The new book "" is about to be put on the shelves. It has been about 6 years since the last book "Gu Zhenren" was put on the shelves.

Time is like a carving knife, carving everyone's face and heart.

I just wrote Gu Zhenren 6 years ago and I was still single. Today, 6 years later, I have a family and my son is in kindergarten.

The experience of writing "Gu Zhenren" gave me a lot of rich writing experience and many important inspirations.

I have read a lot of books in the past six years, and I have discovered many excellent books. Thanks to my colleagues, there are many excellent online articles that have emerged in the past six years. They are my spiritual food.

Not only online articles, I also read traditional classics. I stayed up all night watching "The Moon and Sixpence", had a tearful conversation while watching "The Little Prince", and was filled with emotion after re-watching "The Red and the Black". I also read some books on writing.

Professional books, such as "What is Writing", "Story Mechanics", "A Guide to Film Screenwriting", etc.

I finally have a systematic and private evaluation standard for the quality of novels. I call it the three-dimensional standard, which covers online literature and traditional literature.

I began to have a new understanding of the beauty of novels.

When I wrote "Gu Zhenren" 6 years ago, I regarded the three golden chapters, quick updates, conflicts, etc. as golden rules. Today, 6 years later, I feel that an author should have more space for writing.

Being blocked by "Gu Zhenren" is a major ordeal for me. Because I have never been a eunuch in writing books, no matter what my grades are. I try my best to finish each book because I love writing itself and put every effort into it.

I love the book as one of my children. I don’t want to see any child die.

Among all the books, "Gu Zhenren" has special meaning to me, because it is an old dream of mine.

It was still closed and forced to eunuch.

This made me feel very painful. For a period of time when it just happened, I felt like I was isolated from the world, like a person in boundless darkness, like falling off a cliff in a strong wind, falling constantly, and feeling helpless.

During this period, I experienced the biggest ordeal in my writing career.

This experience forced me to interrogate my own soul. It made me stand in a new perspective and examine my relationship with readers, my relationship with my writing platform, and my relationship with the country and society.

I began to face up to my own influence, and began to think about how to shoulder family responsibilities and social responsibilities. I also began to think about the relationship between online writing and traditional literature, and even thought about: As a small online article author, how should I contribute to the culture of my motherland?

Revival sends a tiny amount of light and heat.

Over the past 6 years, I have gradually felt that a literary work (including online articles) contains value, not just commercial value, but also literary value. Just like - a good movie does not necessarily have to be a big seller, a big seller

It's not necessarily a good movie.

Compared with the hot data when updating, I hope to create a book that can withstand the erosion of time.

With this kind of thinking, I decided to create "".

To be honest, this is a difficult challenge.

I try to take the essence of the structuring methods of excellent movies or stage plays and integrate them into the creation of online novels, forming a more refined, more closely integrated, and echoing overall layout of the novel.

I try to absorb the advantages of traditional literature and integrate them into online articles. For example, I explore human nature and think about the world.

I tried to add delicate descriptions to the article, describing the scenery and the detailed changes in the human heart.

I tried to focus on the theme, unifying the setting, plot, and characters to give "" a soul.

This is my first time trying it.

Because I was nervous and knew how weak I was, I made a lot of preparations.

I worked on the outline of "" for more than two months.

In terms of detailed outline, I have made emergency adjustments to the detailed outline of the current first volume five or six times this month.

In addition, I watched a lot of biological information. Excellent documentaries such as "Natural History", "Encyclopedia of World Animals", "Illustrated Wildlife", "Encyclopedia of Animal Life", "Animal Dynasty", etc.

As well as "Supernatural Animal Transformation Illustrated Book", "Pokémon Ultimate Illustrated Book", "World of Warcraft", "Dungeons and Dragons", "Monster Hunter", etc. It involves excellent results in reality, virtuality, and classics. This

I believe everyone has already felt the results in the updated article.

In order to write the survival plot well, I watched all of Pei's survival documentaries and learned about the virtues of starvation. I also rewatched "Robinson Crusoe".

Because the background of the novel involves ancient Europe, I read "History of European Medieval Times", "The Age of Chivalry - Europe in the Middle Ages", and "History of Medieval Life".

Among them, I also focused on the study of "Noble Symbolic Heraldry System", "Building Castles", "Medieval Clothing", "Reference Atlas of Foreign Architecture", "Medieval Castles", "Travel in the Medieval World", "

"Legends of Medieval Knights" etc.

