End of This Testimonial

"I Can Extract Proficiency" is finally officially over.

Sprinkle flowers!

According to the usual practice, a testimonial will be sent after the book is finished. And "I Can Extract Proficiency" has been written by Dongliu for nearly two years, and the various feelings in it are hard to describe in words, and it is indeed necessary to send out a testimonial to chat with everyone.

In fact, generally speaking, this book is Dongliu's first novel that has really achieved results since his writing career, and Dongliu naturally has deep feelings for it. Through the writing process this time, Dongliu has grown a lot, and even the growth he has gained in this book exceeds the sum of all previous works. Because only when there are enough readers for a book, can we get more feedback from readers, from which experience and lessons can be summed up.

And in terms of the length of the novel, Proficiency is also the longest book Dongliu has written since his writing career, with a total of nearly 5 million words.

In the writing process of proficiency, Dongliu has always been apprehensive, cautious everywhere, trying to avoid all the poisonous points that can be realized, and try to dig out all the cool points that can be found. While writing, while groping, feeling the stones to cross the river.

But as the word count grew, the book's most fundamental problem was exposed.

There is no outline!

At the beginning of writing, Dongliu basically had a burst of inspiration, and wrote a beginning that felt satisfactory, and then followed this feeling and continued to write down. Immersed in this kind of writing state, the writing in the first and middle stages was relatively smooth. Among them, the control of the plot and the shaping of the characters have also made some progress compared to before. But because there is no outline, in the later stage, the plot and characters are a bit overwhelming.

To give a simple example, as the strength of the protagonist continues to improve, there are fewer and fewer things to write, and fewer and fewer tricks to play. After all, the character design of Ye Weiming is a relatively "practical" person. Although he likes to use his brain very much, he never spends too much time thinking about troubles that can be solved with a sword.

Especially after 4 million words, a good upgrade article was written as an invincible article by me. Among the players, there is no one who can challenge the protagonist head-on, not even such a combination. In the later stage of the plot, the protagonist can only fight wits and courage with those old NPC monsters. Keep writing.

This is a lesson! Let me fully realize the importance of a complete outline.

It's no wonder that many great masters often need a month or two, or even longer, to prepare for each book opening.

It turns out that to ensure the quality of the book, it does take a lot of time to prepare in the early stage.

This time, Dongliu's new book also needs to be prepared for a while.

As for time...

Probably, a month?

Originally, I planned to wait for the end of this book, take a good rest for a few days, and then prepare a new book with peace of mind.

But when it came to the end of the work, it made me feel a sense of loss.

rest?

Take a break!

I still owe more than 800 chapters to the boss in the pot! The donkeys in the production team are not resting, so what right do I have to rest?

We must prepare as soon as possible, make sufficient preparations, and start the book early.

Only in this way can we not regret for wasting our time, nor be ashamed of doing nothing!

Readers, see you in a month!