From the release of the first chapter 1 [The Birth of the Sin'dorei] on December 16, 2017, to the release of the last 808 [Toward the Void] on December 6, 2019, it has been almost two years (actually I originally wanted to make it together).

It’s enough to finish chapter 888, but it seems that the plot can’t be written that long... so let’s stop here, the number 808 is also quite auspicious).

When I first started writing a book, I never thought about an outline... Firstly, I had the mysterious confidence that "I am good at the history of Warcraft, so I don't need an outline", and secondly, I also had the mentality of writing for fun.

I really want to write out the feeling that World of Warcraft should have. In this world of high magic, even if the protagonist is a time traveler, he cannot easily change history and regrets. I also thought of a "golden sentence" to feel good about myself, what...

I can't even remember it, but it seems that Azeroth is not static and can be dismantled as a chessboard (it turns out that ideals are always beautiful, and I don't have the ability to write them out at all, and I am also suspected of being an abuser QAQ

).

Anyway...

This is probably my mentality before it goes on the shelves. I write randomly and express what I want to express. To be honest, I was the happiest when writing until it was put on the shelves.

The first order was placed on the shelves, the results were achieved, and the income was generated... I remember that the first order was 270, and the collection was less than 2,500. At that time, I also met some good author friends, and I knew that the subscription ratio was quite high. For this reason

I was secretly pleased with myself for a long time.

And then...

This gave rise to a lot of unrealistic ideas, such as... "Wow, will my grades be better?", "How should I write to please everyone" and so on... In short, everything was messed up at once.

I started to try some unsatisfactory writing methods and encountered many problems.

In fact, now that I think about it, I was a pure new author at that time. It was the first time I put it on the shelves. I didn’t know anything and had no experience in finishing the book. It was strange not to panic. It was better to calm down. Maybe it wouldn’t be as good as what it will be later.

It’s a lot of things. But after all, similar insights can only come after having relevant experiences. I didn’t understand these at the time.

It was really uncomfortable at that time. For example, I was criticized for writing about controversial plots and controversial characters...

In addition, I didn’t write an outline before starting the book. By the time it was published, my inspiration had almost dried up, and I no longer knew how to continue the plot (this also had a fatal impact later).

At that time, I thought about giving up and just returning to being a reader. I just stopped writing, so I wouldn’t have to clean up such a mess.

What followed was a long struggle, constantly jumping between the two paths of eunuch and persistence.

Eunuch, I'm done with it, but I'm not willing to accept it. Because in a short period of time, the average subscription of this book has soared to more than 900. At that time, the collection was only 8,000 or 9,000, which means that the subscription ratio is still within 10, chasing

There are also a lot of subscriptions, which is quite a rare achievement for a new author like me (however, in fact, the artificially high average subscription is caused by the low number of updates. Once updates are resumed, the average subscription will return to the normal real level.

of).

The eunuch really couldn't bear it.

Keep at it, I don’t know how to write it down. And I know clearly that I have never thought about the plot behind it. If I write it down, it will definitely expose many, many problems, and it will be more painful in the future than it is now.

So it was a long period of interruption in a dilemma...

In the month of March 2018 when it was released, updates were discontinued for 9 days.

There will be a 7-day break in April.

There will be a 10-day break in May.

No updates for 15 days in June...

As an aside, the fathers of readers who read the book at that time did not abandon the book and are still reading it now. It is really a miracle. If you want to leave me alone... I will definitely stop reading it. Why do you think this author is so lazy (

laugh).

Then in July, I almost finished thinking about the plot behind it. I felt that I couldn't go on like this, so I made up my mind to write it well. Sure enough, the artificially high average price dropped to more than 500. Now I know this is a normal phenomenon, but at that time

Quite a shock.

Maybe my idea went astray... At that time, I felt that I had to give the protagonist a cool cheat, otherwise the plot would not be able to continue. Then I started to pave the way for an ancient history that was worse than the prehistoric pit.

…

Gradually, some readers joked that this book has changed from "" to "The Rise of a Blood Elf" (I deeply agree).

I didn’t realize it at the time, but actually writing it like this was contrary to my original intention. From another perspective, what initially attracted everyone to watch was not the plot after joining Goldfinger, but the loyalty to Warcraft (hahaha I

Why are you so shameless... In fact, even now I still don’t understand why people read my books, I haven’t even read what I wrote before).

Anyway...

Next is the long Ancient Scroll. The ancient plot, which totals 1 million words, actually takes up half of the entire book! Someone asked, why did you write about the ancient times? There is nothing to refer to, and the energy spent is comparable to original creation.

, and it was thankless (it had not yet reached version 7.0 of World of Warcraft).

During this period, to be precise, it was long before the beginning of the ancient plot, and about the period after it was released. I remember very clearly (I must remember it correctly) that on March 18, 2018, the third volume of Chronicles was released.

It elaborates on the plot and history from the end of the Second War to the Cataclysm...

I am very fortunate that the history of the northern part of the Eastern Continent around 20 years ago in the Black Gate Calendar that I wrote before there was no third volume to refer to is actually not very different from the subsequent official history. The only difference may be the one in Garithos

Old bastard (cross out) above.

In my book, Garithos is a proud, arrogant and domineering man, but possesses the military qualities befitting the position he held before the start of the Third War.

——As an aside, some people criticized me for writing this way at the time. In fact, I have always wanted to set the protagonist to be someone who can look at racial affairs from an outside perspective, with a relatively high IQ, a deep understanding of righteousness, and a deep understanding that unless the world unites,

, otherwise there is absolutely no way to resist the evil that is approaching step by step, so he is a person who walks alone in order to achieve the highest ideal... However, it seems not very flattering to write like this. The protagonist promotes the alliance between the east and west continents, prompting the orcs and their former mortal enemies to let go of their past hatred.

