Red Heart Survey

Mayfly Seeking the Way - Summary and Reflections on Volume 13

First, let me summarize the achievements as usual.

"Red Heart Sky Patrol" has been written to the end of the 13th volume, with an average subscription of 73,057, 88,000 follow-up readers, and a total subscription of 163,360,000.

797 alliance leaders, including two gold alliance leaders and thirty-four silver alliance leaders.

All data are still rising steadily, and the rise is not slow.

For a novel of 8 million words, this is simply a miracle.

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Looking back on the writing of this volume.

From the beginning to now, I have not added much to the entire "Morning Hearing the Way" volume.

Because I told myself that the most important thing at this stage is to make this super long novel land smoothly. The achievements are no longer the most important thing. Filling the holes and landing is the foundation, and other things will be fine as fate dictates.

This volume fills the big holes with martial arts development, Jinghai Plan, Changhe Dragon King, and the secret of the Middle Ages. Small holes are filled densely.

Sun Xiaoman, a martial arts monk who appeared in the first volume, connected with Wang Ao, a martial arts pioneer. It extends from the first volume to the latest volume, until Wang Ao threw that punch and completed the development of martial arts. This is a straight line. Although it crosses thousands of mountains and rivers, it is not difficult to write.

The entire Jinghai plan began to lay the line from the second volume, when Jiang Wang first met Xu Xiangqian and the giant turtle of Youguo first appeared, until now in the thirteenth volume, spanning seven million words, the looming veins flowed in the corners of different stories, and finally completed the intersection in the sea.

Jingguo, Qiguo, Youguo, Haizu, Yin Guan, Jiang Wang, the intersection of multiple perspectives and multiple clues. It also connects the nine sons of Xihun, the Longhe Dragon Palace, the Renhuang Lieshan, and the medieval stories.

How to fully express it in an increasingly narrow writing space is more difficult to think about.

Finally, Tiandi Zhansui ended this scene.

The chaos of the heavenly secrets caused by Tiandi Zhansui indirectly led to Li Longchuan's death and Jiang Wang's failure to prove the way with force.

Jiang Wang met Li Longchuan because of Xu Xiangqian, and it was also the first time he came into contact with the giant turtle of the Jinghai Plan. In the end, Li Longchuan died in the aftermath of the Jinghai Plan, on the back of the giant turtle.

The scene where Tian Anping raised his knife and said "You started the war", my writing personality thinks that it has a kind of beauty. It will be very beautiful in the movie scene.

The fallacy and unknowability of fate, the speciousness and the predestined fate are the reasons why this world is moving.

Chekhov said that if a gun appears at the beginning of the story, then there will be a gunshot at the end of the story.

In fact, in the serialization of online articles, what many readers need is that if a gun appears on the first day, it should be fired on the second day. Even if the gun is fired in the first paragraph, it should be fired in the second paragraph.

"Hearing the Truth in the Morning" and "I Am Like a God" are the same to some extent.

Both volumes tell you in the title that the protagonist will definitely come/deliver the truth.

So readers will look forward to the arrival of that moment.

So when the protagonist delays to deliver the truth, readers will be very annoyed and more and more annoyed.

Every day, it's "Did the gods come?" "No gods." "Someone else's gods came."

"Did it expand?" "No expansion." "What the hell?"

In fact, the readers of "Red Heart Patrol" are already patient. After all, they have been following it for so long, and everyone knows each other a little bit, and there is a certain amount of trust. If they were to read other novels, they would probably rebel in the tenth chapter. Reading "Hearing the Truth in the Morning", the rebellion started halfway through the journey...

Sometimes I thought that it might be better to change the title of the volume. Don't let the gun go, maybe readers will be more patient.

But there is really no more suitable title than this.

"Suitable" is better than all reasons.

So...

That's it. Who cares!

There are three places where this volume can end.

One is when Jiang Wang went to the sea in the state of heaven and man. He completely defeated Tian Anping and forced this madman to leave with his hands on his neck. The emotion was actually an ending state. Many readers also felt that it could end. Jiang Wang could also break through the state of heaven and man because of extreme anger and achieve the peak of the truth. It was a good or bad ending. It would be better to kill Tian Anping by the way, and then it could add more impression points because of the pleasure of revenge.

The second time was Jiang Wang's strength to prove the truth. He created an unprecedented record, surpassed Xiang Fengqi's legend in all aspects, pointed his sword at Li Yi, and completed the echo outside the Huanzhen Temple.

The ending here is perfect.

Most readers also expect this.

From "The real person should crown himself" to "Li Yi!", the readers' emotions also piled up to the peak.

