On January 19, 2022, a new Qidian writer named Yu Mu Shaosheng opened Qidian Writer Assistant and uploaded about 10,000 words of content.
As of January 19, 2023, it has been one year since the release of this book! ! ! !
On the occasion of the Spring Festival and the first anniversary of this book, you must be curious to know the details of the author's creation, so I will share with you the preparations I did before writing this book...
The answer is no preparation at all.
I also know that everyone must want to know how the idea of this book was constructed in the early stages of creation?
The answer is no idea at all.
I just want to try Qidian’s Writer Assistant to see if it works! ! ! !
Why have you already written nearly 4 million words? ! ! ! ! ! !
What am I doing now? ! ! ! ! ! ! !
I don’t know if you have heard of a famous theory called – “throw your hat over the wall first”.
That is to say, if you feel that you are not determined to do something, then throw your hat to the other side of the wall first. Then there will be sunk costs, and you will have to climb over the wall to pick up the hat.
The author threw his hat across the Himalayas.
When I started the book, I was full of ideas. I finished writing 10,000 words in three hours, and I was really happy. A year later, I was scratching my head and scratching my head in order to fill in the gaps. I couldn't finish 2,000 words in four hours, and I was really embarrassed.
Digging a hole is fun for a while, filling it for the crematorium! ! ! !
Every day at two o'clock in the middle of the night, when I wake up from my dreams at midnight, I have to ask myself, who gave me the courage to write a long novel instead of writing an outline? ? ! !
I think you may have never seen any starting point writer express regret in the anniversary summary of his first book.
Why did you add so many settings in the first place? ! ! ! ! why why why why why why? ! ! !
In order to provide a reasonable origin explanation for the setting that I randomly added in my head at that time, I have almost read through books on psychology and behavior, especially on behavioral motivation! ! ! !
Why should I write a system? ! ! !
Why do I need to add an umbrella setting? ! ! ! ! ! !
Why should I write about autism spectrum disorder? ! ! ! ! ! !
Why is it more difficult to write an American comic book fan than to write an essay? ! ! !
Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh! ! ! ! !
Okay, thank you for listening to my rant, let’s get down to business.
First of all, the author's own evaluation of this book is that overall it is okay, but there are also many dissatisfactions.
80% of these dissatisfaction points come from the fact that I didn't think about it at the time, so I uploaded the text without writing an outline.
So why didn’t I write an outline at that time? ! ! ! ! !
Due to the structure and setting problems in the early stage of the article, too much writing and ink was spent later to fill in the loopholes. This also made it impossible to realize the relatively sophisticated and fast-paced unit short drama that I originally envisioned.
If I want to write a unit short play, I need to strengthen the details, weaken the main line, and enhance the sense of immersion in each short story. However, because many of the previous settings were added casually when I was writing the text, I had to spend a lot of time. Time to explain what is going on.
When this part is reached, the author feels like he is in jail. On the one hand, he is anxious and anxious, and on the other hand, he is full of regret for his youth and frivolity.
Because the pressure to fill in the pits is really great, the author thinks too much when developing certain plots and cannot create freely.
And because the author's emotional stress will be reflected in the text, the content level of this part is not satisfactory, and these authors know it.
Many readers will find that their long suggestions have been deleted. Some of them may have been swallowed by Qidian, or they may have been deleted by assistants, but many of them were deleted by the author himself.
Or there are many reviews, but they are not negative reviews. They just state a fact, such as a certain part of the plot is written like shit.
When the author saw this review, he didn't feel angry, but just had a very ridiculous feeling, as if someone finally recognized the goods.
So why would I delete these reviews?
This returns to the first question, why should I open a book?
I just wanted to try to see if the Qidian Writer Assistant client is easy to use.
The answer is that it’s really not easy to use! ! ! !
When I reply to these comments in the backend of Writer Assistant, the person who replied to the comment cannot see the reply reminder, and the same goes for the likes I clicked.
Unless I open the reading client of Qidian, find your comment in the vast sea of articles, and then reply, you can see the reminder.
The problem is that some of the chapters where the comments appeared were from a long time ago. When I looked at the sentence you commented on, I didn’t know where it appeared.
However, you have worked so hard to write such a long article and your opinions are very pertinent. I don’t want to give you feedback because I always feel guilty.
