I did an interview not long ago, and the host asked me when I began to conceive of the self-contained series of works of heaven, earth, humans, ghosts, gods, spirits, and surprises. Do I have the overall structure in my mind before I start writing? I pondered for a long time, and the answer should be like this. When I started writing, the outline of a grand world was already waving to me.
Just like when I started the book "Shock Door", I said that the book will consist of twelve parts, each with 81 chapters, totaling 972 chapters, and will be completed in March this year. This was true for "Shocking", and it was also true when writing this series of novels. When I started writing, I already had a general overall framework in mind. The conception of this series of works can be traced back to my youth, even as early as junior high school, before the emergence of today's Internet.
But at that time, Internet technology had already appeared. The information interconnection that was first used in the U.S. military could rely on civilian telephone lines. At that time, relevant introductions could only be seen in some internal references. When the network was first promoted to civilians, it had a short-lived name - information highway.
Thanks to the progress of the times, I have the opportunity to realize this dream, create this series of works on the Internet, and make so many friends.
¡°Everyone comes into this world and when they open their eyes to see everything around them, they always bring with them some kind of whimsical thoughts that seem to travel through time and space. This is probably an experience that every teenager has had. What kind of world do we live in, what kind of fantasies have we had, and how do these fantasies ultimately reflect reality?
The world we live in is not this classroom, this campus, this house, or this era. There is also the history carried by this era, where did this world come from, and how did it become what we see today? The things of one time and place also include ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad.
If those legends really existed in this world. Or there are legendary things around us, and they may be ourselves. What will happen? Does imagination just mean imagination, and what is the significance of people's imaginations from ancient times to the present? This is the origin and origin of my original intention of creating this series of novels.
Although I have always had such wishes and ideas, consciously or unconsciously, I always felt that I did not have enough accumulation and precipitation to describe these thoughts clearly, so I did not start writing until I was thirty years old.
I didn¡¯t start creating at the very beginning. It was 2006 when I started writing my first book, "The Journey of God," but in 2004, I was already writing novels online after work, which could be regarded as a way to relax and soothe my mood from the boring work.
At that time, I serialized a short story in "Securities Market Weekly", which talked about some things that happened to a listed company during the so-called reorganization process. However, it is a novel rather than a reportage, although the story also has a realistic template. I also did a lot of research and interviews, but of course they were processed into novels and the plots and characters were fictionalized.
This short story was later revised and reprocessed, and the name of the fictional main character became Bai Shaoliu. This is the prequel story of the novel "Human Desire". At that time, I also started to write some short and medium stories in Hexun column and Sina forum. Many of the works have a supernatural color and are a bit like a fairy tale. Because of my interest, I even served as a moderator for a period of time on the Sina Forum¡¯s Mysterious Stories.
Several of these short stories and short stories were later compiled into "Ghost Stock". The first part of "Ghost Stock", "Gods Deceiving Ghosts", was started in 2004, and the last part, "Goddess Heart", was completed in 2006. At that time, I was already writing another novel "The Wandering God".
"Shenyou" is my first full-length online novel, and "Ghost Stock" was completed while it was being serialized. It is a collection of several short and medium-length stories, and its content and characters also complement and echo each other in "Wandering of the Gods".
?According to others, I was very smart when I was young, so in addition to doing homework, I also had a lot of time and energy to think wildly and look for various things on my own. But when I think back, I was very ignorant and ignorant at that time, and not as mature as many of my peers. From this aspect alone, it seems a bit like the Feng Junzi in the novel.
"Watching "The Journey of God", I feel that the character Feng Junzi was once very smart but not very sensible. He knew a lot of things, but there were some things he didn't understand. If such a person wants to reach true maturity, he needs to struggle in the world. So "Ghost Stock" takes the story of Feng Junzi as an adult as the main line. In fact, it is the process of this character going through many hardships and becoming mature.
The novel reflects the times, describes the world, and depicts characters. If "Ghost Stock" is missing, this character will be missing a very important link in the story of "Wandering God". It will be different from the later "Human Desire" and "Shocking". It cannot be fully connected. Therefore, although this series of works tells stories from ancient and modern times, both at home and abroad, they have different backgrounds and expressive themes.?The brushwork used is different, but in the end, an overall world and worldview system are constructed.
I was born in 1974, it was 2004 when I started creating this series of works, and today is 2014. This series of works on heaven, earth, humans, ghosts, gods, spirits, and surprises took me ten years from the age of thirty to forty. I am very grateful to have so many book friends who have accompanied me through the beautiful years of eternal youth.