In fact, the follow-up reading at that time had reached 87625. In other words, I spent twelve more days, wrote thirteen more chapters, wasted so much effort, and received so much criticism, but there was not much change in the intuitive results. The ups and downs of thousands of follow-up readings are normal, and hundreds are nothing.

Just like I saw a reader's message yesterday-wouldn't it be better to write it like this earlier? You have to go around for so long and get so much criticism in vain.

It really makes sense.

The perpetrator does not think that violence is wrong, but just thinks that your posture is not right.

Before the chapter "Above the Sky", I was exhausted for several days because of some things in my life. At that time, I just talked about it with the readers in the alliance group.

On the night I wrote "Above the Sky", I wrote until after 2 a.m. After I lay down on the bed, my mind was very active, but I didn't fall asleep until 4 a.m. I didn't dare to sleep at that time, fearing that I would not have time to revise and update after waking up. I thought it would be better to revise before going to sleep, so I just got up. I was not in a good mood, and I continued to revise intermittently until after 7 a.m. before going to bed.

Maybe my body is really not as good as before.

I was exhausted after staying up all night, and I started to have a headache immediately. It was just that my forehead was twitching, and the nerve at the temple suddenly twitched, and I couldn't sleep for several nights in a row. Then my tonsils became inflamed, and it hurt to swallow saliva. I also had a fever and cough! The coughing was painful, and it was so sour.

Of course, I am not saying this to gain sympathy. There are many people who move bricks while sick. This is your job.

I just want to show off to my friends how great I am, how strong my willpower is, and how I write.

In "Above the Sky", there are two paths in front of me.

One is to end the book like this. As you can see, after taking Li Yi's sword, it is enough to let Jiang Wang reach the peak. It is just a matter of adding a few hundred words. It is not difficult. At most, let Jiang Zhenjun go to the alien race to complete the Tianjing City's speech, which will not exceed 2,000 words.

The readers' emotions can also be fully vented at that time.

I can harvest a happy holiday, the joy and satisfaction of readers, and good grades at that time. Almost no one will think there is anything wrong.

The other way is to drag the sick body and start a twelve-day tormenting journey. To close the Tianren line from the first chapter to the 100th chapter, use Yiqiu Chengdao to complete the theme of "Morning to Hear the Tao". Make an expression that runs through the whole.

Every time you suppress the reader's expectations, it means that you need to do better to win back the reader's heart.

So on this road, I need to face-

the increase in writing difficulty, physical discomfort, weakening of energy, dissatisfaction of readers' expectations being blocked, and the endless curses and attacks from those few people with no bottom line.

In fact, I am not even sure that I can do better after suppressing such expectations. I just know that there is such a road ahead, and I think it is better, but I have not arrived yet, and I am not sure whether my energy and physical strength can support me to get there.

And once I fail to do it, I know very well what will be waiting for me.

The pros and cons of these two roads are so clear that for an adult with normal IQ, it is not a problem to choose.

The only problem is——

For Qinghe Yishi, this is not a multiple-choice question.

This has never constituted a choice.

The first proof of heaven is for the last thirteen proofs, for the seven emotions and six desires, the calamity of the mortal world. The state of heaven is to correspond to the state of demons. When the name of "Hearing the Tao in the Morning" fell, what I thought of was the spirit of being born in the morning and dying in the evening and hearing the Tao in the morning. Is the mayfly born only for a moment? The moment you passed by may also be the life of a mayfly seeking the Tao!

Then what reason can stop me from writing like this?

You know.

No one and no voice can change me.

I always know how I want to write and how I will write.

From the beginning to now, the only change I have made is that I understand what I will face if I write like this.

Then I face it.

Then I continue to write like this.

It may be right or wrong. It doesn't matter. It is what I want most.

A person's life is so short, and the creative life will be even shorter. I just want to write the works I want to write. Otherwise, this life will be too boring. Otherwise, I will sit in front of the computer day after day, and I will be too withered.

In fact, this volume is not only like this at the end of the volume.

It is also when the martial arts are opened.

When Wang Ao found Wang Zhao and said, "If you take it, we are clear. If you can't take it, we are clear.", I turned the camera.

There were also many people scolding.

The pace of society is too fast now, and everyone wants a result as soon as possible. I wish that the idea of ​​this second will be realized in the next second. Delayed gratification is actually a luxury.

Wang Ao punched out, and the martial arts were opened up.

But the story of the peak of the martial arts has not yet been unfolded. The will of several martial arts masters has not yet been expressed.

