【Toy Wars】Volume 5 Mid-Term Summary (1/2)

Time flies, and we finally come here again - a relaxing summary chapter.

Turning around, it's almost one million words, and it's been a long time since the fifth volume.

Although I have mentioned it countless times, I still want to say it again. This chapter does not contain the main text content, so you can skip it without affecting the reading.

Okay, let's get started.

The first project to be carried out is naturally to review and talk about what has been written.

The first thing to mention should be that Gao Yi returned from "Seven Days Back to the Soul" and met two strange... creatures?

One is the "salesman", who is short and fat, wears a black suit, always wears a round hat, has a creepy smile, and the corners of his mouth are pulled to his ears...

The inspiration is naturally from the sad black in "The Smiling Salesman". When I wrote about it, this image popped up inexplicably.

Although it is a very unpopular show, I still like it very much, and it also fits the identity of the "boss's" devotee.

If nothing unexpected happens, he will have a chance to appear in the future.

Another strange creature is our "magic bag".

In terms of inspiration, it naturally comes from the scenes of Mickey Mouse Clubhouse and other similar characters.

But then again, the inspiration comes from "Inside Out 2" that I watched during that time. I really like "Bao Qi" in it, so I wrote it out.

I can only say that although I haven't planned it in advance, this guy will definitely have an interesting plot in the future.

After that night, what Gao Yi did was to go to the "prodigy cram school".

This cram school was laid out long ago, and I also had some early ideas.

It should be interesting to write it out in the end, but it's a pity that there is not much space to expand it.

I really like Li Yuxing's [kindergarten teacher] characteristics, which feels very cute.

By the way, the body made for Athens this time is also very worth looking forward to, and it should be revealed after [Toy War].

After leaving the cram school, the plot must be the battle on the Nankang Evening News Building.

I have had some ideas about this for a long time, after all, the pit of Gao Yi reporter must be filled.

The earliest idea was to imitate a secret group of COC that I had run before - it was called the Cabin in the Woods, I think.

Anyway, the plot is that a group of people met on a forum and agreed to go on an adventure to a cabin in the forest. As a result, every participant actually has special skills...

My group happened to play a reporter, and I remember that the real identity was an incarnation of Naya.

Unfortunately, the killer who cooperated with me didn't look at the computer during the introduction stage, so he didn't receive my secret code agreement.

As a result, I said the secret code again and again when I ran the group, but no one paid attention to me, which was very embarrassing.

Anyway, it was basically like this, a group of seven people entered the Nankang Evening News Building.

There is nothing to mention about the image of the leader, and the relevant settings are continued.

As for the pseudo-scientific old man, I referred to the father of the heroine in "Conspiracy Office" and the protagonist of "Cosmic Editorial Department" - the former had a greater influence.

In the setting, it is an existence that can use the power of various conspiracy theories, and it is also fun to write it out.

I also referred to "Conspiracy Office" for his world of thoughts, and a short scene and the name of the tinfoil hat came from the game "Three Fu".

It is worth mentioning that the protagonist of "Three Fu" is also one of the references for Zhao Qian's character design...

So, the name of the Investigation Bureau seems to come from this game.

As for the three people of the "Weird Investigation Team", the first thing that popped into my mind was the three people who committed suicide in "Curse".

Originally, I wanted to set them as non-ordinary people, but in the end I decided to keep them as peripheral comedy characters and spread the vest of Gao Yi.

By the way, the name of [White Horse Pipette] comes from the allusion of "White Horse is Not a Horse", and its ability is also related to Gongsun Long's "Hard White Theory".

Next, I will put aside the various "outer gods" and [dealers] for the time being, and summarize them after the copy is over to avoid spoilers.

That's basically the plot of Volume 5.

At this point, I still have to make a reflection and summary first.

At first, I felt exhausted in all aspects after finishing "Seven Days Back to the Soul", a copy with complicated content and dense information.

The idea was to write a lighter story next, and the copy should not be too troublesome.

With this idea and the fact that the problem in Gao Yi's hand needed to be solved, the plot of "Nankang Evening News Building" was created.

But now looking back, there are still many problems.

The most obvious one is that the rhythm is too slow, and too many chapters were spent to write a not-so-intense battle.

