LOTM - Author's Afterword Part 2 Tencent MTL

A speech on the completion of the original (part two)

As a complete speech, I must review the whole book, talk about the gains and losses in creation, and then I can know what should be maintained and what should be promoted. Well, I will talk about it in combination with my own creative methodology. Of course, this is my own, it does not mean that it is suitable for other people and other platforms, and it is very good to learn from it. It is easy to copy it, and there is a difference between absolute truth and relative truth. Not to mention this very personal perception that those who learn from me live, like those who die, right?

As far as I am concerned, the first and most important key word in creation is "expression".

The expression of this word is very broad, and in a narrow sense, it can be equal to the theme of the article, and the central idea. In a broad sense, anything that we hope to pass on to the reader belongs to the category of expression. We can express our own ideas about human nature and our understanding of the world. I want to be very happy, as well as the satisfaction I get.

What do I want to express in this book of secrecy?

First, it combines some knowledge of western occult with Kesuru mythology and SCP Foundation to produce a novel and interesting, worth pondering, complex and playful worldview.

The second is a ray of light in darkness and despair ("Yes, exactly." Amon was about to jump out when Xiao Ke covered his mouth. "it's me." This light is not only a pity of human nature, but also a hymn of human courage. Dark despair is not only the situation of workers and farmers during the first industrial revolution, but also the old days brought about by the elements of Cesuru mythology. Evil gods, unknown, can not be looked directly at, chaos, madness and despair and helplessness.

The third is the confrontation and integration of human nature and divinity. Why do I define Xiao Ke's approach as a "diviner" and end at the "fool"? on the one hand, it is the need of its own storyline, and the early stage of the "diviner" can naturally unfold many elements of the occult and bring in interestingly, on the other hand, the hidden subject of this book, er, is not implied. I wrote it all in the introduction: a legend of the fool.

In other words: the journey of a fool.

A more accepted interpretation of tarot cards, an important element of this book, is that the overall description is the journey of a fool, from the beginning of the fool to the end of the world.

Of course, it is impossible for me to copy the interpretation and image of Tarot cards, which will be modified in combination with the book Secret, so the journey of a fool refers to the gradual change from man to God, and refers to the spiritual journey brought about by human nature, divine confrontation and fusion.

This is because I hope that Xiao Ke can always have a human side and a warm side, so it is not described intuitively from his psychological activities, but more from others, from the frequency and depth of his interaction with the whole world and the surrounding human beings. more indirect.

Therefore, in the later stage, no matter how much Xiao Ke emphasizes his human nature, he gives everyone the impression that he is getting farther and farther away from human society, more and more lonely, more and more abstract, and gradually no sense of flesh and blood. This is the journey of a fool.

This structural design is actually a bit tricky, because I was inspired by previous books, with the exception of martial arts, where some people say that the later the protagonist is, the more inhuman the protagonist is, the more divorced he is from reality, and the feeling that he is no longer rooted in the world and society. Then, I simply change this change from the author's unconscious to conscious. This inspiration came into being almost after reading some tarot books.

Now by contrast, the first point is barely achieved, the second light part is good, the dark part is very good in the early stage, and it is diluted in the later stage as the power level rises.

This is indeed a problem, and it is also the problem of the structure of the secret book, and it is also the fourth part of the methodology, "structure", which I will talk about later.

Back to the subject, starting with sequence 3, the whole book has a certain style split in the occult part and the unknown fear part. As far as the Cesuru element is concerned, once the unknown is stated and really appears on the stage, it will lose most of its charm, so the sense of chaos and madness in the later period is maintained well, and the sense of darkness, despair, mystery and smallness must be lacking.

Before I opened the book, I was hesitant to write only sequence 3 and the rest as the background, so that the overall style of the mysterious world would be very unified, and the mystery would run through the full text with a sense of exploration of fear and tremor.

But in the end, I am still a little greedy. I hope that the book Secret can give a big picture of the overall worldview, and then I can play it calmly under this worldview.

The third point, my personal score is above, not more than 80, mainly because the heart is not ruthless, the performance is not intuitive enough.

After saying "expression", the second group of key words in my creation is "interesting, interesting".

In other words, when you have determined what you want to express, you should examine whether your subject matter and possible ways of expressing it are appropriate.

It is not that some subjects can not be written, excluding external factors, whether a theme can be written only depends on whether you can write interesting, interesting.

Home cooking also depends on who does it and how to do it.

Well, in essence, human beings seek novelty and wonder, and of course, they also pursue freshness and emotion. I deal with the latter two in the part of "emotion". Here we only talk about new and strange.

The new does not mean that it is simple and rare, and strange is not just a curiosity. They should be closer to something new and different from others.

But interesting and interesting, from the word meaning, the difference is quite big, interesting more refers to fun, novel, interesting can add a "can ponder" meaning.

