That's right, today's update was ruined again. I was planning to type normally, but something bothered me and I sat in front of the computer until around ten o'clock in the evening.
I could write a chapter even if I forced myself to code, but the plot would probably be a bit slow to advance, so I might as well take a day off and give myself a holiday during the Mid-Autumn Festival.
I will try my best to write a big chapter tomorrow to make up for the readers.
Now that a single chapter has been released, let’s just talk about the plot issues. Although there have been few updates in the past few months, the 4,000 words per day for these two consecutive days can be considered a record for the most updates during the serialization of this book.
This has both the impact of real life and the problem of the plot itself. Frankly speaking, although this plot of rescuing Chen Xuanwu is only a few chapters long, I was not satisfied with the writing.
The main problem is the lack of foreshadowing.
It's not that the plot itself lacks foreshadowing, but that the characters lack foreshadowing. Although "Chen Xuanwu" appeared a long time ago, there was always a lack of description. This character was not vivid enough, so everyone did not look forward to the reunion.
In fact, the feeling of writing this plot was similar to the previous one when the protagonist group went to "Yunlin Zen Temple" to investigate the case. The plot itself progressed normally, but it just felt like it was missing a little bit of feeling.
At first I thought, what is the "feeling" of missing something? Is the plot design not good enough? Still not cool enough? Or entering a new mini-map and lacking a sense of immersion?
Later I felt that there were all of them, but none of them were the key.
The key is that there is a missing scene that I am looking forward to and everyone is also looking forward to.
Looking back at the "Second Volume", which I have written for most of the time, I can see that some of the better plots are actually related to the reunion with important supporting characters.
I wrote about my reunion with Xiao Xu, the Pei family case, and the 10,000-word chapter that was blocked on May 20th.
It writes about the reunion with Huayang, the martial arts alliance, the journey of the two of them escaping back to Yuhang... and the second time they were banned.
Write about the reunion with Xue Ji, the bridal chamber and the two people's escape hand in hand...and being blocked for the third time.
Shuo and Liuli reunited, talked in history, and understood each other's inner demons... Oh, I've made progress! I didn’t go into the dark room this time because I didn’t write at all! Put your hands on your hips, what can you do to me?
Writing about the reunion with the God-Emperor... Well, this exposes the reader's inclination (x) to (p). There is obviously so much foreshadowing, but the response is not as good as the female character.
Well... although the writing of these plots is also very average, at least I have some expectations and satisfaction for the moment of reunion.
I just re-examined this book. Regarding the first volume, I previously summarized the chapters and talked about the problems.
But until the second volume is written, there is no single chapter to say anything.
Now I can say a few words.
I remember when I started the second volume, I said that I had finally gotten to the point and wanted to tell a story about a reunion.
Since it is a reunion, that person is of course the most important. Several female characters have all laid the foundation for it through memories a long time ago.
The earlier the plot is laid, the more people are looking forward to the deeper roles, such as Huayang Heroine.
Xue Ji, who had very little foreshadowing in the early stage, I also added a lot of scenes in the Sanhuang County part...
But adding scenes is actually not easy, and it can easily appear boring and watery. In order to solve this problem, I tried to use a new way of foreshadowing the previous plot.
Refer to Yu Hakushu.
But even this kind of foreshadowing is actually not enough. After all, the supporting actor is naturally not that attractive.
This is also the reason why the writing of this plot was not smooth. Although Chen Xuanwu was temporarily added to the scene, it was not enough!
In addition, it is a new mini map and lacks substitution, so the sense of anticipation is not good.
Just like in the second volume, the plot where the protagonist recognizes several villains is actually not very well written because the villains lack foreshadowing.
Of course, this does not mean that there are no highlights in this plot. In fact, there are. For example, the chapter I originally planned to write today was something I was looking forward to before writing it.
But overall, the expectations are really not enough.
I thought about this issue seriously today. The main points to consider are:
There is a lot of preparation in the early stage, but there are not many characters who have not yet reunited. The only heavyweights left are: Jian Zheng and Xin Yaoguang.
At the next level, there are Qi Hongmian, the prison princes in Qintian Prison, Yu Yu and the geniuses from various major sects, these small fish, Pei Wuju Qinian, these characters with insufficient preparation, or the "painting sage" Zhang Seng Yao, "calligrapher" You Baishu and so on.
As well as the Four Holy Leaders and the organizers behind the human world who have not yet been described in detail, the Demon Dao Patriarch and Liyang’s senior brother Xingzhi Zhenren who only appear in the form of corpses.
If you want to make the book longer and increase the number of words, it can actually be endless. For example, introduce more new characters, and then the new characters will trigger events and the protagonist will participate... In this way, you can write many, many words. After all, the protagonist has a lot of room to upgrade.
But I was thinking today, if there is not enough foreshadowing, is there any point in writing the story of the reunion?
Instead of just writing a bunch of new characters like Wei Qingqing and Chen Xuanwu, maybe it is better to spend more time on the characters that have been introduced, describe their images more clearly, control the length, and not write too long.
When I thought about it, I suddenly became enlightened.
I think maybe I should change my thinking next and start pushing this book into the "ending" stage.
Revise the outline, recycle the clues that were thrown out before, and wrap them up little by little, instead of constantly letting go of the clues just to make the story longer and the world view bigger.
Of course, I say this, but a new character will still be introduced next. In fact, it is not a new character. It has been mentioned before.
She is a girl, and if nothing else, she should be the last important supporting actress to be introduced.
To be precise, the focus of this story of rescuing Chen Xuanwu is not Chen Xuanwu at all, but to attract this girl...
It is not written just to write about women. In fact, if you think back carefully, you will find that my book actually uses "old friends" to connect the major forces in Kyushu.
Every big force uses an "old friend" of Ji Ping'an to connect them together.
Xin Yaoguang and Wei Huayang represent the Taoist sect, Xu Yuanyun represents the Royal Beast Sect, Jianzheng represents the Qintianjian, Shenhuang represents the Great Zhou Dynasty, Liuli represents the Buddhist sect, Zhang Sengyao represents Molin, Xueji represents the Four Sacred Sects, Qinian represents the Southern Tang Jiange, Pei Wuju represents the Jiangnan gentry, Commoner Shenxiang represents Jianghu Qimen, and alliance leader Jiang Chunqiu represents martial arts... The academy originally had an old friend as the representative, but considering the problem of closing the line, it may be abbreviated.
So there is still one powerful demon clan left, who should be represented? (Coming soon)
There is another barbarian tribe that I only mentioned briefly but did not describe in detail. Who should I use to represent it? (This character has already appeared)
When all the forces in Kyushu are represented by people.
When the protagonist really reveals his identity to the whole world, and uses the three identities of Imperial Master, Li Yang, and Ji Ping'an to influence all the old friends above, and thus twist the entire Kyushu forces into one rope.
It is the moment when he declares war on fate and the end of this book.
That's the picture I'm looking forward to.
So, you see, although my book is a mess, the design and ideas behind it are actually quite good, and there is nothing messy about it.
Finally, I wish everyone a happy Mid-Autumn Festival!
(End of chapter)
