Sorry, I still feel in a bad state today. I have been sitting there for a long time and cannot write. I still have to take a leave. Please give me a little more time to think about the follow-up plot (because I changed the heroine on impulse, which caused me to I dug a big hole for myself. Since the beginning of the second volume, it has been very difficult to write, and I am seriously stuck.)
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By the way, a few digressions——
Today I was sitting in front of the computer and couldn't write anything, so I started to look through the chapters I had written before, looking for ideas and reflecting on the problems (starting from the second volume, the number of subscriptions dropped to one-third of the previous level, and even the recommendation on the APP homepage was could not be rescued).
I have to say that as a desperate author, I am still not confident enough when writing a book and I am easily influenced by the outside world.
I wrote a Western fantasy novel a long time ago. The protagonist's golden finger is the godhead of an evil god, but the protagonist does not know his identity as an evil god, so many interesting things happened between him and the followers of the evil god, and the opposing Church of Light.
Its earliest selling point may be more like a Dihua novel like "I'm Really Not a Lackey of the Evil God", which uses information gaps to create exciting points - some ordinary actions of the protagonist will have profound meanings in the eyes of believers. Believers Crazy thoughts.
Before it was put on the shelves, the performance of this book was unparalleled in the same period. The editors had a premonition that it would become popular, so they gave many recommendations along the way, and they continued until Sanjiang.
But then many people complained in the comments that the protagonist's IQ was so low that he didn't even know he was an evil god... balabala
So when I was about 200,000 words long, I impulsively made the protagonist inherit all the memories of the evil god, and then began to lead the believers to fight against the Church of Light.
Then the book turned into a battle between the Church of the Righteous God and the Church of the Evil God, and turned into a serious epic fantasy.
The most taboo thing about writing a book is obviously to change your style midway.
If a book is originally positioned as an epic fantasy, then that’s not a big problem. But if a light-hearted article suddenly turns serious, readers will definitely run away.
A few days later, the editor sent me a message telling me: What did you do? Chasing a steep decline in recent days? I originally had the opportunity to order a high-quality book for the first time, but why did you only order 600 or 700 first-order books?
Because I was a complete novice at the time and had no idea what the “selling point” was, nor did I know that my book became popular because of “Dihua”.
I looked confused and thought it was because I had taken a day off.
So I kept writing with my head down, and the more I wrote, the more it cracked.
Other people's subscriptions were getting higher and higher, but my subscriptions were getting lower and lower, from three digits to two digits. This also caused me to have serious emotional problems during that period, and I felt that my efforts were completely meaningless. .
Looking back now, I think the most painful thing about writing a book is actually not "I can't be popular", but "I could be popular"...
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This book suffers from the same problem.
But it's a little better than that Western fantasy book. The problem is not fundamental. It should be able to be saved if you work hard.
The earliest inspiration for the book "Immortality", which you may not expect, was found while watching "Tokyo Ghoul".
Ever since I started reading Western Fantasy, I have encountered many unsatisfactory things in my life. I have been feeling depressed (later found to be moderate depression) and I feel like I have lost interest in everything in the world.
During the epidemic, I stayed in my dormitory alone and watched anime.
At first, it was just to pass the time. No matter what the plot, there was no fluctuation in my heart.
When watching "Tokyo Ghoul", I also felt that some of its plots didn't make sense.
Until I saw the last episode of its first season.
The protagonist explodes in despair.
I was inexplicably gripped by that emotion.
There was a very strong impulse deep in my heart, and I wanted to reproduce this emotion in my own story.
So there was the prototype of the plot at the end of the first volume, when Gu Xu broke through in front of Kong Xuan Sanren.
Then using this plot as the starting point, I began to consult various materials to conceive the world view and power system of the book, and then spent several months writing an outline and character biographies.
It can be said that the emotional tone of this book is "looking for light in darkness" (it should be obvious to everyone in the first volume, especially the first hundred chapters, and even the name of the protagonist comes from this).
The original heroine of this book is a snow girl (who happens to be the protagonist of Ice and Fire).
