The first volume has been written. As a creator, I need to summarize the gains and losses. A single chapter is also a way to report to the readers.
The first thing I want to say is [what story this book tells].
To put it simply, there are only four words at the core: The strong are reborn.
It is not the rebirth of a strong man, but the rebirth of a group of strong men. From this perspective, this book is actually a story of "reunion".
A reincarnated protagonist has traveled through thousands of years in a long timeline, and suddenly looks up. His former enemies and friends return. What kind of story will happen between them? This is what I wanted to write when I started the book.
The four words "stars return to their positions" refer to the return of stars and people. The "stars" here borrow the symbolic meaning of the phrase "the year when human stars shine".
The protagonist carved many wooden sculptures and hung them on the peach tree, which is also a metaphor.
Even the title of the previous chapter echoes the title of the first chapter of the book.
It can be understood as a manifestation of the literary youth syndrome of me, a writer who writes novice and cool articles.
Including the memories of the protagonist written earlier are all to shape the supporting characters, because they will appear later.
From this perspective, it seems that the whole book really begins with the second volume.
In fact, when I was designing the outline, I also thought about whether to write about the stars returning to their positions at the beginning, but I always felt it was weird, neither fairy tale nor fantasy, so I finally chose the most traditional route.
That is the current version.
My idea is simple:
Academy flow + competition flow... Although this mode is old, the structure is classic and stable. At least it will not be messy. It just so happens that I have written competitions in my last book of Xianxia. With experience, I can also use this to combine the major players in the world. The forces are all pulled together to complete a rough outline of the worldview.
But when I actually write it, that’s not the case.
The plot of the first volume is indeed not messy and very solid, but this choice brings a lot of problems.
Let’s pick a few main reviews:
1. Loss of novelty.
First of all, in the early stage, because it follows the academic route, in order to attract readers, some very old-fashioned writing methods are adopted, such as the protagonist being underestimated, proving himself, and experiencing in the genius class, and even being laughed at by the minor supporting characters...answering exam questions, etc.
It itself lacks freshness, but at the time I judged that this problem was not big. Although it was old, it was effective. In fact, it was not bad. Although I had no passion when I wrote it, the data seemed to be okay.
Secondly, the repetition of plot patterns leads to a loss of freshness.
This is mainly reflected in the three martial arts performances and the entire Divine Capital Awards period. The previous plots also have similar problems.
To elaborate, one is that the supporting characters underestimate the protagonist. After the protagonist shows his strength, the attitudes of the supporting characters change.
The other is when the enemy forces arrive and everyone is worried. The protagonist takes action to deal with it and the attitudes of the supporting characters change.
This technique is used too often.
Especially in the later stages, when the number of supporting characters increases, there will be long paragraphs describing the reactions of the supporting characters, which seems very watery.
I was aware of this problem at the time, but it was hard to get rid of it, so I decided not to write or write less. I was worried that the climax effect would be weakened, so I wrote more. Not to mention annoying readers, I felt like vomiting when I wrote it.
In fact, the method itself is correct. The problem is that the frequency is too high.
I tried to change, but the plot framework of the Shendu Daeshan was already fixed. It required repeated martial arts performances to bring the supporting actors into the stage. It needed to go through arena after arena to show the inherited characteristics and fighting methods of each force.
As for the writing method of this type of plot, if you want it to look good, this method may be the most suitable.
It can be seen that locking the plot frame prematurely will lead to problems being discovered later, and there is no way to correct them, so we can only bite the bullet and write it down.
Furthermore, the map and characters have lost their freshness.
Because the first volume is written around the "Grand Prize in the City of Gods", most of the plot revolves around the five major sects and their respective representatives.
It's both monotonous and ungrounded.
There was no problem at first, but as I went on, I became more and more tired of writing, and even became bored with some fixed scenes and characters.
I want the protagonist not to sit in the courtyard all the time, but to move around and actively develop new maps and characters, but that would deviate from the framework of the Grand Prize and not fit the character.
It wasn't until the two chapters about Xiang's brother and sister, Tsing Yi's patrol, and Tingxue's landlord that I finally broke free and gained a short-term sense of freshness. Frankly speaking, I was very happy to write those two chapters because I finally didn't have to repeat the previous ones. scenes and characters.
After entering the Tao realm, there were new scenes, new characters (Sanniang, Jiang Jiang, Pei Qian), etc., my desire to create increased significantly. In the last few chapters, I wrote about the stars returning to their places, and the overall feeling of self It all feels good.
2. The point of view deviates.
If the loss of freshness is mainly the pain of my writing, then the deviation of the point of view is the bigger problem.
Reader, what do you want to read when you read this crappy book of mine?