What is interesting is not necessarily funny or funny, but it can make people immersed in it, feel very interesting, can ponder, and can spread their own imagination.

Interesting is not necessarily interesting, now simply relaxed, funny, play a lot of tricks, there is also a big market.

Of course, the two can also be combined, interesting at the same time can make people feel interesting, willing to ponder, to study, to substitute and fantasy, then it is doubly attractive.

Interesting, if you can be interesting in the writing, character interaction, details, but also play the finishing point, let everyone pursue a more dynamic role.

In the book Secret, my goal is to be interesting first, and then to be interesting. Now, the system of 22 sequence pathways, 220kinds of magic potions, nine sources and acting methods is really new, strange, interesting and interesting.

And behavior, interaction, details and other places, I also try not to be monotonous, not boring, most of the time still meet the requirements.

Of course, there is still room for progress in this area.

My third creative key word is "substitute".

Don't listen to the substitution and think that it is YY, in fact, there are many kinds of substitution, indeed, many people replace the protagonist, but some people replace the protagonist his father, his mother, his brother, his girlfriend, and others into the supporting roles, into the roles of the audience and readers, into the world outlook, into the global community, into the sense of scientific sanctity, into classical culture, and so on, to name but a few.

On the other hand, when an author determines what he wants to "express", he also finds an interesting cut in the subject matter and way of expression, and then the next question is to think about which angle to put the main reader into. This will determine what kind of narrative techniques you use, what kind of structure you use, and what kind of groundwork you do.

I added a brain with only three chapters on the official account before. In fact, I was thinking about the idea of "substitution". I hope that the main readers will replace it with the knowledge of the earth. it is a refreshing experience to watch an aboriginal joke and grow up with the help of earth knowledge in a lively and proud state of mind.

The book Secret, in addition to the common protagonists, also puts more energy on the power system, magic potions, acting methods, and the overall world outlook, so it makes extensive use of suspense and decryption techniques, little by little hooks, and little by little, so that everyone can be immersed in it.

The fourth creative key word is "structure".

After taking the first three steps and figuring out the outline of the story, we should conceive the overall structure according to these.

So, I said that the secret ending part is that you can see it from the beginning, the contrast, the reincarnation of fate, the ending of the story, all of which are unfolded under a large structure, which, as far as I am concerned, has a strange sense of beauty.

In addition to the overall structure, there is also the structure of each part. I have talked about the structure of the first part before. I am very proud of it and have done a good job. I have also talked about the structure of the second and third parts. After that, I seldom mentioned this word. This is mainly because the more we write later, the greater the restraint and the less the degree of freedom. If I can't think of a good structure and a good cut-in, I would rather use the most common or used story structure. There's nothing special to say.

Among them, the fourth part is progressive layer by layer, and finally detonates the type of ambush line, and the fifth part is the vortex type, which is bigger and bigger, and finally produces great changes. The sixth part seems to have said that the plain style between the front and back peaks, and the seventh part is a sudden outbreak in daily travel. As a whole, it is close to the structure of the second part, and the eighth part is to push the best part in a row, and then the rhyme ends.

Among them, because the idea of the structure of some volumes is not clear enough when they are officially written, or they do not know how to achieve the desired effect, there is a rhythm problem in the middle part, or something has to be lost for the sake of dramatic rationality.

These are all experiences and lessons. In the future, when you open a new volume, you need to make your own setting and grasp of the structure as clear as possible, instead of having a concept and vaguely try, explore, and write. In this case, good luck, good state, can seize inspiration, there may be surprises, but most of the time there will be a lot of problems.

The key words of the fifth group are "reality and reality".

In fact, this is developed from the third keyword "substitution". At first, I thought that what had the most sense of substitution was perhaps the most realistic environment, and then transcended reality on this basis, and the most realistic one was undoubtedly our daily life, that is, urban themes.

Under this premise, the city is definitely the easiest subject to replace, so at the end of my life, I wanted to integrate fantasy into the city, which is both reality and transcendence, and at the same time, I also practiced the ability to write daily details. So I had the martial arts book. In fact, the early results were good, but then I found that I underestimated a problem, that is, the limitations of the city itself. Because this point is not fully taken into account in the setting, it is impossible to unfold in the later stage, and the story is repeated and lack of change.

My idea has been confirmed in some popular themes in recent years, and it is very gratifying, but 404's eyes are focused on the urban theme, which leads to the big trend that I imagined.

After writing martial arts, I have a deeper understanding of substitution and reality, thinking that "truth" can better reflect the essence than "reality".

As long as it is real enough to immerse the reader, it can also achieve a realistic effect, and it is more of a pursuit of novelty.

