Warhammer 40k: Shattered Steel Soul

I never thought I would make a book this long until I found out I had reached a million words.

Let’s talk about the psychological process casually, it’s actually quite interesting when you think about it.

I started writing this novel after chatting with R (the author of Midnight Blade). He is a very friendly and interesting person, so he started writing it immediately.

At the beginning, I really didn’t think about readability, nor how to create those funny points in online articles (although I didn’t think about it later, I really don’t understand)

Because I felt that I was so bad that there was no chance of signing a contract, so I broke through the defense and let myself go. The style at that stage was actually closest to my style of artistic explosion when I was drunk - I didn’t expect it to be described this way. 233

When it comes to this, let me change the topic. I am not deliberately imitating the Western British and American style. I really only know how to write like this, such as the use of clauses and attributives, and some descriptive habits. This may confirm that I grew up. The composition is not up to standard; the content you see now is the result of manual adjustments and editing by the brain twice. Otherwise, what I wrote in a drunken state of mind would be an aria-style combination of long and difficult sentences that is difficult to interpret. It may sound unreasonable, but it's true.

Then the first volume went by in a haze, and when I got to the end of the volume where my identity was revealed, I remember seeing someone say, "The first part was boring, but I became interested in reading the whole thing." .

Then there’s the Magnus segment. Now that I think about it, there seems to be nothing much to talk about, so I’ll just mention a habit.

Before I write a character in detail, I will do a bunch of character analysis, some and some, to list the superficial traits of the character, the reasons for the birth of the traits, the actual internal core values, superficial problems and consequences, real flaws and solutions, etc. etc.; for example, Magnus, I define his superficial flaw as naivety and arrogance, while the core is the inability to face reality and his failed escape born from a smooth life (particularly obvious in the original Burning scene), so he uses the name Garden of Nurgle respectively. , and the subsequent refusal to deal with the disasters caused by psychic problems head-on. The evaluation I received was that the character change was reasonable, which satisfied me; but later I often doubted whether it was necessary to write like this, because I found that it seemed to make the plot drag...

It's broken, now it's become a typical third-rate, shoddy, low-budget art film.

Then came Dorne and King Slayer, because Dorne's growth in the first half of the book ended in the K Demon Realm, so they are in one volume. I swear at that time I really wanted to write about Dorne and K arguing, and then "Death to Death 2 came so fast", so I wrote it as a fight scene. By the way, there is a hint of the subsequent rebellion plot.

Among the chapters in this volume that I value more personally, one is Blood in the Snow, which is a chapter that reorganizes the relationship between father and son.

That paragraph can be regarded as a summary of the progress of the previous article, but when I wrote the sentence "I value this chapter", I found that combined with a bunch of nagging words above, it probably made it clear that I care about it inexplicably. The type of character growth arc, that is, the plot follows the characters, always feels like this is not an advantage.

Another important chapter is Angron feeding meat. The reason why I value it is entirely out of my love for Gore, maybe because I watched Hannibal since I was a child.

In addition, while I was writing this volume, I actually remember seeing comments saying that my skills had declined seriously and that my writing skills were poor. At that time, I was very doubtful about life, as if I suddenly realized that I had done a lot of things wrong but didn’t understand where I was wrong. , and I am so busy every day that I break my guard. The complaints I wrote casually at the time are still in my notepad, and they are easy to read now (it’s hard to point to the next paragraph):

"In fact, I kept questioning why I was still wasting readers' patience and money. I found that I couldn't create a story that had any appeal, and everything revolved around mundane things. It made me feel uncomfortable. That sucks. Of course, this doesn’t mean anything, it’s just a waste of time.”

All in all, it turns out that I am a guy with quite poor mental stability, but I managed to get through it no matter what, and it’s not a strange thing. After all, people can't just let something happen.

Then there is the Guilliman volume. Here I write a battle to reward myself, which is the Battle of Osiris. When I write a battle, I usually write it based on a hammer I have played on the table, and then after some magic modifications, if I can see Just treat some phrases and nouns as little easter eggs, they’re not important.

Yes, another one of my shortcomings: a lover of third-rate fight scenes and battles.

In addition, King Slayer and Guilliman both played the role of foreshadowing first and then revealed it in unison, but now that I think about it, this does not have a strong effect on promoting the big ups and downs, so I can still continue to adjust the writing method.

Then comes the Koz volume. Otherwise, you can just start scolding this volume.

But I did find that I don’t understand what readers can and cannot understand; to be precise, I know that some people may not understand, but I really don’t know where the Riddler is... No, this matter should be left alone In the summary of the first volume at the very beginning, because there was a comment about the Riddler at that time and I didn’t understand why at all, it was obvious that I must have some stupid cognitive bias, and this paragraph seemed like an excuse, but this It's the truth, it's sad.

The subsequent volume of "Everyone Likes It" can be regarded as a happy summary of all the previous plots. It is commonly known as making dumplings in the middle.

Well, although I was stuck on a problematic plot point when I was writing this review, this volume is really for making dumplings during the Chinese New Year.

As for the subsequent plot, when I first started writing the book, the plan was to write another Ran Dan to prepare for the rebellion.

Then, now I’m counting, the timeline is too early, there is still a hundred and fifty years before m31. Last time I asked, I found that everyone wanted to see more of the collection of the originals, so I continued to look for plot filling. It just so happens that there is still something to write about.

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So, let me make a personal summary: I am actually very untalented. I don’t have any wonderful ideas and I can’t grasp the ups and downs of the plot. I can’t create the kind of laughs or cool scenes. It’s commonly known as my brain is not very good. , and it is easy to suffer from literary youth disease...

Sometimes I feel very sorry for the readers, but I still write at this level. But people always have to move forward.

Even if it is just to earn military expenses and continue to raise the army, when will GW update my beloved main race? The fifth edition update is considered a new model. Is this ridiculous? (Anjian)

Finally, I would like to share a violent argument about the flavor of hammer that I quite agree with: Warhammer is a kind of Dionysian spirit in grimdark.

Darkness and light, despair and hope are not actually the themes of Warhammer.

Meaningless life and death not only bring readers sighs about the impermanence of fate, but also endless ah this and raw grass.

Don't ask, the official title of a certain issue of Warhammer was "brighter future" in "grimdark" which is extremely hilarious.

Warhammer is a very tolerant IP. After all, the background setting is wide, and there are many different aspects of focus in the original work. It would be a waste to only focus on the black and deep residuals.

From a literary and artistic point of view, I would think that Hammer is a moth that is consistent, regardless of the results, driven by faith. Even the Pyrrhic win must be won.

To put it simply, it is the eternal Tata Kai.

Yes, in our dark and cold distant forty thousand years, there was only war.

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By the way, find a place to talk about some Black Library Warhammer authors who are not unhappy. For example, a certain GT person whose gun hanging on the wall in the first act was confirmed to be a decoration in the third act is on the same level as another. GH, the master of classics who often makes people feel inexplicable and difficult to criticize, NK, who writes long, boring and exhausting things, etc...

And dear Mr. Dan, can you please hurry up and write the third book of Bequin? This unfortunate fan is waiting for his unfinished settings. Don’t let me write the first one and then the second one will be conflicted (sad)

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Note: The main text of this book ends at 30K, and the content after 30K will only be extras.

Also, I usually don’t read comments. If you have anything you want to share, you can leave a comment or post in this chapter, and I will read it here.

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P.S. Thank you Dark Lady for all your support, meow!

Oh, thank you R by the way. (no mercy)