Chapter 83: A Testimonial on the Shelves, A Word to the Readers
Chapter 83: Remarks on the launch, a message to readers
According to the rules, you have to write a testimonial before putting it on the shelves, but it seems that I don’t have much to say.
As an author who has written six or seven online books on the "Three Kingdoms" genre (I won't mention the title for the external website), I have tried various writing methods.
Everything is written based on deduction and everything is written based on historical facts, but the effect is not good.
In fact, it is easy to understand. For example... the Qinglong Yanyue Sword is from the Song Dynasty. According to historical facts, Guan Yu had to stab Yan Liang to death with a spear, then dismounted and pulled out the sword, and cut off his head.
Writing like this, I think it would be awkward not only for readers, but also for me.
Later, I tried to combine historical facts and interpretation, and then there was a new problem, the question of "degree", how much should be based on history and how much should be based on interpretation?
What is based on history and what is based on interpretation!
All in all, trial and error…
My hair has turned white and I am still groping for it.
All I can say is that we should try our best to strike a balance between the two. In the final analysis, what we write is not historical records. Luo Guanzhong can make up most of them, and it stands to reason that we can also make up some. But the key problem is that readers will not buy it!
To be honest, the current market for "Three Kingdoms"-type web articles is not very good.
Because there are so many people who have written about it, if a reader becomes a writer and writes historical articles, the first choice will definitely be Three Kingdoms, because I have played a lot of games and watched the TV series!
This resulted in a batch of new books at the starting point, half of which were about the Three Kingdoms. You can imagine how difficult it is to get out of the middle.
I am relatively lucky. With the support of all readers, I fought all the way to Sanjiang...
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Of course, this book is a new attempt for me.
Among the Three Kingdoms I wrote in the past, such as "Three Kingdoms: From Hidden Lin to the Hero of Wei" on the same site, in order to highlight the protagonist, it conforms to the mainstream writing style of online articles.
I will reduce the intelligence of the supporting characters to a certain extent, and all the halo will be added to the protagonist, so the results will definitely be good.
But starting from the later period of "Yinlin", I found that there was a problem with writing this way.
The history of the "Three Kingdoms" was an era in which heroes emerged in large numbers. Even if one travels back in time, many things cannot overshadow the original figures in history.
For example, the most kind and beautiful Xun Lingjun, such as Cao Cao who was an able minister and a traitor in troubled times, and the most controversial Liu Bei...
They have their own characteristics, and they have all shined in this era.
I was thinking that the next book must bring out the brilliance of each character in the Three Kingdoms. We cannot reduce their wisdom just because the protagonist is highlighted. This is a morbid aesthetic.
But it is very difficult to write like this...
By now, readers should be able to feel it.
The difficulty of writing this book exceeded my expectations. It is difficult to write a Machiavellian text, and it is even more difficult to ensure that everyone's IQ is online.
It seems that it is much easier to set up a system to mow the grass with Wushuang, and it also attracts more fans...
However, I am really tired of writing in that way. This book just wants to write about the pure and original appearance of the Three Kingdoms.
The pace is not fast, and the plot is not compact, but I am committed to letting each character unleash his brilliance. Perhaps this is why you readers have supported me until now and this book can be published.
There are still many things that I want to write about as official history, and interpret things that have not been explained before.
for example…
The Chronicle of the Three Kingdoms only says that Guan Yu killed someone in Xieliang, Hedong, and fled to Zhuojun.
How did he kill people? Because who killed people?
It's just that Guan Yu asked Cao Cao to give Mrs. Du to her. Why was it Mrs. Du?
Does he know Mrs. Du's appearance in advance?
Also, Cao Cao... is a more complex character than "Hamlet". Everyone has a different Cao Cao in their mind due to their own experience and knowledge reserves.
As long as you dare to write something personal about Cao Cao, you will definitely be criticized...
Therefore, my understanding may not be correct. Let us all seek common ground while reserving differences!
Of course, I am very curious about Cao Cao...such a complicated figure. If he had been born in the world of governance, realized his childhood dream through his own efforts, became a general in the Western Conquest, and once again sealed the wolf as Xu, would he be better than him?
Is King Wei happier?
As a writer, I feel that these stories have a lot of room for development.
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Let’s talk about the era of the Three Kingdoms as I understand it!
If you were to ask which of the many eras in history was the most comfortable, it would probably be Zhenguan, because it was peaceful!
Which is the most dangerous? Most people answer is the Three Kingdoms because it is the most chaotic.
But from an aesthetic point of view, the most dangerous things are often the most beautiful, and the most peaceful times often hide disasters.
The most chaotic Three Kingdoms, on the contrary, gave rise to countless wonderful stories, wonderful spirits, and splendid life and death!
People in this era are worthy of admiration, because everyone lives within their limits.
The wheat here is as sharp as a blade, the rivers here are flowing with blood-red magma, the peonies here explode when touched, the fine wine here is poisonous every drop, and the evening wind here is full of tricks.
I was just thinking, in this era, if you really want to be a good person, you must be more familiar with evil than the evil ones. This era is not easy to live in, but it is beautiful!
Everyone longs for a peaceful and prosperous age, but history has repeatedly hinted that in too peaceful days, creativity and ambition are dozing off. What really determines creativity is often forced. They grow in times of crisis or even murder, and forcing people
At its worst, it is a chaotic world!
A family discussion, this involves an era, and the understanding may not be correct. It is still the same sentence, everyone seeks common ground while reserving differences.
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at last.
It will be on the shelves tomorrow.
You all have been so supportive, and I would really feel bad if I didn’t explode.
So…
Just update it.
I won’t talk about the number of chapters, because not talking about the word count and just talking about the chapters would be a hoax.
No matter what, I have to send out more than 20,000 yuan on the first day, and more than 10,000 yuan every day after that. Of course, this is a guarantee... I will send out as much as I can write.
I tend to slack off easily, so I basically don’t save my manuscripts and just post them after I’ve coded them.
As for when readers will read it?
In fact, according to your living habits, just watch it once a day...
Then, I hope you can support me a lot. The market for "Three Kingdoms" is really cold right now. I haven't had a book with good results for a long time. Unlike the Ming Dynasty, twenty historical books were best-selling, and ten of them were about the Ming Dynasty. I'm very envious!
Finally, Milk Candy helps everyone to have smooth sailing in life, study, and work, to have good harvests in love and career, to have brothers, friends, and brothers, and to have a harmonious family.
Firstly…
I'm going to code... I'll post more than 10,000 words at 12 o'clock tonight, and I'll code again when I wake up tomorrow.
Goodbye, my most beloved, most handsome, most talented readers!
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Chapter completed!