My understanding is:
I want to see Ji Ping'an lose his vest in front of acquaintances, I want to see him use the backhand from his previous life to solve problems, I want to see him reveal the secrets of some supporting characters face to face, I want to see the fate of the little people changed because of the protagonist, I want to see the truth about the mystery of the starry sky, and even I also want to see the supporting characters read the story of the protagonist's past, social death and execution... Now, there is another one, and I want to see the protagonist and the girls reunite.
At the beginning of this book, I did pretty well, but starting from the "special training class" experience, I went a little off.
Because I have begun to write the plot of the Daeshang, whether it is preparing for the Daeshan in the beginning or officially starting later, although the excitement is very dense, but...
This may not be what readers want to see.
Although I gave various reasons for the protagonist to take action somewhat rigidly, what everyone wants to see is not to see how the protagonist, as a genius, steals the show...
In other words, everyone didn’t really want to see him participate in the Grand Prize. After I realized this, I wanted to change it, but the problem was still the same. The framework was fixed. There was no way I wouldn’t write about the Grand Prize. That would be even more nonsense.
When I asked for leave the day before, I said I was thinking about creative issues, mainly because of this.
So, starting from "Tao Realm", I tried to go back and wrote Pei Sanniang, Jiang Jiang... and the end of the previous chapter, I wrote a small note to Xu Xiurong.
They are all adjustments to creative ideas.
3. The writing is too stiff and not soft enough.
Because I faced the pressure of new book promotion in the early stage, and the new book issue was not easy to update, I was very nervous when writing the plot. The writing and rhythm were all very tight. Looking at it as a whole, it seems a bit stiff, and some chapters are even abnormal to the point of formatting...
After realizing this, the words and sentences in recent chapters have become more casual, and the "design sense" of the plot may have weakened a bit.
Although I’m not sure whether this is good or bad... I feel that the best way is to still design carefully in the outline stage, but be more casual when writing.
4. There are too many important people on the stage, and it is mixed but not refined.
In order to use the grand prize to outline the world view, a bunch of characters were brought in. But a large number of characters can be brought into the scene in a short period of time, and the result is that each character lacks room for shaping and will become stereotyped.
For example, Gao Mingjing, who was originally a good character, became less and less distinctive as he was written later.
Zhang Fuzi and Chen Daoling were not even formed.
Luan Yu only remembers having big breasts...
The characters of Qu Chuchen and Zhong Tongjun are vague...
After realizing this, I discarded some characters and only caught a few.
In "Tao Realm", a long chapter is devoted to the interaction between a group of characters in Yunqi Town. The plot seems a bit routine and lacks conflict, but it is very meaningful. The purpose is to strengthen the few characters. .
5…
Forget it, there will never be enough problems to find, the main ones are the previous points.
…
After talking about a lot of problems, it seems that the writing is very poor. In fact, I think it is okay. Although the results are not good, I wrote every plot carefully.
Even if it is an old-fashioned plot, try to write it with tension, or try some new tricks.
Even if you make some mistakes and step into some pitfalls, isn't that what writing a book is like? No matter good or bad, you will gain something.
Therefore, I will not set the framework in advance for the plot of the second volume.
It will focus on "investigating the secrets of the starry sky and solving puzzles", "reuniting with the heroines and losing their vests", "possible Shura field arrival", "meeting past enemies and old friends", "repaying favors", "upgrading", etc. These are the points to conceive of the plot.
Of course, there are also great difficulties.
The primary problem is the sense of fragmentation caused by changing maps.
Even if you are a platinum master, you will lose a large number of readers when you change the map. I am trembling. I don’t know how many readers can follow the new map.
Although I have raised my expectations, so many characters will arrive in Yuhang with the protagonist one after another. There are also characters such as the Pei family, Darknet, Tingxue Tower, former disciples, etc. waiting there. Many former enemies and Friends will also gather there.
But still no bottom.
But no matter how unsure I am, I still have to try to write. I hope the second volume will be good.
In fact, there are several scenes in this book that I particularly want to write about. There is one star alignment in these two days, and there will be several more later, including the moment when the protagonist completely unveils his waistcoat, and the whole world spins for the protagonist... thinking about it makes me excited.
Okay, I have written a summary of almost 3,000 words, and I have already made up one chapter. I still need to sort out the details of the next plot.
It will definitely be difficult to write in the early stages of opening a new map, and it will be a challenge.
Finally, I would like to thank readers for their votes. Originally, I thought I would not be able to collect a thousand votes this month, because there were only more than 500 votes in the past 20 years or so... I was so scared.
As a result, it started double at the end of the month. Yesterday I did 300 pieces in one day, and today I did another 200 pieces... It will be great to be able to draw again next month.
I wish everyone a happy May Day.
(End of chapter)
