February 25, 2022, 12 noon, today is an important day.
Because today, the county magistrate is here! The gangster ran away!
Oh no, this book is on the shelves!
According to Qidian's practice, you should write an important introduction speech.
At the front, I must first thank you, thank you again, thank you with tears in your eyes, take a deep breath, purse your lips, widen your eyes, full of emotion, thank you...
Every book lover who reads this, supports, and likes this book!
It was your appearance that made Wujiu understand that from the time he started writing online articles seven years ago to now, day and night,
Each time a single machine codes,
Every time I stare at my bloodshot eyes and study how to write a better article,
Every time in the confusion that my collection has never exceeded 100, I still persevere,
These efforts and thoughts were not in vain, I gained your love.
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December 11, 2021, 20:54:01, is the time when the first draft of the first chapter of this book was born.
From December 11, 2021, to January 17, 2022, this month was my stand-alone time. In one month, I read less than ten books.
This month, I updated more than 2,000 times a day and wrote with difficulty. Fortunately, at that time, all I was thinking about was how to write the first story well, and I didn't care about the data.
Fortunately, I persisted.
On January 27, 10 days later, the number of people reading this book reached more than 20.
During the Chinese New Year, with the appearance of book friends one after another, I started coding like crazy, investing more time and energy into this book, from the daily update of 2000 in January to the daily update in February now. More 7000.
On February 11th, 15 days later, the number of readers of this book reached over 130.
On February 17, six days later, the number of readers of this book exceeded 200.
In the blink of an eye, the new book period is gone and it’s time to hit the shelves.
In the book club group, there are also 140 book friends who support "Gui Xi".
In fact, I am still a loser now, but compared to many authors, I am also lucky because I met you.
There is a world out there that has no aura. Only with someone's bond and love can the world "live".
At the same time, I want to thank my editor Tian Qi. I still remember that in October 2021, after I opened a new book, I gave up online writing and gave up writing horror and suspense. I felt that maybe I I really am not qualified to enter this field, nor can I write good articles.
A few days after my book Eunuch, I unexpectedly received a text message from the editor Tian Qi, saying that the book might be available for contract.
We chatted on QQ and I got a sentence that I remember very clearly.
Tian Qi said: "If you have any questions, we can talk about it. I think you have a good sense for writing about weirdness. I can see from the previous weird world gourmets and clinics that you have ideas."
This sentence, to me at that time, was like a person who was about to die of thirst in the desert holding up a handful of clear springs.
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In the third volume, I adopted a completely different writing structure from the previous one. To be honest, this method is very easy to "fail" because what I want to try is a bit like the writing method of traditional suspense novels, a little bit of relaxation. hook.
But this abandons the excitement of the fast pace, and the pace is actually slower and hotter.
Because the fascinating thing about suspense mystery novels is the climax where all the answers are revealed at the end.
I don’t know if I can write it with a satisfactory effect, but I’m trying.
It's like describing what happened from different people's perspectives at the same time line.
With limited information, a conspiracy covering the entire Soft City was slowly outlined.
Laying out each and every foreshadowing that "I had no idea this was a foreshadowing until I saw what happened behind it".
I try to create characters who are not "tools" but "active" and express some philosophical meanings.
Take what we can see now, such as the "poverty" of "outer city people"; the abilities of small characters like Mruzhawa (the prototype is taken from the black maids in India and their caste system) 'If you are interested, you can search on Baidu); like Ding Ping's innocent "idiot", like Liu Neng's tears when he threw away the photo of his daughter Liu Juanjuan (the book friend of the barrage is right, this is for divinity And lost the embodiment of human nature).
Including "The Lost Lamb" (laughs) How fitting.
Including the unwritten meaning of "you chose the path, but the path also chose you."
I hope I can write something worth thinking about, not just a tool for entertainment.
I am trying to depict "group portraits" and at the same time unfold the weird side of the dark world.
All seemingly unrelated things, including the foreshadowing of the first and second volumes, will all unfold at the end of the third volume.
At the same time, the true meaning of "Volume 3 - Joker" is depicted.
Hey, let’s save more for the summary after the end of the third volume!
...
After all, when the third volume is written and released, the story has just begun.
To be honest, it was my first time trying to construct such a large and complex story. Multiple characters’ perspectives and multiple story lines are superimposed, intertwined, and related to each other. At the same time, I have to lay out the world view, control the rhythm, etc. Wait...this is a big challenge for me.
Among them, for me, the biggest difficulty is how to let the protagonist know the world view.
Like the Lord of Mysteries, Squid has been shaping the reality of the world all the time from the beginning. He uses statistics down to monetary details and uses a lot of pen and ink to describe details such as landscapes, passers-by, buildings, carriages, etc., to gradually create a real world. , and let readers understand slowly.
However, due to the duplication of "Gui Xi", it had more than 200,000 words. At the end of the second volume, Chen An was still confused about the entire dark side.
Due to the setting, Soft City is not as large and prosperous as "Backlund".
And the players are different from the aborigines. This is a fundamental difference.
But Chen An and the readers don't know these things, and it is difficult for the subsequent plot to develop well.
Maybe my ability is not enough, I don’t have the pen and ink to let Chen An experience it bit by bit to lay out “the words from Brother Scar’s mouth”. That would be too slow-paced and boring.
Therefore, in the early part of the third volume, that is, until the chapter "0111 I come from the dark night", I inserted a lot of words and inks to let Brother Scar play the role of "teacher" to tell Chen An about the world. How was it.
In this way, "knowing the world from others' mouths" is actually not as clever as "exploring and understanding the world yourself".
After writing the chapter "0111 I Come from Dark Night", I actually breathed a sigh of relief, because I could finally get into the interesting rhythm that I like, and the plot could start to advance substantially.
Chen An is growing up, and my writing skills are also growing. I also hope that the next plot will not disappoint you.
The third volume is about to enter a new chapter. The settings have been explained and the story is about to begin (laughs).
In addition, there are no copies of the third volume. Although this deviates from my original plan, the more I write this volume, the more I find that I need to focus more on the rhythm of this huge conspiracy. The original plan of inserting a short copy now seems to affect the overall look and feel, making it appear deliberate and "interrupted".
Therefore, Chen An's third game will start at the beginning of the fourth volume.
Well, I don't think this deviates from the "rules-based ghost story game", because in a sense, the story of the third volume of Soft City is itself a huge ghost story, with intricate "hidden rules" and... Weird stories composed of "human, strange, and bizarre rules".
In addition, regarding this volume, since I chose such a "thankless" writing method and got on the pirate ship, there is no turning back.
The recent data is actually sluggish, whether it is the increase in revenue, follow-up reading or the number of comments, it may also be related to the start of school, but I don’t care anymore, I want to think about it, and write the story of this volume in a down-to-earth manner. My only thought is to disappoint book lovers who have always liked this book.
I also hope that dear readers and friends, you can re-subscribe for this book. I did some calculations. Even if I write 7,000 words a day, every day, a full subscription for a month will only cost ten yuan.
Please be sure to support the genuine version!
For Wu Ending, this is the biggest encouragement when I am gritting my teeth, eyes red, and just thinking about how to write a good story.
Subscriptions are bleak, it will really make you autistic, and it will drive the author crazy...
Generating electricity for love will always run out of energy one day, but with your support, we can become a perpetual motion machine for fun together.
The last part of my remarks on the launch...
Wuzhu invites you to join Chen An,
step in,
This mysterious and extraordinary world.
Thanks for the support, hug everyone!
Moreover, on the day of today’s release, two chapters were updated normally in the early morning. The subsequent release broke out. Due to plot factors, the first three chapters were still free chapters!
