Chapter 84 Remarks on the Release
It will be released tomorrow.
The new book period was extended for one week, and the Sanjiang recommendation failed to advance, just a little bit behind like last time. Rather than blame it on my own bad luck, I actually admit that my writing is not as good as others. After all, when it comes to writing books, luck is based on strength.
This is the third book on Qidian.com.
I especially remember that when I wrote my first book, Lady, I also failed to advance to Sanjiang recommendation. At that time, there was too much preparation in the early stage and the pace was slow. I still remember the comments from many readers, "I have a hammer here and there, I don't know what the author is writing", "I am confused", "Does the author have an outline? He has already written it" "It's crooked," "It's mysterious," "To be honest, I can't understand it," "The characters on the show are too mixed," and so on. Therefore, it was very miserable when it was put on the shelves, with only 1,000 orders. (Cry to death)
I remember that I should have written about one hundred and twenty chapters, and when all the threads came together, Niangzi’s book began to slowly become popular, and eventually it became a small hit. From the initial order of one thousand to the average order of nine thousand, It should have been fixed, but it was removed from the shelves and was reconciled. Now it can only be searched through audio novels. This is the author's own problem, and there is nothing to complain about. But it was also because of this book that it gave Douya confidence and some book fans.
When it comes to the second book Madam, the early comments are still the same. Old book friends are fine, but new book friends are still confused. Fortunately, because of my wife's performance and her excellent opening chapter, I basically got all the recommendations for the new book issue, with an initial order of almost 4,000. If I can keep writing, I believe I can write forever. Because the momentum after its launch is still very good.
However, the irony is that when the lady first settled on one thousand, faced with many doubts, I insisted on writing according to the outline and achieved success. When the wife got better grades, she failed to stick to her original intention and drastically changed the outline. In the end, it completely collapsed, disappointing many book friends, and finally abandoned the book.
This third ex-wife is starting from scratch.
Although I tried hard to improve the rhythm, I still couldn't escape the old problem of too much foreshadowing and slow pace. Naturally, I also encountered doubts from some readers, who felt that the writing was too montage, too scattered, and difficult to read. clear. Indeed, this book has more foreshadowing than before. Although I persisted this time and did not change the outline, I also made a lot of deletions and omissions in the process. These include the deletion of two chapters of heart-to-heart conversations between Ran Qingchen and his grandmother, and the protagonist.
Because at that time I thought these two chapters had no effect on the current plot and were too slow, so I didn’t write them. As a result, this became a major failure in the early stage, causing great contradictions and contrasts in the heroine's character. After all, in addition to the content, a book is also crucial for character creation, especially for one of the two heroines. The lack of anatomical foreshadowing of the character is very fatal, and can only be remedied slowly later.
The character Ran Qingchen was indeed unlikable in the early stages. It was not that she looked down on the protagonist, but that she was disappointed in her marriage. She has a good reputation and is very proud, so even if she doesn't like her husband, she will treat the protagonist as her property and will not allow others to destroy or bully him. Such a character will harm her later. Her image is really fleshed out in the volume where the protagonist enters the demon clan and she chases her husband thousands of miles away.
I won’t say much about the other female protagonists, as they will also be controversial. For example, Li Guanshi, some people think that this woman is cold-blooded and not kind enough. This can be seen from the plot of coercing the snake demon. But this is exactly her character. She disdains the relationship between men and women and only has the right path in her heart. In her eyes, anyone can take advantage.
Another example is the Demon Lord, who is also very cold-blooded. In her mind, only with big fists and killing can she stand tall. Including the Queen Mother Xiao who will not stick to the feelings of her children and has great ambitions to compete in the world.
As for the problem of too many female protagonists, I won’t explain anything. I just hope that a story will be told smoothly. Which characters will add color to the story, she will appear, that’s it.
To be honest, although my mind is very open-minded. But the failure of the new book to achieve good results was still a huge blow to my confidence. But it also shows that my decision was right and I needed to make changes and change the subject matter. This ex-wife will be the last book of this type, the final work. After finishing this book, I will write a relatively straightforward and simple book next time. I will consider writing a systematic article or apocalypse or something.
In addition, there will be some changes in the book Ex-Wife. In addition to the familiar detective style from the beginning, there will be no reversal in the later stage. The person who needs to be foreshadowed, the villain who should be foreshadowed, and the world view are basically complete. The rest of the story will be written straightforwardly without being mysterious. In the first volume, the protagonist will kill two bosses, one is Nalanxie and the other is the prince.
In the second volume, when the protagonist leaves the capital, he will adopt a writing method similar to that of Chu Liuxiang and Lu Xiaofeng, allowing the protagonist to enter the rivers and lakes, practice practice, investigate cases, and pick up girls.
Okay, that’s it, just get down to coding. The update time to be put on the shelves tomorrow will be around 12 noon.
In the future, the update time will be the same as that of the old book, because the number of words in a single chapter will increase, so it will basically be in the evening, either around 6 or 7 p.m., or before 12 p.m., basically writing and publishing now.
After the number of words increases, the quality may be lost. Although there is an outline, the writing is definitely not as refined as before. This is something that many authors cannot avoid. After all, the new book has 200,000 words, and the scrapped manuscript has almost 40,000 words, so a lot of energy was spent polishing it. The more words there are, the less time it takes to polish. However, once serious deviations in quality occur, the author will slow down corrections in a timely manner. After all, when you spend money to read a book, the most important thing is the content.
I would also like to thank the editor-in-chief Biscuit Dad and Yexiaoda for their suggestions and care.
I hope this book can be written smoothly, and Douya will try his best to maintain a peaceful mind. At that time, I named the protagonist "Shou Zhong" in the hope that I could always remind myself to be peaceful and upright.
This name comes from the "Tao Te Ching", which means that the protagonist should always maintain a peaceful and quiet mentality, corresponding with "The Mirror of Water and Moon" to hone his mind.
I’ll update it at 12 noon tomorrow. I don’t know how much I can write, probably around 20,000 words.
Thank you book friends for your support, okay.
(End of this chapter)