Today is the first day of rest.
I went to have my teeth cleaned, and like everyone who goes to have their teeth cleaned, I also had three teeth filled.
I was reading book reviews yesterday, and Zhang said that the number exceeded 1,000 within half an hour, and now it is 3,800+.
rave reviews.
Hahaha.
I feel relaxed.
Before opening this volume, I said that I hope everyone will like the story in this volume. Of course, this is my highest expectation and the direction of my greatest efforts.
But I also said that I can write about Buddhism and health care——
What I originally expected was to update 4,000 times a day, stop updating at random, and be a happy waste, a heartless handsome guy, not a fat man with edema and a depressed otaku.
So I tell everyone again and again, support books, support books.
But I didn’t expect that I couldn’t be persuaded. The number of follow-up orders has been hovering between 18,000 and 20,000, and when the paper was closed, the highest reached 24,000.
Every day when I open my eyes, there are 20,000 genuine readers waiting for updates.
It seemed like there were 20,000 pairs of eyes looking at me in the void, telling me, Ah Shi, you have to hold on.
I can almost feel Wang Changji's feeling... "From that time on, he has been watching the gods."
Every time I want to indulge, I always feel ashamed to turn on the computer.
I failed to make this volume a waste.
But overall...about happy.
I was very nervous writing this volume, because the fatigue from the previous volume had not been eliminated, and my mood was still at its lowest point, and writing this volume was very, very difficult.
This is a volume that is constantly filling in holes, basically from the beginning to the end. Compared to the Fuyao roll, this one was even more frenzied. It pulled out many hidden threads, lit them together, and set off fireworks for everyone to see.
Bone God...
Zhang Linchuan...
Completed the details of the Battle of Qi and Xia, further supplemented the world view and enriched the history...
Such as the Battle of Jingmu and the War of Jing Kingdom's Westward Expansion, which could only be skipped in the previous volume, this volume also needs to explain key details, so that the high emotions of the previous volume will not be just a castle in the air.
If the difficulty of digging a hole is ten, the difficulty of filling it is one hundred.
It is easy to write an eye-catching picture, but it is very difficult to complete the details of the picture and how to fill in its causes and consequences without damaging its style.
For example, you can describe a wise man and say that this person is extremely resourceful and can plan the world, and how awesome he is. With a few very stylish scenes, the image can be established.
But when you want to fill this hole. You would have to kill a lot of brain cells and use your brain, which is definitely not up to the standard of a wise man, to painstakingly simulate that world, and use the conditions in that world to deduce things that are simply impossible for you in a higher dimension. Any way you can think of. Of course, some writing skills are needed to overcome intellectual barriers. But it cannot be done simply.
Just imagine, when readers are looking forward to a business giant and how he will maneuver in the business competition, it is finally revealed that his method is to steal the official seal...
Another example is the sentence at the end: "The crying baby on the little bed, a pair of dark eyes, suddenly turned pale!"
When shown alone, it is an eye-catching picture.
But how long did I write to let readers know who this baby was, "terrified by knowledge"?
For another example, in the Battle of Qi and Xia in Shenlin Scroll, I clearly wrote that there was a traitor in the top brass of the Xia State, which resulted in the defense system of Jianfeng Mountain being clearly visible to the people of the Qi State.
How to fill this hole?
It was given in advance that there was Jixia Academy in Qi State and Erdemi in Mu State. It was emphasized many times that there was Hutai in Xia State, and two marquises of Xia State were fighting over it.
Such a smart reader can easily infer that Xia Guohu Terrace is also an existence equivalent to Jixia Academy. The person in charge of Hutai who has never shown up is undoubtedly a senior member of the Xia Kingdom.
In this way, the choice of the traitor can be accepted by readers.
In addition, since Hutai was outside Guiyi City and the Qi army was approaching the city, Jiang Shu indeed had the possibility of conquering the Si Xuan Underground Palace. It makes sense logically and fits Jiang Shu's style very well.