, the practice of jointly facing an enemy that cannot be defeated without sincere cooperation was criticized by many people... saying that the author of this book must be an orc who licks dogs or something. I still remember a book review at that time: Author, you can write such a thing

Shu, seventy years ago you must have been a traitor and a traitor... You were wronged by me at that time.

Back to business.

But in the official history, Garithos is not consistent with the character I wrote. He is just a useless person who took the position of marshal after all the high-ranking generals died and he had the highest military rank. After the Kingdom of Lordaeron was destroyed by the Scourge, he sat in the position of marshal.

I do think this is quite unreasonable. In my opinion, although this character is not lovable, especially not liked by players/readers like me who like blood elves, he should have the necessary military qualities.

It's not a coward. This is more reasonable.

The best proof is the cooperation between Garithos and Sylvanas. Some people say that this is the biggest failure in Garithos' life. But in fact, I personally feel that this is not a failure, but a perfect plot.

The cooperation between the two was intended to use each other's military power, but they both had their own agendas. Garithos could not have expected that after defeating the Scourge, Sylvanas and the Forsaken under her command would stab him back, because

He must have cooperated with the other party with this idea in mind. It is impossible for him to accuse Sylvanas of betraying him before his death. This is unreasonable.

In short...this is probably the only difference between my plot and the third volume of Chronicles.

Later, when I was writing the ancient scroll, I went back and changed the first one million words of chapters countless times. Perhaps cumulatively, the complete word count of the book is now not 2.42 million words, but 3 million words...

It’s really tiring to revise the article than to update it. It’s not because I have a masochistic constitution that I have to bear the pain. I really feel that putting those bad plots on it is like putting naked photos on the Internet for people to watch at will. It’s too shameful and harmful to

Readers are not very responsible either... I feel uncomfortable if I don't change it for the better.

It is true that a lot of effort has been spent on revising the text. Old readers who have continued to read it should often find that chapters they have read before are grayed out and become unread when they click on the table of contents on the mobile phone.

Well……

It’s too far, so let’s continue writing until later.

Warcraft... Well, let me tell you something, many details of the settings are really riddled with holes. The more you dig into the plot and history, the more you can find many parts that are difficult to explain, and the more you can understand why Blizzard

Every time I eat a book, I get rid of it.

Just like the plot of the five-color dragon clan that has expressed dissatisfaction in various chapters before. When Ulduar fell, the guardian system collapsed, and Tire and Azadas led a large number of creations to flee south, why did the five-color dragon clan not help? According to the editor

According to chronicles, they were not busy with affairs at that time, and the corresponding migration would definitely be a long process measured in years. Why didn't a dragon clan show up for such a long time? It wasn't until everything settled that it happened in the storm.

The creations in the cliffs and other places were involved in a civil war and took action. Based on the close relationship between the two parties, this makes no sense at all.

Another example... the blood elves' crucial Bandinore barrier was completely collapsed just because of the betrayal of a traitor. And the information that led to its fall was actually only the specific location of the energy operation center where three moon crystals were stored.

...After the barrier fell, there were no emergency measures or any quick response mechanism. If it was really so fragile, if Quel'Thalas's defense line was really so fragile, how could the mighty Sun Dynasty have managed to defeat the Amani Trolls for decades?

Survived into the Third War despite thousands of years of attacks? Even after experiencing the war with the human and high elven coalition forces, the Amani trolls no longer have the military capability to attack Quel'Thalas head-on.

And Azadas, the dignified guardian of the earth, was killed by five greedy adventurers in the core chamber of Uldaman after a long sleep? This is unreasonable! Of course, it can be considered that when this copy was created,

, Blizzard has not perfected its setting of the Earth Guardian. But... this is unreasonable in any way. And the Chronicle has never explained that when Azadas fled with Tyr, he met the one awakened by Loken.

Why did the two Krasis Faceless Men who came to hunt down their group and others not fight side by side with Tyr, but allowed the latter to fight one against two and ended up self-destructing and retreating the enemy? Perhaps it can be thought that

Azadas' frontal combat ability is weak - but no matter how weak he is, he is still a guardian who was created by the Titan himself and possesses the power of the Titan! This is not only unreasonable, but also the same as why the five-color dragon clan did not lend a helping hand before.

A huge loophole.

Too much.

A lot of history is made in the form of patches on the once imperfect background settings. Some of the patches are made by skilled tailors, and there is no color difference with the clothes, so it is difficult to see. But some patches are simply

The red piece of cloth hits the blue material. At first glance, it is not only eye-catching, but also affects the beauty of the clothing itself.

The corresponding loopholes really can’t be explored deeply. Once you get into a corner, you can’t get out. What’s more, Blizzard often eats books. The more you write about Warcraft fans, the more you recognize the joke – “Blizzard eats books faster than the fan author jumps off a building.”

". Some people say, why don't you jump out of World of Warcraft and write your own story? After all, this is your own book. But actually for me - to put it bluntly - what supported me in writing this book is itself

My love for Warcraft. I don’t want to destroy what I regard as my belief (now it seems, it can only be said to be my former belief).

Later...

7.0 is open.

For this version, there is really no love, only hatred. It is not because my favorite Wo Jin, Lafayette, and King Wa are all sacrificed in this version, but because their sacrifices are worthless, illogical, and detrimental to the whole

It's completely unnecessary for the plot.

Judging from today's plot, Vol'jin's death was simply a forcible way to pave the way for Sylvanas's darkening (even at the time, I didn't understand why Vol'jin passed on the position of warchief before his death).
To be continued...