So, my little brain had an idea. As long as I delete the comment, you can see the prompt that your comment has been deleted. This means that you will know that I have read your comment.
Am I a genius?
Well, actually, it’s because there were some big pitfalls before that made the author feel very desperate. In the middle of writing this book, the author’s anxiety disorder once reached the point where he needed medication.
During that period, my mental state was not very normal. When I saw any comments that were more than three lines long, I felt that they were scolding me, so I deleted them all. For a while, I even spammed all comments indiscriminately. Three hours of comments were mechanically deleted in the author's backend.
I think the probability of accidental positive reviews is about 50-50. If you find that your long review has been deleted, it may be the result of the author going crazy in the middle of the night without taking his medicine.
I was wrong. I will take good medicine in the future. I am very sorry to the readers whose comments were deleted or accidentally hurt. The author will try to reduce the number of times he goes crazy in the future.
Of course, some comments you write that are too long may be swallowed up by Qidian. That is beyond the author's control. If you really feel that your suggestions are very pertinent and useful to the author, you can join the group and then type Contact me via Xiaochuang.
On the Internet, reviews of this book are generally mixed.
But there is a very interesting phenomenon. Half of them said that I wrote like a piece of shit in the first 30 chapters, and the other half said that after 30 chapters, I wrote like a piece of shit.
This is not a simple product of network duality, but represents two groups of readers.
Although there is no outline in the first part, and the overall plot is relatively thin, following the route of a traditional linear web novel, there is not much room for writing, but the pace is fast and refreshing, making it more suitable for readers who are used to fast-paced reading.
In the second half, when the author begins to reorganize the plot and turns to unit drama writing, such readers may feel that the pace becomes sluggish and mixed with too many descriptions and lyrics that are meaningless to advance the plot.
Readers who like to read the second half may appreciate the author's pen power and writing style. At the same time, they are also more receptive to unit drama narratives, so they may feel that the protagonist in the previous part frequently switches worlds, making an emotionless plot advancement. The tool man is a bit thin.
To say which one the author prefers, each type actually has its own praise and criticism. If the whole book unfolds in this way for the first 30 chapters, the author will be very comfortable.
As a person who has been proficient in some cool articles websites, writing a single-line narrative, fast pace, and filled with a lot of cool articles is a no-brainer.
Those methods of building cool points seem to be engraved in my genes. I once held this knife and dominated some websites, breaking through the siege and achieving good results.
If you adopt the second method, the time and energy required are completely different. The author's outline and outline mostly contain the main plot and character settings.
All the call backs, ambushes, foreshadowings, the use of certain repeated sentences, the repeated reactions of certain characters, and progressive reactions that you see in the article are all recorded in the author's mind.
On the one hand, my brain has to bear the very trivial task of recording, and on the other hand, it has to bear a lot of emotional pressure to complete the plot. Although the author has not left home this year, it has been a life of ups and downs. Magnificent.
In some previous plots, the author said that he drank, but he really drank.
And the degree of drinking may be more serious than you think, especially when writing Gotham, in many cases it is the prelude to unconsciousness.
Many people may find Batman's transformation process in this book interesting, because it is actually the author's recovery process.
Most of the paranoia, stubbornness, and confusion in the first half were caused by the paralysis of alcohol, while most of the rationality, persistence, and sudden ideas in the later period were written under the influence of sufficient drugs.
For a long time, I didn't know what I was doing.
Some people may think that I am forced by life to make money, but this is not the case.
My family situation is not bad. I have no family pressure, no brothers and sisters, and no complicated interpersonal relationships. The money I earn from working and writing is enough for me to live very comfortably in a city with prices comparable to first-tier cities.
So, what am I doing? Why do I put myself in so much pain? Why choose the most thankless path between simplicity and difficulty?
I couldn't sleep in the middle of the night. When I got up and thought about it carefully, I realized that there were two words densely packed in the words - "love".
You may feel a little nauseous, but in fact, all long-form authors will not make enough money to buy medicine if they are not supported by love and creative passion when they create.
The premise is to create seriously, not to make shit like I used to do.
In fact, I have also carefully analyzed it. Most of the sources of my anxiety are that I know that this is a book that is destined to be imperfect. Just like Schiller, the protagonist of this book, was born with an almost incurable disease. mental illness.