So, when I write about secrecy, I consult a lot of materials and enrich the details in order to make the world alive, so that everyone can naturally immerse themselves in it, knowing what to eat, what to use, how much it costs, and what customs are.

In fact, this has something in common with the 3A masterpiece in recent years, an open, free but real world.

Realistic and immersive, this is an idea that gradually became clear after I finished writing martial arts and in the process of writing mysterious. only at this time did I really refine my own complete creative methodology.

Of course, this way of writing is really tired, very tired.

This is done very well in the early and middle stages of secrecy, and then it weakens to a certain extent after the sequence is improved. The next step I need to think about is how to create reality at a high level of power.

The sixth key word is "soft".

I remember that the previous part concluded that I would not say much here-mainly because I had written so many words in one breath, my thoughts began to diverge, I wanted to have fun, and I wanted to be lazy.

"soft", my understanding is that there are enough groundwork for the plot turn, enough fermentation process for emotional promotion, and enough appropriate release. If the former does not do well, it turns for the turning point, while the best part and the best part will only be abrupt and unable to reflect the sense of impact, while the latter is easy to spill dog blood and provocative too much.

In this respect, I have been restraining myself. If it is not suitable for a knife, never do it for the sake of the knife. If a major character cannot die worthily, properly and with a sense of impact, it is better to be alive. Trauma for the sake of trauma is not gentle enough.

Similarly, the place that should not be sensational should not be sensational, and the expression of emotions must be clear about when to refrain, what can break out, whether the overall atmosphere supports this, and so on.

Also, can not hit the face in order to hit the face, in order to cool and cool, the plot to promote, refreshing point will naturally be soft, not embarrassing.

On this point, I have done a good job in secrecy. The only time I have exceeded it is in the chapter of asking myself, but there are signs to follow.

The seventh key word is "people":

As I said before, I am the character after the story, which is different from the character before the story, but from the beginning of martial arts, I feel more and more that the characters are equally important.

One, the world outlook is a skeleton, the plot is flesh, the characters are blood, and without good characters, this would be dead. It is difficult to make a long novel interesting and attractive enough in every part, and it is also difficult to create empathy, emotion and various emotions.

In the shaping of the characters, apart from the hierarchy of the characters, I also slowly fumbled out a word: "interaction".

The image of the characters is based on the interaction of the characters. Individual psychological interaction, personal action, once or twice useful, the number of times is bound to be monotonous, thin, boring.

With interaction, the characters come back to life and show themselves differently in different interactions.

The details will not be expanded, because there is too much writing, so I want to finish it as soon as possible.

In addition, the ultimate characters must come from the extreme plot, the ultimate plot must be able to create the ultimate characters, the two are not completely separated.

In this book of secrecy, I have made some gains from vague cognition to clear use, and I have also created some good characters. of course, due to the length of some characters and the fact that the growth curve of the characters can not keep up with Xiao Ke, I can only complete the first half. I hope that the second part in the future can be better portrayed.

Generally speaking, although Amon is annoying to many people, the overall completion of his characters is the highest except Xiaoke.

Similarly, I have some problems with the portrayal of many villains. As mentioned in the seventh book, it is always customary to set up too strong, lack of sufficient opportunities to play, accumulate little emotion, interact less, and have to change in the future.

In addition, combined with the keyword "real", the character should also pay attention to the problem of distortion. Sometimes, if the character is too funny and plays too much, it is easy to make the character distorted and degenerate into the kind of character in most anime. Of course, this does not mean that such a character will not be charming. Whether it is distorted or not depends on the overall atmosphere of the story.

The eighth key word is "change".

This is the most frequently mentioned in the summary, one of the most taboo is the same layer, whether it is open line or dark line, there must be a certain change, otherwise it will not be able to support a very long space, even the simplest structure of wireless wind fantasy essays, but also by changing the map again and again to bring changes, to eliminate the sense of repetition on the plot.

In the process of writing secrecy, in the middle of the fourth part, the upgrade line is too long, resulting in insufficient change and a drop in plot tension. It was difficult to unfold in the later stage of martial arts, the plot began to repeat, and the fight became more and more boring. All this has been said, we should make good improvements in the future, always pay attention to it, be aware of it, and prevent it in advance.

The ninth key word is "details".

Details, the devil is always in the details, which is also the key to the implementation of "substitution", "truth", "softness" and "characters".

Lack of details, there is no doubt that it will not be true, can not be substituted, the interaction is boring, the turning point is abrupt.

This is a big topic. Please allow me to slack off. Anyway, this is not a writing class.

In short, the Secret Book has a lot of details, so it has texture, characters, pictures, and emotional resonance, which I am very satisfied with, but the later battle is too abstract and conceptualized, and gradually lacks details. it's really a big problem.

