MTL - Lord of the Mysteries-~ End of the testimony (below)

As a final testimonial, I must review the whole book and talk about the gains and losses in creation before I can know what should be maintained and what should be improved. Well, I will talk about it with my own creative methodology. Of course, this is What I have extracted belongs to myself, it does not mean that it is suitable for other people, suitable for other platforms, it is very good to understand from it, it is easy to be unaccustomed to copying, the truth has the difference between absolute truth and relative truth, not to mention this very personal perception , Whoever learns from me lives like me who dies, right?

Personally, the first and most important keyword in creation is "expression".

The word expression is very broad, and the narrow sense can be equal to the theme of the article, the central idea, in a broad sense, anything that hopes to be passed on to the reader belongs to the category of expression. We can express our own ideas about human nature and our understanding of the world. , Can also express the satisfaction obtained, and a little more popular, I want to be very happy.

What is my wish to express this mysterious book?

One is a novel, interesting, complex and fun world view produced by the fusion of some Western mystic knowledge with the elements of Cthulhu Mythology and SCP Foundation.

The second is a ray of light in darkness and despair ("Yes, it's just ..." Amon was about to jump out and was covered by Xiao Ke's mouth, "It's just down.") This ray of light is both human compassion and An anthem of human courage, dark despair is not only the situation of workers and peasants during the first industrial revolution, but also the old days brought by the elements of Cthulhu mythology, evil gods, unknown, not direct, chaotic madness and despair.

The third is the confrontation and integration of humanity and divinity. Why do I position Xiao Ke's approach as a "divinationist", and the end point is "a fool", on the one hand, it needs the storyline itself, and the "divinationist" approach in the early stage can naturally unfold many mystical elements and bring it into fun On the other hand, the main body implied in this mysterious book is, well, not implied. I have written it in the introduction: a legend of fools.

In other words: the journey of a fool.

The tarot card is a very important element in this book. A more generally accepted interpretation is that the whole description is a fool ’s journey, starting from the fool and ending with the world.

Of course, I cannot copy the interpretation and imagery of the Tarot card, and will make certain modifications in conjunction with the mysterious book. Therefore, the journey of a fool refers to the gradual change from man to god, referring to human nature, divinity confrontation and Spiritual travel brought by fusion.

This is because I hope that Xiao Ke can always have a human side and a warm side, so it is not intuitively described from his psychological activities, but more from others, from the frequency and depth of his interaction with the entire world and surrounding humans. To reflect, more indirect.

Therefore, in the later period, no matter how Xiaoke emphasizes his humanity, the reading feeling to everyone is that he is farther away from human society, more and more lonely, more and more abstract, and gradually no sense of flesh, this is a The journey of the fool.

This structural design is actually a bit tricky, because my inspiration comes from the previous books, ah, except for martial arts, some people say that the more protagonist the later, the more inhuman, the more disconnected from reality, no longer rooted in the world, rooted in society Feeling, then, I simply changed this change from the author's unconscious to conscious. This inspiration came about after reading some Tarot books.

Looking at the comparison now, the first point is barely reached, the second part of the light part is good, the dark part is good in the early stage, and the latter part is weakened as the strength level is increased.

This is indeed a problem, and it is also a mysterious structural problem in this book, and it is also the fourth part of the "structure" in the methodology that I will talk about later.

Returning to the subject, starting from Sequence 3, the whole book has a certain style split in the mystic part and the unknown fear part. As far as the elements of Cthulhu are concerned, once the unknown is revealed, it will lose most of its charm when it is actually on the stage. Therefore, the sense of chaos and madness in the later period is well maintained, and darkness, despair, mystery and insignificance must be lacking.

Before I opened the book, I was hesitant to write only sequence 3 and the other as the background, so that the overall style of the mysterious world would be very uniform. The kind of fascinating, accompanied by fear and trembling exploration, mystery can be Throughout the full text.

But in the end I was still a bit greedy. I hope this mysterious book can outline the overall world view, and then I can play it calmly under this world view.

The third point, my personal score is above the pass, not more than 80, mainly because the heart is not cruel enough, the performance is not intuitive enough.

After saying "expression", the second group of keywords in my creation is "interesting and interesting".

In other words, when you have determined what you want to express, then you have to examine whether your subject matter and possible expressions are appropriate.

It's not that some subjects can't be written, excluding external factors. Whether a subject can be written is only interesting and interesting to see if you can write.

Home cooking also depends on who does it and how.

Well, in essence, human beings are new and novel. Of course, they also pursue refreshment and emotion. I will deal with the latter two in the "emotional" part. I will only talk about new and novel.

The new does not mean purely rare, and the odds are not purely hunting. They should be closer to new ideas, and they are different from others.

