Tome of Troubled Times: Leave application note and one-year summary

Leave application note and one-year summary

I finished two chapters today, come and ask for a day off...

I came to Shanghai to participate in a starting point activity in the past two days, which is just a little bit of gold... I originally brought a notebook to squeeze in time to write, but I deliberately wanted to take two days off to take a rest during this time - in fact, the activity was originally You can choose not to go, but you only agreed to go out for a walk, and take the opportunity to change your mind.

At least I finished writing the red feather line in this paragraph before, so I didn’t get stuck in any place where I couldn’t get up or down...

This book was published on December 26 last year. It is 21 days shy of the one-year anniversary today. It is the only book I have written that spans more than two years except Asking. It is currently the second longest book. , and will probably become the longest book.

To say that it is less than two million words a year, it seems that it is not too slow to say it is slow, it seems okay...

In short, writing a book for a long time becomes very tiring, like a marathon. It is easy at first, but then I sit there writing every day, and there is no weekend or anything. The more I write, the more tired I become, the more I write, the more rigid my brain becomes, and my body and spirit are completely overwhelmed. . Now that I'm older, the period of weakness is earlier than before... What a tragedy.

And the structure of this book is longer than the others, so I can’t finish it like the other books. It’s better to rest more, go out for a walk, and change into a better state, so that I can present more exciting books. content.

So I took two days off on the 67th.

And it is very likely that the number of leave requests will increase in the future. I would like to apologize to everyone in advance.

Let’s not argue about the monthly ticket. I’ve already asked for leave and there’s no point asking for it. I’ll try to see if I can get an extra ticket when it’s doubled at the end of the month. If I can’t, forget it.

Oh, by the way, on the 8th, there will be a night makeup extra for the pit-filling festival. It has almost three chapters of text content. If you are interested, you can follow it. I think the night makeup and love in the extra are particularly cute.

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Also, since it’s the anniversary, let’s make a brief summary.

The summary was written intermittently over the past few days, so don’t blame me for finding the time to write this...cough...

I don’t know if I can feel it from a reader’s point of view, but from a writing point of view, this book should be regarded as the book where my style has changed the most... even more than the style of the previous Qiuqiu single heroine.

Because Qiuqiu still takes emotions as the theme after all. No matter what the main line is, the theme of every previous book is emotional drama. But this one is not...

Before I started the book, I said that this book would reduce the proportion of emotional scenes. Many brothers later said that they couldn't feel it. They felt that there were still a lot of emotional scenes, but the nature was really different. Because this book does not have emotional drama as the core and does not serve to promote the plot. It mainly uses the protagonist's own experiences to promote the story, with emotions as an additive.

In other words, removing these emotional scenes will basically not affect the main plot (whether it will look good after removing it is another matter). This is the goal I want to achieve this time, and it is basically going according to the plan. Successfully, it can even be hidden from the senses of many readers.

Of course, there are also keen readers who have noticed the difference. I am glad that the better version can satisfy you, but I can only say sorry if I feel it is not as good as before and cannot meet my expectations.

After all, as a writer, you still have to try different writing methods and break through bottlenecks before you get too old and lose your enthusiasm. Regardless of success or failure, you can tell yourself that you have worked hard, instead of resting on your laurels.

In the end, this book became my best one, and it is probably because of the readers’ recognition and encouragement of this change. It is considered a successful attempt. Thank you all.

Especially in the early and mid-term, the Jianghu flavor received the best feedback, which surprised me. As I said before, I originally thought that the old-school Jianghu atmosphere was very outdated and might not have any achievements, but everyone liked it very much... and countless people didn't want to see women at all, and came just for the Jianghu stories, but when it came to women, they found it annoying. I don’t want to read it, this is the first time in my many years of writing career (I have done so before but not this much).

Of course, the main theme of the harem is still the same. Iron-bloodedness and tenderness are the complete Jianghu... In the end, some of these brothers gave up, and some were even scolded and left. I could only cover my face and cry, laughing.

It is a pity that the story of Jianghu will not be too long, and it will soon move towards the world and fantasy. Although it is an inevitable process according to the plot, there are still many brothers who are reluctant to let go and want to see what it was like before.

Scratching my head, it’s okay. I might write a low-level book if I have the chance in the future. I’ll consider it then.

Speaking of this, some brothers who always like to say "it doesn't have the same taste as the previous books" don't know if they understand that they are written just so that they don't have the same taste as the previous books, so you... usually have nothing to do but blame others for every book. The same flavor, some people pursue different flavors in each book, but they feel that it is different from the previous flavor, why bother...

As for not liking the taste of this book and feeling it is not as good as before, that’s normal. It’s normal for everyone to prefer which book they prefer, but the kind of “I don’t like it means it’s bad” is still accepted. You’re not a kid anymore. .

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Of course, when it comes to specific content issues, the writing is indeed not without problems. There are often some criticisms, some of which are indeed reasonable, and some of which are unreasonable. I reply to some of them, but not to most of them. I really don’t have the energy to be as explosive as before.

The biggest rhythm is still the part about Lao Xia’s death.

