Chapter 827 Testimonial: Difficulties and hardships are in success
When I wrote the title, to use a literary and artistic word, I really had mixed feelings in my heart, and now I can finally frankly state my positioning of "Arcane": a science fiction novel placed under the category of fantasy and covered with a fantasy skin, well, at least by the standards of the starting point, this is indeed a science fiction.
At first, I didn't know why I wanted to write such a wonderful book, but my love for popular science and science fiction since I was a child, my previous resentment towards the eunuchs in "Future Library", and some things that I usually deduced and imagined finally converged into the "Arcane God's Seat" you see.
This is a very strange book, I define it this way, it first has a complete setting, and then there is a story and characters.
It is openly based on the confrontation between the council and the church, Lucian's growth, the development of arcane and music, and the changes in society as several alternating main lines, but the dark main line remains unchanged, that is, the gradual exploration of the overall world setting, which should be regarded as a relatively rare writing structure arrangement.
Therefore, in my heart, the real climax of arcane art can be comparable to the golden elixir and primordial spirit in the destruction of luck, and there are only three and a half sections, one of which is when Lucian played "Destiny" for the first time.
The second half is the part where Lucian helps Levsky and says that your eyes will deceive you, which is a reflection of the regret and regret that many scientists did not admit before they died when I was studying, and it is the mathematical tone that runs through the entire arcane content.
The third half is in "Burning Throne", where Lucian proposed the theory of general relativity at the end of the Battle of Rentat, and Douglas looked forward to the starry sky.
However, there is only one complete climax, which is the scene where Lucian "mouth cannon" defeats Viken at the end, which is the blooming of the dark line of the whole book, that is, the real main line, from the path to cross, discover the soul library, see the "Arcane" journal for the first time, know the weirdness of the planet begins, the whole book is nearly three million words, layer by layer, layer by layer, just for the brilliance and splendor of that moment.
To be honest, in order to write this book with such a strange structure, I have experienced or encountered many more difficulties than when I wrote about bad luck.
In fact, there are many people who don't like arcane fantasy for similar reasons, but they are all very rational and normal, after all, everyone has different tastes, you can't force it, just ignore each other, but there are always some mad dogs, self-centered guys, always blacken and spray for this reason over and over again.
I obviously put the difference there, saying that it was a pit after that, but why do some people always turn a blind eye, scolding over and over again "the loophole is really big", "completely collapsed", "garbage novel"?
This is an external difficulty, for me, it is just a moment of anger, there is no need to say a lot, you just need to finish your settings and stories little by little without haste, let the arcane shine as it should be, you can prove everything, doing is more important than talking!
In order to make up for the shortcomings accumulated after years of work, I spent more time reading reference books and materials this year, and more time spent on ideas than I actually spent writing.
What should I do if I feel dizzy and dizzy? Take a break and keep watching! The more fiercely others scold, the better I must write, and everyone's support also makes me dare not be perfunctory in any way, for fear of betraying your love.
After writing the main text, I really felt exhausted, my whole head was empty, my limbs were weak, and I had no energy to do anything, but I was satisfied except for being tired, and finally presented the thing I had been thinking about for a long time in front of everyone! Nearly three million words of narration finally ran through the whole text in the last scene, and the whole arcane had a spine!
Although this is not very "scientific" or "sci-fi", at least it is self-justifying in the arcane tone of the whole text, connecting end to end, and can deduce some details.
In fact, when the arcane was written at the end, many friends were surprised, whether it was readers or author friends, because it was only a year, it seemed to be coming to an end?
Many friends have told me that it takes at least a year and a half to two years for the current work to maximize its value, so that readers can get used to following it, become hardcore, and lay a solid foundation for the next book.
Many readers also told me that they haven't seen enough and want to see more.
Moreover, the arcane game side also hopes to maintain its popularity at a rate of 100,000 words per month, that is, one chapter a day until September and October, otherwise the game is likely to be unpopular at that time.
Moreover, Nanami-kun and the others are also helping me make radio dramas, data book booklets, accessories, music collections, etc. peripherals for a while, and if you want to make them, you have to do them in May and June, and if you want to play the role of the peripherals, it is best to end in September and October.
To be honest, I was really hesitant at the time, on the one hand, Nanami-kun and their love, on the other hand, the game is a lot of money, who doesn't love money, but at that time, the necromancer had already been written, from the main line of the full text, the puzzle was solved to the last moment, for the sake of the overall perfection, it was time to end, I couldn't open a new map, give a new level, which is simply inconsistent with the tone and atmosphere of the whole book.
At that time, I was not very satisfied with the unfolding of the world, so I tried to start from this aspect, but in the end I found that the arcane system is contradictory to adventure and the unfolding of the world itself, so there is no way, what to do or what to do, I have to give the arcane an ending that matches it enough, a "final battle" that I had thought of before writing the first word.