While interesting and interesting, in terms of word meaning, the difference is quite large. Interesting means more fun and novelty. If it is interesting, you can attach a meaning of "can ponder".

Interesting ones are not necessarily fun and funny, but they can make people immersed in them, they are very interesting, they can be pondered, and they can diverge their imagination.

Interesting is not necessarily interesting. Now it is simply relaxed, funny, and has a lot of novels, and there is also a big market.

Of course, the two can also be combined. It is interesting to make people find it interesting, willing to think, research, substitute and fantasy, then it is double attractive.

If it is interesting, if it can be interesting in the writing, character interaction, and details, it can also add a finishing touch and make everyone more chasing.

My goal for this mysterious book is to make it interesting first, and then to pursue fun. Now, looking at the 22 sequence paths, 220 kinds of potions, nine sources and the method of playing, it really did. There are new, strange, interesting, and interesting.

In terms of behavior, interaction, details, etc., I also try not to be monotonous and boring, and I still meet the requirements most of the time.

Of course, there is room for improvement in this regard.

My third creative keyword is "substitute".

Do n’t think of YY as soon as you listen to substitutions. In fact, there are many types of substitutions. Indeed, many people substitute into the protagonist, but some people substitute into the protagonist his father, his mother, his brother, his girlfriend, and some into the supporting role, into the audience , The role of the reader, substituting into the world view, substituting into the community of the earth, substituting into the sacred sense of science, substituting into the classical culture, and so on, and so on.

And an author determines what he wants to "express", and finds interesting and interesting cuts in the subject matter and expression. Then the next question is to think about which angle to let the main readers enter, which will determine what you use. Narrative techniques, essay structure and what kind of paving.

I have added a three-chapter brain hole in the public account before. In fact, I was thinking about the idea of ​​"substituting". I hope that the main readers will substitute the knowledge of the earth and look at one with a lively and proud attitude. With the help of earth knowledge, the indigenous people have grown up and have a refreshing experience.

The mysterious book, in addition to the common protagonist substitution, also put more energy on the power system, potion, playing method, and overall world view, so a lot of suspense decryption techniques are used, a little bit of hook, a little bit Unfold and let everyone immerse in.

The fourth creative keyword is "structure".

After taking the first three steps and thinking about the outline of the story, we must conceive the overall structure of the novel based on these.

Therefore, I said that the mysterious ending part can be clearly seen from the beginning. The comparison, the fate of reincarnation, and the ending of the story are all carried out under a large structure. Personally, this kind of Weird beauty.

In addition to the overall structure of the novel, there is a separate structure for each part. The structure of the first part has been described before. I am very proud of it and did a good job. The structure of the second and third parts has also been mentioned. The word is rarely mentioned afterwards, mainly because the more you write later, the greater the restraint and the smaller the degree of freedom. If you ca n’t think of a good structure, a good cut, I would rather use the most common or used story structure , There's nothing special to talk about.

Among them, the fourth part is progressive, the last detonation volt line type, the fifth part is the vortex type, the larger the volume, the larger the final change, the sixth part seems to have said, the plain type between the front and rear peaks, the seventh It is a sudden eruption in daily travel, which is close to the structure of the second part as a whole. The eighth part is to continuously push the climax, and then the after rhyme ends.

In this case, because some of the volumes were written at the beginning, the structural idea was not clear enough, or did not know how to achieve the desired effect, resulting in rhythm problems in the middle part, or had to lose something for the rationality of the plot.

These are all experiences and lessons. In the future, when opening a new volume, try to make your own settings and grasp of the structure as clear as possible, instead of having a concept, just try and explore in a vague way. To write, in this way, good luck, good condition, can grasp inspiration, maybe there are surprises, but most of the time there will be many problems.

The fifth group of creative keywords is "reality, reality".

This is actually developed from the third keyword "substitute". I initially felt that the most substitutable, perhaps the most realistic environment, and then surpassed reality on this basis, and the most realistic is undoubtedly us The daily life is the urban theme.

Under this premise, the city is definitely the easiest subject to be substituted. So, after the end of my life, I thought about integrating mystery into the city, which is both reality and beyond reality. At the same time, I also practiced the ability to write daily details. So with the book of Budo, in fact, the effect in the early period was pretty good, but then I found that I underestimated a problem, that is, the limitations of the city itself, because this was not fully taken into account when setting it, which made it impossible to expand in the later period. , The story is repeated, lack of change.

This idea of ​​mine has been confirmed in some popular themes in recent years, which is quite gratifying. However, 404's eyes are on urban themes, which has led to the failure of the big trend I imagined.

After writing martial arts, I have a deeper understanding of substitution and reality, and think that "reality" can reflect the essence more than "reality".

As long as it is real enough to immerse the reader, it can achieve the realistic effect, and it also has the meaning of pursuing novelty.

