Strange Era: An exclusive talent every month

With a length of 600,000 words, the first volume is finally finished.

During Sanjiang's speech, the writing method of "using structure and breaking structure" that I promised to write has finally come true.

There was no outline for this book at the beginning. I just had a few rough ideas and routines in the early stage, and then I started writing.

The structure at the beginning is to use the shallow main line's sense of harvest and the strong main line's ranking competition, combined with a shallow and strong structure.

This model is not that new.

Through the shallow main line, frequent harvests will stimulate the rhythm, converge to the strong main line competing for the top spot, and cross over to create a good sense of expectation.

But in fact, this way of writing will also bring about a big problem!

From the author's perspective, once I finish writing the first list, it will be almost the same as collapse.

This is the inevitable drawback of all strong main lines after amplifying expectations.

In other words... when I first opened the book, I was writing a book for the first time in my rookie period. Due to relatively superficial thinking, I added the setting of the list, which resulted in the book inherently having its own breaking point.

If you write in a refreshing way and casually and brainlessly write about the protagonist killing the first person on the list, then there will be nothing interesting to watch in the follow-up.

Ever since... the writing method of "using structure and breaking structure" is the method I came up with when facing such a problem.

Not long after it was put on the shelves, I directly wrote that Chen Ye won the first place on the list. In fact, it was a "refreshing front-end" and "anticipation dislocation".

The normal routine is to write about the main character making a big splash at the end, and then at the last moment at the end of the month, he rushes to the top of the list, shocking the audience, and bringing the excitement to its peak.

But I don’t write like that…

It's still very early before the end of this month's rankings. I let Chen Ye's points reach the first place in advance and weakened the main line of the rankings. This is to misplace expectations and focus on the quality and plot of the story itself instead of relying on these rhythms. , have fun to support follow-up orders.

Such an attempt is destined to be painful.

After enjoying the front-end, it was obvious that I lacked motivation to subscribe to the follow-up plot. Because of my strong expectations for the first one, I gave up.

Including many readers who are attracted by the title, they will give up because the content does not meet their expectations.

But the advantage of this is that after the rankings are weakened, the story pattern is opened up.

I didn't use the rankings to show off, but to write about other players.

This makes the originally structured ranking list become a tool to pave the way for other supporting characters. I can use the list to create an image for the supporting characters first, slowly add the story, and then develop the character, and finally break the list of ranking, The fixed cool point structure of shock and pretentiousness makes this ranking list a tool that truly serves the group portrait story.

Yes, group portrait!

The weird world I wanted to write at the beginning was not like an ordinary dungeon clearance flow, such as writing a clearance guide in a fixed scene such as a ghost room, an amusement park, or an elevator, but more like A grand narrative in the fantasy genre.

Therefore, if there is only Chen Ye as the protagonist and the entire world is outlined based on the player's strategy, it is completely insufficient.

It must be a group portrait in order to fully display this grand world.

Including the characteristics of various paths, different job transfer directions, and different combat modes, they all rely heavily on group portraits.

However, because players are competitive with each other and will keep each other vigilant, due to this status, it is difficult to use social relationships to develop a network of interpersonal relationships like conventional fantasy and fairy tales.

However, based on the idea of ​​​​listing, let players have a relationship of competition and cooperation, and then let the top players on the list show cheats and gods fight...

Not only did it solve the problem of a strong main line inevitably collapsing, but the subsequent ideas suddenly became clearer!

Therefore, when I went to pave the way for other players in the mid-term, a lot of the writing and ink seemed watery, but I had to write it.

In fact, my decision was right, because using a group portrait narrative to develop it, whether I was writing "Joker Copy" or "Skeleton Village", it would feel much smoother.

In this way, a strong main line that will inevitably be weak after finishing the first one on the list is weakened, and we can truly write excellent and brilliant stories.

When I finished writing the first volume, I was convinced that this was the right choice.

Of course, due to the plot arrangement of the original outline, I felt that the ranking process was too thin.

A lot of plot was added in the middle.

As a result, the first volume was actually much longer than I expected.

However, the length of the first volume does not mean that the total length has become longer. The entire plot is advanced according to the outline.

This book will unfold in the form of a plot flow. It will not be written indefinitely for one month or another. It will be finished when it is time to finish. The subsequent plot framework has already been thought out.

It’s just that the first volume was longer and the subsequent chapters became shorter.

After the first volume was written, many foreshadowings had been picked up, and they even echoed the theme of wanderers.

Personally, I am quite satisfied with this.

For those of you who have followed me all the way, you may have forgotten many details.

If you have time to read it back, you may have a different feeling.

In the final guide at the end of the volume, many hidden clues are actually laid out in the usual descriptions.

Until the last moment of the strategy, I guarantee that no one will be able to tell that the Plaza of the Sun Church, the midnight radio station, and the loudspeaker in Linjiang City will become part of the final strategy, right?

It can be considered that all the foreshadowing laid at the beginning has been recovered.

In terms of writing style, I have always avoided making the protagonist particularly invincible and outstanding. This is also to highlight the strategy. Once the protagonist is completely invincible, the path and value of the strategy will be weakened.

At the same time, when laying out strategy foreshadowing, you should not be too deliberate, otherwise it will appear very naive.

Although these points cannot be said to be well done, they are all implemented. At least they do not fall into clichés, and the length of the novel can be sustained.

The only shortcoming is that the length is indeed a bit long, but this is also for the completeness of the story.

For a book that has its own setbacks at the beginning, I can write it like this without thinking about the outline. I feel like I have done my best.

In fact, the second exclusive talent in Volume 2 was specially prepared for the dungeon.

My strategic goal in the first volume is to lay out the background of this world.

But there was also a lack of consideration, which led me to personally feel that the original outline was not good enough when it was ranked first on the strategy list, so many copy strategies that should have belonged to the second volume were placed in the first volume in advance.

This makes the exclusive talents of the second volume not matched with the strategy, making the story more interesting and the rhythm more obvious.

Otherwise, this talent, combined with the dungeon strategy, will be very fun.

This is also something that makes me feel a little pity.

And because of this, when the dungeon was expanded in the middle and later stages of the first volume, there were frequent problems with the rhythm.

This is based on the dungeon structure in my mind. In fact, it is determined for the exclusive talents of the second volume, but it will be a bit cumbersome to use the Eye of Fate in the first volume.

Some of the follow-up subscriptions were also lost.

However, after writing the first volume, I personally feel quite satisfied.

I have always emphasized to myself that when writing a book, we should focus on the overall situation and not get hung up on the immediate victory or defeat.

If you read the whole article in one sitting, the experience should not be bad, right?

at the same time.

Friends who keep books can start chasing them.

The first volume is fat enough and complete enough to be slaughtered.

For the latter book, I personally hope to create a truly excellent story that is so interconnected that even if you finish reading this book in the future, you will still be willing to pick it up and read it again after a while.

What surprised me the most about writing this book was that I continued to make progress during the writing process.

Compared with the first time, I can clearly feel that my control over the rhythm, story and characters is stronger than before.

Regardless of grades, this book makes me feel more capable of creating, and it is worth my efforts to continue creating.

This is also my own strategy.

Finally, let’s talk about the update...

There are fewer of them these days. That’s because the foreshadowing is recycled at the end of the volume and I need to write more slowly.

We will try our best to keep up with subsequent updates.

However, because there were too many books, the effect of more updates was not ideal. It was not recommended as a best-seller, but only an editor-in-chief came. This has a certain impact on the follow-up potential.

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