The first volume is finally finished. Originally, I estimated that it would take about 900,000 words to finish the first volume, but now it has 1.2 million words.

The results of this volume have fluctuated, but are still upward overall.

I remember that after I finished writing Aphasia Village, the 24-hour subscription was 110,000. After I entered the Killing Dungeon, the subscription started to fluctuate, rising and falling. The lowest point was more than 80,000, which was considered a trough.

In the last few chapters, subscriptions have returned to their peak, especially for the settlement chapter. Although it hasn't been 24 hours yet, I estimate that the subscriptions will reach 120,000.

Back to the topic, since I am writing a summary, I must talk about the content. I am generally satisfied with the whole volume. I will not talk about the previous content. I think the most worthy of reflection and research is the killing copy.

It took me nearly a month to write a copy. It was indeed too long, but I was in a dilemma because I had to finish it. Finishing it hastily would cause even greater consequences.

So during this period of time, I wrote this down with gritted teeth.

I am very grateful to everyone for pointing out my shortcomings in this chapter commentary, because this allows me to better understand my mistakes, and then compare them with what I have reflected on, so it is clear where this copy is not well written. (This is very important for the author.)

First of all, without going into details, from a structural point of view, the Killing Copy is a failure.

After reflecting for a long time today, I think there are two reasons for the structural failure: first, it is too complicated; second, the key points are not grasped.

Why is it complicated? The first is the copy itself. I remember posting a single chapter a while ago. The plots of many fairy-tale and fantasy copies are all very simple: the protagonist kills people indiscriminately, and the portrayal and design of the copy itself are very simple.

I don't want to write a meaningless copy. In my opinion, a copy as important as the Killing Copy can't be simple. It must be complicated. (It ended up being a burden.)

As we all know, complexity means it takes up more ink.

Second, there are too many characters.

I tried my best to write out the role of each character and give each character a role. The chapter about fighting the mummies is a microcosm of this.

But having too many characters often weakens the protagonist's role and excitement, and increases the difficulty of writing.

Third, there are too many presets.

The traitor, the villain's trump card, the protagonist's trump card... these things must be written and shown one by one. They were originally laid out in advance to increase the completeness of the killing copy. But when I wrote them, they became a burden that increased the difficulty of writing.

We all know that the length of a copy is limited. If it is too complicated, it often means it is difficult to control and it is easy to lose sight of the key points.

A positive example is the Aphasia Village. There are not so many complicated things in the Aphasia Village. Its core is just two things: horror and crisis.

Therefore, a lot of words can be used to repeatedly strengthen these two core points to make the plot tense and exciting.

A person's energy is limited. Online writing is not a physical book. You can write thousands of words a week, but online writing is thousands of words a day. CPUs have their limits, not to mention the human brain.

Summary 1: The scene is too big, the content is too complicated, there are too many things to consider, and human energy is limited. M..

Summary 2: Writing should be about subtraction.

Even though it was so difficult, I managed to persevere. I just had more problems than heavy bleeding, which made me feel relieved.

This is the charm of trying different subjects. It is always painful, but there are always gains. Every pit you fall into is a stepping stone for getting up next time.

At least when I write similar large-scale copies, I know how to design and write them (roughly).

I finally finished writing the killing copy. I breathed a sigh of relief and felt relaxed all over.

Results report:

The average subscription of Lingjing is 133,000. I remember that on the day when Night Watchman was finished, the average subscription was 140,000, breaking the highest average subscription record during the serialization period of Qidian. I wonder if Lingjing has a chance to break this record.

Follow-up subscriptions also reached a peak, but since the introduction of anti-theft measures, follow-up subscriptions have lost their value in measuring performance, or at least have shrunk significantly. If there were 50,000 follow-up subscriptions before, then an average of 100,000 subscriptions would be a foregone conclusion.

There are many books with 70,000 or 80,000 subscriptions now, but the average subscription is only 40,000 or 50,000.

The value of follow-up subscriptions has decreased.

As an aside, Night Watchman has an average of 190,000 subscribers. Readers who have not subscribed to Night Watchman may wish to go and have a look (kowtow madly) and give Night Watchman a push so that it can reach 200,000 as soon as possible.

The average subscription of 200,000 without anti-theft measures is still very valuable (kowtow madly).

There is one more thing. The first volume is finished. I wanted to take a leave today to work on the outline of the second volume, but then I felt it would not be a good idea to stop here, so I will postpone my leave.