"Completion report of "Magician's Manual" 2021.5.15~2023.5.27"
"Bond level: 10 (Tingri? Who? Oh, that dog who wrote the magician's manual, Tingri!)"
"Word count: "Small World" 3.43 million words → "Magician's Handbook" 4.32 million words"
"Introduction to faction: Silver → Gold (the most satisfying introduction so far)"
"Opening faction: Silver → Gold (the most satisfying opening so far)"
"Main story faction: 0 → Silver (at least there is a main story)"
"Plot faction: Silver → Gold (I wrote all the plots I wanted to write)"
"Character description faction: Gold → Sanctuary (wrote a lot of interesting characters)"
"Emotional faction: Silver → Gold (Isn't it okay to just like pure love harem?)"
「Author level: LV5→Master」
"Training evaluation: SSS!"
"Because it received an SSS-level evaluation, the Magician's Handbook has been enhanced as a work from Qidian: a three-star honorable work!"
"Three-star honor work·Work features: including the following three honors—"
Twelve Heavenly Kings: Once you take it, there is nothing left to take.
Baimeng Zhengba: Thanks to the rice bosses for their support.
First order exceeds 10,000: In 2021, the first order exceeds 10,000, which is still very impressive. However, now... If 2021 is the early stage of Naruto Shippuden, then now is simply the Fourth Ninja World War.
"Because the work received an SSS-level evaluation, I will be given the career assessment task of 'Master Author' tomorrow!"
"Great author: If you can publish a book within one year, you will win. Countdown to publishing the book: (1/365)."
"Because the author's level has increased, I will get a talent enhancement tomorrow!"
"… "
"Searching for talents...Searching for talents...Search failed, assigning talents randomly..."
"Inherent Talent: Weird Ideas (Grand Rank): Although you don't have much talent, you always have some weird ideas in your mind. Unfortunately, no one else writes about this type of thing, so you have to write it yourself. And then as you write... Hey, it turns out that you have already written 10 million words without realizing it."
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I opened my author background today and saw three data:
The number of days of creation is 1598 days.
The cumulative word count is 10 million.
The work has 470,000 fans.
Except for the last item, which I seriously doubt, the first two are true (I wish I could use Fengling Yueying to modify them).
Sometimes I feel that life's circumstances are really unpredictable. If I were to go back to my student days and tell myself that I, who used to feel constipated when writing an 800-word essay, would become a great author with a total of tens of millions of words, I would definitely say, "Let's switch gears. I'll enjoy the life for you and you'll take the college entrance exam for me."
By the way, the operation officer of this book, Yu Mo, is taking the college entrance examination this year. I wish him good results in advance.
Okay, that’s enough for Yu Mo. Let me continue with my remarks.
I have had three breakthroughs in my writing career so far. The first was "The Chief of the Novice Village", which transformed me from an amateur to a completed author. The second was "Small World", which transformed me from an ordinary author to a cocky author with some achievements. The third was "The Magician's Manual", which transformed me from a small author to a somewhat famous author.
One step at a time, without a novice village there is no small world, and without a small world there is no magician's manual, just like upgrading. Sometimes I can't help but indulge in this kind of floating illusion, thinking that I can still make progress and continue to break through in the future, but every time I see other excellent authors - such as Foxtail, Book Eater, and Grenade Afraid of Water - I will feel sad, thinking that my talent can only stop here, and I will definitely fail in the future.
I have talent, but my talent is just writing ideas that others can't write. Rather than being an author, I am more of a helpless reader. After all, if I don't write, there will be nothing to read. So when I heard that Gptchat was going to sweep the online literature circle, AI automatically generated online articles, and all authors were out of work, I was very excited. I quickly presented AI to continue writing online articles, such as "Kidnapped the World", "Ten Thousand Immortals Retreat on the Reverse River, Love Cannot Beat the Tears of Persistence", "The Demon Hunter"... Forget it, I won't use AI. Next time we meet, I will squeeze tea leaves to write the fifth volume of The Demon Hunter.
