Summary of this volume
Hello everyone, the long-lost summary of the book is here!
Although it is not impossible to continue to update the next chapter, as an author with a little pursuit, making a summary at the end of the volume can be regarded as a periodic summary and review of myself.
I don’t know if you readers have discovered that since the fourth volume, I have been using a structured plot structure construction technique.
Maybe your feelings are not that obvious, but for me, this is a huge improvement.
Because I began to construct the plot with clues and try to design the plot development from the characters' own perspectives.
In other words, from the beginning to the end of this volume, all the plot in the middle is under my control and is not separated from the outline.
First of all, at the beginning of this volume, I planned the opening, the key plot at the middle point, and the final ending.
Secondly, I connected the activities of the main characters into two lines. One of the open lines is the journey he experienced in the camp world centered on Mo Yun's perspective, and the other secret lines are the process of planning by the villain centered on Jiang Xunqing and Li Wuqing.
These two clues had little connection at the beginning, but they had partial overlap since Mo Yun met Jiang Xunqing while walking on the street.
This is the "start" of the main line and the hidden line.
After Mo Yun left Maolin City and went to Blizzard Villa, Jiang Xunqing continued to operate, explore and design in Maolin City... This is a secret plot that was not written.
When Jiang Xunqing and Li Wuqing planned the Zhang family's massacre in Maolin City, the plot of the secret line also entered the "inheritance" part, and their blood sacrifice ceremony officially began to prepare.
Mo Yun was also called back to the family by his father because of the Zhang family massacre, and received a task to investigate the truth and stop the ceremony. This is the "inheritance" part of the main line.
When Mo Yun entered the Zhang family, he met the key figure Wen Shuling, and the main line and the dark line had a real intersection. At this time, Mo Yun also entered the sight of Jiang Xunqing and Li Wuqing, and the two lines welcomed the "turning" together.
Later, the main line and hidden lines went hand in hand. When Mo Yun accidentally introduced the city lord's son Song Yunzhang into the Zhang family, the conflict was completely intensified, and Mo Yun had to fight Jiang Xunqing head-on. This was when the two clues were completely combined into one.
When the final moment comes, the main line and the hidden line usher in a "union".
In the last few chapters, all the clues ended in the final stage and formed a rope. All the preludes in front were basically applied, and all the characters who appeared basically got their own endings and explanations.
This is the part I am most satisfied with.
In other words, after writing the last few chapters, I realized that a qualified novel is not scattered and soft, but orderly, the unpredictable process of the main line and dark lines from parallel to intersection, and it is a unity.
When the author manipulates different plot lines, lets the clues collide and entangle with each other, and finally usher in the end, in fact, the author undoubtedly plays the role of God in it.
From this simple summary, you should also see that in order to prevent the plot from being redundant, each chapter I wrote is related to the main plot, without casual expenses, and even in order to avoid redundantness, I took the initiative to delete some plots that may be more exciting.
For example, after Song Yunzhang and Guan Lei rushed into the Zhang family, they went from being full of confidence to being killed instantly... If written from Jiang Xunqing's perspective, this is definitely a happy face-slapping plot.
But in order to ensure the consistency of the novel, I did not insert this paragraph, but asked Mo Yun to learn about Song Yunzhang's death as soon as he came back, turning the plot to the darkness, adding space for readers to imagine.
This is also a kind of blank space.
I believe that omitting this paragraph without writing will make the structure of this volume clear, concise and clean.
Of course, there were some redundant aspects in the early stage of writing this volume. During this period, I also experienced complex thinking and entanglement. I was thinking about some very important issues and suddenly realized that I had not truly understood the essence of online literature creation before, but was just exploring with my head covering.
Since last year, I have been here for more than a year. During this period, I have been writing one million words and I have indeed gained a lot of insights.
Very valuable insight.
For example, my recent insights were suddenly understood when I was reading "Water Margin", which also made me think more about the plot structure of the novel.
May share it with everyone.
In the novel, the plot and the characters are not separated, but are organically unified. I have just learned to use the plot to express the characters recently, and also learned to let the plot develop naturally by understanding the characters more deeply.
For example, when Mo Yun broke into the Zhang family and met Wen Shuling, with Jiang Xunqing's agility and intelligence, would he not notice Wen Shuling's strangeness?
With Li Wuqing's sensing ability, would you not notice that someone broke into the Zhang family?
After already knowing Mo Yun's actual combat effectiveness, would Jiang Xunqing be so stupid that he would let such a threat continue to be arrogant?
She will definitely solve the threat Mo Yun first.
Not only was she suspicious by nature, she never underestimated anyone.
At the beginning, I used the plot to introduce the characters, but as the plot clues progressed, the characters' personalities became more and more distinct. They seemed to have come alive. For a moment, I was not forcibly advancing the plot, but stood above Maolin City, and observed their actions with my own eyes from the perspective of God.
At first I put them one by one on the chessboard, but as time went by, the conflict intensified, they came alive one by one and started to act on their own. I didn’t need to do anything anymore, I just needed to observe and listen, and record these into words.
This is the biggest progress I have ever made.
I have accumulated a lot of experience to write to this level. If the plot is expanded and the branches are developed, then this is actually a volume of a complete novel.
Later, Mo Yun returned to the sect. This is the next volume, the story of the sect. In fact, in this volume, I also came up with many interesting plots, and even later Mo Yun left the sect and visited Fengxue County, making a heroic and famous storyline.
Later, Mo Yun's strength increased to the level of return, and then met Yang Huayuan who returned from the south. The two fought, leaving a foreshadowing for Mo Yun to go to the south.
Later on, Mo Yun grew up to be the first person in the younger generation of the four sects, then cracked the conspiracy of the Ghost Sect and went to the south.
In the future, other counties, unlike Fengxue County, will appear one after another, and even the conflict between the sect and the court will intensify. Mo Yun will inevitably be involved in a larger vortex during his training.
It can be said that through this volume, I have laid the foundation for the subsequent plot. As long as I want to write, I can completely expand the plot of the base world.
Look, is this a classic fantasy novel with a complete main line?
In fact, the base world is indeed very important for investigators, but I have no idea whether I will come back in the future.
After all, there are still many interesting and novel worlds waiting for Mo Yun to explore.
Some people may ask, Wen Shuling and Rong'er, their ending was not explained, where did they go and what were they doing?
I can only say that they are foreshadowing characters between the scrolls. They are deliberately not writing them now and will appear later. Please stay tuned.
In short, this volume is over, and I need to take some time to perfect the plot of the next volume.
Although it has been basically done, I always feel unsatisfied. I hope the structure of the next volume will be more compact, complete, and more exciting.
Moreover, I also want to apply the results of my thinking and learning during this period to the writing of the next volume.
Here I will also preview the next volume name and opening phrase.
Volume name: Sisyphus
Chapter completed!