In the past ten years, I have felt very happy. I can describe it in one word, that is - cool!
As an adult, I am still very slow sometimes, and some things are not even clear to me at the time I experience them. For example, not long ago I accidentally read a book written by an organizer of a certain group. I was "honored" to see my name by accident. Only then did I understand what I had personally experienced many years ago.
Someone once invited a group of well-known economists at the time, major authoritative media, and liaison with internationally renowned institutions to organize a specialized team. In just 30 days, 49 plans were formulated to "monitor or guide 658 news reports, 3683 related information". The cause of such a big battle was just to deal with one person's pen. At that time, I just accidentally wrote a few sentiments, and it was not at all to discuss the so-called "academic" issues in the quagmire.
Things like this, of course, have nothing to do with the specific experience of creating online articles. Maybe it's just material. In the years since I started writing online literature, I have experienced some inexplicable incidents and twists and turns. But compared to the scenes I had seen before, I was already calm and even unmoved. Writing online articles is a job that is both refreshing and enjoyable for me.
I also often read comments from book friends. Some people are keen to discuss the relationship between various characters in the book. This can be regarded as an interesting anecdote, because this series of books belongs to a world view system. But sometimes, it feels like certain discussions are pointless and the discussants reach fatalistic conclusions. It also deviates from the original intention. For example, during the serialization of "Shocking", people kept asking - What is the origin of Cheng Tianle?
Can I say that Cheng Tianle is Cheng Tianle? In this series of works, no matter who the characters are and whether they have so-called origins, the stories that happen to them only lie in their actions and choices. If there really is such a thing as an origin, then everyone and even all creatures in this world have an origin, and it does not belong to anyone in particular.
Not long after the book begins. When Bai Shaoliu in the book faced Cheng Tianle's question, he actually answered this question - all living beings are reincarnations.
Of course, the clues of some characters in the book do run through ancient and modern times, such as Qingdi-Qingfeng-Fengjunzi and Mei Danzuo-Qiye who have clear explanations. Gabriel - Aftena, Amon - Baiji Dolphin - Bai Shaoliu. But the focus of this description is not the direct relationship between the characters themselves. In fact, they can have no relationship at all. Rather, in this way, we try our best to depict the evolution of civilization inheritance and the vicissitudes of the world. A fusion of history and present.
Bai Shaoliu is no longer Amen, and he is no longer the Baiji Dolphin. Discussing his origins depends on the angle of analysis, rather than drawing any fatalistic conclusions. Otherwise, how could the Baiji dolphin struggle in the Yangtze River and fall into the fishing net? Another example is how to view the character Amon. He is a miner. His experience is like the process of people imagining, depicting and creating gods themselves.
In "Shocking Door", a painting may express a kind of thinking. How people view the world often determines the kind of world they live in. Cheng Tianle opened up the magical world of Suzhou in the scroll, and Xiao Shao was able to step out of the scroll and enter the real world. Just like those monsters described in the book, they open their spiritual wisdom to see the world, and then create the world they live in.
Dressing, smelling Xiao Shao. This is the character and story that Jingmen wants to describe, not the story of a man named Cheng Tianle who is invincible in the world and dominates the world.
Many book friends are concerned about the plan for the new book. After finishing "The Shocking Door", I need to take a break to perfect the idea of ??the new book. The new book is planned to be serialized in late May. The content may be in the oriental fantasy genre and take place in a fictional wild continent. This is the beginning of another series.
Book lovers may see some familiar styles in the new book, with some shadows of the familiar world system, but it is not necessary and should not apply the "heaven, earth, man, ghost, god, spirit, surprise" in the new book. "set".
Regarding new book companions, as usual, I will open a special post in the book review area before the old book is completed, and everyone will voluntarily sign up. And it is still the same old rule. There is no guarantee whether the character will be a decent villain, a human or a monster, dead or alive, or a male or a female, or how to receive the lunch box. I am not responsible for the drama, please take the bait if you wish.
As for the finale of the last chapter of Shocking Door, it will be updated in the evening of this Saturday (March 29), thank youDear book friends for your long-term support and encouragement, I would also like to take this opportunity to say two things.
The first thing is that there were some omissions and clerical errors in the past chapters. I also made modifications during the update process. The two star dots "**" at the end of each chapter are the marks left after the modifications. Book friends who are reading on the PC side will see the modified chapter content when they reopen the page.
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