Chapter 167: Afterword of the Volume

Afterword of the Volume

Afterword of the Volume

Stumbling and bumbling, I have finally finished the Eastern Han volume.

How should I put it? My mood is still quite heavy; compared to the word count I initially envisioned, it is nearly a hundred thousand words short.

I originally wanted to write 400,000 words, but it ended up being less than 300,000, which is truly a failure among failures.

It is true that I cut quite a bit of the plot, which was an inevitable situation.

First of all, there is the Gu Kang period.

I originally planned to arrange a plot where Liu Zhuang and Gu Kang and Gu Cheng met just after the two were born, causing shock, and then discussing the posthumous title for Liu Xiu.

And then proceed to the subsequent reform plot.

But at the time, I felt it dragged the pacing, so I directly deleted the draft I had written and started on the main topic.

That would have been about twenty thousand words of plot.

Then there is Gu Xi, which is what I cut the most; I will talk about this later.

Writing until today, brothers, you should actually be able to see that the author had the plot planned out long ago.

The entire Eastern Han volume.

The four family figures mainly written about are Gu Xiao, Gu Kang, Gu Cheng, and Gu Xi.

Gu Xiao needs no further mention; this was actually the period I wrote most easily.

Because when I wrote about him, the performance was very poor; in eleven days, I didn't even have 120 followers.

Coupled with the protagonist's control, I didn't need to consider the plot at all.

I just wrote according to history, condensing the satisfying points of a transmigrator-prophet story into those dozen or so chapters of plot.

Letting him lay the foundation for the entire Gu Shizi's rise in the Eastern Han.

Then there are Gu Kang and Gu Cheng.

I put effort into these two characters because I thought about them adding bricks and tiles to the Gu Shizi on the foundation of Gu Xiao.

I set them up as one literary and one martial; the plot was already thought out long ago.

Their plot was not difficult to write either.

I had a very clear goal and knew what they were going to do.

Gu Cheng—sweeping the Western Regions and pacifying the Northern Xiongnu.

Gu Kang—using the knowledge taught by the protagonist to fertilize fields on a large scale and govern the Yellow River.

The two complemented each other, and the writing was considered natural.

One literary and one martial, each with their own goals.

There is also a lot of correlation in this; when I was looking up information, I saw the attitudes of Emperor Guangwu and Emperor Ming toward solar eclipses.

So I came up with a connected plot.

It started with Emperor Guangwu's attitude toward the solar eclipse, followed by Emperor Ming's attitude toward the solar eclipse.

Actually, there is also foreshadowing in this, which is Gu Kang's attitude toward the solar eclipse; to put it bluntly, it is because of the difference in Gu Xi's subsequent personality.

I think the writing for these first few generations was decent.

I wrote out what I wanted to write, and the plot points were not dragging.

I originally envisioned writing a bit more about the brotherhood between Gu Cheng and Ban Chao, but to prevent dragging, I cut it all out.

Then we arrive at Gu Xi.

How should I say it? Facing this character, I am a bit withdrawn.

This character was indeed considered before opening the book, including living a long life and leading into the Three Kingdoms.

Everything was within the plan.

I really did not indulge myself on a whim.

At the beginning, my expectations for this character far exceeded Gu Kang and Gu Cheng; setting up the prop, using the longevity card, I wanted to use him to make the whole plot richer.

I was still very ambitious about this character at the beginning.

But planning is planning; when I actually started writing, I discovered a problem.

First of all, Gu Xi's length far exceeded my imagination.

I needed to consider the issue of plot homogenization affecting the viewing experience, as well as more detailed plot problems.

Including the plot of how to write the aftermath after Gu Xi reached his peak too early.

When I really started thinking about this problem, I had to cut the plot.

Speed up the pace and reduce the length.

Actually, thinking about it now, if I were to rewrite Gu Xi with the current situation, I should have a better way to handle it; not saying how burning or how good, but it should be very stable.

The pressure of those few days was suffocating.

How should I say it?

I can only say that my own mentality is not good.

Many people advised me not to read the comments, not to read the comments, but I would still read them, and many times I would even reply to the readers.

If my mentality were good, it would be fine, but if the mentality is not good, it is destined to be affected.

Because it is always hard to please everyone.

Some people don't want to see the Three Kingdoms; some want to see the Three Kingdoms; some don't like Shu Han; some don't like Cao Wei;

The pressure of the comments... made me walk on thin ice even more.

Publishing chapters is like crossing a tribulation; my author friends all know that the slow updates these few days were because I was too tense.

It seems like I published four thousand words, but I would often write at least eight thousand or even ten thousand.

And then bit by bit, I would delete it into a chapter and publish it.

How should I say it? Painful and withdrawn.

The whole person was very confused, and the acne that had just gone down a few days ago grew back.

I also know that many people are dissatisfied with this character later on, but how should I say it? Only by changing it later; in the future, I will pay more attention to character design and plot.

Then let me talk about the correction issue that everyone is most concerned about.

Actually, I have already written it.

Human power can be reversed, but it is full of difficulties.

God-level props can also be reversed.

Ten thousand words are hard to describe; I can only say thank you for the support of my brothers.

I am extremely grateful for the subscriptions, tips, and votes.

I will try my best to write better and better, change my own problems, and see you in the new volume.

I will find an opportunity to stabilize the update time; recently, my state has been tense and the updates have been unstable, and I am truly very sorry.

Writing to this point, I suddenly remembered the volume name.

The first novel I finished reading in my life was Dong Ge's "Divine Tomb," so I am also an old fan of Dong Ge.

I originally thought about naming the volume [Rising in Ruin, Reviving in Extinction].

But I remembered that when Dong Ge wrote this, he felt ominous, and I am not sure if I can live a second life.

So I just called it [Chasing Deer in Troubled Times, Sparks Starting a Prairie Fire].

I forgot to think of a name for the first volume; brothers can help me think about it, eight characters is best, I have a slight obsessive-compulsive disorder.

Then let me say it again, I will change the problems and try my best to write a perfect ending.

Thank you all for your support.

Yu nods again and again.

Finally, asking for monthly tickets.

(End of chapter)