Chapter 114: 114. Achieved a new milestone, time to ask for some monthly votes

114. Achieved a new milestone, time to ask for some monthly votes.

Achieved a new milestone, time to ask for some monthly votes.

When the book launched on the first, I told my operations manager, Nangong, that I would try to write ten thousand words a day for a month.

Nangong was quite surprised at the time, because as the operations manager for my previous books and a long-time reader, he knew very well how much of a slacker I am when it comes to writing...

I didn't really think I could keep it up back then either. But by the seventh day, I truly felt that, as it turns out, I’m not someone whose limit is four thousand words; I can push myself too.

I had a lot of drive back then, but by the middle of the month, I was about to collapse. From mid-month on, my sleep schedule completely fell apart.

There were several times when I really thought about just going back to one update a day.

I went from drinking coffee in the morning at the start of the month to drinking it at night by mid-month. Once, when the reader group was urging for an update at ten o'clock, I said I was writing it, and then I posted a picture: ten at night, a cup of Americano.

The price was my heart feeling like it was pounding in the morning; it was eight o'clock, the sky was already bright, but the back of my head felt numb, and I was too wired to sleep.

This state continued until the end of the month, and my mental state really isn't great right now. Fortunately, it seems my personal state didn't affect the story content.

Along the way, the operations manager even said, if it’s really too much, just take a day off; actually, no one remembers you said you’d do a month of explosive updates. Hahaha, at that moment I just thought, I can't; I'm almost there, and if I give up now, I probably won't have this drive again in the future.

I am writing this special chapter at this very moment.

It’s almost five in the morning, and I just finished writing Chapter 112. Thinking it’s the end of the month, I’ll ask for a wave of monthly votes.

Then, on a whim, I checked, and I really have broken my personal career record.

As shown in the image below:

Seeing the "explosive update" tag on every single day, it feels so damn good!

The process was indeed very painful; there were a few nights where I had an emotional breakdown because I was really stuck. Every time I get writer's block, I think about one thing: writing books is very happy, writing books is very happy. On TikTok, in my Moments, in the group, I tell myself this, and I say it to others too—self-hypnosis, anyway.

But don't say it doesn't work; it actually does. It feels like I've really returned to the state I was in when I first started writing. Looking back, after completing this, I feel like it’s actually pretty awesome.

Especially since, within this story itself, I don't think I've been padding the word count; every day I've been providing a sufficient amount of information.

I was actually thinking yesterday that I would stop once I got the badge for a month of explosive updates, because I'm really tired, and my ability is indeed limited—I'm far behind those who are naturally gifted. Now that I think about it, those who can maintain ten thousand words a day while keeping such high quality really do have amazing talent.

Ten thousand words a day is really quite difficult for me. I haven't been out for many days; even walking the dog is done by my girlfriend or my mom. Basically, I wake up every day and hole up in my study.

But now, today, having actually achieved thirty days of explosive updates, I find that I actually feel like I can push a bit more! So, moving forward, I will do my absolute best to continue these explosive updates without shaking the foundations of the story.

As for how long I can keep it up, I don't know yet. I truly cannot make any promises. I am just enjoying this feeling of breaking my own career records every day.

Next month, as long as my health allows, I will continue to provide explosive updates as much as possible. Here, I ask for a wave of monthly votes!

(End of chapter)