I didn’t understand it at the time. From the beginning to the end, I created a dramatic character who said, “Because you don’t take the people of the world seriously, you will eventually die at the hands of the people of the world.” He was also a selfish and foolish king, the source of chaos. , there is basically nothing good to say about him in the whole book, all the supporting characters are scolding, the daughter is scolding, and the protagonist is rebelling. Apart from being able to fight, he has no other qualities to speak of. Even his speech is second-rate, and he is completely written like a big naughty kid. This is a villain who makes a mess. The protagonist says to his face, "You will die at the hands of the common people." The attitudes of the author and the protagonist are very clear...

I don’t know why such a person is regarded as a positive character who is so strong that he must die spectacularly. We haven’t written about the collapse of the patron saint’s character... We even couldn’t bear to expose it. Those who rebelled were scolded for not following the example of the praying mantis.

I was a little irritable at that time. I felt that I clearly wrote "one", but it must be said that I wrote "two" with a horizontal line. Isn't this inexplicable? Thinking about it afterwards, it may have been the author's fault that it caused such a big controversy.

We should not give the villain an overly complicated spectrum. For example, Chang He is good at evening makeup and is still a fellow villager. As a result, the villain is not rebellious enough and does not match his emotions, which subconsciously brings a positive aura and expectations to the readers. This is also the disadvantage of being too literary. I always think that a strong person needs to be complex and three-dimensional. In fact, emotional feedback may be more important. In addition, the backlash of "Yu Tianxia" caused a sharp decline in spiritual practice. Maybe the concept was relatively empty and unintuitive, which led to the feeling of Wutiao Enlightenment, so he died too quickly. Then I wrote too slowly, which caused me to forget to keep up with the early foreshadowing. This can only be blamed on me for being slow.

When I think about it this way, I feel relieved. It is true that I have more problems.

Of course, if you want to say that I patched it up later, I won’t admit it. There is indeed a lot of foreshadowing in the front, and it can’t even be called foreshadowing. It should be called the whole book... The so-called "patch", that is, I just summarized the previous article and emphasized it again...

There are also issues such as the heroine's combat power rising too fast. Many people have mentioned it before and after. Basically every heroine has to be criticized... I think this should not really count. My question is, maybe there is a misunderstanding - because times have changed, everyone has upgraded faster than the previous predecessors, and that is necessary.

In the age of great strife, gods and demons are resurrected, dragons and snakes are rising, and both the frequency of battles and the creation of fortunes are concentrated now, far exceeding those in previous peaceful times. If they want to keep up with the predecessors of previous eras, it will only prove that they are a group of idiots and not the hero and heroine. Even Chang He's cultivation speed is most affected by this factor, not the Heavenly Book, which he actually avoids.

As for the understanding of higher cultivation, Suzaku Xuanwu only knew that there was a defense in the early years but did not know why. After searching for the blood of the soul, it began to explode; now there are more gods and demons, and important figures can basically know it. This is A set of strong before-and-after contrasts. In the past, eras were separated, but now they are no longer separated. Therefore, not only the heroine, Cui Yuanyong, Han Wubing, Situ Xiao and even Chi Li will be faster than their predecessors, because that is in line with the rhythm of the times, and the Tianbang will also generally break the imperial standard, which is also the rhythm of the times.

It’s not that when the protagonist is strong, everyone will follow suit, but because the protagonist is living in a time of changing times, but the writing is not on others. The first thing to acquiesce is that everyone is working hard and improving instead of being offline. .

More specific to the individual, is there no self-consistent logic and sufficient foreshadowing? Yes, we all know it, so I won’t list them one by one. It’s just that people often say that “everyone looks for reasons to be promoted”... Please, as long as you want a character who will have a role in the future, there is no book that doesn’t look for reasons to be promoted. And the speed is much faster than the predecessors... There is no need to explain this. Others can just give a reason. I try my best to make it reasonable and give the foreshadowing process from the world situation to the individual. This has to be said all the time. Every time the perspective turns, a woman The Lord just said one round, and it was really a bit unbearable.

Do they all want the kind of work where the protagonist moves forward alone, and suddenly when he looks back, all the people he once dated are far away and can no longer keep up, and he has been disconnected since then? Is this the most reasonable thing? If I want this, I’m so happy that the difficulty has been reduced...

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No more to say, I can’t stop talking once I start.

Not to mention other minor controversies, they are all my fault. I would like to apologize to everyone for not meeting expectations due to lack of consideration or poor writing skills.

Generally speaking, I have not deviated from the original intention of my plan after writing this. Although it is controversial, this book is actually much less controversial than the previous one... Many brothers also told me that they particularly like this book with the male protagonist. , I think Chang He is heroic yet clever and fits the taste perfectly. I'm glad that everyone likes it, and I'm generally satisfied with it personally.

As for the follow-up, it depends on how it is written later. For example, although there were no criticisms in the content after the gods and demons appeared in the world, I felt a bit weak. The writing was not interesting and could not be ignited. Looking back at some places, MD's idioms appeared... This is not good. Hope it will feel better after rest.

Everyone said that if I slow down and look at the intermittent constipation, I don’t know that the ten thousand words a day will become more coherent and the forgotten things will disappear, but I really can’t do it...

There is really nothing I can do. I am an old and wizened man. I really can’t maintain my condition and my energy is very low. I apologize for this.

Every time like this, I wonder how many more years I can still write. My physical condition is so bad... I really envy those tough men who are older than me but can still make millions. They are so **** strong...

Well, let’s summarize it first. It seems that I can write a lot less postscript in this book. I will be lazy and say that half of the content will be read back to the one-year summary~