A Necromancer Who Just Wants to Plant Trees

 Final remarks on the first part and formal request for leave

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 Note, this is not the end of the book, but the first part of "Scars of the Dead" has come to an end.

I know that after reading these chapters, some readers must be full of doubts and even want to curse.

 I can actually understand everyone’s mood.

 But many times, what I do is a last resort.

 I hope everyone can have some changes in their thinking after reading my "quibbles".

 There is more content.

 Let me speak little by little.

  [Leave and update]

 First of all, let’s clarify the request for leave and subsequent updates.

  I took a total of two days off after finishing the first part.

 They are June 5th and June 6th respectively.

That is to say.

 The second part of "Odd Numbered Days" will be updated from 6 o'clock on the evening of June 7th.

 The pace of the second part will be a little faster than the first one.

 But generally it won’t be as urgent as the ending of the first part.

 The main content of this part is to fill in the pits and advance the plot.

 Most of the holes dug before will be slowly filled in this part.

 Including Matthew’s becoming a legend, the disasters of odd celestial events, the coming of giant beasts, and the secrets of the Eastern Continent.

  [The rhythm of the ending of the first part]

I took a look and found that about one-fifth of the readers thought the change of pace in the first part was a bit unexpected.

 Let me first try to explain why I have this perception from the perspective of a reader.

 Then let’s analyze from the author’s point of view why this is what I had to do.

  [Reader’s perspective]

  1. Increase in the amount of information:

Since it involves many aspects of a big event, including many turning points and hidden breaking points, the amount of information in a unit chapter is larger than before.

 Compared to the leisurely conversations and gags in the early and middle stages, the ending of the first part uses more narrative text, and the unit information density is higher, so it may seem a bit uncomfortable and feel too fast.

  2. Changes in plot style:

As the plot progresses, the style changes from doing daily tasks, making jokes, and telling jokes, to a serious narrative rhythm.

 From trivial, undisciplined and random ways of advancement.

　　becomes an orderly and violent exposition style.

This change will of course cause great discomfort in appearance.

 It is also the fundamental reason why most people feel anxious, abrupt, and too fast.

 Let me apologize to everyone here.

 In the final analysis, my ability is insufficient, my writing skills are not clever enough, and my level is really limited.

 This leads to a decline in reading experience.

 Kowtow!

 But here are some of my “quibbles”.

  [Frustration from the author’s perspective]

 First of all, before all the quibbles begin, I actually want to say that I did not expect this book to do so well.

 But it is precisely this kind of good results that puts me in a dilemma.

Of course I hope that every book will do well, after all, I am still extremely short of money.

  But from a creative perspective, this good result has indeed greatly damaged the original framework and structure.

in other words.

 I was kidnapped by Zhui Du...

 At the beginning of the setting of the Necromancer.

The genre I set for this book is a game fantasy plus a light epic.

 In fact, I have been repeatedly emphasizing the general tone of this book—

 The cruel undertone beneath the absurd appearance.

 But the embarrassing thing is.

 Maybe I used too much force or my level was not good enough.

 In the early and middle period, I was shocked to find that almost all readers were attracted by the absurd appearance.

 With repeated jokes and deconstruction.

Even if the cruel undertone exists objectively, most people turn a blind eye to it.

 When reading, readers always maintain a smiling attitude, thinking that no matter what happens, the protagonist can always deal with it in a funny way.

 You may not feel anything.

 But I was very frightened when I discovered this.

 Over a long period of time.

 I stayed up all night thinking about how to deal with this contradiction.

 Are you aware of it?

The structure I set for the Necromancer is in sharp conflict with what readers want to see...

If you just write a leisurely comedy similar to a light novel.

Then there should be no disasters like odd-numbered celestial changes that could tear the earth apart at any time. There is no need to write about the cruel nature of the world such as mages cannibalizing people and gods cannibalizing people. There is no need to write about the conflicts between the major races in the multiverse. Various games were played with conflicts and the interests of all parties.

These things are too heavy for a light-hearted novel.

Even if these elements appear, they should only serve as a background board, not the main content of the story.

 But the embarrassing point is.

 After I discovered this inkling, the tone of the whole book could not be changed, and the framework was roughly set with the initial description.

