Chapter 84: Publication Announcement

This book will be published at noon today; actually, there is nothing much to say about the publication itself.

After all, for a bottom-tier writer like me, there are at least ten thousand, if not a hundred thousand, on Qidian.

There is simply nothing worth writing in a publication post for a bottom-tier writer.

However...

Tonight, I organized the current outline of this book, looked over the comments, and reflected on my recent state of mind.

I suddenly discovered that something seems wrong with me.

Where is it wrong?

It is that I seem to have been writing too carelessly.

Many things that should have been written were not, and things that shouldn't have been written were written on a whim.

And I am a bit stubborn about my own mistakes.

I call it a passion for writing.

For my previous book, I wrote over a hundred thousand words without a contract, and I still wrote with great relish.

So, I did put effort into the beginning, but in order to get recommended, I paced the plot a bit too deliberately.

Because the last book was purely a work of interest at the start, and I am very grateful to the editor-in-chief who signed me later on.

But I had this feeling since the latter part of the previous book; I seem to have lost something.

But everyone knows what happened later; the performance was poor, and although I barely made it through three rounds of recommendations, the follow-up readership data actually dropped.

Before starting this book, I actually wanted to escape the fan-fiction circle.

To be precise, this is not a problem that only appeared recently.

That's right, perhaps that is the reason.

And that is likely why the latter part of that book fell apart.

At the time, it inevitably affected my mindset; the outline was too long, and I didn't want to write, just wanted to slack off.

I didn't have much interest in this book; from the beginning, I thought of it as practice, designing the plot, designing how to pace plot points to get recommendations, designing "cool" moments... everything was a bit too deliberate.

After all, what is there to write about in fan-fiction? The requirements for recommendation data are high, and there is a rumor that a portion of the income goes to the original author (I still don't know if that's true).

But after the boss felt my original ideas weren't quite right, I planned to come back to write fan-fiction to practice.

After signing the contract for the previous book, I still wrote with great passion, purely writing for my own interest.

But I finished it in the end, just thinking that for the sake of the editor-in-chief who helped me, I had to finish it no matter what.

But at that time, I still had some thoughts; after all, if this book performed well, I could earn more money.

But later on, I became anxious because of the performance, and I even wrote a segment of settings that I personally thought were correct for the sake of the plot (I still think they are correct now).

It's a bit frustrating, but there's no way around it.

So, the next step was to slack off.

It doesn't matter anymore... it doesn't matter what it turns into...

Then let's just do as I please; if the big brother needs an Immortal Herb to advance, then let's mass-produce Immortal Herb technology.

As for the auction plot, it doesn't matter if it's a bit padded; after all, big brothers, I am also very tired after coming home from work to write, so if it's padded, it's padded, just make do with it...

It is precisely this low mood that makes the recent plot seem casual and not very good.

Is this really right?

Just because the performance is unsatisfactory for a moment, I just slack off?

I saw another reader's comment, wondering if I am just writing randomly from now on or if I intend to write seriously.

So, how should I write from now on?

Slack off?

Or write seriously?

I am very conflicted, so slack off?

But is this right?

This is not right; if it were me at the beginning of writing Odyssey, I would definitely answer this way.

If you don't treat your work seriously, then why write a book? Is it really just to scrape by for that little bit of perfect attendance bonus?

And what is the point of practicing like this?

Slacking off while writing is equivalent to practicing nothing at all, isn't it?

So, I have figured it out.

From now on, I will earnestly strive to write every chapter's plot well.

I want to treat the readers who support this book seriously.

I will carefully consider the plot after publication before writing it, but if it is truly written poorly, tell me, and I will change it directly.

Or I will ask for everyone's thoughts again before deciding whether to change it or continue writing.

Tonight, I have already deleted all the padded draft chapters, rewritten them seriously, sped up the pacing, and stopped writing those irrelevant things.

It will be published today at noon; I will post a minimum of seven chapters (totaling 14,000 words, including the ones I rewrote tonight because I deleted the drafts), and then I will continue writing, posting as much as I can.

The following day, Sunday, will also start with ten thousand words.

But after that, because the author has returned to being a corporate slave/wage earner, working from nine to six, including the commute, I usually get home around 6:30 PM and can only start typing around 7:00 or 8:00 PM.

So, on subsequent workdays, I can only manage three chapters a day.

I will choose to burst-update on weekends depending on the situation; after all, I occasionally need to go out with friends or go on dates with my girlfriend.

Still the same words: even if this book ends up as rotten as the latter part of Odyssey, I will write it until it is successfully finished.

The comment section will remain the same as before; after publication, I still won't set any posting restrictions. As long as there are no personal attacks, no profanity, and no stirring up trouble, I can turn a blind eye to it.

Everyone can see that there are brothers in the comment section saying this book is not good, and I haven't deleted any of them.

I delete your comments and mute you for only these reasons—you engaged in verbal attacks, or you stirred up trouble.

Therefore, for situations involving the aforementioned prohibited rules, I am sorry, but no matter where you post about me, I will delete your comments and issue a permanent mute.

That is all; I still thank everyone for your support, as well as my editor-in-chief, Boss Shengxia (emphasis).

(End of this chapter)