Soul of Burning Steel

Disclaimer in advance, this chapter is very long, but free of charge, it is a chapter testimonial

Soul of Burning Steel has been written for 3 years, 19 volumes, 450w words. Before writing the final volume, half of it was for finishing, and half of it was a little bit of reluctance. I looked back on all the changes and progress of myself and this book in the past so long , I feel really emotional.

Starting from the first volume [Northern Gale Wind], the theme of "Brilliant, Simple and Easy Revenge, Hacking and Killing Invincible Amber Flow" is the source. What I want to write is actually just an outline of about 250w words, a story of a game in another world that has been played all over the world. , I don’t have many regrets about changing the protagonist, let a pure-hearted warrior happily in another world, fight hard enough opponents, kill those who deserve to be killed, and then finish the book simply and neatly.

And the introduction of this volume - which may not be seen by the readers of the client - is [fight if you want to fight, defeat if you want to defeat], which can be regarded as a very simple and direct footnote. ], and I also decided that each volume of this book is to fight enemies with different themes.

The second volume [Tide of Hesse] also has a similar idea, and it is still a simple and clear theme of hacking and killing. However, the enemy has become a monster and the natural world itself. I like this kind of resistance and battle against the world, so the theme of this volume is "Battle with everything except humans", and the introduction of the volume is "Mountains tremble" , ten thousand beasts gallop out of the boundless forest, like the raging waves of the Black Sea], the natural elements of mountains, beasts, forests and seas are used, but the element of 'sky' can't be added, which is a pity.

At this time, since this book is essentially just a product that I took out an old book outline to write out for my own entertainment, neither the chapter name nor the content is actually very serious. There are many games and comic stalks. This point was also said to be very good, so later I found that the grades were good. When I started to write seriously, the book gradually became more serious. Naturally, the carelessness in the front has now become the point of this book being criticized by people. , which is really ill-considered.

But because the good grades were a bit unexpected, I was too nervous, so in order to be on the shelves at the climax of the shelf life card, I dragged on for a long time before and after the shelf, which attracted a lot of bad reviews—that is, three The part about fighting the chaotic black dragon, tsk, now that I think about it, it was indeed a mistake made by being too young. If I didn’t delay the plot like this, if I wrote it normally, the first order might be higher and the evaluation would be better.

The first order of Soul of Burning Steel is 2150. This number should be considered a good result for the starting game area 3 years ago. For me, who ordered 35 or 55 for the first book, It's a leap, and not only that, the average order of Soul of Burning Steel rose to 2800 in the first week of its release, and it seems that it will be a boutique soon.

But at this time, the third volume [A World without Fire], I made a big mistake - because I was too nervous after it was put on the shelves, and I am also a novice. So the pre-plot of entering another world was stinky and long, and I wrote two or three chapters when I went to the dwarven territory... At that time, I carefully designed a lot of structural drawings of dwarven cities, but in the end I found that they were all made of wood. Big, readers can't see it, and it's too watery for me to write it myself.

Then, after entering the different world, the plot of the exploration is also "very boring" according to other people's evaluations. I myself actually like to write this kind of plot of deciphering and exploring the ruins, but when I think about it carefully, I like the ruins exploration game. The process of writing the novel seriously is really passionate, so after this plot is over, My follow-up order also dropped from 2600 to 700 immediately.

Fortunately, I was a slugger before, and 700 is considered a lot, so my mentality did not collapse. I wrote the end of the world without fire according to the outline, revealing the world setting, the inheritance of the protagonist, the steel python, the secret behind the world, and the evil god Some information... To be honest, it’s not bragging. I think I was hit during that time. I performed super-level (at the time), and the follow-up subscription also rose back to more than 2,000, and the average subscription that fell back to 2,300 also began to slowly back up.

The main body of this volume, my thoughts are with 【The First Battle with Chaos】.

This is also the first time to reveal the theme enemy of this book, revealing the relative cycle of order and chaos, and the plot of entering another world can also pave the way for the protagonist to go to other worlds later. But in the same volume, I vaguely found that the outline and writing the book seem to be in conflict. The outline of my book at the beginning set the context, and the main body was in the Mycroft Continent, but I wrote down the outline and found that this It is not a story that the world can fully tell. Mycroft is the origin, but it is not enough to carry the process of the struggle between order and chaos.

But since this idea is just a sign, the fourth volume [Abyss of the Sinful Dragon] mainly tells the story on the Mycroft Continent, and the enemies are all monsters with evil intentions. Su Sheng], the intention is to reveal an atmosphere before the general situation is about to change, so this volume is relatively flat. It mainly talks about a few characters, and the results do not have much ups and downs.

