Remarks at the end of the volume
"What are we talking about when we talk about writing"
I often feel that I am lucky.
As early as junior high school, the teacher wrote the essay "My Ideal". What I wrote at that time was that I wanted to be an online writer.
At that time, every Friday after school, I would take out the five yuan I saved from my daily breakfast money and go to the newsstand to buy a copy of Zhiyin Manke.
Zhiyin Manke started a publication called "Novel Painting", which was released in the first and last half of every month for ten yuan. The Dragon Clan, which later became famous, was serialized in it.
At that time, Internet literature was in its ascendant, physical publishing was very popular, and best-selling Internet articles could always be found in the "Internet Literature" column of Xinhua Bookstore. Just at Xinhua Bookstore, I read many masterpieces that are still popular today, and the one that impressed me most was "The Law of the Devil".
Hmm... the western fantasy work is unfinished, and the spiritual sequel is also unfinished...
Later, the dragon family became popular all over the country, and I would rush to it immediately every time Long San released one. When I went to the newsstand, I still remember the shock that the ending of Long San gave me. The emotional impact that came my way made me feel lost.
How about I try it too?
In addition to online articles, I also read many translations of Italian and Italian classics at Xinhua Bookstore at that time, such as Madame Bovary, Wuthering Heights, Greek myths, and biblical myths... I began to fantasize about what I would write when I became an online writer. .
The original idea was that I would write a story that traveled to the world of Western mythology.
I carved the names of the twelve main gods of Greek mythology on my desk. Hephaestus, the god of fire, Aphrodite, the god of love, and Dionysus, the god of wine, have the longest names. It is difficult to remember. After finally remembering it, nothing happens. After all, these things are useless in life and study.
So what is useful?
There is a saying about uselessness in "Zhuangzi". If a big tree grows into a shape suitable for being used as lumber, it will inevitably be cut down. But if it grows into a shape that is useless, If there are no knots on the elm wood, then it can survive safely... Oh, by the way, this story also comes from Yilinli.
What I want to say is, don’t worry about whether the tree is useful or not, just say it is a tree or not.
It’s a tree, OK, then this is its value and its meaning.
The same goes for writing.
A young man in his twenties who has no job often imagines himself as a writer.
This is because at this time everyone is thinking about what the meaning of life is. When you ask questions, you will get answers. Whether it is right or wrong, you will write it when you put it to the tip of your pen.
Editors often say that the most important thing about writing is expression.
As long as you figure out the theme you want to express, a book will rush all the way in the direction of the theme.
I started uploading my works to Qidian. I wanted to express my love for Pokémon and the emotions between people and Pokémon. I did it, and the Pokémon fanfics I wrote are still available today. Being mentioned occasionally is a great thing for a work that has been completed for many years.
Later I started to transform, and I felt deeply painful while exploring the road of transformation, because I couldn’t find what I wanted to express for a while, and I couldn’t find anything that I was willing to burn my passion for, even in my dreams. How to make it more exciting.
I spend money very frugally because I stay home all year round. It should be the norm for me and many of my colleagues to stay at home with my eyes black and crackling at the glowing screen.
In the past few years after graduation, I have been working full-time. I have never entered the society, tasted the sweetness and sourness of love, and have no open-hearted conversations with my parents... I have been looking for what I want to express. thing.
My inspiration, my passion, my muse.
I should have found it. That sentence is, go to the dock and order French fries.
Even if the sky falls, it is not as important as going to the pier to order French fries.
As long as things are not over yet, there will always be a turning point... You can also see a different scenery when you fall to the bottom of the valley. The longing when Xianyu looks up to the sky must be more passionate than standing on the top of a mountain that is too cold to look down. Passionate.
To tell you the truth, before I started the book, I wanted to write a story similar to "Legend of Sword and Wind", where I have to kill the dragon even if I experience despair, like Sisyphus kept pushing the stone forward during torture.
This involves combat, mythology, and religious elements.
It goes against the elements of food, farming, and lordship in the opening chapter.
The reason is that a few days before publishing the book, I became afraid.
I was afraid of being thrown into the street and afraid that my expression skills would be insufficient, so I temporarily changed it to the food and beast-control themes of my previous book, and stitched "Maze Rice" into the shell of a lord's farming.
The start was ideal, and the results were booming. All the way to 5,000 average, it is still rising.
Probably at the end of the first volume, when the apostles appeared, I exhausted all my accumulation and imagination at the beginning, and came up with the story I had prepared at the beginning, and you will see that the tone of the book changed. A big change happened at that time.
This is my dereliction of duty as an author. It is a mistake made by an imperfect framework and a temporary trick. I regret it. (ω)
(The bigger reason is that I am too good at it... I just need to practice more.)
In fact, if I keep writing according to the routines of animal control, food, and daily life, I will definitely be better at it, and my results will be better than now...
But now that the matter has come to this, I can only learn from experience and lessons, and I will do better in the future. Several volumes will bring you more exciting stories. ε-(｀;)
My editor suggested to me that you cannot completely abandon the elements of the opening chapter. If you cannot let go of your own expression, then adjust the framework in the next volume and try to combine them.
Although it is difficult, if you give it a try, you will always gain something.
Me: "Thank you, I just have to open a new volume. I will make a summary at the end of the volume and then take a day off!"
Editor: "@#￥@￥&%!"
The main content of the next volume is the Knights Conference of the Kingdom of Roland, as well as the advancement of the Demon God and the Hell Line.
The Kingdom of Roland is based on France, and I will try to combine dueling and cooking culture.
The title of the volume is, "The Ring of the Nibelungs", which corresponds to the main clues of the next volume.
Going back to the opening topic, when we talk about writing, we are actually talking about what a person wants to express.
The world view, characters, plot... everything serves the theme. I want to have fun fighting, I want sweet love, I want to live a new life and take back everything. They are all expressions.
But what is the meaning of expression?
Writing is like a marathon, there is no end in sight, leading and applause are in the minority, and no cheers or audience is the norm.
But as the cliché goes, as long as you keep running, you will always see a different scenery.
I hope all readers will make rapid progress in their own lives, soar all the way and gain happiness!
Take a day off to sort out the outline, and I will serialize it tomorrow!
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(End of this chapter)