In fact, there is no need to fill this hole at all, because most readers have forgotten...
But this is called the writer’s character.
There are holes that must be filled.
If you don’t fill it, don’t dig it.
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It's probably because of the difficulty of writing, or maybe it's because I'm in a bad mood and mentally weak.
I have continued the fatigue from writing the previous volume.
Since the first chapter, I have not saved any manuscripts, and I have been in a state of not saving any manuscripts for a long time.
This makes me feel hugely insecure.
It's like walking on the edge of a cliff, with the danger of missing a step at any time.
Thousands of threads of plot have been woven up to this point... This book is too difficult to continue writing.
I find it very incredible that I still get up at 8:30 every day, write and think about it, and write until 10 p.m. There are still only 4,000 words, and the manuscript can’t be saved?
I have tried many ways to regulate myself, but all failed without exception.
The first step to happiness is that you can quickly write four thousand words and then go out to play.
But I can't do it...
I'm very good at comforting myself.
For example, when I go to bed at night, I make up my mind to write 8,000 words the next day, send out 4,000, and save 4,000. I go back and forth, and I take one day off and one day off on average. What a great job.
After finishing the revision and updating the next morning, I felt... Actually, 6,000 words is quite good. It takes two days to write and one day to save!
When I’m writing at night… four thousand words will be great, and if you keep updating, you’ll be great! Go to sleep first, and get up again tomorrow!
This goes on and on, salted fish over salted fish.
Another example is when Boss Qiqi got her first silver.
I said it wasn't a big problem, it was just that I owed something more. If I was in good condition one day, I could easily check it off.
When Mr. Qiqi left a message aggrievedly to urge the update, I quickly explained to him in the book review area that because the author was too slow and had a lot of debt, this debt repayment would have to be queued... It was already scheduled!
Who would have thought that Qiqi didn't read the message, and the next day she received another silver, leaving another message asking why there was no update.
I'm anxious, listen to my explanation, watch my explanation, why do you go to silver even if you don't agree with me?
I quickly explained to Qiqi in the comment area and asked the operation to help explain.
Boss Qiqi still didn't see it, and then there was another silver!
Everyone in the alliance is condemning me, asking why I am so arrogant and so indifferent to the boss.
I was really embarrassed, my head was hanging, my butt was stabbed, and I quickly drove the boss out. Afraid of being slowed down, Boss Qiqi came with some more silver.
I just breathed a sigh of relief after returning the extra update from Mr. Qiqi.
Our Golden Alliance jumped out and asked me loudly, why did Qiqi jump in line? ! And he, Qin, joined the Silver League last year and has not returned it yet...
So is this what it feels like to have a harem on fire?
I explained to him that Mr. Qiqi doesn’t read messages and doesn’t join groups. I can’t explain it. I can only reply with an update to avoid hurting the boss.
Mr. Qin just--I won't listen, I won't listen, I won't listen.
Oh my god, who can tell me, I obviously work hard every day and feel like I am paying off my debts every day, why haven’t I paid off my debts yet? !
I have no choice but to work hard to repay President Qin and the Silver Committee...
I obviously decided to lie down, but in the end I started doing sit-ups...
To be honest, the support given by readers to this book cannot be overstated no matter how hard the author works.
A book with 4,000 words written every day has been in the top ten of the overall list twice during the serialization of this volume. They can't even get a monthly ticket to read Chi Xin, and they have to read other books to support Chi Xin. What kind of spirit is this!
Your love is so intuitively reflected here, and my intentions are also reflected in the words of this book.
I have always been shy about talking about writing skills, for fear of misleading others. But I want to talk to you today.
Let’s talk about what I did to make everyone believe in this world and to make it “realistic”.
The first is the sense of existence and weight of history, and the second is the sense of flow and development of the world.
One is forward. One is backward.
