Actually, I wanted to say these words a long time ago, but I held back. The reason was simple. Authors had to control their desire to express themselves. They could say whatever they wanted in the book review section. Even if it was only related, they would say as little as possible when it wasn't necessary.
Until someone asked me if I was the one writing it, and if I dared to answer.
Why wouldn't I dare to answer? Of course, it was my eternal flame that was writing it!
I had always been modest, but I dared to say that even if I was writing the most difficult ending, even if I had to put in a lot of effort, no gunslinger could compare to me!
Gunslingers who could write at my level would have gone solo long ago. They would only earn more, not less. Also, I almost became a gunslinger back then. Fortunately, no one wanted me. Manual facepalm.
Yes, after dealing with my emotions, I started to talk rationally.
Every scholar could tell that Confucianism was nearing its end. It would end in about two months.
Old Huo also knew that many people were complaining that after Zong Sheng, it was like a normal xuanhuan story.
I didn't object at all. That's right. After Zong Sheng died, it was a normal xuanhuan story.
The reason was simple.
After Half-saint, many things changed. Confucianism had always been about people and about entering the world. After Half-saint, it broke away from Confucianism.
Confucianism was a cultivation system that didn't transcend. If it transcended, it wouldn't be Confucianism. In the end, xuanhuan had to transcend. There was a contradiction between the two.
I believed that as I continued to read and study, I would be able to resolve this contradiction in many years. But I couldn't do it now.
Sorry.
In fact, unless it was a small worldview, it would be too detached from reality. It would create a strong sense of illusion and insecurity for the reader. So no matter how the author wrote, the reader wouldn't be able to adapt. There was also a sense of tiredness and so on. In short, this was caused by many factors.
Of course, I wouldn't shirk my responsibility. The main reason was that my ending wasn't good enough.
Readers who read the Internet often knew that it was difficult to perfect the ending of any book.
Many web novels ended unfinished. It wasn't that the author didn't want to write, but it was really difficult to write the ending, especially long ones.
I've read so many web novels. Many of them ended before three million words, and many of them had excellent endings. I can name a lot of them, but I can't name any of them with more than seven million words, especially those with more than seven million words. Of course, it could also be that I've only read a few books this long.
I'm not trying to shirk responsibility by saying this. Since there's a problem, we should solve it.
I'm used to using the orid model to reflect, so I'll use it here.
My problem is that this is the first time I've written such a long story, and the plot isn't nearly as exciting as the first half.
Actually, I was also a little anxious and was thinking about how to improve.
After analyzing the reason, the main reason was that I had expanded too much in the middle stage. Actually, ever since Di Luo appeared on the Dragon Ascension Platform, I had been expanding. The world was too big, and the story was too long. The main reason was that I was reading about religious studies at the time and wanted to write about a topic. I can't talk about it for the time being. I'll talk about it in detail elsewhere when I'm done.
The current situation was that the length was too long and the scope was too broad. I couldn't just end it right after Fang Yun became a Saint, so I had to finish it in its entirety. However, my ability to wrap things up was lacking, so it wasn't as exciting as the first half.
If he hadn't written such a big theme at that time, and had only written until Fang Yun had become a Saint, it would have been much better.
As for continuing after Zong Sheng's death, there really wasn't much of a reason. It was just a simple echo.
Zong Sheng's death was at the end of March and the beginning of April. Even if it should have ended at that time, it should have been around May, right? It was now June, and I would have finished it around July, at most mid-August. It only took me two or three more months to write.
A book that had been written for more than five years, and there were readers from junior high to university (it didn't seem to be something to be proud of), but I only wrote it for two or three more months. Could it really be considered seriously dragging it out? Could it be considered!
If I didn't deal with the Emperor clan, the Ancestral Dragon, and the Twilight Fortress, and quickly ended it after Zong Sheng's death, the number of people who scolded me for having a bad ending would definitely be ten or even a hundred times more than now!
If I wrote for two or three more months, how much money could I make with my update volume (it didn't seem to be something to be proud of)? Was it worth it?
I admit that I did want to make more money before, but the way I wanted to make more money wasn't to drag this book out, but to immediately start the next book after I finished writing it, seamlessly linking it together.
But later, I thought about it and felt that it wouldn't work.
Back then, my Confucian Way was actually written in a hurry. Many things were not set up completely, resulting in some congenital deficiencies that could no longer be made up for in the later stages.
From my point of view, I couldn't make the same mistake twice.
From the point of view of readers, would readers like to see a new book in a hurry, or would they like to see a more complete new book a month or two after the end of the Confucian Way? I was a reader myself, and I believed that most readers would choose the latter.
