Longevity, Starting From Raising Chickens

End of month summary

I'm too busy today, so I only have two updates, but it's still 6,000 words, so it's not too short.

Then I actually wanted to write this summary when it was put on the shelves, but I never had time. It happens to be May Day soon, I wish everyone a happy holiday, and then I said it here.

Let me first report to you on the current subscription situation. 190,000 words have been published and about 9,000 have been collected. After two rounds of recommendations, my editor said that I can go to the third round. Considering that the development of the plot has reached the point where I am not happy about it, I still chose to put it on the shelf. The first order was more than 800, and it was put on the shelf for six days. Except for the second day and today, there were only two updates of 6,000 words. Ten thousand words, currently priced around 1,000.

Frankly speaking, I don’t quite understand what this data means, maybe it’s very confusing.

I am a newbie, and I only know how to write according to my own ideas, but I am very happy to think that there are more than a thousand people in the world who read what I write seriously. Although some people leave midway, there are also people who keep coming in. I am still very happy.

Of course, I did see a lot of people questioning and criticizing me backstage.

Well, every time I see it, I read it carefully, and then I am so angry that I grit my teeth, and then I think of various reasons to refute it.

But in the end I chose to give up.

The world is so diverse, and naturally people’s thoughts, concepts, and preferences cannot be consistent.

The point is, some of the criticisms are indeed valid.

Well, it is impossible to accept it humbly. I only admit that it is a problem that I discovered myself.

Okay, what follows is a detailed summary of these 200,000 words (it’s a bit long-winded, so you can skip it if you don’t want to read it):

1. Goldfinger's setting problem: In fact, at the beginning, I wanted to get rid of all the restrictive settings of Goldfinger, but considering it was too boring, I chose to change the settings according to the development of the plot. However, it seems that this has led to another problem: everyone's expectations for Goldfinger are so strong that after the restrictions are set, there will be a strong sense of gap. And it will make everyone think that the protagonist is so stupid that he can't even think of the method of ***... Frankly speaking, it may be because I am writing from the perspective of God, which leads to the inconsistency between the information I know and the information you know.

2. The problem of slow pace in the early stage and the protagonist appearing too weak: I originally thought this was not a problem, because from the beginning I planned for the protagonist to climb from a relatively humble position to a peak position. If it is too easy to climb up, then It's no longer interesting. But I may be a little self-righteous, and what everyone expected to see is not consistent with what I wrote. After careful reflection, it may also be the result of Goldfinger's sense of gap. I haven't fully figured out this issue yet, so I won't go into more details. I will think about it when I have time.

But I want to emphasize that I did not deliberately suppress the protagonist's level, I just let him grow on his own according to the development of the plot.

3. The problem of too many conspiracies in the early stage: Same as the previous one, in my plan, no one is actually deliberately targeting the protagonist, but there is no protagonist in the spiritual root period who is involved in a major event of sect change. Like an ant in the sea, a random wave would be the end of the world for him. The so-called conspiracy is just because it coincides with the meeting. After all, it is no coincidence.

However, in terms of processing, due to the scattered clues and the long-term layout in pursuit of concentrated bursts, several lines were running in parallel, and the protagonist was too passive in it, not only did there not be the pleasure of deciphering, but it made everyone tired. This can be regarded as a problem of writing skills, and it is also a problem of causing trouble for myself. Frankly speaking, writing the part that is about to be put on the shelves is quite tiring. I will learn this lesson later and try to keep my emotions from collapsing so tightly.

4. Other issues: including price settings, protagonist’s name, etc. Prices... I really can't say. Unless it's completely based on real prices, I think it's all a matter of setting. For example, a pound of rice and 2 taels of silver are criticized by many people. I think why is it impossible? It is not easy to get in and out of the sect, there are limited supplies in the world, there is too much gold and silver flowing in, etc. There are too many things that can be explained. Of course, some people may not agree with this, and I understand it, so I didn’t worry about it later.

As for the name... I really just picked it at random. It was a bad name. I didn't think about the homophony at all. It will be too late to change it after writing it for a while. Everyone has also seen the previous post. I think if everyone wants to change it, then I followed everyone's opinions, but because no one liked it, I was ridiculed by some big brothers... To be honest, I was so angry that I gritted my teeth.

Other...other issues will not be summarized for now.

Let’s talk nonsense at the end.

The most difficult stage for the protagonist has passed, and the next writing method will be a little different from before.

It is more fragmented and may have relatively fewer conflicts.

After all, the protagonist has worked hard and finally got the opportunity to practice peace of mind. As long as he is not stupid, he will not cause trouble.

So you should be able to see my purpose. I just want to write a relatively real story about how an ordinary person in the world of cultivating immortals, after possessing Goldfinger, reaches the highest level step by step. What he has to do …

above.

Thank you all for reading this nonsense for so long.

Happy holidays to everyone again! (By the way, I am embarrassed to ask for a vote, haha!)

(end of this chapter)