Suddenly, a huge flying saucer appeared above the news tower. I really thought about this ridiculous picture for a long time.

In fact, a large part of the story's promotion is to make the flying saucer appear.

But the connection of the plot and the laying of foreshadowing are not mature enough.

But compared with these problems, the overall delay makes the whole battle feel worse.

If you read it all in one breath, it should be okay, and you can control your reading speed and attention allocation.

But for readers who follow the update, I think it would be a bit discouraging to open it every day and find that there is only a little progress in the plot.

When I was writing this plot, the book also experienced a decline in its follow-up data, which was indeed my problem.

The root cause is actually a lack of experience.

Although I started writing online articles, I have already written more than one million words, which is more than a year in total.

From various perspectives, I am embarrassed to say that I am a newcomer.

But until now when I wrote "Tag Player", I still made some mistakes due to lack of experience.

After all, this is the first time I have written a book with this word count, which is hundreds of thousands or even close to a million.

My first hands-on book, "The Ghost Story Game: Starting with Possessing the Necronomicon," was completed at 100,000 words.

"Puzzle of the Gods", I wrote more than 400,000 words and put it there, but I haven't continued to write it.

But when the book reached the point of almost one million words, some problems that had not appeared before began to appear.

If creators are divided into "technical people" and "emotional people", I would be more inclined towards the latter.

When writing some plots, I would suddenly think "It will be cool to write like this", "Wow, it will definitely be interesting to develop like this", and easily deviate from the original idea.

When the number of words is small, there may be some trouble, but it is not serious.

But when the number of words increases, this kind of problem breaks out.

To put it simply, it lacks the construction of a large framework, the lack of connections in events, and the lack of echoes.

Not only should a story be interesting, but readers who have read one story can’t wait to read the next one.

I have also summarized some experiences and hope to improve as much as possible in the future.

There is another problem, which is a more widespread fault.

After writing a certain number of words, I obviously felt that the content in the book became a little "watery".

I didn't actually change my writing style, but it just happened.

If you think about it carefully, it's not too difficult to understand.

Taking a battle as an example, let's also talk about what abilities Gao Yi has and what abilities he should use.

I will also write in the early stages, but the number of words is not many.

But now, the writing method is the same, but there are many more different abilities and equipment.

Before every battle, I have to check which ones I have so I don’t forget them.

In fact, I know this problem will arise. I have read countless online articles, in which the protagonist's combat power gradually grows. In the later stage, even the author forgot about it.

Most authors either change the map and announce that most of the previous abilities are no longer available.

Or just get stronger abilities and ignore these early gains.

What impressed me most was "Thriller Paradise". In a later incident, the protagonist's equipment bar and skill bar were directly cleared.

Although I can't be 100% sure, I feel that even three days and two nights of sleep are too much and troublesome for the teacher, so she might as well clean it up once...

When preparing in advance, I hope to avoid similar situations.

You can find that the props have durability, and the equipment and characteristics have not generous slots. In fact, they are all worried about the same thing.

Judging from the final effect, it can only be said that it was restrained to a certain extent, but it was not perfect.

All in all, when I wrote this nearly one million words, I did face some difficulties that I had never faced before.

But on the other hand, if you want to grow, don’t you have to overcome these difficulties?

For me, I really want to overcome these difficulties and become better.

I am also very grateful to all readers for their companionship. This book has also made many new achievements.

For example, if the number of reviews reaches 2,000, the total number of readers reaches 500,000, and the total income... it is not too much. Maybe when the book is finished, I will make a video or something to introduce it.

In any case, without you there wouldn’t be this book, let alone so many interesting stories.

From this perspective, everyone can be regarded as a great benefactor...

Before I started reading this book, the performance of my book "Puzzle of the Gods" was very poor. It was basically worth the price of a bottle of Coke every day.

So when I opened this book, I told myself that if hundreds of people read it every day, it would be enough for me to have perfect attendance.

And now, let alone the big talk of supporting myself, at least this book can give me an income and allow me to "relax" a little bit in life, especially compared to other students.

Of course, the real rich brother and rich sister are on another level...

But it doesn’t matter how much money you make, but the satisfaction of being recognized and having your creations affirmed.

Some time ago, I suddenly went to read some books I read last year.