So, if I was really short-sighted, I wouldn't rest after writing the Confucian Way. Why would I decide to spend a month or two reading crazily to prepare a new book?
There were also readers who thought that I was slacking off. If it was in the past, I would have accepted it, but now, I really couldn't accept it.
In fact, I would now enroll in at least one online class every month, attend a reading club every week, and keep reading and studying, trying to improve.
Now, let's not talk about how many books I read in a month. Many people would question it, including me a few months ago. In fact, those who had learned how to read quickly knew that as long as it wasn't a particularly thick book in a profound field, it was normal to read one or more books a day. I couldn't reach one book a day, which was considered slow. Facepalm. Of course, after reading, taking notes and repeatedly reviewing the book day, week, and half a year was even more tiring than the forgetting curve.
If I was lazy, why would I learn how to read quickly to expand my field of vision, causing my eyes to be swollen and uncomfortable every morning? Was I crazy?
I wasn't boasting. Instead, I was full of guilt because I had done too many wrong things in the past and wasted too much time. I didn't know how to study properly. I didn't want to talk about this because there were many people who worked harder than me, and there were many people who deserved to be talked about more than me. There were even many big shots among the readers. Everything I did was nothing more than making up for the mistakes I had made in the past.
However, I was clearly working hard, but people thought that I was slacking off. I couldn't accept it. Some people even thought that I didn't write the later chapters, which was even more unacceptable.
I was so anxious now. All day long, I was comforted by my friends, classmates, and brother, telling me to calm down and rest more, and they still said that I was lazy?
Uh, it seemed that I said a bit too much. I would probably be ridiculed for playing with my character. Forget it, it didn't matter. I'll just treat it as a way to relieve my emotions.
At this point, there would definitely be people who would say, "Old Huo, you spent time studying, why didn't you update? You were still slacking off! "
The reason I did this was very simple. When I reached the later stages of Confucianism, I felt deeply inadequate. I suddenly realized that the process of writing this book might be the process of my life. The later stages of Confucianism became harder to write. My life, or rather, most people's lives, wasn't it like this?
The reason why Confucianism became harder to write in the later stages was that one's ability and knowledge were insufficient. If I had studied, read, and practiced more in the past, would Confucianism have been better?
So I began to reflect. I asked myself, "I made a mistake in the past. I didn't spend a lot of time studying. Should I continue to make the same mistake now?"
I chose to change. This was the reason why I couldn't shift my studying time to writing.
Life wasn't just about the present. There was also the pressure and anger of the future.
There were some things that I didn't want to explain. For example, some people said that Fang Yun used a mind map on Book Hill after he became a Saint. In fact, I was writing about the pyramid principle. The two intersected, but the difference was huge. In the book, I said that Fang Yun established linguistics based on Saussure's theory. Some people said that Saussure's theory didn't apply to Chinese characters, but in fact, it wasn't completely applicable. Moreover, Saussure was the founder of structuralism and semiotics. This was the key.
For these things, everyone's thinking, understanding, and cognition were different. Most of the time, either I was wrong or I couldn't express it clearly. If I could change it, I would. I didn't need to explain or argue too much. I never blamed the readers. The readers didn't scold or attack me. They just expressed their own opinions. Whether it was right or wrong, there was no problem.
But some people thought that I wasn't the one who wrote it. I really couldn't accept that.
Well, actually, from another perspective, I should be happy that some readers thought so highly of me.
After saying so much, the last step was to talk about the specific actions to change.
In fact, there were many things that couldn't be changed at this point in Confucianism. They could only be used in future books.
1. Learn from the experience of Confucianism. In the future, I had to control the length of my books. Through pre-estimation, reader feedback, confirming the outline, and post-editing, I had to ensure that the word count didn't exceed seven million words.
2. I had to ensure that my power and world settings were within a certain limit. I had to ensure that I could write before writing. If I couldn't, I had to reduce my power level as much as possible. There were many aspects that involved specific writing, so I won't talk about them.
3. Through strengthening time management, I had to manage my time better and reduce time-wasting behaviors such as procrastination. From the next book onwards, I had to strive for an extra hour every day to write.
4. Find a better way to write. It would be great if technological advancements could allow me to write using brainwaves. Cough, cough.
I said a little too much today. Actually, I was a very conflicted person. If I didn't say anything, I was afraid that the readers would misunderstand and say that I didn't respect the readers and didn't communicate with them. If I said anything, a lot of my content would definitely be misunderstood and even used as a pretext to make a fuss. This kind of thing happened all the time, and it wasn't just me.
Let's not talk about anything else. I would do my best to finish "The Way of Confucianism," and then continue to learn and improve to write better books.
Finally, he bent over and bowed, thanking each and every scholar!
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