Throne of Magical Arcana

When I wrote the title, to put it in a more literary way, I had mixed feelings in my heart, and now I can finally frankly state my positioning of "Arcane": a book that is placed under the category of fantasy and covered with a fantasy skin Science fiction, well, at least by the standards of the starting point, this is indeed a science fiction novel.

At the beginning, I didn't know why I wanted to write such a wonderful book, but my love for popular science and science fiction since I was a child, and my previous resentment towards the eunuch of "Future Library", I usually imagined it in a convulsive manner. Things finally merged into the "Arcane Throne" you saw.

This is a very strange book. I define it this way. It first has a complete setting, and then there are stories and characters.

It is clearly based on the confrontation between the parliament and the church, the growth of Lucien, the development of arcane arts and music, and the changes in society as several alternate main lines, but the dark main line remains unchanged, that is, the gradual exploration of the overall world setting. It should be regarded as a relatively rare writing structure arrangement.

Therefore, in my mind, the real climax of arcane art can be compared with Jindan and Yuanshen in Mieyun only one complete and three halves, one of which is the first time Lucien played "Destiny" At the time, this is the outbreak of the oppressive and suffering life before, it is the foreshadowing of the main emotional tone of the book, and it is the melody that runs through the whole text.

The second half is the part where Lucien helps Levsky and tells you that your eyes will deceive you. It is a reflection of the regret and regret of many scientists who were not recognized before their death when I was studying. It runs through the whole Mathematical tone for arcane content.

The third half is "The Burning Throne", at the end of the Rentat battle Lucien proposed the general theory of relativity, and Douglas looked into the starry sky. It is the detonation of most of the contradictions and conflicts in the early stage.

However, there is only one complete climax, and that is the scene where Lucien's "mouth cannon" defeated Viken at the end. This is the blooming of the dark line of the book, which is the real main line. The "Arcane" journal, knowing the strange beginning of the planet, the whole book is nearly three million words, layer by layer, layer by layer, just for the glory and splendor of that moment.

To be honest, in order to write this book well with such a wonderful structure, I have experienced or encountered many more difficulties than when I was writing Destiny.

There will always be some people who scold me because introducing science into Western Fantasy seems to have tarnished their "faith". In fact, there are many people who don't like arcane fantasy for similar reasons, but they are all rational and normal. , After all, everyone has different tastes, so you can't force it, just ignore each other, but there are always some crazy dogs, self-centered guys, who always use this reason over and over again to blackmail and spray.

There will always be people who question that this is unscientific, and I don’t know how to explain it. I obviously put the difference there, saying that it is a pitfall later, but why do some people always turn a blind eye and say "the loophole is really big" and "completely collapsed" over and over again. ", "trash novel" scolded?

This is an external difficulty. For me, it is just a momentary anger. I don’t need to say a lot. I just need to finish my own setting and story little by little, so that the arcane can bloom as it should. Light can prove everything, doing is more important than saying!

The real difficulty actually comes from my own writing. A text with only concepts but no details is pale. In order to make up for the shortcomings accumulated after many years of work, I spent the time reading reference books and materials this year and conceiving ideas. I spent more time on the Internet than I actually wrote the article.

What should I do if I feel dizzy? Take a break and read on! One breath of life, one stick of incense, the harder others scold me, the better I must write, and the support of everyone makes me dare not be perfunctory, for fear of failing your love.

After writing the text, I really felt exhausted. My head was empty, my limbs were weak, and I didn’t have the energy to do anything, but I was satisfied beyond exhaustion. I finally compared the thing that I had thought about for a long time. It is fully presented in front of everyone! The narration of nearly 3 million words finally runs through the whole text in the last scene, and the whole arcane art has a backbone!

Although this is not so "scientific" or "sci-fi", at least it is self-sufficient under the arcane tone of the full text, connected end to end, and can deduce some detailed things.

In fact, when Arcane was written to the end, many friends were surprised, whether they were readers or author friends, because it was only a year ago, and it seemed to be coming to an end?

Many friends told me that it takes at least a year and a half to two years for the current work to maximize its value, so that readers can get used to following it, become hardcore, and lay a solid foundation for the next book.

Many readers also told me that they haven't seen enough and want to see more content.

Moreover, the arcane game party also hopes to be able to serialize at a rate of 100,000 words per month, that is, one chapter a day until September and October, so as to maintain the popularity, otherwise the game may not be popular enough by then.

Moreover, at the starting point, Qihai Jun and the others are also helping me make radio dramas, information booklets, accessories, music collections and other peripherals. The role, no matter what, has to end in September and October to be the best.

To be honest, I was really hesitant at the time. On the one hand, it was Qi Haijun’s great love, and on the other hand, there was a lot of money in the game. Who doesn’t love money? To put it bluntly, the puzzle-solving is at the last juncture. For the sake of the overall completion, it must be over. It is impossible for me to open new maps and give new levels. This simply does not match the tone and atmosphere of the whole book.

At that time, I was not very satisfied with the development of the world, and I tried to start from this aspect, but in the end I found that the arcane system and adventure and the development of the world itself are contradictory, so there is no way, what to do or what to do, I have to Give Arcane an ending that matches it enough, a "final fight" that was thought out before the first word was written.

I am not ambitious to write a classic novel that can be circulated, nor am I arrogant and willful, but I am stubborn, I am stubborn to be worthy of you who have subscribed to Arcane and voted for Arcane, I will give you one The perfect big orgasm in my mind.

This is my attitude towards "Arcane", and it is also my attitude towards writing!

