Final words of postscript
After three years of persistence and the weight of 4.6 million words, it finally comes to an end.
Soul of Burning Steel has finally come to a safe and stable ending. In three years, there have been no disturbances and no signs of being banned. The only blocked chapter was my request for leave complaining that I was not feeling well (I didn’t feel well either). I know why), it seems that I am right (not) to choose the path of a purely warrior world without a heroine and no political elements.
The story of Soul of Burning Steel is too heavy. To be honest, you may not believe it. I am not such a heavy person at all. It must have been that I was so excited about the last book that I felt a little bit depressed at the time. I wrote a book to cheer myself up. By the end of the book, I cheered up, but the tone of the book was also set.
It did feel rushed in the end, I admit.
Of course it's not that I don't want to write, it's just that I'm out of breath.
In the scheduled outline, Joshua will have access to the memories of all sages, from psychics to sages - that is, the chapter "Meeting the Sages" can be divided into seven chapters, and he will see three of them with his own eyes. How the past sages were defeated by the future, and how the four current sages are trapped so that they cannot interfere with the future.
In the end, Joshua broke the shackles that bound many sages one by one. Under the urging of other sages, "Don't worry about us, go and block the future first." Under the pressure of the rising progress bar of the future sages, , he rescued everyone, and finally got the key to the final victory in a battle.
I am confident that I can write well, I will definitely be able to write well - there is no doubt about this.
But I think it’s too draggy, and Joshua isn’t like that either.
It was full of energy, then weakened, and finally exhausted. At the end, I had accumulated the energy of the whole book, which was Joshua's sacrifice. The second time he was angry was when Joshua was resurrected, and the third time was the last time when he shouted "Soul of Burning Steel" at the end.
If I spend such a long time on Dejian Zhuxian, it will exhaust my motivation to finally type the four words "Soul of Burning Steel"... (I'm not sure if it's safe or not)
The most important thing is that I feel very happy about this ending.
Really, I feel like I finished it in one go. When I finished writing the ending, I wasn’t feeling melancholy. Instead, I was happy. As for regrets, I do have some regrets. My skills are not enough to achieve such a perfect ending that makes me and all readers happy together. But to be honest, Yes, I think it’s not bad. My original intention was to leave some unfinished feelings, but now it seems that I may have left a little too much.
Anyway, thank you. Really, thank you very much for being with me for three years and seeing the end of this story all the way.
My last book, Everlasting Heaven, was almost as complete as Soul of Burning Steel in terms of outline and setting. After all, the initial outlines of the two books were written at the same time, but at that time, my accumulation and experience were still lacking. It's not enough for me to write it smoothly and beautifully. It may have new ideas, but it's definitely not a good book. It's a hammer here and there, a slow pace, and all kinds of mess.
In this book, Soul of Burning Steel, I feel that I have indeed surpassed myself. I feel that whether it is fighting, characters, plot arrangements, exploration and adventure, or debates over ideas, they all surpassed me at the beginning. But it must also be admitted that in the later stages, the fighting became monotonous. In many cases, it was just a few fragments, and it was over with just some imagination and harsh words. This is a common problem when military force has soared to the level of stars, rivers and even single-body multi-levels. I am a mortal after all. In addition, I really hate some pure talk and mythical fights, so I can't write it well at all, so I can only do it reluctantly. Fight with myself and write something that I feel is passable.
Moreover, the tone of this book comes from the feeling of 'Dark Souls'... I am not going to discuss the concept of Dark Souls with anyone here. There are a thousand Hamlets in a thousand people. What I see in Dark Souls is Fighting, sacrifice, salvation, inheritance, and the fire burning in the 'darkness'.
I wanted to write about this feeling—and it was heavy. It looks cool when you design it, but when you actually write it, you can understand that these problems have a great impact on a book, and even many interesting plot developments must be suppressed because they are inconsistent with the tone of the book. And I am someone who likes to have a beginning and an end, and keep the original idea of writing a book from beginning to end. Moreover, the heavy style will definitely drive away a group of readers who were attracted by the invincibility in the early stage. This is all the result of imperfect thinking.
There are still many problems, and I still have too many shortcomings that need to be summarized and solved.
Fortunately, with 4.6 million words, I gave myself and this book a happy ending. At least I can see my progress. I just hope that the next book can continue to improve. For example, the supporting roles can be better. Instead of the main character being the sun, the others are just stars shining in the background.
There must be at least a few orbiting planets to form the solar system.
After all, it is a serialization that lasted for more than 3 years. There must be inconsistencies in setting details, and there will also be errors in details. Alas, anyway, everything will be based on the later text, and there is no way to revise the entire article now.
After summarizing, thank you all book friends.
Thank you to my friend who thought the writing was good, it means that I have shared my joy and feelings with you.
Thanks to the friends who think my writing is not good. Your opinions prove another possibility that I can try to pursue, which makes me gradually improve.
Thank you to friends who have not read my book. Although you cannot see this chapter, I know that you have proved that I am still far from achieving the goal I want.
Thank you to the friends who read my book and saw this chapter. I love you. Our meeting is like a miracle and requires no reason. It is also like a miracle with countless foreshadowings.
Finally, there’s the new book.
The subject matter of the new book is relatively complex. It is an amalgamation of urban aura recovery, super fantasy, western fantasy, science fiction, magic, Cthulhu, aliens, and various myths and legends that you know or don’t know, running groups, modules, or novels and games. To be honest, you guys Just look at the content of this book and the classification of this book. This thing cannot restrain me. I can only guarantee that this is indeed a story that I think is interesting and has been prepared for a long time.
I won't write about things that I can't touch.
The new book will probably be released on September 1st. I discussed it with the editor a few days before and after, but it won’t be finalized. This month is not only for watching TI, but also for rest and recharging. 3 years of serialization is really a bit tiring. I can also take a break and read more good books written by others in the past few years. And you also know the recent situation... ugh , Don’t stand out.
In three years, a part of my life has passed away, and I believe the same is true for book friends... In short, it is almost time to say goodbye for the time being, and I will give you a final message.
The poet Bei Dao once said.
—We had dreams at that time, about ideals, about love, about traveling across the world.
-Nowadays, when we drink late at night, when the glasses touch each other, it is the sound of broken dreams.
But now, I'm still young. I'm not old enough yet to remember.
My dream is not broken.
I'm still writing.
I am Yin Tian Shenyin, I am writing, and I will write a story for you to read.
See you in the extra chapter and new book!
[Oh, by the way, I have been short of books recently. I may put up my own book list later and recommend books (of course, there are also books from acquaintances). You can also recommend books for me.]
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