 The conflict between the two is bound to persist.

Since this book is a commercial novel, I put readers first in most creative conditions.

 So I chose to sacrifice the frame.

 Go to tmd epic!

 I will write whatever readers like to see!

 So you can see.

˜The 2.8 million words from the beginning to the end of the first volume are all written in an extremely loose but consistent style, full of leisurely daily life and absurd weirdness, as well as a sense of reward.

to this end.

  I completely destroyed the original framework of this book, smashed all the main contents originally planned for the first three parts (the original design was for a total of five parts with clear structure) and then merged them into the first part.

 So in the past year, everyone’s reading experience should have been pretty good, and I have tried my best to maintain this.

 But the framework is here.

  No matter how much you delay, it will always come, just like the end of the world in the story.

 You can deconstruct and make fun of the little fragments in life at will.

 But some things cannot be deconstructed.

 Most of the world will be destroyed, many, many people will die, and the protagonist will also encounter setbacks.

  I cannot describe the occurrence of major events in daily mode, because major events themselves are sudden, violent, have a strong impact, and can even make people feel uncomfortable—

Readers, like the aboriginal people in the world, are accustomed to the established order and comfort, and will feel instinctively uneasy when encountering huge shocks and changes.

 I have foreseen this a long time ago.

So how to solve it?

 One way is to not write about big events, big crises, or big changes at all.

  That is to say, this book is completely leisurely and fragmented.

 This is actually more in line with business interests.

Most readers who have followed it up to this point will surely be able to adapt to the consistent tone and atmosphere.

As for the pits dug earlier, I have resolved them in an understated way. In short, the painting style continues to be light and less serious and cruel. Even if the doomsday happens, the protagonist is safe and sound, leading the protagonist group to drink tea and listen to music in the sunset...

　　This is probably the way to write it.

 But I rejected it painfully in the end.

 The reason is that it is difficult for me to accept this kind of writing with large-scale logical defects.

Since we can’t give up the frame completely, we can only turn around and embrace him.

 Here I face two choices again.

 The first method is to write about major events in a way that matches the original narrative rhythm as much as possible.

The problem with this way of writing is that it is not suitable for daily online articles.

Daily updated web articles require something refreshing every day, which can at least provide emotional satisfaction or fulcrum.

If this plot were written at the previous slow pace.

 I can write for at least half a month.

 Then I was scolded for more than half a month...

I can actually understand everyone’s reading experience, because if you catch up with updates every day and encounter these unpleasant things, the unpleasant time will be 24 hours. This thing is so disgusting...

However, this level of plot advancement is bound to be accompanied by a lot of reversals and twists and turns.

 If I use a slow pace, it is very likely that there will be frequent twists and turns, which will create a lot of painful experiences for everyone.

This is actually why novels about suffering, great hatred, and deep hatred are no longer popular nowadays.

 Instead, light-hearted stories became popular.

Everyone just reads and enjoys it. Just click on the app every day and that’s it. Why are you feeding me shit?

 Go to tmd to reverse!

 Go to tmd and suppress it first and then increase it!

So what about the slow-paced, straightforward narrative?

Neither.

 It will be very, very boring, like a chronicle. Even if the protagonist is strolling around, it will be difficult to write with the same interest as daily life. If I write it for half a month, I may even be suspected of cheating money...

 So I finally chose the second approach of embracing the framework.

 I call it skipping class.

I used a faster pace and a larger amount of updates to end the main process that must be advanced in one go, and explained everything that needed to be explained.

 Then we come to a relatively soothing new platform that can calmly present the content everyone wants to see.

  That is the content of the second part.

 But with the change of speed at the end of the first part, I believe everyone will be more accustomed to the slightly improved rhythm of the second part.

I will also optimize my writing techniques in the future, and while trying to ensure that the tone is similar to the first part, I will choose a more interesting way to promote the plot.

 This is not easy.

 But I will work harder.

 Seeing this, everyone should be able to understand why I said it was a helpless move.

In fact, I have been thinking about how to deal with the huge gap between readers' expectations and the frame structure three months after it was put on the shelves.

 I have conceived about thirty ways of writing.

 I can guarantee it.