However, this talent comes at a price, which is that it is difficult to delve into the same genre in the future. In my lifetime, I probably won’t write the second part of The Fourth Disaster, the second part of Small World Flow (isn’t it a bit shameless to name a genre after my own work), and naturally I won’t write a road adventure novel like the second part of The Magician’s Handbook.
It’s not that I don’t want to write, but I can’t write. I have no ideas or inspiration left.
To use my favorite phrase, it's not that I don't have creative talent, it's that I don't have creative passion. Of course, this may also be a manifestation of my lack of creative talent.
It's strange to say, these few days I've been listening to the daily updates, just like the last 100 meters of a marathon. I only sleep four or five hours a day and the rest of the time is spent on typing. In between typing I imagine what will happen after I finish the book, but after I actually finish it, I'm not very excited.
But that was how it was for me after the college entrance exam and after writing Small World. I finished an important task in a dull and indifferent manner, without being able to say any sentimental words or cheat any monthly votes.
At most I can sigh, 4.32 million words, two years.
I have really worked hard on myself.
I will definitely not write such a long book in the future. It will take me at most a year and a half. This time I really feel that I have "broken my writing", just like a person addicted to alcohol and sex whose body has been hollowed out... Writing a book has made me so haggard. From now on, I will not write anymore (smashing the keyboard)!
I have to pick it up and continue writing to pay off the mortgage.
And if I don't write some ideas, maybe no one else will write them. It's been so long since the death in the place of life was finished, why haven't I seen a novel of the death in the place type? Is this idea not good (slap the table)!
As I write this, the morning light is bright outside. In the past two years, I have been stuck in writing until the morning hundreds of times in the early morning, trying to update before eight o'clock. When I think that this kind of life is coming to an abrupt end, I am a little happy in my heart, but after the happiness, I will definitely fall into... long-term happiness!
Before, I always thought the morning light was too dazzling, but now I think the world is so beautiful. I’m so happy not to type, hehe!
Okay, it’s time to talk about the book, but I feel like there’s nothing much to talk about. I’ve almost finished speaking about the end of the first five volumes. I’m still very satisfied with the last volume. First of all, it’s very short, with a quick and concise ending. Nothing could be more satisfying than this. I wrote too long in the previous ones.
Then I tried my best to gather the foreshadowing, especially the ending which echoed the first sentence of the book. Although it was not very subtle, I was already very satisfied with it. In addition, the foreword of each volume was the answer to the ending of the volume, which was enough to fool everyone into thinking that I was a mature author who prepared the outline seriously.
Apart from these, the only thing I am confident about today is the characters. In this long work of 4.32 million words, I tried my best to make each character have a distinct personality and be memorable. Yin Gula and Harvey are the best male characters I have written. As for who is the best female character, I will leave it to you to judge.
Everyone gets a happy ending, everyone's story has a perfect ending, and all journeys have reached their end. It's really great. Please forgive me for being an incurable happy endingist. The Sorcerer's Handbook has many problems, but for me it is my perfect work, at least for now. When I write the next book that is better than the Sorcerer's Handbook, I will use it as a cushion, just like I use the Small World to cushion the Sorcerer's Handbook now... But I also like the Small World, I like everyone (stacked armor)!
Tell me about your next arrangements.
"The Legend of Zelda: Breath of the Wild", "The Legend of Zelda: Kingdom of Tears", "God of War 5", "Wrath of Justice", "Xenoblade Chronicles", "Fire Emblem Engage", "13 Sentinels: Aegis Rim", "Uncharted 4", "Monster Hunter Dawn", and "Ratchet & Clank" have also joined the PSN second-tier membership...
What? There aren’t many games!
In addition, I also adjusted my work and rest schedule and exercised. It may sound like nothing, but it’s really scary to not be able to fall asleep after only sleeping four or five hours a day… I’m so afraid that I’ll…
As for the much-anticipated release date of the next book, it is of course -
Undecided.