However, a very important manifestation of anxiety disorder is the tendency of perfectionism, which is commonly known as obsessive-compulsive disorder.
For a while, I sat at the table and looked at the wine bottle on the table, as if there was another me sitting across from me.
That me is incomplete and cannot become perfect no matter what method I use. Like this book, it is also like the life experiences of many people.
She kept telling me that if you continue, you will only increase the suffering for everyone, just like those patients who were born with mental illness but came into this world.
Others were reluctant to let him die, but he couldn't live well either.
There will be a voice in your heart urging you to make a decision that should be extreme, but she tells you that it is a decisive and judgmental decision.
So why didn't I make this decision at that time?
Because I turned over and over again and thought about it, but I still felt reluctant to let it go.
Many people may know that my writing practice work on a certain website is no longer updated due to various reasons. When I made this decision, I felt a very strong sense of guilt, not for the readers, but for the characters in the book. .
I put a lot of effort into making them so vivid. Every action they take in the plot is done by them in my mind, not by me controlling them.
And once I decide not to write this book, it means that my children are dead and will never come back.
I don't want to experience this feeling again.
This is the most important reason why this book has been able to stumble to this day.
After all, it is difficult for you to make me think rationally about the benefits and losses when my mental state is not normal.
Only the more extreme emotions can move me, including my love for every character in the book.
In recent times, many people may not understand the portrayal of greed, but in fact it is a portrayal of the author's heart.
In order to continue to shape these superheroes I love and give everyone the best ending, I have to write even if I can’t continue, and even if I can’t continue, I still have to write. Even if my mental state declines uncontrollably, I still have to write.
And I want to ask, how did the author recover from this disease...
Do you think I would say it's because of you?
Okay, I know that by saying this, some people will definitely be deceived and moved. After all, the book review area of this book is always full of little fools who are deceived by the plot from time to time.
However, as a writer dedicated to popular science psychology and psychiatry, I must tell you that the main reason why my condition improved was adequate medication. There is no other answer.
I have also seen many comments in the comment area sharing their own inner trauma, or wanting to seek psychological counseling from the author.
But first of all, the author is not licensed, so it is impossible to give you any treatment advice, all I can do is tell you, don't be afraid to go see a doctor.
When some people hear that they take medicine because of mental illness, they think it is drug abuse, which is outrageous. But in fact, maybe what you think is only a mental and emotional problem has already affected the physiology, and it is just an excessively low mood. , making you ignore this point, and getting medical treatment and taking medicine as early as possible will open the door to a new world for you.
Of course, I have to admit that the development of psychology in China is still incomplete. The distinction between psychologists, psychological counselors, and psychiatrists is not clear enough, which has led to many people being deceived.
The author says again that most so-called psychological counselors do not have the right to prescribe. They are not doctors and cannot treat illnesses, but they can comfort you.
A psychiatrist has the power to prescribe and can also be responsible for comforting you.
Psychiatrists have the power to prescribe and may or may not be able to comfort you. Some doctors are only responsible for diagnosing mental illness and are not responsible for "talking" in the traditional sense.
Therefore, don’t expect a psychological counselor to prescribe medicine for you, and don’t go to a psychiatrist. Just grab a doctor and let him comfort you.
The correct procedure is to register with a regular hospital's psychiatric department and follow the procedures for examination and diagnosis.
If the doctor determines that you do not need medication, but you still feel uncomfortable, go to a professional psychological counselor and listen to his advice.
And if it is judged that you need to take medication, then you must follow the doctor's instructions instead of thinking that the disease will disappear naturally as long as you listen to a psychiatrist for a few words.
And, most of the reactions to mental illness I describe in the book come from what I have witnessed firsthand.
The purpose of writing these contents is to hope that everyone will not demonize mental illness. Like ordinary diseases, it has causes, symptoms, and pathology, and can be treated and cured.
At the same time, I also hope that everyone will have enough patience for patients with mental illness, especially those with long-term illness or congenital diseases. These people are really in pain.
The autism spectrum that Schiller, the protagonist of this book, suffers from is a very typical innate mental problem whose cause is not completely clear, and there is currently no very scientific and complete cure.
Of course, the fact that it cannot be completely cured does not mean that it cannot be cured in stages. If you start to conduct network-style screening among the people you know and the people you know, you will find that the number of children with the spectrum has There will be more to it than you think.
