Chapter 69: Remarks on the Release
It’s finally going to be on the shelves.
This month of the new book period was really a dream month for me. When the book was 50,000 words, I was still thinking about cutting, and when it was 100,000 words, I was still thinking about having a good result. However, now, this result is more than just "good" to me.
Let me talk about myself. First of all, I am not a big shot, but I am not a newbie. I first started writing books on Qidian in 2013, when I was still a student. From 2013 to 2018, I had three books published, and the best one had an average subscription of 200, which was really a failure. After that, I left here and went to other sites to write fan fiction. I did have some small achievements. After that, I wanted to come back here and continue writing "my own hero", but I always failed, failed, and failed again. Failed, failed again.
So I am really a writer with limited talent. There are many geniuses in this era, but I am not one of them. There are young writers with spirituality in their writing every year, popping up like mushrooms after rain. I can only envy them, and I can't even lament that the new era has no ship to carry me... because I didn't board it in the old era either.
I am not saying this to gain sympathy. All I want to say is that I am really satisfied with this achievement, and I am really happy that so many people like my book. But I also hope that everyone will not praise me too much, I really can't stand it, I just want to write an interesting book that everyone is willing to read, that's all~
Then let's talk about this book. This book was the most difficult one for me to write. I wrote the beginning of this book seven times. The story at the beginning was not like this. At that time, Bai Wei had most of the body. I wanted him to complete the rebirth by himself. In the end, I changed it seven times before it became what it is now.
Here, I really want to sincerely thank three people: Boss Qingting, my immediate editor Jiang Cha, and an author friend who does not want to reveal his name.
Boss Dragonfly helped me set the tone for this book after I completed the basic settings. It was he who came up with the general direction of a small person setting the world on fire with his own body. He also helped me perfect the structure and made me understand that this is how an original novel should be written.
Jiang Cha helped me polish the beginning over and over again. More than half of the seven times I wrote the beginning were rejected by her (haha). She asked me to write and revise it over and over again. Even when the beginning was basically approved on the sixth time, she stopped me when I was waiting to send the book the next day, saying that it still didn’t feel right and that I could write better. She also repeatedly told me when I was exhausted from polishing the beginning and wanted to give up that my idea was really good and it would be a pity to give up, so I should keep trying. Then I kept trying until now.
Although the seventh time, which is now the beginning, is still not very good, it was the limit of what I could do at that time. I could only make sure that there were no problems with the structure and then write the rest slowly.
The last one is my author friend who does not want to reveal his name. When I didn’t make any progress in the early stage of this book and wanted to give up, he questioned me, “If you give up now, what’s the difference from before? What can you learn?” Then I persisted, thinking that it was just as he said. If I gave up now, I would have nothing. No matter what, I still had to persist until I reached 100,000 words and give it a try.
Then, on the second day of the trial promotion, I ranked fourth on the new book list.
It really is, like a dream.
It seems that I really am like a cripple, and the three people above have really given me a crutch each to allow me to get to where I am now, so I really want to say thank you to them again.
Finally, let’s talk about the plot. The first volume of this book has ended, which has fulfilled my original idea of showing readers a complete story before it is put on the shelves.
This has indeed been achieved, but I am still very dissatisfied with the story itself.
Putting aside my extremely poor description of the battles (there is no way to do this for now, I can only learn it slowly after the book is put on the shelves), combined with some readers' feedback, in my opinion, this volume has the following very obvious flaws.
First, the writing in the early stage was not good and quite chaotic, because at that time I didn’t have enough understanding of Bai Wei, the real protagonist. Should he be the kind of silent behind-the-scenes mastermind, or the returnee like Lu Mingze who is outwardly detached? Which one would be more interesting? My own indecision led to the fragmentation of Bai Wei’s image in the early stage, which was the main reason why everyone had a bad impression of him in the early stage.
Second, the Somme chapter was written too hastily. Logically, the plot here should be heavier than that of the town of Petain, but it was not. The design I envisioned of discovering different facts in three days to connect the whole truth and let Uru collapse step by step and go to complete destruction was not a problem, but the problem was that it was too hasty. Uru's purpose was too clear, resulting in a too compact rhythm, which was very depressing to watch. At the same time, the emotional explosion points were superimposed together, which would make people feel aesthetic fatigue. At the same time, the focus on other characters was seriously insufficient (such as the proprietress and the little girl in the hotel), which made the final explosion point a little short, and there was a feeling of Uru rushing to die and forcibly sensationalizing. Of course, this was also because I was too worried about gains and losses. I wanted to maintain this result and fulfill my promise to readers to tell a complete story in the free chapters. As well as my few original experiences, my control over the second half of this volume was somewhat unbalanced, resulting in a decline in the quality of the viewing experience.
The above two points are the main ones. If I have to say a third point, it is that my writing is still a bit verbose. There is a lot of nonsense in many cases, which makes people feel that the writing is not clean? I will pay attention to it in the future.
Finally... ahem, I have to be honest and tell you that I don’t have any manuscripts saved.
This book is ultimately too difficult for me. It is often difficult to keep up with the existing updates. I used to write more every day and accumulated a lot, but the result was that the plot was the same as that one, mainly focusing on the plot where Uru discovered the bugs on the second day. At that time, I felt that there was a problem with the rhythm, so I sent out all the manuscripts, and then I found that the later parts were really not good, so I deleted them and rewrote them. After going back and forth, the manuscripts were gone.
The last time I burned my saved drafts was the final battle between Bai Wei and Corey two days ago. Although I know that the crappy battle description made many people frown, I have to say... that was already the second version, and the first version was even worse.
So when it goes on sale tomorrow, I will probably only be able to update four or five chapters. I hope you guys don't mind too much =-=
The first two chapters will be posted in the early morning, and the next two chapters will be posted at 5pm and 8pm on the 1st. This will also be the fixed update time in the future.
I hope you all will support me~ (As for the cover and character design, I am already looking for someone to make them, and I will see you soon)
A new story has begun, let us continue this journey to light up the world.
(End of this chapter)
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