History is everywhere. It is what happened in this world in the past, and to a large extent, it must also affect the present. It can't be just a background board, just a thin piece of paper. It should be more three-dimensional than anything, more real than anything.
To this end, I filled in a lot of details in every corner of the story.
For example, Qiao Yanjun is synonymous with rich women in Qi State, such as the various delicacies in the world of Chixin, and when Er Fengming scolded Jiang Wang, he was scolding Marquis Lingyang during the reign of Emperor Wu of Qi.
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Not to mention kings with a strong sense of presence like Emperor Wu of Qi, there are also monarchs like Emperor Xia Xiang whose great achievements have come to nothing. Readers can also see his influence from many details of the Xia Kingdom.
And there was Emperor Liang Min who only existed in history books, an incompetent king, the last emperor, when his sword "Red Talisman" appeared in the hands of the disciples of Jiange. Do you think... was there really such a person in history?
This is the ubiquity of history and the weight of history.
The reality of the world lies in [flow], which is a sense of development and participation.
For example, after I wrote The Gift of the Master, Chong Xuanzun chatted with his father.
Just to portray two characters and describe the father-son relationship between Uncle Mingguang and Brother Zun, my writing requirements for this dialogue were "interesting dialogue" and "distinct personality".
But in addition to meeting the writing requirements of story frame and characterization, I have other considerations about it.
During the conversation, Uncle Mingguang shamelessly asked his son to do things for him, buy the house that his neighbor refused to sell, and let him get through it so that he could enjoy life.
As a portrayal of the father-son relationship, this dialogue is appropriate.
But not long after, the yard was actually purchased and opened up. In writing, it's just a passing stroke, less than ten words. Ninety-nine percent of readers will not pay attention to such details. Even now I can't remember exactly where I made this mark.
But as long as a reader notices these words, the reality of the world emerges.
Because you will find that the world is really moving. People in this world are really living their own lives and telling their own stories.
The same goes for this.
When Jiang Wang was desperate in the lost world.
Yin Guan is also fighting desperately for the inheritance of Immortal Palace.
Uriel is also carrying old cases and walking on the edge of life and death.
Our perspective is on Jiang Wang. But the latter two stories are also happening. But they can only be proven in fragments long after the event is over.
The world is fluid.
There are many stories happening in this world that the author has not written and readers have not seen. We can imagine as much as we want.
It is not enough for a vast fairy world to be fluid, developing, and have a history and a future. It also needs to have texture.
And where is the texture reflected? What should be the truest truth in a world?
I think it's originality.
It can be as small as poems, lyrics and songs, as well as the Shu Guoshu, as large as a unique system of practice, endless paths of practice, people who continue to push the world, and a history of sufficient thickness.
I am shallow and I am arrogant. You have to write and create everything yourself.
In order not to let my shallowness affect the world, the original classics in my heart usually only show half-finished sentences. But just such a small sentence, I have to think about it for a long time.
I can't tell you it's a classic, but the excerpt is "Look at this bowl, it's big and round."
I can only rack my brains, ponder over and over again, dazed for a while, waiting for the gift of inspiration.
What about "Daxia Fangzhi", "General Theory of Five Punishments", "Shimen Military Strategy", "Stories of Strange Beasts", and "Xianfang Jing".
What about "Chaocangwu" and "You Sheng's Bi Tan".
What about "Jingxu Xiang'er Collection" and "Mingshan Nine Trigrams".
What about "The Bodhisattva Sutra" and "The Bodhisattva Annotation".
Even the "Sutra of No Life", "Three Listens to the Three Buddhas", and even a beast-faced play on the grassland...
Even "The Sword of History Cuts the Sea"!
Friends, can you feel the huge amount of work involved?
In the vast world, there are countries all over the world. Each country has a different environment, different political ecology, different history and characters, as well as the "crystallization of wisdom" of sages and many classic works scattered in this world.
This is simply not what a writer should do.
And I want to fill in these things in addition to the excitement of the story and the characterization of the characters.
If you see this seriously.