In fact, a lot of foreshadowing has been laid since the first chapter.
The initial inspiration came from Feng Yue from "Desecration", Zhang Ya from "I Have an Adventure House", Lu Weirui from "The Poor Man", . from "Lelouch", and the kind of Ming Yi from "White Night Walk" Dark interdependence.
The feeling I longed to write about at the beginning was that of two lonely people finding each other in the dark, from temptation, to understanding, to mutual support.
But then because of impulse——
Well, I have to admit that I was also influenced by the comments at the time, which made me think that the character of Xiaohan might be well-shaped, so I changed the heroine to Shi Xiaohan.
Of course, there is essentially a problem with my plot setting, because Shi Xiaohan appeared earlier and it is easy to be preconceived (just like when I first watched "The Legend of the Destiny", I preferred Luoluo).
I originally thought that Xiu Xian's novel was mainly about plot, so changing the emotional line would not be a big problem.
But the butterfly effect happened, and the subsequent plot produced a series of chain reactions.
The plot of "Lu's Haunted Mansion" is the pinnacle of the book's reading data. There were many requests for more updates at the time, and it is also the most satisfying episode for me so far.
But after I came back from "Lu's Haunted Mansion", I impulsively wrote the chapter "She seems to like me", and then I started to get stuck.
There may be no problem with this plot in itself, and it even makes Shi Xiaohan's character richer than originally.
However, in this book, the emotional tone suddenly deviated from the original line, and the taste started to feel wrong.
Then the editor told me that the recent reading data has been a bit poor, and Sanjiang did not succeed in the competition, so I should prepare to save the manuscript and put it on the shelves.
After it was put on the shelf, I gradually felt that something was wrong with my writing state. It was no longer as passionate as it was at the beginning, but rather like dealing with work.
On the one hand, the mood becomes incoherent.
On the other hand, departing from the original outline meant that the following plot had to be conceived while writing - I had not resigned at the time, and was writing books part-time while working as a 996 programmer. In order to cope with daily updates, I had to write a lot of daily plots, such as The first meeting between Gu Xu and Shi Xiaohan's father Shi Lei was forced to write three chapters, and the daily interaction between the characters in "Shenji Camp" was written in another three chapters (well, mainly because I didn't know how to write the follow-up)...
The existence of these daily plots makes the book very emotionally fragmented in the latter part of the first volume.
The chapters "Calling Order" and "The War is About to Begin" appeared very abruptly, as if one moment they were in love, and the next moment they were going to save the world... I was also reading at a loss at that time.
In the original outline, Shi Xiaohan didn't have many roles. The later part of the first volume will be similar to "Lu's Haunted House" with a relatively tight-paced suspense reversal style. Under the guidance of Kongxuan Sanren, people thought that the Snow Girl was the culprit of creating Yin Qi. The culprits, including Gu Xu, also thought that Xue Nu had completely lost her humanity and were wary of her.
As the Exorcist Division marches toward Yishan, they will be blocked by the Snow Maiden's army of ice and snow creatures.
They thought the snow girl was hostile to them.
But in fact, Xue Nu just wanted to prevent them from entering Yishan - because the Kongxuan disciples were causing trouble inside, and they would definitely die if they entered.
Including the snow girl herself, she is also controlled by Kong Xuan Sanren. After all, she is the creation of Kong Xuan Sanren, so she can only use this method to keep everyone out.
And she is also secretly preparing to deal with Kongxuan Sanren.
But what I am writing now, the part about the snow girl riding an ice crane to save people, is far less smooth than the original outline.
The feeling I originally wanted was "Although I have become a ghost, my humanity will always exist", it was "I am controlled by the big boss, misunderstood by the whole world, I don't want to hurt others, I don't want to feel guilty", it was " Resistance in forbearance.” (I must admit that when I first conceived this plot, I thought of Snape from "Harry Potter", so I wanted to write a reversal of "from black to white")
Even "Snow Girl only captures guilty people" will not be revealed until the end of the volume, instead of being written outright while Gu Xu is on his way.