But they are just like ordinary people. Living in this society, just certain behaviors may cause some abnormalities.
If you notice some abnormalities in your life, or find reactions like some of the details described in this article, please don't make a fuss or be overly concerned. You are just an ordinary person.
Of course, in the end, I must thank the readers. Although medicine is the main reason for my recovery, the biggest difference between psychological and mental problems and other diseases is that they require a better recovery environment.
For a long time, the reason why I recovered quickly was because every time I opened the book review section, it was like entering a praise group. Many people came to praise me with a determination that made me feel confused. I.
It's a little bit hard for me to fix.
I don’t know why they are so determined, why they are able to discover so many shining points in works that are destined to be incomplete, and it is even worthy of them typing so many words to praise me.
This gave me a feeling of "is this a normal person?"
Patients with anxiety disorders feel like they are in a sea of nothingness all the time. On the one hand, they are swimming forward desperately, not wanting to drown, but on the other hand, they know that the ship will not come.
If the ocean that ordinary people with anxiety disorders live in is a sea of emptiness and confusion, then the author is lost in a sea of praise.
You may think so. The moment the comment was posted, my emotional value disappeared into the air after it was released, but it didn't.
I can understand the psychology of everyone posting through every sentence and text, and feel this emotion more deeply than you.
This ability has brought disaster to me. Even though I have not suffered any major blows and my family is happy, I have always been troubled by mental illness. It is precisely because of my excessive empathy.
And at this point, it became my boat.
If there really was a tower in my mind space, the drugs just glued it back together, but you, all the readers of this book, all your subscriptions, comments and likes, painted the surface to look like me. The perfect look that I've always wanted but couldn't get.
Although I know that nothing in this world is perfect, what people with anxiety disorders are looking for is illusion.
The reason why they cannot be cured is that in the cruel real society, most of the time, they cannot even get the illusion.
I am very lucky. All readers use their every action to weave a utopia.
As long as I click on Writer Assistant, I can put aside all my worries and see the many imperfect people in this world, and my heart will be shaken by every word of the imperfect works I created.
Therefore, on this first anniversary, I would like to solemnly thank all readers of this book, including readers who may not have the money to read the original version, or who have posted suggestions for this book on other social platforms.
Thank you for my good medicine.
In addition, I would like to express my special thanks to all the readers who have rated this book.
I really can't figure out what kind of mood you have. After spending money to subscribe to this book, you actually spend extra money to reward it? ! !
Your behavior shocks me much more than the money you reward me with.
certainly. There are also some people who really brought me a small financial shock, such as the 45 alliance leaders so far in this book.
Alliance leader! friends! 1,000 yuan for a leader! ! !
Whenever I think about this, I feel that my current living situation of having no worries about food and clothing may be just because I have not seen the world.
What makes me feel like I have never seen the world even more is that there is currently a Silver Alliance named Kratias and a Silver Alliance named Sain.
Why are there two Silver Alliances in this book? ! ! !
I didn’t even write an outline when I started the book! ! ! !
…Why don’t I write an outline when I start a book? !
In addition, when the first Silver Alliance boss Kratias appeared, I had just finished 20,000 a day. At that time, my mental state was relatively poor. I did not complete a single chapter or give special thanks. I am really sorry!
And that’s it! ! ! Mr. Chenyi is the eternal god! ! The first silver alliance! ! Site-wide banner! ! ! thank you very much! ! !
I said before that after the emergence of the Silver League, more updates will be made. However, after the full liberalization, the author has to commute three hours to work every day, and it is really impossible to finish writing.
Therefore, you guys can wait for me to be free and make additional updates, or you can directly comment and I will write whatever you want.
The number of words is uncertain and depends on the complexity of the plot. You can write CP, but there is basically no way to include marginal content because it will not be reviewed, and the same goes for certain sensitive topics.
Of course, since I am a die-hard fan, there may not be much room for appreciation of this kind of customized extra, but I will definitely write it carefully and I will definitely write an outline in advance.
…So why didn’t I write an outline in advance? ! ! ! !
Well, on the occasion of the first anniversary and the Chinese New Year, I would like to wish all readers and friends good luck in the Year of the Rabbit!
Happy New Year!
…Why don’t I write an outline in advance? ! ! ! !
