Another new book. From the moment I started writing to its publication, there have actually been many twists and turns.
The initial concept for this book went through three versions. After much deliberation, I finally settled on the image of the "good person" Han Feng.
When I started writing, because I hadn't written for a few months, I was very rusty and always felt that something wasn't written well.
So I temporarily switched to another version, wanting to continue writing about a self-interested Han Feng. The story I conceived was also quite interesting. It was the same past life, the same rebellion, but Han Feng didn't kill his master. Instead, he was expelled from the sect, leading to a vow of "thirty years east of the river, thirty years west of the river," haha.
If such a Han Feng transmigrated into the original work, what happened would certainly be different.
However, due to the temporary change of version in a short period of time, I couldn't think of any interesting plot points and felt very frustrated. So in the end, I went back to the first version and started to rewrite it honestly. (I had written an outline of thirty to forty thousand characters for the first version.)
I really hate rewriting. For my previous few books, I didn't even bother with the chapters that I didn't like, but this time I changed a lot. I think a process that a writer must go through is to bury a large number of waste drafts in the ground.
But as I wrote, I found that I no longer had the passion and motivation I had when I first wrote a book.
I've had that feeling before, where once I got into the flow, I would pull an all-nighter, clacking away at seven or eight chapters, and still feel that I wasn't done. And I wouldn't be very tired, but I knew that as soon as I lay down in bed, I could fall asleep within a minute.
Why did I have that kind of passion? It was because I myself had a great interest in writing stories and wanted to write with as much originality as possible. If I wrote a plot that satisfied me, I would also be very excited.
After that came the difficult life of writing. Sometimes, if a person doesn't do something for a long time, inertia really grows.
Even if I had nothing to do all day and just lay in bed, I might only be able to write 4,000 characters with great difficulty.
Because a large amount of other time was spent slacking off.
Especially during the New Year. One day, I found that I really couldn't finish writing. My brain was stuck, and I couldn't move the plot forward no matter what. Watching the time tick closer and closer to 12 a.m., that day I only had 2,000 characters, one chapter.
That day happened to be the last day for my new book to meet the conditions for being added to the database. I didn't finish it, so this book was not included, and I lost a small wave of traffic.
Then I started a life of slacking off with 2,000 characters a day. Later, I don't know which day I turned over a new leaf and resumed 4,000 characters.
To be honest, this book is the most rushed one I've written, because I had no saved-up draft, not a single chapter.
I have to write and publish every day, which is also a manifestation of my relative laziness.
Until yesterday, I saved up one chapter for the first time in ages. Then this morning, I asked my editor when it could be published. The editor replied, at twelve noon.
Fortunately, fortunately, I had saved one chapter yesterday. I then immediately opened my computer and wrote another chapter, so I managed to turn in two chapters of homework at 12 noon.
I wrote another chapter this afternoon. To be honest, March 18th was probably my most hardworking day, haha.
I have a premonition that the results of this book will be better than the last one.
Not only because of the readers' comments, but also the donations and votes have all reached the peak of my writing career.
I have also gained my first Alliance Leader. I am really grateful to Xiao Bo Bo Jun for his continuous support until now.
I write books on the one hand for money, and on the other hand, to gain the recognition of readers.
I will try my best to write a plot that satisfies myself and also satisfies everyone.
I sincerely thank those who have supported me, for allowing me to move forward step by step.
Ta Qing Shu, my deepest thanks!