The snow girl's "wisdom eye" magical power was originally a hidden foreshadowing, but it was not brought up again until the end of the volume when everyone had almost forgotten about it.
But now the writing is very deliberate, written purely to create a character, and it is simply telling the readers that "Yuki-onna is a good person."
Very high-profile, even a bit destructive.
Shi Xiaohan would not appear next to the black altar originally.
Like Chen Jisheng, she will go to Yishui County to save people.
Chen Jisheng will die in this disaster.
His death will be the emotional impact of Gu Xu's breakthrough.
Shi Xiaohan inherited Chen Jisheng's "Worthy Sword" and found the words "A great chivalrous person serves the country and the people" written on the hilt. From then on, he truly understood the meaning of "female chivalry" and understood that "chivalry" is not just words. It is a simple slogan, but it is to protect the common people with practical actions and become a true "heroine of the times".
Shi Xiaohan’s self-proclaimed “heroine”, the “Jisheng” in Chen Jisheng’s name, the story of Zheng Yu, the former owner of the “Worthy Sword”...
There is also a conversation in Chapter 70——
Chen Jisheng said: "Although in the program of our exorcism department, saving people is the first priority - you must also remember that you must do your best when performing tasks. The most important thing is to save your own life."
Shi Xiaohan said: "But Mr. Chen, you have always said that Mr. Zheng is our role model, and we must learn from his spirit of putting ourselves first and others behind, and forgetting selfishness..."
Chen Jisheng said: "That's what I told outsiders."
These are all foreshadowing.
This dialogue will appear at the end of the volume when Chen Jisheng is about to die, and it will become——
Shi Xiaohan said: "But, Mr. Chen, you have said before that you must do your best when saving people. The most important thing is to save your own life."
Chen Jisheng said: "But in this world, there are always many fools like Mr. Zheng. Today I suddenly discovered that I am one of them."
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The method of breaking the situation in the original outline is also different from what it is now.
Gu Xu will meet the Snow Girl at the Black Altar.
Snow Girl was initially greedy for Gu Xu's soul.
But her humanity and the memory of "Lu's Haunted House" made her suppress her instinctive impulse.
She communicated with Gu Xu through "Jinghongbi" and began to cooperate.
Because the "Jinghong Brush" is a "famous weapon" left behind by a strong man in the Nine Realms, the spiritual communication between the two people through the "Jinghong Brush" will not be discovered by Kongxuan Sanren.
Gu Xu also learned some of the truth about the matter from her.
(But what I am writing now is that Kongxuan Sanren directly stuffed the memory into Gu Xu’s head and personally told Gu Xu all the plans... Do you think this has a sense of "villains die because they talk too much"? And this villain directly stuffs his social and death experiences into the protagonist’s mind...)
(Even if I use "Split Personality" as a patch, I am not very satisfied with this writing method. It still feels very awkward. Like 008 in "Lord of the Mystery", the processing is much smoother.)
Then, in order to deal with Kong Xuan Sanren, and out of inner guilt (after all, she still ate a lot of souls after becoming a ghost), Xue Nu burned herself to deal with Kong Xuan, which bought Gu Xu time.
But the snow girl did not die, but became the new weapon spirit of "Jinghong Pen".
(Before, Gu Xu was unable to awaken the weapon spirit for a long time, which was a foreshadowing. However, now that the plot has been changed, I don’t know how to write "the weapon spirit" anymore...)
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In fact, you should have seen that, taking the first volume as an example, in terms of emotional coherence, foreshadowing, layout, and echoes, the original outline is more complete and more refined than it is now (after all, it took a long time) time conceived).
But in order to give Shi Xiaohan a role as the heroine, and because she was cast as a single heroine at that time, it was naturally impossible to turn the snow girl into a weapon spirit, which would appear very ambiguous.
I forced the snow girl to rescue people, and then stuffed Shi Xiaohan into the black altar, and asked her to rush up and kill people, then faint (her character setting can only do this), which became the opportunity for the protagonist to break through the situation.