Then the fifth volume, [Starfall Calamity], according to the outline, is the first time I saw the 'evil god' and fought [Irresistible Natural Disaster]. The enemy is the evil god of natural disasters, which is the first evil god boss to appear officially, and this volume wants to express "Even if it is an irresistible natural disaster, it is not invincible". After winter, plants will still sprout, plus The background of the last volume is the elves and the gods of nature, so the introduction is [until winter passes and spring comes].

The plot of this volume is actually more domineering. Personally, looking back, I think it is a dark adventure in another world, but I didn’t write much, so I let the protagonist come to the rescue—but this The first volume was good, and Soul of Burning Steel can be regarded as a high-quality book... In fact, if the plot does not collapse, it will be a high-quality book in the first week or the second week, but I spent four months to make up for this price. When I was feeling emotional, I chatted with some author friends and said that this lesson was not a serious one.

And the sixth volume [Gloomy Moon], because of the battle between the protagonist and the evil god in the previous volume, when I wrote this, I found that the original outline has bound me, and the world of Mycroft is too small for the protagonist. His battle should not be limited to only one world, so in this volume I completely rebuilt the outline and replaced it with another one, which can be regarded as continuing to this day, the outline you see now. Some of the original stories were abandoned.

The theme of this volume is [Fighting with Arrogance and Betrayal]. The enemies are the traitors of the Earth Temple who backstabbed in previous games, and the black dragon who turned to Chaos. They all arrogantly believed that they were right, and betrayed the protagonist and this The world, and the volume introduction [No one needs to be saved, because this is the choice everyone makes], it said that the protagonist's idea of ​​"everyone is his own savior", and it also said that the enemy chose this path to the abyss, Just don't think about what it means to be saved.

This volume is the end of the "Year of Starfall" part of my plan, the upper, middle and lower parts of Soul of Burning Steel. The protagonist strengthened his determination and belief, and began to make great strides forward on the road of changing the world and fighting against chaos, and the final plot was well received. Coupled with several great recommendations, the book's grades also began to rise. Soaring.

The seventh volume [Magic Tide is Coming] is the beginning of the second part. This part mainly tells how the protagonist becomes a legend, and how he really starts to change things on the stage of the multiverse. The theme of this volume is [Battle against the tide of the times]. The carnival of cultists and various dragon disasters brought about by the evil tide are the tide of the times, and defeating them is what the protagonist who wants to change his destiny has to do.

And in the middle of this volume, my grandma passed away, which was a big blow to me, because she cultivated my three views and taught me how to behave. This is my personal matter, but I have to say that it also affected this book, because my grandma always hoped that I could live happily and "like yourself", so I was completely settled and decided to use all my Put energy into 'writing novels' which is my favorite thing.

At about this time, the theme of this book has nothing to do with 'clear and easy revenge, hack and kill invincible amber flow', but has become 'everyday story of saving the world', which does not match the system and the game at all The side of the Western Fantasy. It's unbelievable. From this time on, many readers were surprised to find that this book was actually classified in the game category after being reminded.

The eighth volume [Man of Steel] is how the protagonist becomes a legend, the story of countless people and countless oaths - the theme is [Battle with established destiny]. This time, the protagonist did not succeed completely for the first time. He did not save everyone in the world of Grandia, because he wanted to save the world of Mycroft, but it was precisely because of this that he was able to strengthen his determination again, and with the oath With passion, forge your own steel body.

The ninth volume [Legacy of the Gods] tells a story of inheritance. The general purpose is to talk about the changes in the Abyss and Mycroft Continent. It is also the first time [Battle with the Abyss and Demons]—— Since the setting of demons and abyss in my book is different from that of ordinary dnd or western fantasy, I think it takes half a volume to talk about it.

As for the tenth volume [Glory of the Star Sea], which is the plot of the world of stars, the theme is [Civilized Chaos Battle]... I made another big mistake in this volume.

In fact, at the beginning of this volume, the plot was well received, especially when Joshua was summoned to the world of Xinghai, the monthly ticket hit a new high, and as we all know that I am actually a sci-fi fan, this happens to be the plot of Xinghai again, I was very excited and started to use my soul of steel, sci-fi power, the power of stars and veteran players, and various inspirations for extraordinary space battles... Then, I wrote a series of "fighting scenes" of nearly 100,000 to 150,000 words .