At present, I have some ideas on this point, which is the inspiration brought to me by JOJO, that is, to give the rules and limitations of ability, rules and restrictions that are as simple as possible but clear enough, and then work in this framework, so that the ability is bounded and the details are guaranteed.

This is a point that can be promoted in the future.

The tenth key word is "emotion".

At this point, I really don't want to write. I'm too tired. I'm in a mood.

Ah, in fact, emotion has been mentioned by many online writers, and even many people regard it as the core of their creative methods. The whole story revolves around how to mobilize readers' emotions to plan and lay the groundwork.

I also attach great importance to emotion, because a good part, a good clip, a good character, will eventually contain or bring emotion, without emotion, the story will be dry and lack enough attraction.

I won't talk about other ways of pulling hatred. I know more but use less. I prefer to use the conflict of the plot to promote it.

However, for emotions, I will always pay attention to whether the emotional progress is natural and smooth, and whether there are too many interruptions, otherwise I will not be able to pile up the best part and pile up the sense of impact.

In addition, emotions can not be equated with hatred and venting, there are love and justice, no, there are moved, loved, satisfied, etc., and so on. A good author should try his best to enrich his arsenal and mobilize more types of emotions.

In secrecy, I give emotion as a whole is very restrained, but also has been to soften the mood, so so many creative keywords definitely do not exist alone, they all cooperate with each other and are naturally integrated.

With regard to the classic scenes of emotional expression in secrecy, I can recall some of them with my eyes closed, so I don't boast. I mainly don't bother to write. In short, I did a good job. The next one hopes to increase the outburst of emotional catharsis and combine it with other ways of emotional expression.

The eleventh keyword, replace the best part with "impact". Scenes such as "Chernobyl" are the performance, and the twelfth keyword. Forget it, don't write, I'm too tired, I've finished spitting out the ink, anyway, it's all the less important ones.

To write my creative ideas, I am not afraid of being learned. on the contrary, I hope that someone will learn, which means that I can have a lot of books that suit my taste, but this kind of creation is destined to be very tired and, of course, will be very satisfied.

Um, the last number of reports, Secret is now 109,000, subscription because there is the last bonus, has been quite high, the whole is a little higher than the seventh as a whole, most of the time hovering between 61,000 to 63,000, the lowest is 58,000, the highest is the last three chapters, all exceeded 70,000, and the last chapter is now 24 hours 90,000. no, no, no.

After writing the secret creation, sum up the gains and losses, and then talk about the new book.

Well, I won't open Secret 2 directly. I'm worried that I will repeat some of the things in this movie. I hope to write something else for a change of mind first, and then do some accumulation.

As the new book said before, the wasteland and the fairy should choose one of the two. When writing secretly, I hope the next book can write something relaxed and fun, so at first it is partial to Xianxia, but later someone told me that it is entirely possible to make the protagonist a little crazy and let him dilute the tone of the wasteland. It seems interesting.

In short, my balance is now balanced again. Wait for me to take a break, clear my brain, and then ask myself which one I want to write about most.

The initial confirmation of the new book is mid-November, and the specific time will be announced on the official account. From now to then, I will serialize a series of 20,000 to 30,000 Xiaofan here, and then irregularly put some secret settings on the official account and write some Xiaofan. At the same time, publish the subject matter of the new book, some settings, collecting dragons, etc., search "wuzei1985", and that is the one in the animation profile.

Finally, thank you again. I would like to thank all the friends who have subscribed to this book and like it. It is you who have given me the opportunity to tell the story in my heart.

Also, thanks to the friends who have been voting for monthly tickets, we broke the record of monthly tickets for men's frequency at the starting point two days ago. Let's congratulate ourselves and laugh.

Thanks to the friends who made the list for the characters, Xiao Ke, Audrey, Leonard, Sharon, they have their own birthday party.

Thanks to the reward friends, my attitude has always been, do not affect their own life, their own study, their own entertainment, under this premise, I can only open my pockets and say "no" at the same time. Who doesn't love money?

Thanks to those friends who have been secretive and have been Amway, being liked and being affirmed to be a good experience.

Thanks to my moderators and managers, you are really hard, carrying the pot is black and big.

Thanks to my staff Committee for taking up too much of your time to give advice to the cover and the perimeter.

Thank you for your comments and friends who have published this chapter. Most of the time, you have brought me a good mood. At first, I read every one, but later more and more, I really couldn't read it, so it would delay me to code words, so I could only fix a point in time and read part of it.

I would like to thank all the friends who have accompanied me mysteriously. I am lucky to have your company in the past two years. I also hope this is a good memory in your life.

Finally, put your hand on your chest and bow.

Finally multiplied by 3, it was agreed that it would be updated in the form of a chapter speech at 12:30 on May 7, one chapter a day for seven to ten days.

After writing my speech, I'm going to have a good rest and get a good lie-in.

Looking forward to seeing you again!