At that time, I was racking my brains to come up with a reason why "Kong Xuan Sanren didn't just kill her outright", so much so that even now I still feel that I seriously downgraded the villain. After all, Kong Xuan Sanren sacrificed 100,000 people. All without blinking an eye.
Chen Jisheng, the "Worthy Sword", "The Heroine of Time", "Item Spirit", "Wisdom Eyes" magical powers, and even Wang Yang's growth... all turned into useless foreshadowing because of one of my changes.
The second volume of Kavin is even more powerful.
In the capital plot of the original outline, Gu Xu is lonely. He is walking on thin ice in the vortex between various forces (the first volume laid a lot of groundwork, the prince and the aristocratic family want to recruit him), and he does not even fully trust the chief executive, but gradually With wisdom and means, he took root in the capital.
The snow maiden weapon spirit is his only companion.
There are several plots that I particularly want to write about (my personal habit of writing books is to first have a few scenes and fragments in my mind, and then connect them to form a story) -
When Gu Xu first arrived in the capital, he went to a street shop and packed a bowl of slurry noodles, saying, "These noodles are sour."
Lu Shiyao really wanted to try it.
When she was in Lu Mansion, she had always been curious about market snacks from all over the country.
But she discovered that she had lost her taste for human food.
All the delicacies in the world will never be experienced again.
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Then one Lantern Festival or Chinese Valentine's Day, Gu Xu went to see the lanterns and saw many young lovers holding hands and walking by the river.
In a deserted corner, Lu Shiyao suddenly appeared and asked what it would be like for two people to hold hands like they did.
(At this time, the relationship between the two has become somewhat familiar)
Gu Xu, a bachelor for two generations: "Maybe it will be warm?"
Lu Shiyao touched his hand very carefully and tried hard to pretend to be casual.
Gu Xu: "Your hands are a little cold."
Lu Shiyao: "I can't feel your temperature, but it should be warm."
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When they returned to Qingzhou Mansion again, the two came to the foot of Yishan Mountain. Lu Shiyao's body after jumping off the cliff was now only the skeleton.
Lu Shiyao stroked the skeleton and said, "I miss it so much."
Gu Xu was confused.
Lu Shiyao: "If it were still there, then I could still taste the sourness of the noodles, smell the aroma of the ink, touch the coldness of the snowflakes...and the warmth of your hands."
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Everyone may have realized that the previous "Zhao Ming Forbidden Technique" can be turned into "Ming Zhao Forbidden Technique", which is not an idle stroke.
It is the key to helping Lu Shiyao regain consciousness.
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But now that the heroine has changed, all these plots are naturally invalid.
Shi Xiaohan followed Gu Xu to the capital. Gu Xu's "Jinghong Pen" did not have the Snow Girl Weapon Spirit. The plot undoubtedly needed to be reimagined on a large scale.
Especially at the end of September, in order to compete for recommendation positions, I didn’t dare to take leave.
So I just thought about it while writing. I got stuck every day and was urged by the editor, "Why don't you get an update after it was recommended?" and "If you don't get an update, I won't recommend it to you."
Alas, actually if I could, I would like to update 10,000 words a day... After all, it's all about money and exposure (after all, during the period when it was released, Xianxia also broke into the top ten best-sellers).
When there was a lack of ideas at the time, the plan to deal with the daily update was: write about arena matches, write about Talisman Masters' competitions, write about daily life... In online articles, such plots have very mature routines, some are pretentious and some are refreshing, and there is almost no need for them. Spending too much time thinking in detail.
But the problem is also obvious.
The plot rhythm of the entire book is at a serious stagnation.
-Why does the protagonist compete in the ring competition?
-for money.
-What was gained?
-Money and fame (these are things the protagonist already has).
-Why does the protagonist go to Longmen Academy to participate in the Talisman Competition?
-For money and elixirs.
-What was gained?
-A position, money, resources, the appreciation of big people, the admiration of everyone, and a younger brother (except for the younger brother, everything else is also something that the protagonist originally has).
