Gu Jianlin's story ends here, thank you for your hard work.
Fourteen months, close to 2.3 million words, with many gains and many regrets. There were brilliance of being in the top five in terms of votes in the first ten months of sales, and there were also troughs in the middle and later stages when it was struggling. But fortunately, this story is finally over. The process was bumpy, but at least it has a beginning and an end.
If I were to rate this book myself, I would only give it fifty points.
Due to lack of preparation in advance, physical problems occurred in the middle and late stages, so that the update became slow. Over the past year, there has been a thought that has been bothering me, that is, if I start from scratch, I will definitely be able to write a very exciting and very good story.
But the reality is there is no if.
It's like someone wasn't satisfied with the ending.
Although many people have told me that no matter how good your writing is, it is impossible to meet everyone's expectations. There will always be people who are not satisfied with the ending and think it is bad.
I think this sentence is right and wrong.
I really can't satisfy everyone, but I can keep working in this direction.
So get up from where you fell.
The postscript leaves a hint for the second part.
Although my next book will not continue this worldview, I will come back one day to make up for the unsatisfactory regrets of this book.
Of course this is a story for later.
The reason why I have this kind of confidence is that I became enlightened in the middle and later stages of this book, and I realized a lot of things like a sudden enlightenment. Taking the setting of this book as an example, if I was only at Level 4 when I started the book, then I feel that after writing more than one million words, I would already be a demigod.
Of course I can find the state, then quickly complete the previous plot, use a small space to lay the groundwork, and write the subsequent story more exciting. The price is that my follow-up subscriptions will be cut in half in a short period of time, and then return to the peak a month later.
But doing so seems... pointless.
Because I can clearly feel that what everyone wants to see more is actually me filling in the holes.
Instead of continuing to transfer and transfer money, it's just bad money.
So let’s get this book off the ground.
The average subscription is still at 22,000. This is my first complete original work. Compared with the summer vacation after graduating from junior high school in 2014, when I was still writing free fan fiction at the starting point, it has made great progress.
I was also able to find value other than money in the process of writing a book.
That's delivering belief.
At the end of writing this book, I found that what I really wanted to express were two words.
"reconciliation."
Make peace with the world and make peace with yourself.
The best time for this book is December.
I happened to be positive at that time, and then I also had emotional problems and became seriously depressed.
At that time, I didn't even read the comments very much. I felt that the whole world was full of malice and the Internet was full of negative energy. I just wanted to finish writing this story quickly, adjust my state, and start again.
It wasn't until I was nearing the end that I wrote a sentence.
"Man is the sum total of social relations."
This sentence comes from Marx. Of course, I have forgotten whether it is the wording.
And below this sentence, a big brother appeared and said: "What's wrong? You don't live anymore when everyone you know is dead? Isn't it just a matter of getting to know other people again? How hypocritical!"
I was greatly shocked and told him very sincerely that you did not understand the meaning of this sentence. I suggested that you read more books and improve your cultivation.
As a result, the eldest brother said: "If I were you, I wouldn't attack the readers."
To be honest, this is the most frustrating conversation I've ever had on the Internet.
As someone who relies on words for a living, I didn’t know how to reply to him.
That was the day I figured it out.
Just like what Lin Youjia once sang.
"Communication between people is sometimes useless."
It was then that I realized that the purpose of writing is to allow people with different values to find identity in stories and to eliminate conflicts and contradictions.
Although I have seen many people in the comments who did not even understand the plot of the story but continued reading with wrong reading comprehension, and I have also seen many people who complained all the way with wrong understanding, but there are also people who have been People who are prejudiced but find recognition in later plots.
I was very happy at that moment.
I feel that I have realized value in the creative process.
It allows people to see themselves in the joys and sorrows of the story.
It's like Gu Jianlin finally conquered Master Zhulong with his persistence and paranoia...
Great sense of accomplishment.
It's just that when I write the next book, I probably won't be so young and in high school. I'll probably use the newly acquired expressions and convey the new story in a relaxed style.
After all, this book has burned away all my literary youth and middle school soul, which is very tiring.
Well, the new book will be released to you probably in September or October.
The theme is still urban superpowers.
Well, as expected, I started to get anxious when I mentioned the new book.
I have to think about how to write the beautiful sister in the new book first.
Sometimes, separation is for a better reunion.
I wish you all good health and a happy life.
see you later.