This week I started to study ships, especially European sailing ships. I am currently reading "History of Sailing", "A Brief Talk on the Development of World Sailing", "Basics of Shipbuilding Principles" and "Simple Shipbuilding".

I tried to write the online article in detail. Filling it with a lot of details, even if it is a fantasy article, it will also be filled with realistic theories, which will make it more real.

Speaking of which, I actually hesitated.

Past writing experience tells me that the first choice for a new book is actually to write about a protagonist similar to Fang Yuan. You can write fantasy wizard style, which is actually very close to fairy tales. Or you can write farming stories, which I did in "Gu Zhenren".

There are many descriptions of farming plots. It is not tiring to write this way, and it is also in line with the expectations of book friends. At the same time, it is also something I am good at, so I don’t have to worry about not being able to eat.

The second option is to try new creations. I know that the risk is very high. It is more risky than adopting a new power system or creating a genre. Because this time, I am using a different writing logic.

I don’t know the answer to what the outcome of this choice will be, and I can’t estimate it at all. But I know that book friends will have a conversion rate, and some book friends will think that I have changed and they will find it ugly. The data may also be very bad.

…

But in the end, I chose the second option.

Because I'm worried that if I choose the first one, I won't be able to get out of my comfort zone.

In the end, what prompted me to choose the second one was a realization - I am no longer young.

Friends, I have been writing books for many years.

In the past, I often stayed up all night, which was not a big deal. Now if I stay up late once, I can't stand it the next day.

If I sit for more than half an hour, I will feel soreness in my back.

I also have rhinitis. It happens every time the seasons change, and it’s very torturous.

When I play games now, I can't react in time. When playing gun battles, my hands are not steady. I used to be able to reach gold level in Overwatch, but now I am bronze. I used to play Dota in college and kill everyone, but now I play occasionally.

Play Heroes of the Storm to recall your youth.

Games like Hearthstone and Plants vs. Zombies First Edition are becoming more and more suitable for me.

I watched my ancestors pass away one after another, watched my parents age rapidly, and watched my son grow up rapidly. I felt like time was like the wind, and the sound of the wind was getting louder and louder in my ears. It was also like the sand in my hand, which I held tightly tightly.

, but it flows faster and faster.

Whenever I can't sleep late at night, I feel a fire burning my increasingly fat belly, burning my skinny bones until they crackle like dry wood.

This fire makes me hungry.

This fire makes me panic and impatient.

I know that this fire is my literary dream.

If you compromise this time, you will choose the first option because of fear of the unknown and seeking so-called stability.

How many more years will I have left in the future?

Youth has gone far away from me, and I no longer have a lot of time to waste leisurely.

I'm not getting any younger, guys.

But the dreams about literature that I had in the past were burning more and more fiercely. I really felt that there was a desire to create, a desire to create something that met the standards in my heart, which was strongly pushing me.

This time, I decided to take the risk!

I left my youth to "Gu Zhenren" and pinned my pursuit of literature on "".

In fact, many people have advised me - be more prudent and consolidate your godhood. If you take too long a step, it will be easy to twist your feet and pull your balls.

Thank you for your concern.

wry smile.

6 years ago, I looked at the great gods, I looked at Platinum, I was very envious, I looked up to them.

Today, 6 years later, especially after experiencing the incident of "Gu Zhenren" being banned, I have taken a dim view of it.

Of course, I am also vulgar, I am also a human being, and I also need to eat.

Godhead, I want it too.

But I understand: it is not my pursuit, nor should it become my shackles.

It's good if you have a godhead, but forget it if you don't.

I am willing to just be a small author and pursue the literary dream that has always existed and is gradually expanding. This dream includes money and vulgarity, but it is more about literature.

Just like the intention of "The Moon and Sixpence", I picked up a coin on the ground, then stood up, raised my head, and stretched out my hand. This time... I wanted to reach for the moon.

This is what I say from the bottom of my heart.

Therefore, "" is a major challenge for me.

It challenged my determination, my writing style, my structure, and the first test of my new writing concept in practice.

Over the past few months, and continuing to this day, I have been working hard on this.

Similarly, I have to be honest, I have to tell you - as I said in the preface before - this is also a challenge for you!

Because this time, I have adopted my creative concept, and the logical layer of writing has changed, so "" does not have the three golden chapters, and does not have the unique rhythm of online novels. But you will see a more refined and unified overall structure of the novel, and you will read

With a lot of foreshadowing and echoes, you will see many plot twists that are unexpected, but very reasonable when you think about it carefully.
To be continued...