From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead

Let’s summarize the many ideas in this book.

Let me report the results first. The highest order for this book was 28,000, and the highest order was 13,000. It is considered to be my best book.

I don’t know if any readers can feel that this is actually a sign-in article, just like "Sign in at the beginning of the Tathagata Palm", but I changed the leather packaging, haha.

I have actually studied this kind of routine and structure quite a lot, and coupled with the templated "Three Golden Chapters", it is a writing method that is easier to achieve results.

Give up the plot of competing with others, intrigues, and competing for training resources. By adding points on the panel, the protagonist can quickly upgrade and improve, and provide very intensive positive feedback. This is a very easy way to write the data at the beginning.

But this way of writing has a drawback, that is, it is unsustainable and prone to collapse.

A traditional upgrade article has hundreds of thousands of words to upgrade one level, and a sign-in article has a few chapters or a dozen chapters to upgrade to one level. No matter how you subdivide it, how can there be so many levels and realms that can be upgraded?

Looking at the authors who write sign-in articles/sign-in articles that have been re-skinned, except for a very small number of super awesome authors like "The Holy Body of the Great Beginning", many of them are inevitably destined to be short-term writers. Even 2 million words are rare, such as "The Palm of the Tathagata", "Five Animal Health Preserving Boxing", "I am a Dragon", "Reality Plus"...

There are so many great veteran authors who can't write this kind of routine in a long way, let alone a newbie like me.

So my initial plan for this book was not to exceed 1.6 million words. It just so happens that the protagonist is now at level 31, and the number of words has reached 500,000. Level 100 is almost 1.5 million words.

At least that was the original plan.

Let me talk about the source of inspiration for this book. I mentioned it before in the leave chapter. In addition to the sign-in books above, it is mainly the anime "Reincarnated Spider".

"Reincarnated Spider" I really like the story of the protagonist's upgrade in the cave. I thought that writing this routine in a web novel would definitely be successful, and I did so.

Spider has a panel, Roja has a panel;

Spider has the hero line, Roja has the nephew line;

Spider Zi’s comic style of making complaints, and Luo Ya’s early style of making complaints;

Spider has an adventure of killing monsters in the cave, and Roya has an adventure of killing monsters in the Mountains of the Undead;

Spiderzi finally defeated the strongest dragon in the cave, and Roja finally defeated the strongest skeleton general in the mountains;

The story becomes boring after Spider leaves the cave, and the story becomes boring after Roja leaves the Mountains of the Dead...

See, the routines are pretty much the same.

(I want to complain here. The author of Spider Zi drags his feet to prevent the protagonist from showing off in front of his classmates. He actually becomes hostile to his classmates. He is completely cold, ruthless and dehumanizing. I want to see the pretentiousness of the character who saves his classmates at the critical moment. The plot is completely different)

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Speaking of which, although this book is about system panels + alien beasts, I have been reading novels for more than ten years and have never read a book with panels plus some text and alien beasts. I read it with the mentality of learning and researching routines. .

My personal favorite is actually "The Story of a Mortal Cultivating Immortality". I have read it three or four times, and "Shading the Sky" two or three times. My favorite upgrade novels are from these two authors, who have used their personal styles and routines to the extreme. .

In fact, what I wanted to imitate the most were Wangyu and Chendong, but all the books on related topics were sold out, so in the end I could only write this simplest sign-in text, haha.

Here I would like to recommend some books that I like as a reader:

"Living in the mysterious world", "I will live forever in the world of immortality", "The Doomsday of All Realms Online", "My Day Has 48 Hours", "Endless Arms", "Doomsday Cockroach", "Vet from Another World"...

I don’t know if you have any eunuch books that you feel very sorry for.

The book that I am most upset about is "Burning the Eight Wastes" by the author "He Shu". I can't even search for the book title. I can only search for the author's name. Although this book is not very famous, I really like it, but He turned out to be a eunuch! I will never forget this dead eunuch for the rest of my life!

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Talking about this book, "From Skeleton Soldiers to King of the Undead" can actually be written further.

My subsequent plots are all laid out and planned.

Four thousand years ago, Roja would meet the ancient sages, demons, young Fers, Cyril, Lati...

He will witness the emergence of underground labyrinths, monsters raging in the world, witness the growth of future strong men, and witness Fels grow into a sage and be forced to turn into a skeleton.

And Roja learned magic knowledge bit by bit through decades and centuries of training.