This is the most painless, quick and best way I can give that can maintain the plot style and ensure a relaxed tone in the follow-up.

Let’s talk about various thoughts.

  [Teared outline]

  Mentioned earlier.

 At first I wanted to write a light epic with a certain weight.

 But most readers don’t actually want to read this.     So the original outline has been torn into pieces by me for several editions.

 What is iconic is the marginalization of the character Rhaegar.

 Originally, many, many knives were issued.

 Rhaegar was the one who got stabbed the hardest in the original outline.

 Sif also ushered in more drastic changes and growth.

The original Traces of the Dead was supposed to end at around one million words, and then many familiar faces were cut off...

 Then I tried it a few times.

 I find that the readers who are attracted to me cannot tolerate this at all!

 The knife in my hand hesitated.

 Still collected them all.

 I figured it out.

　　It is best not to show too drastic changes in the main tone of current web articles.

 If it’s easy in the early stage, it should be easy until the end.

 If you are serious in the early stage, you can use some knives appropriately—

 In fact, knives are also a high-level cool spot, but they have very high requirements for other parts of the book and the author's level.

 It’s a pity that I can’t estimate that I won’t write a knife in this book in the future.

If you want to write more substantial content in the future, you still have to set the tone right from the beginning, but in that case the results may be far less than what they are now, which is contradictory when you think about it.

　　[Internet articles kidnapped by Zhui Du]

Although I don’t want to admit it.

 But in this era where everything is hijacked by pursuit of reading, the fragmentation of online writing is probably inevitable.

ˆVery few authors can guarantee a perfect structure while updating daily.

 Daily updates and follow-up reading requirements can be met every day.

 Then what must be guided is the continuous optimization of small plots.

 The large structure is destined to be the one that is sacrificed.

 Compared to the Necromancer.

 The structure of the first part of Master Fa is actually more complete.

 It also makes me a little sad.

I have observed that the authors of many upgrade articles are often scolded badly.

But at the same time.

 This does not seem to affect their performance.

 This is actually a very interesting phenomenon.

 I will make a different attempt in the next book, perhaps focusing more on long-term structure rather than daily reading, and perhaps it will end in failure.

 But let’s talk about it in the next book.

Necromancer will take another eight to ten months to write.

 I have only two goals for the next step.

  1. Fill in the holes and ensure completeness as much as possible.

   2. Interesting, interesting, or interesting.

  [Let’s talk about the plot? ]

 Compared to the rhythm of the rampage, the plot is less controversial, but it is still there.

 I mainly respond to the more representative opinions of two readers.

 I think what the first reader said is right. His original words seemed to be “If you didn’t foreshadow it, the readers must accept it.”

　　This is probably what it means.

  I think it’s very well said.

 Some areas may have been thoughtless. Under the pressure of the daily update, it was not handled smoothly enough. I will continue to work hard.

 Another reader wrote a long paragraph, to the effect that he was dissatisfied with the entire plot and felt that some of Matthew's actions were very destructive. He even asked me to rewrite it.

 First of all, rewriting is impossible to rewrite.

 Web writing is like a roaring train, it only moves forward and never retreats.

 Everything that stops to revise and rewrite will eventually collapse.

 No matter what I encounter, I can only bite the bullet and rush forward.

 Secondly, I have something to say about whether Matthew’s performance and some of his actions destroy his character—

If you think that a character can only be considered a character without destroying its character if it maintains its inherent impression and label at all times.

Then this character is too thin and pitiful.

 There are two controversial points. One is Dark Peggy. Matthew behaves too cowardly. The reader questions why he didn't jump out before?

In fact, I think what I wrote is quite obvious. The only problem may be that if I use more space to describe it, it may be more rounded. After all, breaking through the inner demon is not a trivial matter, but the result of doing so may be what I said before. If you pass, you will be scolded for several days.

Black Fire has left Matthew with psychological trauma.

If trauma is so easy to overcome, why does trauma still exist?

 The point I think should be questioned here is why Matthew overcame it so easily?

I can barely explain it, I'm really in a hurry.

 Another point of contention is Matthew's behavior in the dream.