Neither the protagonist himself nor the surrounding environment, including the information learned, has undergone qualitative changes.
Looking back at the original plot of Lu's Haunted House, there was a lot of plot advancement - the protagonist obtained the Jinghong Pen, gained the friendship of the Snow Girl, discovered the secret of the emperor's existence, obtained the "Seven Styles of Burning Heaven", and relieved Chen Jisheng. The curse paved the way for the princes to seize the heir, leading to Chi Yangzi...
So the second volume received feedback that it was slow-paced and boring, and subscriptions dropped sharply.
The power of Longmen Academy did not exist in the original outline at first. You may also think that it appeared very suddenly and appeared without any preparation. It is also obviously not as rich in settings and suspense as the Four Gates, and seems a bit cliché and boring. Moreover, the Exorcism Department itself can cultivate talents, so there seems to be no need for this academy to exist.
To be honest, Longmen Academy was created by me in order to cope with the daily update, to create some obstacles for the protagonist, and to solve the problem of Shi Xiaohan being too weak.
At the same time, because Shi Xiaohan stayed with Gu Xu, I was unable to write the growth she should have, making this character become more facial-shaped again.
I have laid the groundwork for her growth in many places in the first volume.
But in the second volume, you may feel that after she has gone through a lot of things, such a big change happened in her hometown, and she also encountered a life and death crisis, she is still a love-minded idiot, and she has to rely on the protagonist to solve many things.
The words "I want to protect you" when the situation broke out and the emotional impact of getting through the "Naihe Bridge" were as if they had never happened at all.
In addition, she was originally set up as a female supporting character. In the outline stage, I only gave her a few labels: "foodie", "second grader", "reckless", and "rich", and did not set up suspense or derivative side plots for her.
The initial method of shaping her was the same as that of Chu Fengge and Shangguan Jin. It drew lessons from "Dafeng's Watcher" and repeatedly emphasized one or several characteristics of the supporting character in the plot, so that readers could have a distinct impression of the character. You can think of him when you think of a certain trait.
The portrayal of Lu Shiyao is more towards a "round character", and it is difficult to completely summarize her with one or two labels.
During the outline period, I wrote a biography of several thousand words for her.
Just like the description in "The Three-Body Problem"——
"Ten minutes of a literary character's behavior may be a reflection of her ten years of experience. Don't be limited to the plot, but imagine her entire life, and what is actually written in words is only the tip of the iceberg."
"So Luo Ji did what Bai Rong said, completely forgetting what he wanted to write, and imagined her entire life, every detail of her life. He imagined her sucking milk in her mother's arms, with her small mouth Sucking hard and making a grunt of satisfaction; imagining that she was walking in the rain and suddenly put away her umbrella, enjoying the feeling of contact with the rain; imagining that she was chasing a red balloon rolling on the ground, and fell down after just one step. Watching the balloon go away, she cried loudly, completely unaware that what she had just taken was the first step in her life; imagining her first day in elementary school, sitting alone in the third row of an unfamiliar classroom, looking out from the door and window She couldn't see her parents anymore, and just when she was about to cry, she found that the next table was her kindergarten classmate, and she screamed with joy again; imagining her first night in college, she was lying on the upper bunk of the dormitory, watching the street lights cast The shadows of trees on the ceiling... Luo Ji imagined everything she loved to eat, the color and style of every piece of clothing in her wardrobe, the trinkets on her phone, the books she read, and the Music in MP4, websites she visits, movies she likes, but she has never imagined what cosmetics she uses, she doesn’t need cosmetics... Luo Ji is like a creator above time, weaving different time and space in her life at the same time In her life, he gradually became interested in this kind of creation and never tired of it.”
"..."
Maybe because I am also introverted and sensitive in reality, so when I conceived her character, I also brought similar characteristics.
Lu Shiyao is a lonely and cold person on the outside, but very delicate and rich on the inside.
She was born in a family that lacked love since she was a child. She has almost no friends, likes to be alone, and has a somewhat low self-esteem.