He will go through years of training and baptism, and become a truly strong man, a true king of the undead, and a death sage, instead of a protagonist who only relies on panel skills and achieves success in a few months.

In the end, he will return to the present day and meet his old friends from thousands of years ago again.

(Of course, this whole process may only be written in a few dozen chapters, and the main plot is still contemporary)

The reason why I plan such a plot is because as a reader, I hate the protagonist who only uses cheats, so when I write my own book, I will definitely write about the protagonist's own growth, and I can't just rely on cheats.

I know that many readers like "Overload Bone King" and prefer pretentious plots.

But I rarely portray Roya's character.

Because I know very well, and Roja himself knows very well that he was just lucky enough to get the golden finger panel, so how could he have the confidence to be "arrogant"?

Therefore, only after going through the baptism of time, learning magic knowledge bit by bit personally, and relying on his own abilities to cast spells and fields, can he change from the mentality of an "ordinary person" to the mentality of a strong man.

Of course, there may be many readers who don't care about these details at all and have inner changes.

But when I read and write novels, I always pursue a "sense of immersion". The protagonist is very conceited and looks down on the books written by indigenous geniuses. It makes my scalp numb.

So why not keep writing?

Although the average subscription has been falling, in the future, even in a rented house in a small county town, I can earn almost 20,000 yuan a month by writing 4,000 words a day. If I work a little harder, it may be more.

Compared to my previous job as a construction worker in China State Construction Engineering Corporation, where I lived in dormitories, visited construction sites, and argued with Party A, supervisors, and subcontractors, I only had 8,000 yuan a month.

The main reason why I decided to cut off the book is that I have exhausted my enthusiasm for this book. If I continue to write it, it will only be a very low-level plot, and it is difficult to break through and improve. Writing 4,000 words a day is a serious internal consumption, and I am anxious and painful.

Alien beasts + check-in + panel points, any of the three elements are very easy to break down. When mixed together, it gave me a headache every day because of lags. I once said that I had no books to refer to later.

It was originally the most basic upgrade article. The most interesting part of this book was written long before it was put on the shelves. The content behind it became more and more cliché, making it difficult to break through the front.

In addition to the protagonist Roya, if the key figure in the Mountains of the Dead is Philip, then the key figure in the underground labyrinth is Hal, and the key figure in the Demonic Abyss is Fels.

I once wanted to forcibly extend the plot length of this book and repeat the previous routine, but I failed, and it made the subsequent plot more boring.

The plot is so boring that I can’t stand it anymore. I’m really grateful that there are thousands of book friends who have subscribed to it.

But I can only watch as my subscriptions get lower and lower, my rankings get lower and lower, and my comments get fewer and fewer. This is too painful for authors who need to update every day!

I cannot care less and be perfunctory. Writing online articles is not only about making money for me, but also my hobbies, obsessions, hopes, and career.

The criterion for judging the success of a business online article is sales performance.

I won't admit defeat, I must succeed. If I don't get good grades, I will cut off the books. This is my principle in writing books.

Study hard, cut it as soon as you can, and start a new book. There is no choice to give up on this path.

I don't have any financial pressure, but I want to write better works instead of wasting time holding on to the "corpse" of this book.

Seeing that authors at the top of the best-selling list earn tens of thousands a month in manuscript fees and earn millions a year, which author at the bottom wouldn't envy them?

If I continue to waste money, I don’t have much money in the first place, and my morale may be worn away. Low-quality creations will only make me worse with writing.

500,000 words, I have learned enough from this book, and I won’t gain much if I continue writing it. The upper limit of this kind of subject is destined to be low, and I will never write about a similar subject again in the future.

In the future, I will try to write articles that are more catered to young readers. I will not play about non-human beings, but write about cities, martial arts, immortality, academies, competitions, official organizations, panel genius streams...

Younger readers may like to read these more. Everyone is very receptive to them. Geniuses who rely purely on panel cheating can watch it, and those who work hard to fill in the water and act awkward can also watch it. As an old reader, I can't relate to it, but As a new writer, you must follow the market.

I have already mastered the way of writing skeleton soldiers, where one person signs in. It is not difficult to change the skin and write a masterpiece. If I want to go further, I need more complex skills and plot structures. I will learn and try, but Not this book anymore.