I am not ambitious to write a classic novel that can be circulated, nor am I arrogant and willful, but I am stubborn, I am stubborn to be worthy of those of you who have subscribed to Arcane and voted for Arcane, I want to give you a perfect orgasm in my heart.
This is my attitude towards "Arcane", and it is also my attitude towards writing!
Even before writing about my luck, the articles I wrote, except for the 800-word composition, it is difficult to say whether there are 5,000 words in total.
Therefore, every time I write a chapter, the prior scrutiny and post-revision are equivalent to or even exceed the writing time, so I can go from the sloppy writing at the beginning of the demise to the middle and late stages of the destruction of the demise, and then to the basic level of the arcane, so I can recognize my shortcomings, make up for them with my heart, and make progress slowly but continuously.
This kind of attitude is the capital and only capital on which I rely on my life, so I can only choose to end it in the best way, not thinking about anything else, even if this will lose a lot of opportunities, even if this will be because the book is not long enough, the fan cohesion is not enough, I don't have any regrets, I just feel sorry for Daoye, Starfish MM, Aoyama-kun and Nanami-kun for their love, and the efforts they put into it.
I believe that even if the next book does not perform well for various reasons, as long as I always have this attitude and belief, then the next book, and then the next book, I will eventually return to the current position on the monthly pass list, and even stand higher!
Fortunately, things took a turn for the better.
Thank you to Master Dao and the game party for their understanding, and thank you for their hard work, so after the main text is finished, I must write a few extra novellas, at least one chapter a day until September.
Originally, after I finished writing the arcane, I was exhausted and wanted to take a break for three months before preparing a new book, but now, people understand it this way, I can't be shameless, and there are quite a lot of extras that can be written, so friends who are willing to read extras, starting from April 10th, update a chapter at 8:50 a.m. every morning for everyone to pass the time before going to work.
The first one is about twenty or thirty years later, shrouded in Lucian's shadow, uh, no, the "arcane industrialization" society in the halo, there will be many supporting characters in the main text, which can be regarded as giving them a side ending.
The second extra is the "secret history" of the establishment of the Magic Council recorded from the perspective of another magician in the late Dawn War.
There may be two other extras, but for the time being, there is only an idea, no specific story, and I will make a preview after writing the first two.
After saying this, it is a summary of conventions, and there is no doubt that we must first praise ourselves.
First, compared with the destruction of luck, arcane has made progress in character building, at least Natasha, Rhine, Etna, Felipe, Fernando, Douglas and others have their own personalities and different temperaments; second, the writing has improved; third, the mastery of the beginning and end is better, and the ability to tell stories is better; Fourth, the entire arcane system has not collapsed, and the headshot is quite innovative; Fifth, many plots are very good, and I feel most satisfied with the part where Xiaolu sends a letter to the dark mountains, the king of nightmares, uses dreams to outline the mind; Fifth, it outlines the changes in society from the perspective of small people, showing the overall arcane society, which happens to be the main and auxiliary to the thesis line, complementing each other.
There are many things worth praising ourselves, but this is not the point, the focus is on summarizing the problem and correcting it.
Due to the strangeness of its own real main line setting, due to the system of improving strength in papers, Lucian's progress is very fast, and the progress is fast, so that the supporting characters can't keep up.
Of course, there is also the relationship that my own skills in shaping characters are not enough, so I need to summarize, refine and learn well.
The second shortcoming is also the flaw of the setting itself, the arcane line here is an academic debate, leisurely and intense, whether it is the atmosphere, character creation, or environment, it is incompatible with the adventure line, which makes me always difficult to bring out the atmosphere when writing an adventure plot, it seems messy, it seems that the whole plot is unnecessary, it doesn't matter, in this case, the fight is naturally difficult to write.
The third one, or this problem, caused the world to be unable to expand, so I could only focus on the three places of Alto, Alinge, and Rentatt.
Fourth, the magic fight is weak and not as smooth as Xianxia.
Fifth, there are problems with the plot setting in a small part and it does not achieve the desired atmosphere.
There are many other bits and pieces, I will slowly summarize by myself, when I write extra in the past four months, I will start preparing a new book, the theme of the new book is fairy, there is no problem with fantasy, a small part is more classical, most of it, how to say, when you read it, you will know, anyway, it is a product of a big brain, I hope to avoid some problems in the advancement of characters and plot of arcane art from the setting.
I already have a lot of cases in the plot, which makes me very excited and reverie, and similarly, I need a lot of knowledge and information to make up for it.
Finally, on April 10th, friends who like to watch extras, please continue to support, and the entity and peripherals will be launched one after another.
Finally, thank you to those who accuse me, curse me, and look down on me, and thank you for the many hardships and tribulations along the way, so that I can polish my brilliance step by step.
Finally, thank you, without you I am nothing.
The squid bows.
April 5, 2014
(End of this chapter)