Some Really Chatty One Million Word Author's Notes
Before I found out that I had reached one million words, I never thought I would make a book this long.
Let’s talk about the psychological process. It’s actually quite interesting when you think about it.
I started writing this novel after chatting with R (author of Midnight Blade). He is a very friendly and interesting person, so I started writing it as soon as he encouraged me.
At the beginning, I really didn’t consider readability, nor how to create those funny points in online articles (although I didn’t think about it later, I really don’t understand)
Because at that time I felt that I was so bad that there was no chance of signing a contract, so I broke through the defense and let myself go. The style at that stage was actually the closest to my style of artistic explosion when I was drunk - I didn’t expect it to be described this way233< br>
Mentioning this, let me change the topic. I am not deliberately imitating the Western British and American style. I really can only write like this. For example, some use of clauses and attributives, as well as some descriptive habits, which may confirm Since I was a child, I have always failed in composition; the content you see now is the result of manual adjustments and editing by the brain twice. Otherwise, the content I wrote when I was drunk and delirious would be an aria-style combination of long lines that is difficult to interpret. Difficult sentence. It may sound unreasonable, but it's true.
Then the first volume passed in a haze, and when I got to the end of the volume where my identity was revealed, I remember seeing someone say, "It was boring at the beginning, but I became interested in reading the whole thing." At that time, I couldn't laugh or cry, but I was frustrated again. A mixed feeling of wanting to laugh again.
Then there is a clip about Magnus. Now that I think about it, there seems to be nothing much to talk about, so let me just mention a habit.
Before I write a character in detail, I will do a bunch of character analysis, some and some, and list the superficial traits of the character, the reasons for the birth of the traits, the actual internal core values, the superficial problems and consequences, and the real Flaws and solutions, etc.; for example, Magnus, I define the superficial flaw as naivety and arrogance, while the core is the inability to face reality and the escape from failure born in a smooth life (particularly obvious in the original Pu Burn fragment), Therefore, two events were used to deal with the Garden of Nurgle and the subsequent disaster caused by the refusal to face the psychic problem head-on. The evaluation I received was that the character change was reasonable, which satisfied me; but later I often doubted whether it was necessary to write like this, because I found that it seemed to make the plot drag...
It's broken, now it's become a typical third-rate, shoddy, low-budget art film.
Then came Dorne and King Slayer, because Dorne's growth in the first half of the book ended in the K Demon Realm, so they are in one volume. I swear at that time I really wanted to write about Dorne and K arguing, and then "Death to Death 2 came so fast", so I wrote it as a fight scene. By the way, there is a hint of the subsequent rebellion plot.
Among the chapters in this volume that I value more personally, one is Blood in the Snow, which is a chapter that reorganizes the relationship between father and son.
That paragraph is a summary of the progress of the previous article, but when I wrote the sentence "I value this chapter", I found that combined with a bunch of nagging words above, it probably made it clear. I am the type of person who inexplicably cares about character growth arcs, that is, the plot follows the characters, and I always feel that this is not an advantage.
Another important chapter is Angron feeding meat. The reason why I value it is entirely out of my love for Gore, maybe because I watched Hannibal since I was a child.
In addition, while writing this volume, I actually remember seeing comments saying that my writing skills were seriously declining and my writing skills were poor. At that time, I was very doubtful about life, as if I suddenly realized that I had done a lot of things wrong but didn’t understand where I was wrong. , and I am so busy every day that I break my guard. The complaints I wrote casually at the time are still in my notepad, and now I can read them easily (it’s hard to point to the next paragraph):
“Actually, I keep I wondered why I was still wasting readers' patience and money, and I found myself unable to create a story that had any traction and everything revolved around mundane things, which made me feel terrible, of course. This sentence doesn’t mean anything, it’s just a waste of time.”
In short, it proves that I am a guy with a very poor mental stability, but I still managed to get through it anyway, and this doesn’t count. What a strange thing. After all, people can't just let something happen.