She doesn't like to trouble others, but she cares about other people's feelings. She often puts herself in others' shoes excessively and is cautious when dealing with others, for fear that she will do something wrong and make others unhappy.
She can quietly look into the distance all day long, feel happiness from the touch of the sun, or look at the pond after the rain and imagine the dialogue between dragonflies and lotus leaves in her mind.
A crabapple got "anthracnose" and had dark brown spots on its leaves. She seemed to feel its pain, too.
The Lu family celebrates the New Year and needs to cut the window grilles. When she hands someone else a pair of scissors, the tip always points towards herself.
She would write down her daily mood on flower paper and then throw it into a drawer, imagining that there was a non-existent person living in the drawer, silently listening to her thoughts.
A girl like her, if she likes someone, will remember his birthday, the date and place of the encounter and his clothes, his favorite colors and food, the size of his clothes and shoes, and understand and adapt to him. lifestyle habits, and then hand over a cup of hot tea on the coldest day in winter.
She doesn't talk much, but she'll be a good listener.
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When I was writing today, I read through the biographies I had written. It felt like reading the chat records with my first girlfriend when I was a student many years after entering the society. Unknowingly, I felt lost and my nose was sore.
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Actually, in the process of writing the first volume, Shi Xiaohan's image actually became much richer than the outline setting, and became more like a living person.
Just like an ordinary supporting role in a movie, this role left a deep impression on the audience because of the actor's sudden extraordinary performance.
She was very popular at that time, which was actually beyond my expectation.
It was also an unexpected surprise for me.
However, after the second volume, since she was not originally involved in the main plot, I had to make up a lot of plots outside of the main plot to add drama to her.
You even need to deliberately arrange the plot, find an academy, and find a master to let her grow up and keep up with the protagonist.
However, these plots are essentially divorced from the main plot and are bound to slow down the pace.
Even these extra scenes made her character growth disappear, and she returned to the starting point, becoming the silly foodie with a flat personality from the beginning.
The plot about her also began to lack freshness and expectations, and became more boring.
I looked at the data recently and found that the subscriptions for chapters where her name was mentioned or chapters where she had a lot of roles dropped significantly——
For example, the number of subscriptions for Chapter 128 "Chen Jisheng's Past" in the first volume is 8315, and the number for Chapter 129 "Shi Xiaohan's Birthday" is 7298. On the contrary, the number for Chapter 130 "If in Late Spring" has risen to 7782, and the number for Chapter 131 "The Second Spell of Jinghong Pen" "Subscribe 7896;
For example, the number of subscriptions for Chapter 2 "Gu Xu's Choice" in Volume 2 is 6015, but the chapter is broken on the emotional drama. The subscriptions for Chapter 3 "Remaining Sound" plummeted to 5141;
Volume 2, Chapter 10 "Becoming Famous" has 4045 subscriptions, Chapter 11 "The Heroine Shows Her Power" has only 3502, but after Chapter 15 Gu Xu appears on the stage, the number has risen to 3792 (subscriptions for this episode of the arena match have dropped significantly) sharp);
Volume 2 Chapter 101 "As expected of Mr. Gu" has 602 subscriptions (Wuwu has dropped to three digits), Chapter 102 "Shi Xiaohan's Letter" has 486 subscriptions, and Chapter 103 "Zhao Yan's Pomp" has risen to 632 .
(You should have seen my bleeding subscription data...)
(Alas, a book with a high order price of more than 9,000 and close to 10,000 has fallen to this level...even my friend's weekly book is not that miserable...)
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I've been reflecting on why she started to become less popular after the second volume.
It’s not that there’s something wrong with Shi Xiaohan’s characterization.
But the positioning is wrong, she is not suitable for this plot.
Her character is like a little firefly in the darkness, or a little sweetness in the hard life. As a sweet heroine, she might be perfect.
But in this book, it can only be embellished, but not excessive.
Just like fishing and playing games during busy study and work, people will feel stimulated and happy.