Therefore, when I write mysteries, I check a lot of information and enrich the details to make this world come to life, so that everyone can naturally immerse themselves in reading, knowing what to eat, what to use, how much money to spend here, and what are the customs and habits .

This actually has something in common with the 3A masterpieces of recent years, an open, free, but sufficiently real world.

Realism, immersion, this is an idea that slowly and clearly after I wrote the martial arts and the process of writing the mystery. At this time, I really refined my complete creative methodology.

Of course, this way of writing is really tired, very tired.

This has been done very well in the early and middle stages of the mystery. After the sequence has been improved, it has weakened to a certain extent. The next step, I need to think about how to create reality at a high power level.

The sixth keyword is "softness".

I remember that in the previous section, I did n’t say much here-mainly because I wrote so many words in one breath, my thoughts began to diverge, I wanted to have fun, I wanted to be lazy.

"Soft", my understanding is that there is enough foreshadowing in the turning of the plot, there is enough fermentation in the process of emotional advancement, and there is enough suitable release. , Can not reflect the impact, the latter can easily become spoiled, too sensational.

In this regard, I have been restraining myself. If it is not suitable for haircutting, never give it away. You ca n’t do it for a knife. If a main character ca n’t die with value, die properly, die with a shock, then he ’s still alive. Better. Trauma is not gentle enough for trauma.

In the same way, do n’t blindly sensationalize where you should n’t be sensational, and express your emotions clearly when to restrain, what can break out, the overall atmosphere does not support this, and so on.

In addition, you can't fight for the purpose of hitting the face, for the cool and cool, the plot is promoted, and the cool point will naturally be soft, not embarrassing.

At this point, in terms of mystery, I did quite well. The only time I surpassed was to ask myself the chapter, but there are traces to follow.

The seventh keyword is "person":

As I said before, I am a story before a character, and it is different from a character before a story, but from the martial arts, I increasingly think that the character is also very important.

In a novel, the world view is the skeleton, the plot is flesh, the characters are blood, and there are no good characters, then the novel will be dead and dead. It is difficult to make a large feature in every part interesting enough to attract people. It is difficult to create resonance, emotion and emotions.

In shaping the characters, apart from the hierarchical nature of the characters' settings, I can slowly figure out a word: "interaction".

The establishment of the character's image lies in the interaction of the characters. Individual psychological interactions, personal actions, useful twice or more at a time, must be monotonous, thin, and boring.

With the interaction, the characters will come alive and show different selves in different interactions.

I won't go into details, because I have written too much, so I want to finish it soon.

In addition, the extreme characters must come from the extreme plot, and the extreme plot must be able to shape the extreme characters, the two are not completely separated.

In this mysterious book, from fuzzy cognition to clear use, I have gained a certain amount of gain, and I have shaped some good characters. Of course, some characters are hindered by space and the growth curve of the characters can not keep up with the small Gram, can only be considered to have completed the first half, and hope that the second part of the future can be better portrayed.

In general, although Amon dislikes many people, the overall completion of his characters is the highest except for Xiao Ke.

In the same way, I have certain problems with the shaping of many villains. As I said in Part 7, I am always used to setting too strong, lacking enough opportunities to play, little emotional accumulation, and even less interaction. I have to change it later.

In addition, combined with the keyword "real", the characters still have to pay attention to whether they are distorted. Sometimes, it is too funny and too terrible. It is easy to distort the characters and degenerate into the kind of characters in most anime. , This does not mean that such characters will not be attractive, or whether the distortion depends on the overall atmosphere of the story.

The eighth keyword is "change".

This is the one most mentioned in the summary. The most taboo in a novel is a layer of invariance, whether it is the bright line or the dark line, there must be some changes, otherwise it will not be able to support a long space, even if it is the simplest structure The wireless fantasy fantasy text is also to bring changes through changing maps again and again to eliminate the sense of repetition in the plot.

In the process of writing the mystery, in the middle of the fourth part, the upgrade line is pulled too long, resulting in insufficient changes and the plot tension is reduced. Before the martial arts, it was difficult to start later, the plot began to repeat, and the fighting became more and more boring. All of this has been said, we should make improvements in the future, pay attention to it, be aware, and prevent it in advance.

The ninth keyword is "details".

The details, the devil is always in the details, which is also the key to the implementation of "substitute", "real", "soft", and "character".

Lack of details, there is no doubt that it will not be true, can not be substituted, the interaction is boring, and the abrupt transition.

This is a big topic, please allow me to be lazy and stop talking, anyway, this is not a writing class.

In short, the mysterious book has many details, so I have a texture, characters, pictures, and emotional resonance. I am very satisfied with this, but the battles in the later period are too abstract and conceptual, and gradually The lack of details is indeed a big problem.