However, next year is a leap year, and there will be February 29th, which only comes once every four years. For me, who attaches great importance to the sense of ritual, it is extremely tempting.
As for the subject matter of the new book, I currently have three directions. One is fantasy. The content and setting are not yet determined, but I will put it here first; one is an urban campus, similar to Azure Sea; and one is a passionate competition, with reference to the dota competition.
Honestly speaking, I felt like there was something wrong with me when I wrote it. The latter two obviously don’t seem like the type that will become popular, so this is just a tentative plan. I’m likely to have better ideas.
As for the extra chapters of the Magician's Manual, there may be a few more chapters released in conjunction with the card event. If you want to get more news about Tingri and the Magician's Manual, please follow the Weibo "妖都听日" meow, follow "妖都听日" thank you meow.
I would like to give special thanks to my good friend Buqi Shixian Amao, who became the prototype of many characters in this book with his cute and irritating personality, and none of them are male characters! Not to mention the book's operation officer Yu Mo, who can be called Tingri's chief eunuch and governor of the East Factory. Chipmunk also often participates in the plot outline design of this book. Her outstanding screenwriting skills and vision have repeatedly added the finishing touch to this book. Even if she is not the chief minister of the cabinet, she is at least the seal of the Silijian, and is Tingri's right shoulder!
Finally, thank you all for your company along the way. Thank you for meeting you here. It would be even better if I could continue to meet you in the next book.
I hope I have lived up to my efforts over the past two years, your expectations, and the many times I have greeted the morning sun. The sun in Guangzhou is so bright today. Do you think I should go to sleep or go downstairs for breakfast
I think the old times are coming to an end.
I think a new era is about to begin.
Finally, I kowtow to all the readers ▄█▀█●, and congratulate you for finishing!
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I recommend two new books by my friends below. “The first sight of all things in the world” and “There will always be a curtain call”. I will use my completed books in exchange for your permission to write every day for the next year!
First up is "The Shepherd's Secret Sutra", the latest masterpiece by Buqi Shixian!
During the demon summoning ceremony, Aiwass finally recalled his past life memories.
This should be an online game that has been published and operated by his own company for six years. Now his adoptive father is the leader of the villain organization in the latest version.
And his identity will be exposed six years later, and he will hesitate to defect from the protagonist. In the end, because he decided to block the fatal blow for the player character, he was killed by the big brother with a good background in the cutscene CG before he even had the chance to enter the game.
—But it’s not a big problem. Because Aiwass also knows many secret promotion routes that are exclusive to the player characters, as well as the principles of each path as secret knowledge, which will surely be able to change his unfortunate fate...
So now there is only one question left.
"According to the original plot, shouldn't I have been rescued by the protagonist before this crappy ceremony began?"
Tied to the ritual platform as a sacrifice, Aiwass fell into deep thought.
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Then there is "I Gave Up One Level to the Top", a hilarious and imaginative article by Shi Zhouniao!
"I originally wanted to cultivate directly to the top of the realm."
"Isn't that bold?"
"From the very beginning of drawing Qi into the body, I continued to advance through the realms and directly broke through to the stage of ascending in broad daylight."
"When I first joined the sect, I told everyone in the sect, including my master, senior brothers and sisters, that I wanted to reach the top of my realm."
"Then why did you give up in the end?"
Hearing the curious questions from the disciples around him, Xu Lin looked solemn:
"The biggest problem, of course, is the opponent."
"I have studied a lot of experience from my predecessors and found that I have to give those geniuses of my time a chance, a chance to catch up with me. Only in this way can I have the opportunity and motivation to break through to a stronger level."
"So, all the news circulating in the outside world are rumors. I am definitely not afraid that I will cultivate too fast and fail to survive the heavenly tribulation."
"Absolutely not!"