But if a person needs to make a living playing the same game from morning to night, and the gameplay content of this game is never updated, he will definitely feel bored with it.
In the early stages of the first volume, I controlled her just right.
But in the second volume, things start to get a bit "reverse".
Just like in "Lord of the Mystery", Audrey's character is also very popular. Her position is also to "ease the emotions in the tense plot rhythm", but if she becomes the heroine, she will stay with the protagonist every day and talk. Falling in love slows down the growth of the protagonist and the rhythm of the main plot... which is probably not what readers want to see.
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The emotional tone of the second volume has completely changed.
The smell of "seeking light in darkness" has disappeared after reorganizing the outline.
The first and middle periods of the second volume were written while imagining them, and they basically follow the routine of a relaxed and refreshing novel - the protagonist fights in the ring, participates in the Talisman Competition, copies poems, recruits a younger brother, and picks up girls.
Suspense, foreshadowing, layout...well, I haven't thought about it yet.
As for many of the foreshadowings in the first volume - the prince's seizure of the heir, the wooing of the clan, the game between the emperor and the aristocratic family, the Kongxuan Sanren hiding in the dark, the coming "Long Night"... they all seem to have entered a state of stagnation. .
The original "Snow Girl Weapon Spirit" will be an unknown sword in the protagonist's hand.
But now, his trump card is gone.
I don’t know how to deal with the snow girl, so I can only fall into a deep sleep first and then think about it slowly.
Many of the original conflicts cannot be advanced.
Coupled with the fact that Chen Jisheng did not receive a lunch, Gu Xu's desire for revenge against Kong Xuan Sanren is not as strong as the original outline.
Apart from the initial "immortality", there is an obvious lack of stage goals and a sense of urgency.
I asked big friends for their advice.
After my friend saw my subscription data, he was silent for a few seconds and said to me: "Why don't you write more heroines?"
Me: "But now the main plot, emotional tone, and foreshadowing layout have been affected... What should I do with these?"
Friend: "It can't be saved. I can only say that changing the outline midway like you is seeking death."
Me: "But I really don't want the eunuch to lose his character this time, especially since the truth and the biggest reversal of the worldview haven't been written yet. I must write it out."
Friend: "Then you think of ways to increase conflicts. The highlight of the story lies in conflicts. But in what you are writing now, the protagonist gets along very harmoniously with the people around him in the capital, and he is in a sweet relationship with the heroine, and the villain There is no threat to the protagonist at all, the entire story has not changed, and everyone and everything is at a standstill."
After all, online articles are different from physical books. If you make a mistake, you will not be able to start over.
If I had the chance to travel back in time a few months ago, I would probably choose to stick to the original idea and write it.
But because I don’t want to be a casual eunuch, I still want to write a complete book and write out the story I originally conceived, so I must face the problem head-on and solve it.
Zhao Yan's recent appearance gives me a little hope.
Just the opposite of the chapter with the name "Shi Xiaohan".
The subscription data for Zhao Yan's chapters are obviously much higher than those of the chapters before and after.
It also made me realize another mistake I made: after entering the second volume, I paid too much attention to Shi Xiaohan and was always struggling with how to insert her into the main plot, while neglecting to shape other supporting characters.
In the first volume, you may have a deep impression on Chen Jisheng, Chu Fengge, Lu Shiyao, Tang Hui, etc.
The supporting characters in the second volume are more like tool men and background panels.
It's probably not too late to make amends now.
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Recently, my health has not been very good, and I have been worried about the plummeting data. I have been trying to reflect on it, and many friends have given me guidance and help.
I would also like to thank all my book friends for their unwavering support when I stopped updating. Some people even gave me a lot of advice.
Updates will be a little slower these days, please understand.
I need some time to think about the follow-up plot and solve the pit I dug for myself QAQ
But I will keep writing and try to get back into shape as soon as possible!
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PS: Tonight, I was so passionate about writing the summary that I accidentally wrote 8,650 words... It would be great if I could write the main text with this efficiency (unfortunately, I got stuck on QAQ). Read thousands of volumes
