly submitted. At that time, the title of the book was hastily chosen, but it is the most appropriate one I think so far, it is called "Immortal Five".

At that time, I didn't know anything about the rules of submission, I thought that after uploading, I would get money when I reached a certain number of words, at least there were hundreds of dollars of full attendance every month, and for me, who had no income at the time, a few hundred yuan was very small but it was better than nothing. I didn't expect that no one would pay attention to it after uploading, let alone sign up and put it on the shelves. It wasn't until much later that I learned that in order to get money, I first had to sign a contract with a website, and I didn't get money if I uploaded it regularly every day.

Alas, because I didn't know anything about the tricks of submission at that time (in fact, I don't understand it very well now), so although I invested a lot of websites, I ran into walls everywhere, but fortunately, the submission itself gave me the motivation to create, although my writing speed was not fast, but I still wrote seven or eight hundred thousand words one after another. It was at that stage that I finally realized that blind submission was useless and began to re-examine what had gone wrong with my work.

After some research, I found that one of the major characteristics of the so-called Internet is that the paragraphs are very small, almost one or two lines into a paragraph, and my manuscripts, like those traditions, are often six or seven lines or even a dozen lines into a paragraph, which makes the reading interface seem very bloated, no wonder those editors don't even bother to read it, let alone sign a contract with me.

You must know that I am a post-70s generation, although I liked to read very much in my early years, but I didn't know much, but I only read a limited number of books before deciding to write. It was precisely because of the mediocre impression I had on the Internet that I had the courage to write on my own. If the so-called Internet gods were as high as Jin Yong, I don't think I would dare to step into this industry at all.

Of course, there are many young readers who think that Jin Yong is nothing more than that, so I can't say this. Aesthetics are very subjective, and it is normal for each to have its own eyes and its own advantages. Fortunately, what I write is neither as orthodox as Master Jin (nor does he have that writing skills), nor is it too nasty, so it can be regarded as something in between.

As far as I am concerned, an older literary and artistic youth, my book should be quite mainstream in terms of subject matter and content, so in the end I continued to write it.

This is a few years to write, and 2 million words is only a year's work for those Kuaishou, but for me, a beginner, it means a hard marathon. There have been several interruptions, sometimes due to physical reasons, sometimes due to discouragement due to unsatisfactory submission, and the longest interruption was about three months, and the hardships are really indescribable.

But fortunately, I finally survived, and no matter how many interruptions I had, how many days I didn't start writing, I never wanted to give up. Really, after writing 100,000 words, I never had the idea of giving up, because I already knew that I had a talent for writing, and I knew how much effort I put into these 100,000 words.

You must know that the initial creation is accumulated with a few hundred words each time, I am a perfectionist, I never want to make up the number of words, if I can't pass my own level of words, I will resolutely delete and restart, so the first 100,000 words is really not easy.

As time went on, as the word count gradually accumulated, as I revised and sorted it out over and over again, mine finally took shape, from the initial lack of an outline to the final complete narration of the entire story, I finally did what I insisted on doing. I can say without shame: I succeeded!

Yes, no matter what the final result of the book will be, whether it will be a hit, whether it will be a big hit, I have already succeeded, because I persevered to the end. I insisted on telling a complete saga in my own words, and I did it, I persevered, so that I could tell everyone with a clear conscience that I succeeded, that I was a writer, that I wrote a great full-length work (and I firmly believe in it), that I succeeded!

What's going to happen next, will I move on to a second book? I don't know.

First of all, of course, take a good rest, writing is too hurtful. My eyesight has deteriorated dramatically, I often experience faint dizziness above my neck as if I don't know if it's cervical spondylosis, and my fitness has deteriorated. You know, I've always been a fitness enthusiast, and I've always been called a muscular guy by my former classmates and colleagues. Now that I've only written my first book and I've made my body like this, I'm honestly a little afraid to keep writing.

And although I have finished the last chapter, as a perfectionist, I will definitely revise the whole book from beginning to end in the next few months, and only when all the revisions are completed, this book will be considered truly finished.

At that point, I think I'll make a decision about whether or not to go ahead with a second book. Of course, it also depends on whether the first book sells well, so let's talk about it.

As the saying goes, I did my best, and I wrote this book with all my heart, no matter what the result is, I will not have any regrets in my heart. I even want to say that I finally wrote this book, and I finally have a little achievement in my life, although I can't say that I have no regrets in this life, but I finally have an explanation for myself.

Finally, I would like to thank my parents for their support, thank you to all the readers and friends who have supported this book, and thank you from the bottom of my heart!!