Well, more than 100,000 words in a row, pure fighting... When I went back to summarize, I was also frightened-no wonder the follow-up order dropped like crazy at that time, from close to 3000 to 1200, no reader can stand such a high intensity There was even an author friend who read my article abandoned the book, expressing that he couldn’t take it anymore... and I noticed something was wrong, so I immediately killed it, quickly killed the boss, and changed the plot, but it was too late at this time Well, the upward trend of this book's performance has been completely interrupted, and the average order even fell, leaving only 4,400.

The author’s self-confidence, the damage to a book is so great. To be honest, I wrote that battle very well. I could even continue to write 100,000, but the result was devastating, and it was completely defeated. The possibility of this book’s resurgence, after all, the lost readers at this time are basically true fans and book friends, which is different from the early days.

Even if it is the eleventh volume [Gate of Myriad Worlds] and the twelfth volume [Great Development Era], the story of the dragon girl Lisa and the battle with the demon lords, it is also the story of [Combinations with Other Orders (Black) Fog)] and [Battle with Other Hope-Seekers (Abyssal Demons)] are well-received, but the follow-up subscriptions are still around 14~1800.

Until the thirteenth volume, [The World in the Shell], the story of the time-promoter Fatelorvi, that is, the [Battle with Those Who Abandon the Future], this volume made the monthly ticket hit a new high, and both bookings went up I went back...and I almost made a mistake in this volume, that is, some settings and ideas were not explained clearly, which made readers misunderstand the main character's thoughts-but fortunately, I dedicated a chapter to explain it, Most people get it.

And the following plot can be regarded as a perfect ending for the part of Soul of Burning Steel [China: The Devil’s Tide Is Gradually Rising]. It ends with a story that happened in the central world where the magic tide gathers. After the protagonist defeats the person who gave up the future, he also Start to actively look for nodes that change your future destiny.

The fourteen volumes [Light of Eternal Darkness] are about [The Showdown Between Order and Order]. If both parties are right for both parties, and they are both pursuing their own hopes and their own Light of Eternal Darkness, then they can only do There is no right or wrong after one game, but there is nothing wrong with this volume, and the grades are slowly increasing, but it is also from this time that this book seems to be a bit sci-fi...

Fifteen volumes [The Lost Galaxy] is also a more sci-fi theme, void nomads and sleeping giants transformed into planetary worlds... This time it is the serious [Fighting the Evil God], allowing Joshua to hold the true The power and possibility of obliterating the evil god-level enemies, but also from this volume, he realized that the evil gods seemed to be nothing more than tools in essence, and these seemingly evil chaotic monsters were nothing but corpses piled up with countless sad memories.

Therefore, the theme of the sixteenth volume [Abyss of Eternal Darkness] is [Sorrow and Fight with Death] - the evil god of death is the embodiment of the doomsday of all civilizations, and its essence is so rich that it cannot be solved. Civilization is lost, and even names are forgotten. Joshua also finally understood that 'killing and denying' the evil god could not solve the problem at all, only by 'carrying and admitting' this infinitely sad memory that belonged to the past could make everything present move forward.

The monthly pass and grades of this volume can be regarded as a new high. The high subscription has broken 20,000, and the average subscription has also exceeded 5500-then it has remained there until recently, and it has risen a little, and it is close to 6000. At the end of the book, it should be able to order 6000 units.

The seventeenth volume [Zhentian Lixing] and the eighteenth volume [Tomorrow’s Abyss], as well as the just completed nineteenth volume [The Last Flame], because they are recent plots, so I will not go into details. I think what I wrote is also very clear. The themes are [the battle with other civilizations in the multi-galactic system], [the battle for tomorrow] and [the battle against the hopeless future after tomorrow].

After writing this, I realized that the more I got to the later stage, the fewer mistakes I could make. I've been drawing strength from my mistakes, and it's been costly, but it seems to be paying off.

I wrote so many summaries, in fact, not to say something to readers, but to post to my own book, to warn myself not to make the same mistake in the next book. I also have a small notebook to record these failures and mistakes, but it seems that only by 'narrating' a certain object can I analyze myself from a truly objective perspective, otherwise, I always think, 'I won't do it next time. I'll get it' instead of seriously thinking about 'what's wrong with me' - and I choose the reader as the target.

I have written so much, not for water, nor for procrastination, but to prove that I am really thinking about how to review all the plots of this book, and then write a perfect ending and summary for Soul of Burning Steel. The twentieth volume [Soul of Burning Steel] must make a perfect ending for Joshua's story and battles all the way. I don't want to leave any regrets, so I did my best.

So, let me just get straight to the point.

Ask for a monthly ticket. (run)