If these few strokes are not outlined, how can people be moved by the four martial arts masters supporting Wang Ao?

Later, Mi Zhiben swam in the deep sea of ​​the Heavenly Dao, set up a trap to block the Dao, and even plotted against Jiang Wang, which could not be separated.

Hey. There is no point in saying these.

Those who like it still like it, and those who hate it still hate it. Those who support it still support it, and those who find fault with it still find fault with it.

I just got off work and complained to my friends casually. (It can be seen that people need to complain)

I don’t want to talk about the general environment, any misunderstanding, or the hostility of society.

Since I chose to write like this at this time, I will face and accept everything that is caused by it. If you really can’t accept it, just complain to your friends, and if that doesn’t work, just block it.

Just like when you are a reader, if you don’t like an author or a work, just delete it from the bookshelf. Who can press your head, force you to subscribe, and force you to read?

From "Heavenly Man" to "Morning Life and Death in the Morning, Morning Hearing of the Dao", the whole article is 100 chapters.

I think I have written this volume at my best.

Even if I start over, it will be hard for me to write better.

In other words, if you are not satisfied with this volume.

Then there may not be content that satisfies you in the future.

Chixin Tianxun has reached the late stage, and there is not much to write.

I have already reached the peak of transcendence, what road is there to go?

There's no way I could do an ascension or something all over again.

The present world is the only map, and it is also the highest map.

I just want to finish it exactly as I want without interference.

Everything else is not that important.

An author who had misunderstood me once said something like this to me, which touched me deeply.

He told me that after you finish a book, all public opinions will turn over. This is a pain that only a super long novel will experience, and it will deepen all misunderstandings and prejudices step by step. I believe you can get out, come on! effort!

When a novel is serialized to eight million words, when you feel uncomfortable while reading it, the discomfort accumulated during the reading process may suddenly break out at a certain moment. You won't remember those moments that moved you and made you laugh for a long time, but those uncomfortable and uncomfortable places are like a thorn in your eyes.

Eight million words are enough for it to take root and sprout.

Eight million words! The readers' threshold has been raised to a position that is difficult to reach, and aesthetic fatigue has inevitably begun - although the author is trying hard to tell the story in different ways, racking his brains to make the story still fresh after eight million words. But just looking at those names makes you tired.

The author took four and a half years to write this eight-million-word novel, and many readers have been following it for several years. In the end, everyone had their own expectations for the story and hoped to see the development they wanted to see.

Some people just want to see the development they want to see.

Some extreme ones even try to influence the author in their own way, forcing the author to only go in the direction they want.

Including constantly cursing, constantly sending breakup letters, sending "decision to sue the board of directors," and announcing with great fanfare over and over again, "I'm going to withdraw my capital!" "I'm going to withdraw your shares in this book!" "I won't read it. What should you do! "Don't look at it, everyone! Of course I won't leave. He will only listen to me."

Too normal.

Nearly 90,000 people have read it. With so many readers, who doesn’t have their own ideas?

Everyone has their favorite characters. When they see their favorite characters appearing, they wish for more shots. When they see the characters they hate appearing, they wish to die quickly. This is human nature.

The only problem is——

Qing He Yi Shi can't just go in the direction Qing He Yi Shi wants.

The writing of "What's the matter?" will not be affected by any voices outside the world of the novel.

Sometimes he also wants to see something "cool" that he wants to see, but this novel world does not allow it.

Sometimes he also wants to have the best of both worlds, and he also wants to satisfy everyone, but it is impossible to do so.

Of course he will be in pain, tired, and tormented. But he still writes the way he wants most.

This is the world of Xianxia where love is so great, and it carries all the imagination about Xianxia where love is so much. At the same time, it is not responsible and cannot meet everyone's expectations.

Even in the smallest alliance group with only more than 300 people, I often see two people talking about their completely different expectations for the development of the story, one after the other and less than a minute apart. In other words, no matter what No matter whether you turn to the left or to the right, there is always someone who will be disappointed.

Not to mention the 90,000 genuine readers who are following it. And what about those readers who can’t even be counted on the entire Internet?

Who do you listen to?

I have always said that I bring my work to find a close friend. It’s about finding companions on the road.

People are constantly coming and people are constantly leaving.

I will always welcome readers to this world of fairy tales, and I will never regret anyone leaving.

Because getting together and parting again is the normal state of life.

Even if you write an 800-word essay that is full of flaws, it is really easy to find faults in 8 million words. If you can learn a little bit of the ability to take quotes out of context, know how to extract a few points and create them again, and add a little bias, it will be perfect. Don't scold too much. The story of Snow White is the story of a woman and seven men. The story of Calabash Baby is just that seven men took turns visiting a couple's home, and in the end the seven men became one.