Nowadays, apart from the great masters, ordinary authors don’t have much fans. If they write well, they can get thousands of subscriptions at level 1 and get a few stars. If they don’t write well, old authors will have to cut their books.

Ordinary readers may not feel this clearly, but as an author who scans lists every day, I am very sensitive to this.

The gap in ability between authors is much smaller than the gap in performance between books. A book that is not popular may suddenly take off after choosing the right path. It is also easy for an old author to have a wrong idea in a book and become a failure.

Even though I say this, I still have no clue about the new book. I am really tired of this book.

I plan to take a few months off first.

Play Honor of Kings, watch anime and movies, recommend galgame, eat at the buffet, watch virtual anchors, watch Korean comics, watch short videos, read novels, take a walk, cook, play with cats,

Completely relax and enjoy the solitary life of an otaku.

It is difficult to control the future, but what can be controlled is the present happiness.

Having said so much, there is no utilitarian purpose, just a farewell to all book friends,

It’s just that Ersan, an account that doesn’t even have the author’s avatar, will no longer be used.

I am a sentimental person and do not want to "leave without saying goodbye". I have never told lies.

In fact, I read the comments of every chapter, and I remember all the IDs that I often leave messages with, including Apollo Storm, Joshua, csbl, hi-pop characters... and so on.

Even for some friends who have left long ago, I still remember their IDs, such as psycho who has been giving rewards in the early stage... and so on.

I can understand even my friends who read pirated copies. I started reading novels in the third or fourth grade of elementary school. I had no money and no mobile phone in the countryside, so I used my parents’ mobile phone to download volumes one by one at the bookstore. Downloading each volume cost 2 yuan in phone charges.

It was at this time that I watched "Vet from Another World", "Fights Beyond the Sphere", "Burn the Eight Wastes", "Douluo Dalu", "Tomb of the Gods"...

I often read novels and ran out of money on my parents' cell phone. I was afraid of being caught, so I secretly took money from the drawer and secretly recharged the phone. Later, I was caught and scolded me. My mother even cried. The total cost was about six to seven hundred yuan.

Later, when I was in junior high school, I still didn’t have a mobile phone, but I learned how to read pirated copies so that I didn’t have to spend money. Every week when I went home, I would find opportunities to steal my parents’ mobile phones and read novels. At this time, I watched "Shading the Sky", "The World of Immortality" and "The Story of Mortals Cultivating Immortality". ""Jian Ke" "Jian Ye"...

When I reached high school, I still didn’t have a mobile phone, so I borrowed my classmates’ mobile phones to read novels. I borrowed them once a week and stayed up all night to read them. The next day, I continued to study in the morning and felt sleepy all day long. At this time, I watched "Perfect World", "Flying", " "Demon Chronicles", "Choose Heaven Chronicles", "Stories of Grace", and in the third year of high school, I watched Mortal Cultivation of Immortality twice using MP4...

In fact, my family is not poor, but my parents won’t buy me a mobile phone or let me hang out with my classmates during holidays. They let me study, do questions, and read novels all day long, which is my only spiritual support. , although I read a lot of novels, my grades have always been very good.

I'm sorry I say so much because I don't have anyone else in reality who can say so much.

Having said that, the happiest thing when I was writing a book was to see my book friends discussing the plot in this chapter.

But I didn’t set up a book club because I knew that the more people I met, the more I would lose in the end.

I think that most authors feel very sad and disappointed before they cut off their books and stop publishing, because they not only lost their source of income, but also betrayed the trust of all readers.

The more new an author is, the more guilty he will feel.

Because before every newcomer writes down his results, he doesn’t get much encouragement and recognition.

And my current act of cutting up books is to cut off all the book friends who have finally gained recognition and support for me and say goodbye to them.

Our lives will go on, but this book is coming to an end...

I did not choose to force the ending of the book "Skeleton Soldiers", but just cut it off because I felt it was just right to stop it here. A new sense of expectation will unfold. Roya's story will continue, and readers can still imagine it.

Just like "Burn the Eight Wastes", the author can't continue editing it, so it's better to make it a eunuch than a bad ending.

By the way, I think about it, there is also "Kissing the Fingertips" "Sword Seed", and it is also a eunuch book that I can't forget, Erlang Zhenjun Conquers the Demon City...

The new book will not be promoted here, and you will not hear from me anymore.

So, as the end summary of the VIP volume, let’s end it here.

——I’m sorry, I hope our tomorrow will be better and better.

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