When I was watching it, I thought, wow, there are so many people commenting on it, and there are actually ratings, which is amazing.

But looking at it now, I have completely different thoughts in my mind.

The book that originally seemed unattainable is actually just like that now. The data is actually not very good...

If you had asked me last year, he would definitely not have imagined what I am like now...

Without every friend who reads the book, none of this would be possible. Please let me express my gratitude again.

At this point, we also have to talk about the initial planning of the entire book.

I remember I mentioned in a summary chapter that I planned to write a total of seven copies, which would be hundreds of thousands of words or just over a million words.

If I remember correctly, the fifth copy will start immediately, but the number of words is actually not far from one million...

Let’s just say I’m really bad at pre-planning.

Ask me how far I can go. To be honest, as an infinite flow novel, it’s not particularly difficult for me to continue writing it.

Anyway, after entering the dungeon, completing the main plot, and wandering around in real life, it will be easy to write down.

I can’t say how perfect the entire main plot is, but at least it’s still under my control.

In terms of combat effectiveness, it can also be said that it has not collapsed.

But for me, the question is not how much I want to write, but how much the book should be.

I already have a vague idea of ​​the ending, but how it will develop there is still full of unknowns.

At least after leaving [Toy War], there will be a big plot that I have been thinking about for a long time.

To spoil the story in advance, I named it the "Red Mountain Temple Incident" - yes, when I was imagining it, I was thinking about the "Shibuya Incident" of "Jutsu Kaisen".

In this way, the entire "Spell Return" actually had a huge impact on this book. I didn't expect that the comic would be finished soon, which is really sad.

All in all, I can guarantee that there will be at least three dungeons and two to three real-life major plots.

I can't guarantee whether there will be other content interspersed with it, or whether it will be extended.

But the most conservative estimate should be enough for me to write 17.8 million words.

Until then, it will definitely not be finished.

Of course, who can tell what will happen next? After all, my planning skills are indeed a bit weak...

But what I can promise is that I will try my best to write interesting stories!

Thank you for your support! ! !

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What I want to talk about next are some plans for the next few months.

As this year is my postgraduate entrance examination year, there is actually a lot of academic pressure.

In the past, I tried my best to maintain both learning and updating.

But as December approaches—with more than ninety days left—the pressure is mounting.

To put it bluntly, it is definitely impossible to maintain the current update frequency.

I will continue to double update in September, and in October, November and the first half of December, I will gradually slow down the update frequency in two and a half months.

Of course, I will do my best to keep updating (let the book become an updated state), and try to update as much as possible.

But it must be said that the pressure is here...

Of course, I'll get back into updating as soon as the exam is over.

After all, many of the goals of this book have not yet been achieved.

Please allow me to express my heroic words here:

Ten thousand reviews! 【2506/10000】

One hundred thousand comments! 【24312/100000】

Read by a million people! 【542128/1000000】

In the days to come, I will continue to work hard and hope to give you better stories!

Finally, thank you again for your support!

I have to ask again for attention, rewards, book recommendations, and five-star reviews! !

Let's prepare together and enter the story of [Toy War].

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Thanks to Knight of the Furnace, I didn’t get up until ten o’clock, Jun Jinnian, I started doing it as soon as I opened my eyes! ! ! , Simple A3A, Thorny Pig, Mo Zhou, Fox Lady Villa, There Are Five in the Air, Atomic Terminal, Nightfall and Dry Sky, There is a Bandit Lie, The Salted Fish King, Lassio, Shadow 139, Killer Whales Landed, Awakening the Dream Butterfly, Sikoo Fire City, Pu Tong, Feng Ling Yuxiu-Tian Yi, Ji Rufeng from Holy Sun City, Wang Cheng, who likes Yule, Yishi Jue Tian, ​​Hei Chou, Shuguang Tianxuan, Yan Yuzhen, and Xiang's names are all taken., Viewing the ancient city, it's Zhou Ye, 氵氵氵-, taste everything in the world The smell, the forest is big and there are all kinds of birds, Thomas’s lack of understanding in the boxing ring, the evil beast and the big dinosaur, the wind girl, and the gift given by the falling stars at this moment!

This is the top 40 in the overall list. I cannot thank the readers enough, and thank you very much for your support! !

Let's see you next time.

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