In fact, I had wanted to say these words a long time ago, but I held back. The reason is very simple: the author must control his or her desire to express himself or herself. You can say whatever you want in the book review section, but in the novel, even if it is only related, try to say as little as possible when it is not necessary.
Until someone asked me if I was writing it myself and asked me if I dared to answer.
What am I afraid to answer? Of course, it is me, the Eternal Flame, who is writing!
I have always been humble, but I dare say that even if the ending I am writing now is the most difficult to write, even if it is difficult for me to write, no other ghostwriter can compare to me!
Anyone who can write at my level would have started out on their own a long time ago and would have earned more money. In addition, I almost became a ghostwriter, but luckily no one wanted me.
Well, now that the emotions have been dealt with, let’s start talking about something rational.
All readers can see that the entire book of Confucianism and Taoism has entered its final stage and will be completed in about two months.
Lao Huo also knows that many people complained that "After the Saint", it became too much like a normal fantasy novel about killing monsters and leveling up.
I have no objection at all, that’s right, after the death of the Saint, it’s just a normal fantasy story about killing monsters and leveling up.
the reason is simple.
After becoming a semi-saint, many things have changed. Confucianism has always been about people and being involved in the world. After becoming a semi-saint, people have deviated from the Confucian philosophy.
Confucianism is a non-transcendental cultivation system. If it were, it would no longer be Confucianism. However, fantasy novels must be transcendental in the end. There are many contradictions between the two.
I believe that this contradiction can be resolved in many years as I continue to study and learn, but I cannot do it now.
Feel sorry.
In fact, unless it is a novel with a smaller world view, novels with a slightly larger world view will eventually be too detached from reality, causing a strong sense of illusion and insecurity in the readers, so no matter how the author writes, the readers will not adapt. There are also theories such as burnout, etc. In short, this is caused by multiple factors.
Of course, I am not shirking my responsibility. The main reason is that I am not capable of ending the work.
Readers who often read online novels know that it is difficult to achieve perfection in the later stage of any book.
Many online novels have bad endings, not because the authors don’t want to write them, but because the later stages of a novel are really difficult to write, especially long ones.
I have read so many online novels, and I can name many of the ones that were completed before 3 million words, and many of them have excellent endings, but I can't name any of the ones with more words, especially those with more than 7 million words. Of course, it may also be that I have not read many books of this length.
I am not saying this to shirk responsibility. Since there is a problem, it should be solved.
I am now used to introspecting using the orid model, so I will use it here.
My problem is that it is the first time I have written such a long chapter, and the plot is not as exciting as in the first and middle parts, which some readers are dissatisfied with.
I am actually a little anxious and am also thinking about how to improve.
The reason is that I expanded too much in the middle period. In fact, I have been expanding since the appearance of Emperor Luo in Denglongtai. The world is too big and the length is too long. The fundamental reason is that I was reading something about religion at the time. I wanted to write about a theme that I couldn't talk about for the time being. I will talk about it in detail somewhere else after it is finished.
The current situation is that the chapter is too long and too extensive, and I can't just end it after Fang Yun is canonized, I have to make it complete. However, my ability to finish the chapter is not good enough, so it is not as exciting as the first and middle parts.
It would have been much better if I had not written about such a big topic at the time, and just written about Fang Yun's canonization in a conventional way.
As for continuing to write after the death of the Saint, there are really not many reasons. It is just to make a simple connection between the previous and the next.
The death of the patriarch was in late March or early April. Even if I should have finished writing by then, I would have finished writing by May, right? It is June now, so I can finish it in July or mid-August at the latest. I only need to write for two or three more months.
A book that took more than five years to write, and some readers read it from junior high school to college (which doesn't seem to be something to be proud of), but I wrote it for two or three months longer. Can this really be considered a serious delay in completion? Can it be considered!
If I don't resolve the Imperial Clan, the Ancestral Dragon, and the Twilight Fortress, and end the story quickly after the death of the Saint, the number of people who would scold me for having a bad ending would definitely be ten or even a hundred times as many as now!
I wrote for two or three months longer, but with my update volume (which doesn't seem to be something to be proud of), how much more money can I make
I admit that I did have the idea of making more money before, but the way I think to make more money is not to drag on and not finish this book, but to start the next book immediately after finishing this one, making a seamless transition.
But later I thought about it again and again and felt that it was not possible.
My book on Confucianism and Taoism was actually started in a hurry, and many things were not fully set up, which led to inherent deficiencies in some aspects that could not be remedied later.
From my perspective, I can't make the same mistake twice.
From the reader's perspective, do readers prefer to see a new book that is rushed out, or would they prefer to see a more complete new book one or two months after the Confucianism and Taoism is finished? I am a reader myself, and I believe that most readers would choose the latter.
