At this point, the main text was over, and the storyline had basically been pushed out. It was completed according to the outline, and it was not too far off from the expected time. I said that it would be completed by the end of last month. It was just nice that the plot ended here. The original plan was to return to the real universe as the ending, and what I wanted was the feeling of an abrupt end. Although there were still things to write after that, that would be another story. The godly Mechanic in the city, that would not be mentioned in the main text.
I had been writing this book for three and a half years, and it was my first time writing a five million word long novel. There were still some areas where I was inexperienced, but looking back, the overall completion rate was not bad. It was a good thing that I had written what I wanted to write.
After a while, I'll have to re-read it from the beginning and sort out the pros and cons. My original intention was to write a book that was relaxing and interesting. When I look back at it, it's not bad. Sometimes, the humorous passages I wrote make me laugh out loud. That's pretty rare.
Although I had written a few books, I always felt a little melancholy when they ended. After all, Mechanic had been serialized for three and a half years, and it had become a habit. I looked forward to taking a break when I was serializing, but after I finished, I felt that games and movies were not exciting. Some people joked that writing was more fun than anything else, and that was indeed the case. Once I got used to it, I would not be able to get rid of it. If I did not write for a day, I would be bored out of my mind, but when I did, I would feel mentally exhausted.
I feel that the serialization period is equivalent to leveling up, and the free time after the book is finished is the time to systematically add stat points. It's impossible not to summarize the book after it's finished. To be honest, this book of mine has improved a lot compared to the previous one, and there's a difference of about five levels.
The results of this book were not bad, with an average of 54,000 orders. It was also quite popular on the international website. The initial order count was about 3,000, but it gradually became better in the middle, and it slowly increased. Some brothers felt that I wrote well in the early stages. Actually, from my perspective, the early stages were the most immature. However, when the book was first published, it was when the enthusiasm was at its best, and it made up for that. All in all, this book was written with much trepidation, as if I was walking on thin ice. Every day was a new challenge, and I was afraid that one day my condition would be unstable and I would go down the wrong path. It would be difficult to change during the serialization process, and I had at least met with this kind of danger more than ten times. Fortunately, I was able to react in time and delete and rewrite the book before it was published. The mental pressure of maintaining a best-selling book was much greater than expected. However, to me personally, this was an interesting process. Three and a half years was enough for a student to finish high school and enter university. With half a year to spare, I might even be able to find a girlfriend. Long-term serialization was rather torturous, but it was also a rare life experience. With this book as a foundation, I had experience with the structure of long stories. Later on, I could use this as a foundation and become more familiar with it, increasing the speed of my updates.
Looking back at the serialization process of this book, the rhythm, structure, results, and other aspects were generally quite stable. It was naturally not easy to stabilize a player-NPCs theme. Later on, I changed the focus and extended the life of the book, from gimmicks to story content. I did a good job in this regard. I was not a person who would explode with enthusiasm. I tried to stabilize the number of words that I could endure every day so that I could maintain this state for a long time. Rashly increasing or decreasing the number of words would disrupt the writing rhythm, so I still had to make a choice and focus on stability. In the end, I was quite satisfied with the overall completion rate. Actually, I had to write slowly. The best form of serialization was like the big eyeballs, scram, and squid. It was stable, strong, and enjoyable to write. However, the market was particular about the output, so I would think of ways to increase it later.
When I was writing this closing speech, I had a sudden impulse to calculate. The outline, details, and scrapped drafts of this book added up to a total of 1.45 million words, which was almost a third of the total number of words in this book. I felt that there were not many people who wrote more words than me, so I had to go through them from the beginning. My scalp was numb just from looking at it. There were just too many words.
As for the creative concepts and creative techniques, I felt that every book was a textbook, so it was too troublesome to talk about them. I had not even finished sorting them out yet, so it would be best for those who were interested to refine them themselves.
Returning to the story itself, the overall structure of the book was quite clear to me. This was done well, and I quite liked the structure of Xinghai's world. However, because of this, I had spread the book too widely and needed more time to finish it. Otherwise, I would have finished it in half a year. Actually, most of the holes were more or less filled in. There were some places that I felt were too abrupt, but there were basically foreshadowing or foreshadowing at the beginning of the book. I could always find them when I looked back.
This ending was set more than a year ago. I also did not like the type of ending where everything was explained in detail. I preferred to revisit the past or leave the past blank. No matter how grand the story was, we would still have to return to a normal life in the end. I quite liked this concept. I did not intend to write the story after returning to the real universe in the first place. The clues were all out, and the rest could be extrapolated, leaving some aftertaste.
As for the characters, although the main character prioritized benefits, he was always able to bring good changes to the world. Regardless of his intentions, he was still quite good. Some of the characters had their own personalities as well. However, in the entire story, my favorite character was actually Lagi. He was a resolute pessimist and lazy enough. If he could lie down, he would not sit down. He was basically the state of a dream, hah.
I seemed to have gone too far. It was easy to ramble on when writing an acceptance speech. Back to the main topic.
In any case, after I finished writing the main story, I would probably write some side stories from time to time. It might be about some characters or extended stories that were not easy to write in the main story. For example, the details during the various version updates, or the personal adventures of some characters. As for what to write, I would think about it later.
As for the sequels, that would depend on the situation. I did not have any ideas at the moment, but I might write one in the future when I was interested.
During the serialization, my brain was more single-threaded. I was immersed in the world of the book, afraid that I would lose focus if I pulled it out, so I did not pay attention to other things. Many things were delayed. After I finished writing, I still had to go for a full body checkup, see a doctor, and train my body. Once I had more or less recovered, I would write the new book seriously. Currently, I had only created a blank folder and had not thought about anything else. Only after I emptied my brain for a while would I have the mental energy to come up with ideas.
Also, regarding news about the manga and anime adaptations of Super Godly Mechanic, if you are interested, you can follow "Qidian Qi Peijia" on Weibo or "Qidian Qi Peijia". If there is any first-hand news or resources, I will release them and announce them.
Finally, thank you all for your support, especially those who wrote in this chapter and those who wrote doujinshi works. They often inspired me. They are all talents and have good words.
Thank you to Chief Editor Changtian, Loach, Pointer, and Spicy Strip for your help. I have troubled you all during the serialization period.
Thank you to Coming Storm Building and the other administrators and moderators for your support. I do not do much in the book review section. Most of the activities are handled by the moderators. Thank you very much.
Finally, thank you to all the big shots who gave me tips. The boss is very generous and grateful.
To be able to earn money by writing books and be self-reliant is quite a good thing in this era.
Whatever I write, as long as people find it interesting and think it's worth reading, it's enough for me.
We will meet again in the future. I wish you all a happy life.
Qi Peijia thank you.
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