Then there is the Guilliman volume. Here I write a battle to reward myself, which is the Battle of Osiris. When I write a battle, I usually write it against a hammer that I have played on the table, and then go through some magic. Edit, if you can see some expressions and nouns, just treat it as a little easter egg, it’s not important.
Yes, another shortcoming of mine: a lover of third-rate fight dramas and battles.
In addition, King Slayer and Guilliman both played the role of foreshadowing first and then revealed them in unison, but now that I think about it, this does not have a strong promotion effect on the big ups and downs, so I can still continue to adjust the writing method.
After that comes the Koz volume. Otherwise, you can just start scolding this volume (the Taoist heart is broken... I don’t have the Taoist heart if you don’t)
But I did find that I don’t understand that readers can What can be understood and what cannot be understood; to be precise, I know that some people may not be able to understand it, but I really don’t know where the Riddler is... No, this matter should be placed at the beginning of the summary of the first volume. Well, because there was a Riddler review at that time and I had no idea why, so obviously I must have some stupid cognitive bias, and this paragraph may seem like an excuse, but it's the truth, and it's sad.
The subsequent volume of "You Like It" can be regarded as a happy summary of all the previous plots. It is commonly known as making dumplings in the middle.
Well, although I was stuck at a problematic plot point when I was writing this review, this volume is really for making dumplings during the Chinese New Year.
As for the subsequent plot, when I first started writing the book, the plan was to write another Ran Dan to prepare for the rebellion. Then, now I’m counting, the timeline is too early, there is still a hundred and fifty years before m31. Last time I asked, I found that everyone wanted to see more about the collection of Primarchs, so I continued to look for plot filling. It just so happens that there is still something to write about.
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So, let me make a personal summary: I am actually very talentless. Even if I don’t have very wonderful ideas, I won’t be able to grasp the plot. The ups and downs of the book cannot create that kind of laughter or cool scenes; it is commonly known as the brain is not good, and it is easy to suffer from literary youth disease...
Sometimes I feel very sorry for the readers, and I still write at this level. But people always have to move forward.
Even if it is just to earn military expenses and continue to raise the army, when will GW update my beloved main race? The fifth version of the update is considered a new model. Is this ridiculous? (Anjian)
I quite agree with the last one. A violent argument about the flavor of hammer: Warhammer is a kind of Dionysian spirit in grimdark.
Darkness and light, despair and hope are not actually the themes of Warhammer.
The meaningless life and death bring not only the readers' sighs about the impermanence of fate, but also endless ah this and raw grass.
Don’t ask, the official title of a certain issue of Warhammer wrote the extremely hilarious “brighterfuture” in “grimdark”.
Warhammer is a very tolerant IP. After all, the background setting is wide, and there are many different aspects of focus in the original work. It would be a waste to only focus on the black and deep residuals.
From a literary and artistic point of view, I would think that Hammer is a moth that is consistent, regardless of the result, and driven by faith. Even the Pyrrhic win must be won.
To put it simply, it is the eternal Tata Kai.
Yes, in our dark and cold distant forty thousand years, there is only war.
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By the way, find a place to talk about some Black Library Warhammer authors who are not unhappy. For example, a certain GT person whose gun hanging on the wall in the first act was confirmed to be a decoration in the third act is on the same level as another. Someone like GH, the master of classics who often makes people feel inexplicable and difficult to criticize, someone like NK who writes long, boring and exhausting things to read, etc...
And the respected Mr. Dan, can you please give Bekui a quick review? Because the third book has been written, this unfortunate fan is waiting for the settings that he has not revealed yet. Don’t let me write the first one and then the second one will be conflicted (sad)
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Note: The main text of this book has a cutoff of 30K, and the content after 30K will only be extras.
Also, I usually don’t read comments. If you have anything you want to share, you can leave a comment or post in this chapter, and I will read it here.
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Attachment: Thank you Ms. Dark for all your support, meow!
Oh, thank you R by the way. (No Mercy)
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