At this point, I currently have some ideas. This is the inspiration that JOJO brings to me, that is, to give the rules and restrictions of the ability, try to be simple but clear enough rules and restrictions, and then make an article in this framework, such ability With boundaries, details are guaranteed.

This is a point that can be improved in the future.

The tenth keyword is "emotion".

Writing here, I really don't want to write anymore. I'm too tired and emotional.

Hey, actually, emotions have been told by many web writers, and many people even use it as the core of their creative methods. The whole story is planned and paved around how to arouse readers' emotions.

I also attach great importance to emotions, because a good climax, a good segment, and a good character will eventually contain or bring emotions. Without emotions, the story is dry and lacks sufficient appeal. .

I will not talk about other methods of hatred, I know more, use less, I prefer to use the conflict of the plot to advance.

However, for emotions, I will always pay attention to whether the progress of emotions is natural, smooth, and whether there is too much interruption in the middle, otherwise I will not be able to accumulate climax and shock.

In addition, emotions cannot be equated with hatred and venting, and love and justice, no, touch, affection, satisfaction, etc., a good author should try to enrich his arsenal and arouse emotions A little more.

In the mystery, I give emotions as a whole and are very restrained, and I have been softening the promotion of emotions. Therefore, so many creative keywords definitely do not exist alone, they are mutually coordinated and naturally integrated.

I can recall some of the classic scenes of emotional expression in mystery with my eyes closed. I do n’t boast. I ’m mainly lazy to write. In short, I ’m doing well. The next part hopes to increase the outbreak of emotional catharsis. Other emotions are organically combined.

The eleventh keyword replaces the climax with "impact". Scenes such as "Chernobyl" are performances. The twelfth keyword ... forget it, don't write, too tired, the ink is spit out Anyway, those are less important.

Writing my creative ideas, I ’m not afraid of being learned. On the contrary, I really want someone to learn, which means I can have a lot of books that suit my taste, but such novel creation is destined to be exhausting, of course, also Will be very satisfied.

Well, the number of final reports. The secrets are now booked at 109,000. The follow-up order is always very high because of the bonus of the last part. The overall is a little higher than the whole of the seventh part. Most of the time, it is 61 to 60,000. Wandering between 3, the lowest is 58,000, the highest is the last three chapters, all broke through 70,000, the last chapter is now 90,000 in 24 hours. .

After writing the mysterious creation, sum up the gains and losses, and then talk about the new book.

Well, I won't open Secret 2 directly. I'm worried that I will repeat some of this stuff. I hope to write something else and change my mind, and then do some accumulation.

As mentioned in the new book, choose one of Waste Land and Xianxia. When writing mysteriously, I hope that the next book can be relaxed and fun, so at first it was biased towards Xianxia, ​​and later someone told me that the protagonist can be treated a little crazy and let him dilute the wasteland. The tone of this seems quite interesting.

In short, my balance is now balanced. After I rest for a while, empty my brain, and then ask myself which one I want to write the most.

The new book is initially determined to be in mid-November, and the specific time will be announced on the public account. From now to that time, I will serialize a small amount of 20,000 or 30,000 here, and then put some secrets on the public account from time to time. Set up, write some small fan, at the same time, announce the theme of the new book, some settings, solicit dragon sets, etc., search for "wuzei1985", the anime avatar is that.

Finally, thank you again, thank you all who have subscribed to this book, like this book friends, you gave me the opportunity to tell the story of my heart.

Also, thanks to the friends who have been casting monthly tickets. We broke the starting point male frequency monthly record two days ago. Let us congratulate ourselves and laugh.

Thanks to the friends who made the list, Xiao Ke, Audrey, Leonard and Sharon have their own birthday party.

Thanks to the friends who rewarded me, my attitude has always been to not affect my life, my study, my other entertainment. Under this premise, I can only open my pocket while saying "no need" . Who does n’t love money?

Thanks to those friends who have sent electricity for the secret and love, and who have been Amway. Being liked is definitely a good experience.

Thanks to my moderators and managers, you are really hard, the pot is black and big.

Thank you, my staff, for taking too much of your time to comment on the cover and the surrounding area.

Thank you for posting comments, friends who said in this chapter, you have brought me a good mood most of the time. At first I read every article, but later more and more, I really ca n’t see it, it will delay the code , So you can only fix a point in time, see a part.

Thank you to all the friends who have accompanied the mystery to the end. It is my luck to have your company in the past two years. I hope this is a good memory in your life.

At the end, press the chest with your hand and bow to salute.

Finally, multiply by 3, and the good news is probably updated at 12:30 on May 7 in the form of chapter comments, one chapter every day, seven to ten days.

After writing the testimonials, I want to take a good rest and sleep well.

Looking forward to seeing you again!