I know very well that I am not as talented as many authors, nor do I have the hand speed and ability to explode ten times in a row. Even before I wrote Miyun, the articles I wrote, except for the 800-character composition, add up to It’s hard to say without 5,000 words. When I was studying, I was good at mathematics and physics, not Chinese writing. Therefore, I don’t have any capital to squander. I can only treat each book with the most sincere attitude and write with my heart. To learn, to absorb, to correct, only in this way can I go far and steadily!

Therefore, I read very slowly now. When I see good words and sentences, I will extract them and read them repeatedly. Therefore, every time I write a chapter, the deliberation beforehand and revision after the event are equal to or even exceed the writing time. Time, that's why I was able to go from the rough writing at the beginning of Mieyun, to the middle and late stage of Mieyun, which was barely on the stage, and then to the basic level of arcane, so I was able to recognize my shortcomings and make up for them with my heart, slowly but continuously progress.

This kind of attitude is the capital and the only capital that I depend on for my life, so I can only choose to end in the best way and not think about other things, even if it will lose many opportunities, even if it will be because the book is not long enough, fans The cohesion is not enough, and I don't have any regrets, I just feel sorry for the love of Daoye, Haixing MM, Qingshanjun and Qihaijun, and the hard work they put in for it.

I believe that even if the next book is not good for various reasons, as long as I always hold this attitude and belief, then I will return to the current position on the monthly ticket list after the next book, and the next book , even stand taller!

Fortunately, things turned around later.

Thanks to Master Dao and the game party for their understanding, and to Mr. Qingshan and Mr. Kangaroo for their hard work. Therefore, after the main text is finished, it is necessary to write several extra novels, which will be serialized at least one chapter a day until September.

Originally, I was physically and mentally exhausted after writing the Olympic Games. I wanted to rest for three months before preparing a new book. Now, everyone understands this way. I can’t be shameless, and I can write a lot of extras , Therefore, friends who are willing to watch the extra episode, starting from April 10th, a chapter will be updated at 8:50 every morning for everyone to pass the time before going to work. Do some personal chores.

Initially, I have already thought of two extra episodes of ideas and stories, both of which are about 100,000 words. The first one is about 20 or 30 years later, shrouded in the shadow of Lucien, er, no, the "arcane" in the halo In an "industrialized" society, there will be many supporting characters in the main text, which can be regarded as giving them a side ending.

The second side story is the "Secret History" of the establishment of the Magic Council recorded from the perspective of another magician in the later period of the Dawn War.

In addition, there may be two extra episodes, but for the time being, there are only ideas and no specific stories. When the time comes, we will make a preview after finishing the first two.

After saying this, it is the summary of the practice. There is no doubt that I must praise myself first.

First, compared with Mieyun, Arcane has made progress in character creation, at least Natasha, Rhine, Eterna, Felipe, Fernando, Douglas and others have their own personalities and different temperaments; second , the writing style has improved; third, the mastery of succession and transformation is better, and the ability to tell stories is better; fourth, the entire arcane system has not collapsed, and headshots are quite innovative; fifth, many The plot is very good, and what I am most satisfied with is when Xiaolu sends a letter to the Dark Mountains, the part of the Nightmare King, which uses dreams to outline the soul; fifth, outlines the changes in society from the perspective of small people, showing the overall arcane Society, and the thesis line happen to be one main and one auxiliary, complementing each other.

There are still many places worthy of self-praise, but these are not the point. The point is to summarize the problems and correct them.

The most important shortcoming lies in the shaping of the characters. Due to the wonderful setting of the real main line and the system of improving the strength of the thesis, Lucien's progress is very fast, and the progress is so fast that the supporting characters can't keep up. The more brilliant characters I created at the beginning gradually failed to keep up, lost their roles, or gradually turned into facial makeup. Even Natasha, the heroine, couldn't find a chance to "bloom" her own light for a while , and finally "reluctantly" returned.

I have known this problem for a long time, but I can't deliberately suppress the arcane line, so I can only accumulate it forever. Of course, it also has something to do with my lack of skill in character creation, so I need to summarize, refine and learn.

The second inadequacy is also a flaw in the setting itself. The arcane line here is an academic debate, and it is leisurely and intense. No matter the atmosphere, character creation, or environment, it is incompatible with the adventure line. This makes me write adventures. During the plot, it is always difficult to bring out the atmosphere, it looks messy, it seems that the whole plot is unnecessary, and it doesn’t matter. Under such circumstances, fighting is naturally difficult to write.

The third one is this problem, which caused the world to be unable to expand, so we could only rewrite the three places of Alto, Allinge, and Rentat. , it will definitely be cast aside.

Fourth, magic fighting is weak, not as smooth as Xianxia.

Fifth, a small part of the plot has problems, and the desired atmosphere has not been achieved. In comparison, the overall atmosphere was enhanced during the "Silver Corner" earlier.

There are still a lot of other bits and pieces. I will summarize it slowly. During the four months or so when I am writing the episode, I will start preparing a new book. It is more classical, most of it, how should I put it, you will know when you read it, anyway, it is a product with a lot of brain holes, I hope that from the setting, it can avoid some problems of arcane art in terms of characters and plot advancement.

I already have plans for many of the plots, which made me very excited and daydream. Similarly, I need a lot of knowledge and materials to catch up. At that time, in September and October, we will set off again!

Finally, on April 10th, friends who like to watch the episode, please continue to support, after that, the entity and peripherals will be launched one after another.

Finally, at the end, I would like to thank those who accused me, cursed me, and those who looked down on me, and thanked for the many hardships and tribulations along the way, so that I can polish my own brilliance step by step, through hardships and hardships, Yuru Yucheng!

Last, last, last, thank you, without you, I am nothing.

Cuttlefish worship.

April 5, 2014