After writing the seventh chapter, both the author and the readers have a strong sense of completion.
In fact, I said the month after it was released that there are two plans for this book. The plan is to write a complete book of 3.5 million words. This is the number of words that is clear to the readers and the most economical.
The current 3.8 million words have been written just at that point, so there is a feeling that the book can be completed.
But at that time, my head was burning, so I chose planb. Now I have to finish the book with five million words. This is a way of writing that is asking for trouble, because plana is about embarking on the road to reform. However, planb will continue to write about the deep water area of ??reform, as well as the inevitable struggle between reformers and conservatives that everyone loves to hear about, and even the struggle within the reform group.
At this stage, Mr. Zhao¡¯s ideal of making everyone happy will inevitably fail to be implemented. Writing a happy ending like the one at the end of the seventh chapter is obviously too inappropriate Of course, I will try my best to treat the characters in the book gently. After all, after being hurt by the admonisher, I vowed not to hurt my readers again.
In short, this time I want to write to the end to see what kind of scenery is at the end of the world.
However, the great changes of the times need time to brew, the new class needs time to grow, and conflicts also need time to accumulate. If I write it step by step like before, it will not be intense enough and too dull. The Wanli Dynasty lasted forty-eight years. If it were written year after year, it would have to be written until the year of the monkey and the month of the horse.
Only by skipping those insignificant events and eras and focusing on major events and turning points in history can the characters shine all the time. And this time should be in units of ten or twenty years. After the preliminary preparations, the story in this book has a solid enough foundation, and it is time to ride on the roller coaster and experience ups and downs in the long river of history.
So starting from the eighth chapter, I will adopt a faster pace and focus on telling a complete and long-span story. As for the character's growth and fate, they must be subject to this long-span narrative. Of course it is difficult to write like this, but only when it is done well can it truly shock people's hearts. The fate of the characters and the direction of the story will be exciting.
This is really difficult. After getting up today to adjust my state, I have been working on the outline of the rest. Even my wife came to help. Just arranging some of the main characters and plots gave us both a splitting headache. Because from now on, all the characters and plots will be taken care of decades later. And to condense decades of stories into 1.2 million words is really too brain-killing.
Until now, I have basically decided on the content of the next article. My head can no longer think, so I can¡¯t update it today.
I can only go to bed early and get up early tomorrow morning to write.
In addition - in fact, the follow-up outline has not been completed, but because from next Thursday to Sunday, I will go to Shanghai and then to Jiaxing to attend the annual meeting. The travel schedule is busy and it is too difficult for a middle-aged monk to keep up to date. . It's better to relax and use this time to work out the outline of the rest. It's also a good choice.
"One piece and one piece of relaxation is the way of civility and martial arts." Lenin said that he who cannot rest cannot work.
Who said sharpening a knife is not as good as chopping wood?
Well, the plan works!
So I will update as normal from tomorrow to next Wednesday, and I will take a break from next Thursday to Sunday (June 3rd to 6th).
When I come back, I will code to the real ending in one go!
Betting on a writer¡¯s integrity, the last two volumes must be written to the highest level!