So, if I was really short-sighted, I would just not rest after finishing Confucianism and Taoism. Why would I decide to spend a month or two reading frantically to prepare a new book after finishing it
Some readers also think that I am lazy and slack. If it was in the past, I would accept it, but now, I really can’t accept it.
In fact, I now sign up for at least one online course every month, attend a reading club every week, and am always reading and learning, looking for ways to improve.
I won’t tell you how many books I read in a month, because many people will question it, including me a few months ago. In fact, those who have learned speed reading know that as long as it is not a thick book in a profound field or a professional one, it is normal to read one or more books a day. I can’t even read one book a day now, which is considered slow. Of course, after reading, taking notes and reviewing it repeatedly every day, week, month and half a year to fight against the forgetting curve is more tiring.
If I were lazy, why would I learn speed reading to expand my field of vision, causing my eyes to be swollen and uncomfortable every morning when I wake up? Am I crazy
I am not bragging when I say this, but I feel guilty because I have done too many wrong things in the past, wasted too much time, and didn't know how to study hard. I don't really want to say this because there are many people who work harder than me, and there are many people who are more worthy of talking than me, and there are even many big guys among my readers. All I have done is to make up for the mistakes I made in the past.
However, I couldn’t accept that I was considered lazy and slack when I was clearly working hard. I couldn’t accept that some people even thought that I didn’t write the later part.
I am so anxious now, and my friends, classmates and my brother comfort me all day long, telling me to stay calm and take more rest. They also say that I am lazy
Uh, it seems like I've said too much. I'm afraid people will ridicule me for playing with my character. Never mind. I'll just take it as a way to relieve my emotions.
At this point, someone will definitely say, Lao Huo, you spend time studying and reading, why don’t you add more chapters? You are still lazy!
The reason I did this is very simple. When I was writing about Confucianism and Taoism in the later period, I felt deeply inadequate. I suddenly realized that the writing process of this book might be the process of my life. Confucianism and Taoism are more difficult to write in the later period. Isn’t this the case with my life, or the lives of most people
The reason why Confucianism and Taoism become more and more difficult to write in the later stages is that my ability is insufficient and my knowledge reserves are insufficient. If I had studied more, read more, and practiced more in the past, would Confucianism and Taoism be better
So I began to reflect and asked myself, I made mistakes before by not spending a lot of time studying. Should I continue to make the same mistakes now
I chose to change, and that’s why I can’t shift my study and reading time to writing.
Life is not just about the present, but also about the pressure and grief of the future.
There are some things I didn't explain originally. For example, some people said that Fang Yun used mind mapping in the book mountain after he was canonized. In fact, I clearly wrote about the pyramid principle at that time. The two have some intersections, but they are very different. In my book, I said that Fang Yun established linguistics based on Saussure's theory. Some people said that Saussure's theory is not applicable to Chinese characters, but in fact it is only not completely applicable. Moreover, Saussure is the founder of structuralism and semiotics, which is the key.
For things like these, everyone has different ways of thinking, understandings, and cognitions. Many times, either I am indeed wrong, or I did not express myself clearly. I will change it if I can. There is no need for too much explanation or argument, and I will never blame the readers. The readers are not cursing or attacking, they are simply expressing their own opinions. Whether they are right or wrong, it is fine.
But some people believe that I didn't write it, and I really can't accept that.
Well, actually, looking at it from another perspective, I should be happy that there are readers who think so highly of me.
Having said so much, the last step is to talk about specific change actions.
In fact, now that I have written about Confucianism and Taoism to this point, many things cannot be changed and can only be used in future new books.
1. Drawing on the experience of Confucianism and Taoism, we should control the length of future books and ensure that the word count does not exceed 7 million words through methods such as advance estimation, reader feedback, outline determination, and later revision.
2. The setting of power and world should be within a certain limit. Make sure you can write it before writing it. If you can't write it, try to lower the power level. There are many aspects involved in specific writing, so I won't go into details.
3. By strengthening time management, better managing your own time, and reducing time-wasting behaviors such as procrastination, I will strive to spend an extra hour every day writing the next book.
4. Find a better way to write. It would be great if technology could allow us to write using brain waves, ahem.
I have said a lot today. Actually, I am a very conflicted person. If I don't say anything, I am afraid that readers will misunderstand and say that I don't respect readers and don't communicate with readers. If I say it, a lot of content will definitely be misunderstood and even used as a pretext or even framed and slandered for hyping and selling personalities. This kind of thing has been happening all the time, and it doesn't just happen to me.
Without saying anything else, I will try my best to complete "The Greatest Sage of Confucianism and Taoism", and then keep learning and improving, and write more.
Finally, I bow and thank every reader!