You will find out.
Qing He Yi Shi is also a very good author, but his volume is not about the number of words.
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I always feel that my creative life will not be very long.
Because it consumes too much myself.
If someone were to observe my writing state, they would probably think that I am a psychopath.
Because I often talk to myself, I often imitate the characters’ speech and imitate their actions. When I was writing and the plot was exciting, the keyboard made a crackling sound when I typed it, as if by smashing the keyboard, the characters in the book could also smash their opponents.
I respect every character in the story and never hesitate to show the charm of anyone.
I respect their paths, be honest about their choices, and let them collide freely.
The main thread of "The Heart of the Sky" is by no means Jiang Wang's personal revenge, or in other words, it is just one of the bright threads. From beginning to end, what I want to explain is this complete world of Xianxia. Therefore, I put a lot of effort into getting each piece of the historical puzzle closer and each part of the world becoming clearer.
If I have to describe it, my writing is like "knitting a sweater". Many threads are entangled together, constantly entangled, each moving forward, and finally forming a complete picture.
For example, when Zuo Guangshu and Xiong Jingyu chatted in the garden of the Duke of Huai State, my writing requirement for that scene was to outline a beautiful family through the description of these two people, making their memories more profound and their emotions more intense. Strong. It is written about the mother and son, and it is also written about the Duke of Huai's family.
And one of them is about the golden feather impatiens flower. The conflict between the Bao brothers was mentioned in passing.
I had already thought about the endings of Bao Bozhao and Bao Zhongqing very early on, but it was only from that moment that I started sketching them out. In a completely unrelated plot.
Looking back at the entire Chixin Tiantian Survey, this is true in many places.
I try to juggle everything, wanting every word to have multiple meanings and bear multiple responsibilities.
Let the reader read back from this line to be complete, and read back from that line to be complete. Each line is very clear, and they are all intertwined. It is such a serious story.
But the problem caused by this is——
There are limits to an author's abilities.
It is impossible for the author to completely escape from "knowledge" and the author's cognition to fully understand the reader's perspective.
Although I finish writing each chapter, I have to read it carefully. But I often read places that I would stop to appreciate over and over again, and that I thought were exquisite, but in fact I was not able to give readers immediate feedback at the time. Its brilliance lies long later, in the author's own mind.
Just like the pot of golden feather impatiens.
The pot withered in three days.
Its true beauty can only bloom in front of you after "Crane Soars to the Sky" is finished.
It is impossible for an author to take care of everything and do everything to the best of his ability.
I have always been annoyed that when I was writing about Zhengsheng Palace, when I was writing about the relationship between Yue Leng, Li Youyun and Jiang Wang, I wanted to take into account too many details, but due to my poor mental state, I wrote a section that was vague and boring and could not withstand viewing.
I will also never forget some of the plots that I had to cut out at the end of the God's Arrival volume because I was in a bad mood and lacked energy. Among them is the line between Chen Zeqing and Wang Yiwu. It was originally intended to bring Wang Yiwu back from his gradually marginalized situation, and also to flesh out the character of Chen Zeqing. I thought they could have a role in the future, so I made a choice and gave the Xia people my little energy...
There are so many great characters in it.
The author is indeed a weak mortal.
But I still have to take care of both, and I still have to try my best to maintain emotional stability, ensure a good body and a good spirit, and push everything in this world forward.
Because any piece is missing, it is not the one I wrote in the introduction, "The World of Xian Xia Where Love Is Extreme".
Welcome.
I'm not sorry you left either.
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By the way, I forgot to report it to everyone. The current average price of Chixin Tianxian is 19,500. I have a bold idea - I wonder if I can get it to 20,000 when I collect the leave?
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Thanks to all the readers who support me and give me strength.
Thank you to all readers who have accompanied Jiang Wang to explore this world of fairy tales.
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The name of the next volume is for——
"Through the Looking Glass".
I also hope it can be liked by everyone.
