This book started uploading in September 2017 and ended this month, with a total of 6.56 million words in two years and nine months, with an average of 200,000 words per month, which is not considered diligent.

But old readers know that this is mainly because it was written less in the last few months. For a long time before, Lao Zhuang was ten thousand updates.

The writing later is slow because it is tired.

There are two reasons for tiredness:

First, it took too long and there were too many words. Before this book, the book with the largest number of words in Lao Zhuang was "Ba Shu", which was 3.21 million words, and it was written for one year and two months. It was indeed a bit exhausted after more than two consecutive years of creation.

Second, I have a lot of ideas and insufficient preparation. The later I go, the more information I need to check, and I am indeed a little too busy. The Yizhou volume should be the most magnificent volume, but many geography and characters are not prepared enough, and they are somewhat weak and pale.

Whether it is tired or not prepared enough, in the final analysis, I did not plan carefully before opening the book. I thought the creativity was OK and started writing it, and I did not grasp the overall situation. It was very comfortable at the beginning, but it was a little out of control later.

This is my old problem. I have been working hard to correct it, but I have not made any obvious progress.

Preparing the outline is really a big deal. Just like I am preparing the outline of a new book now, I am almost scratching the old man's scalp.

It is easy to break an old world. If you enter at any point, history will turn.

It is too difficult to create a new world. The butterfly effect will make the original historical outlook beyond recognition. The originally available now is unavailable. What was supposed to be a strong enemy is not strong now. Yuan Shao in the early stage could still be regarded as an opponent, while Cao Cao in the later stage was reluctant to do so. Many things have to be re-planned, which is all trouble.

The last volume consumes more energy than the previous volumes, but the effect is not as good as the previous ones. This is why.

I am not a dedicated writer. I have been deliberately trying to sweep the rankings and study for so many years, but I haven't persisted. I gritted my teeth and read the public versions of several books. I can count the books I have read in one hand, so I can't talk about any learning effect. I can't keep up with the trend, so I'll follow my own habits.

Fortunately, Qidian has a large base of readers and Laobai has many readers, so I can still make a living. If I change to other websites, I guess I can’t even eat, so I’ve stopped writing it for a long time.

This is also the reason why the recent storm has had a great impact on me.

For official matters, wait and see. I can't influence them, but I can choose to give up.

Back to the topic.

Online articles are a new thing that has been updated very quickly. Some people say that it takes about five years to go on an era. If each generation of online article writers becomes famous, they can naturally continue to live. If they cannot become famous, most of them will slowly withdraw from this industry.

Free competition, survival of the fittest.

Starting from "Cao Chong", I have entered the industry for eleven years. Many people and things have changed, and I also need a change.

There are only two directions to change: one is upward and the other is downward.

Upward refers to learning from traditional literature, focusing on literary skills, shaping characters, conceiving plots, and taking the path of classic and fine-quality. Typical examples are Banana, July, and the new master grenades. I know that I have seen these, and there should be many authors, but I don’t know.

Downward refers to adding elements such as system flow, fantasy flow, game flow, etc. There are many examples, so there is no need to list them one by one.

I've tried going down, but I'm ashamed, no.

So I can only move upward.

It is also difficult to move forward. I am neither a literary lover nor a history major. Without superb writing skills and profound professional knowledge, it is really difficult to write classics.

But I can only choose to do this, otherwise I can only choose to give up.

And I believe that if online literature wants to truly gain a foothold, classical and high-quality are the only directions.

So I need to prepare well for the next book, hoping to make progress, even if it is slower or more tired.

Please give me some time and hope you can give me some advice. It’s okay to join the group or chat privately. There is a group number of book friends in the introduction, and you can find me in the group.

Finally, let’s say two things:

First, the book has been completed. Although there are many regrets, the story is still complete. I hope that capable book friends can book a complete book. After all, the quality of the data will not only affect the income, but also the signing of the next book and the recommendation benefits.

Second, I plan to write some extras to make up for my regrets. You can leave a message and write down the stories and characters you expect to see. I will choose a few popular ones to write about.

That's all.

Laozhuang

May 20, 2020
Chapter completed!