Free Web NovelBefore, some readers suggested that I write a summary at the end of each volume. I thought it was quite reliable, so I'll try writing one!
Well, the Dream City volume can be said to be the most difficult volume I've written since "Demoness" started serialization. Not only did I undergo a rather large revision, but I also frequently got stuck and had to take leave.
(It's really hard to come up with excuses for taking leave. It's genuinely difficult to find different pigeon pictures.)
I personally believe the main reason for this situation is that the setting of the special space and the protagonist's confused memory created a certain sense of fragmentation in the plot, and the pace slowed down a lot as a result.
Some people say that amnesia plots are the most likely trope to mess up in web novels. I didn't believe it before, but now I do. It's truly difficult to write this trope in a way that readers will accept. Thinking about it now, ✪ Nоvеlіgһt ✪ (Official version) there should have been a better way to present this part of the story.
However, although the plot fragmentation was an unexpected situation, the slow pace was something I had set from the beginning. I wanted to use this method to add some settings, refine the previously more obscure settings, and complete the plot transition.
That's right, the Dream City volume is a transitional volume.
In my conception, the entire book's story is roughly divided into three major stages. The first stage is where the protagonist gradually gains some understanding of this world full of urban legend by experiencing various small-scale urban legend incidents.
After gaining some understanding, it's time to enter the second stage—Lu Yibei repeatedly jumping between major forces causing trouble, and coming into contact with more special individuals like her.
As for the third stage... that's a secret for now.
Honestly, when I started writing this volume, I conceived of many things, so many that the single line of Lu Yibei couldn't finish telling the story. So I wrote the two side stories of Jiang Li and Bai Kai. However, from the results, writing it this way not only didn't tell the story well but also made the plot seem scattered and chaotic.
Originally, there should have been side stories for Gu Qianqian and Nanling Yaohua, as can be seen from the early settings of Gu Xinian and the graduation dinner. But because the first two side stories had already affected the plot, I cut out most of the content after revising.
Honestly, not having an outline is really annoying. In fact, after the casino volume ended, the detailed outline was already used up. The outline for the Ju Meng volume was only over a hundred characters, and for the Dream City volume, there was only one sentence left—Go to the damn God Kingdom!
However, the situation where the later outline is not detailed enough is very common when writing web novels.
After all, when a book starts serialization, the author doesn't know if the book will be popular, which characters and points readers accept more, etc. Writing the outline too detailed is inconvenient for making changes later based on the actual situation.
This experience has taught me the principle that too much is as bad as not enough. When advancing the plot in the future, it's better to go with a slow and steady flow.
As a seventeen-year-old young person, making some experiential mistakes is understandable, right?
However, now that the Dream City volume is finished, the shortcomings cannot be changed. fɾeeweɓnѳveɭ.com
Fortunately, the content that needed to be explained has been explained clearly, and the settings that needed to be added, the foreshadowing laid, have basically been completed. Overall, if the full score is ten, I'd give myself 5.9 points for this volume! Just short of passing, so I don't get arrogant!
Let's talk about the subsequent plans!
My idea is that the next plot should be the Hua Sang volume, the Sand Sea volume, and the Eclipse Society volume.
I know many readers feel sorry for Xiao Hua. I actually feel quite sorry for her too, and I will try hard to give her a good ending.
However, before writing the Sand Sea volume, I should first write the Hua Sang volume so that Bei Bei can carry the God Kingdom Prototype with her and her combat power can be further improved. Otherwise, she won't be sufficient to handle a dungeon like Yumen Pass.
Speaking of the Hua Sang volume, plots like "cultivation sects" and the like, I believe many people have seen countless times in other novels. How to write the plot well, not too clichéd, melodramatic, and also fit the characteristics of this book, is actually quite a headache for me.
As for the Eclipse Society volume... currently, there's only a vague framework, just like "Go to the damn God Kingdom!" I won't go into detail.
Well, that's it, I've spoiled it, but not completely, hehe!
And then...
Of course, it's everyone's favorite web pigeon picture appreciation segment!
I'll take two to three days off to rest a little and also research how to write the Hua Sang volume and refine the outline.
(PS: The college entrance examination is tomorrow. I know many readers are third-year high school students. I wish you all good results!
May the fruit born from the Fusang Divine Tree of yesteryear, the king of myriad magpies, the contender who refutes misfortune with wealth, the monarch of the Eight Hundred Li Peach Garden, the master of marriage and offspring, the noble existence Ju Meng who benefited the people with the virtue of wood, protect you!) freeωebnovēl.c૦m
So, bring on the pigeons!