 I can say this openly and directly, that is, in my deduction and concept, not only Matthew, but everyone in that position will do those ridiculous and debauched behaviors, even more outrageous.

 I am actually not willing to express my views so clearly.

 When writing, I also try to maintain restraint and rarely use personal items.

However, this point is one of the core ideas of the book, and it is also an inevitable conclusion that I came to after repeatedly deducing the fantasy world in my mind over the past twenty years -

 The expansion of extraordinary power will surely devour human nature.

 The infinite extension of lifespan will inevitably distort human nature.

 The addition of immortality and extraordinary power will definitely cause a person to continue to go crazy, then become completely abnormal, and eventually die under the influence of the self-destruction factor in the living being.

 This has nothing to do with personal quality and morality.

 No one can escape this fate.

The protagonist is no exception. I don’t think it’s a character-destruction.

Since many issues in this area have been discussed in the book, I will not go into details.

 Everyone can discuss it among themselves.

 I actually quite like the collision of ideas, and I hope everyone will speak out enthusiastically.

 Although this chapter says it cannot be seen now, it will be restored after a while.

Perhaps you can also gain a lot of interesting ideas?

all in all.

 Due to my personal writing habits, I have repeatedly thought about the plot, so there should not be too many loopholes.

 Including the Singularity Cannon that some people find very awkward.

 In fact, when you ascend to the gods, you should clearly realize that there are two largest forces in the star realm -

 The Tianlun Palace has been scattered like birds and beasts.

Stuluk Industries is a low-key person.

 These two forces will most likely respond to the ascension of Paradise Lost.

 The former is the calamity of dusk.

 How could the latter not be expressed?

 Maybe someone wants to ask again.

 In this case, why didn’t Matthew predict it in advance?

 Um～

Matthew has too much to consider, so it’s understandable that everything is sparse and sparse, right?

 Someone asked again, is the Singularity Cannon so awesome?

 Official setting: Under the void, T0 level lethality also has shortcomings. After all, it is not based on the extraordinary power of an individual and requires a high degree of industrialization to integrate.

 When Lost Paradise was destroyed, it was in a state of just ascension and was already very unstable.

Furthermore.

  The way of the ancient gods was originally eliminated by the times.

Matthew finally gave up on becoming the God King. On the one hand, he resisted this path, and on the other hand, he did not particularly value this path.

 From the beginning to the end, his caliber was to go there and see if he could make some money.

If they were really that awesome, mages wouldn’t go to the historical world...

Some people still want to ask, are the mages really indifferent?

 I emphasize this many times in the book.

 Magics don't care about anything, they only care about themselves and their interests.

 Because no spoilers are allowed.

I won’t go into details here, but in this big event, the work of the divine mage is actually hidden, and the second part will reveal the answer.

 As for the plot, I have carefully considered the motivations of each character and the choices of each force.

 This also causes me to suffer from insomnia frequently.

There are too many unconscious deductions in my mind...

 Sometimes it feels really hard.

 The next book will definitely not contain so many characters!

 It is really difficult to make them all as full as possible.

 After all, this is just a cool article.

 When the protagonist is highlighted, other people, no matter how distinctive their personalities are, can easily become mere cushions.

 Fortunately, my goals are not too high either.

By the time the book is finished, the overall plot has a beginning and an end, most of the pitfalls have been filled in, everyone has a trace of nostalgia, and there are still a few characters left in my mind. To me, it is already quite an achievement.

alright.

The quibble is over.

I believe that this 5,500-word speech can answer some people’s confusion.

certainly.

If you are unhappy with this, you should curse.

 Just don’t scold for too long.

 For me.

 Writing a book is really a very difficult thing.

My talents are very average, but my health is not that good either. I can only try my best to accomplish many things. The outcome depends entirely on God's will.

 One final word.

In the next two days, the book will also be officially renamed "The Necromancer". (The name was changed to re-inhale, and will be changed back later)

  Introduction and cover will also be changed gradually.

Everyone, please pay attention.

 The second part of the odd-numbered day will be updated at 6 o'clock in the evening on June 7th.

 In order to ensure a smoother connection, the number of words updated every day may be higher.

 You have to be patient.

By the way, please give me a monthly pass!

 Kowtow!

 …

 (End of this chapter)