Touching is fleeting, happiness is fleeting, but negative emotions will accumulate infinitely.

So do I.

Those who praised me would be happy at the time, and those who scolded me might laugh it off. A few days later, when I was in a bad mood, I suddenly thought back to that moment - no, he was sick, right?

Nothing fancy, I will finish the story completely.

According to my original thoughts, follow my original wishes.

I would like to write this article down to record my feelings.

This is the way of my ephemera.

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I really enjoy writing, especially after going through a lot.

Although there are rivers and lakes wherever there are people, there are inevitably some smoky things.

But it’s always a straight-to-the-reader thing.

When words enter the mind, there is inevitably a thinking process. This forms the initial threshold.

Readers all have their own aesthetics and their own thinking.

Those intrigues don't mean much. Exhausting all means, we can only paint it for a while.

The tide will eventually recede, and you will finally be able to see who is naked and ugly in the water.

If you write well, people will read it and read it. No matter how others slander, spread rumors, or belittle you, they cannot shake your fundamentals.

If your writing is bad, no one will read it. No matter how much you jump up and down, try to please others, cheer for others, or even kneel down and kowtow to others, pressing the readers’ heads in front of your bad book, the readers will not be able to read it.

I like this kind of simple thing.

It tells you that all your efforts will be rewarded.

It tells you to do the right thing.

…

Finally, I would like to ask all readers a question-

Before "Red Heart Sky Patrol", have you ever followed a novel that used a map from beginning to end, and the characters that appeared in the first volume or even the first chapter are still shining and playing a role after eight million words?

Time, space, various forces and characters, from the beginning to now, constantly collide and intertwine. Can you see the dense and complicated lines in these eight million words?

Can you imagine the difficulty of writing such a novel?

Can you understand that after such eight million words, it can still maintain 4,000 daily updates and guarantee the quality, so that so many readers can't let go and read it. What kind of effort is required?

How can I say that I don't work hard?

I can't remember many details. I have to keep flipping through the setting collection and the previous text, write a few words casually, and look forward for a long time. Sometimes I really want to do an ascension or something, and start all the relationships between characters from the beginning.

The threshold of readers has been piled up again and again in the long journey of eight million words. Aesthetic fatigue accumulates more and more every day. But patience has become less and less every day after the novelty fades.

What's more terrible is that as an author, the space for play in such a literary world has become extremely narrow.

The first eight million words don't seem to be a shackle at first glance.

I have slowly reached a time when I can't walk, and I am also very curious about how to go on the road ahead and how to reach the ideal destination.

I am very distressed and looking forward to it.

Finally, thank you all for your support.

Thank you very much, those who can still give me patience and company after eight million words - to be honest, now I don't have the courage to open an eight million word novel to read.

Unless it is called "Red Heart Sky Tour".

No matter where you see this book, no matter how much you love it or hate it.

It is there.

It exists in its own way.

You can come at any time and leave at any time.

Thank you all for reading it, thank you all for your experience and feelings for it.

Thank you for coming to this fairy world to watch.

Thanks to my companions who have been through thick and thin along the way. It is you who gave me the strength to carry these eight million words and reach the end where they should be.

The story will eventually be told.

We will eventually say goodbye.

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I have cured my tonsillitis, fever and headache, but the cough has not healed to this day. All kinds of syrups and medicines have no effect. It has lasted for half a month. My lungs hurt a little from coughing (maybe it's the ribs, anyway, it's the right rib). I don't think it will be a big deal. But I am very afraid of death, so I decided to take a film to see.

I wrote this summary while waiting in line at the hospital. I wrote five or six thousand words at a time. It was just a spring of inspiration.

If writing novels could be so efficient, it would be great. Damn it, I will prove the peak of the Tao.

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Finally.

Rest for five days. Counting today, it's six days.

There are some plots for the new volume, but the plot line has not been sorted out, and the volume name has not been thought of. I am too tired, too tired, too tired, so tired that I don't even have the energy to talk.

On May 19, the update of the next volume will start.

Goodbye.

Goodbye.

Thanks to the book friend "Muchen D" for becoming the leader of this book! This is the 795th alliance of the Red Heart Sky Patrol!

Thanks to the book friend "Miaomiao Feiwoyi" for becoming the leader of this book! This is the 796th alliance of the Red Heart Sky Patrol!

Thanks to the book friend "Xiu Tianlan" for becoming the leader of this book! This is the 797th alliance of the Red Heart Sky Patrol!