There’s really not much to say, but writing a "shelf statement" is a kind of ritual, and life needs a bit of ritual, or else it becomes too bland.
From my own perspective, this book is not quite satisfactory.
I want to express certain things, but I’m constrained by my own writing ability. My expression falls short, and the emotions that should have been rendered are not conveyed well. It never reaches the expected climax, just a small fluctuation at most!
When I had almost reached 100,000 words in "Cultivation from the Game," I hit a low point.
I was dissatisfied with how I handled the plot, felt like I couldn’t keep writing, and struggled to handle the upcoming storyline. Plus, after writing so many words, I got only single-digit favorites and a tiny amount of recommendation votes (to be precise, only my own votes), and due to special circumstances, the work’s status didn’t update to ’signed contract’ for over ten days, which affected my mood.
In short, during that really terrible time, River Crab Divine Beast 404 voted for me, making me realize that someone is still reading my stuff, and that kept me going.
Thanks to River Crab Divine Beast 404’s recommendation vote, I held on.
In part, it was my unwillingness with the last book; because as I wrote more, I couldn’t get any feedback from readers, I had no motivation to continue, and I felt what I wrote was awful, with a disastrous plot, so I had to abruptly abandon it.
But I felt very unwilling to just give up on writing novels. No matter how poor the results were, I wanted to write a novel exceeding a million words, to write a complete novel, so I started this new book, choosing a game-like world theme that I was more proficient in.
Later on, probably because I kept up with a daily pace of nearly 10,000 words, I overtaxed my inspiration. My head hurt a bit, and my brain felt a little foggy. Dwelling on the plot every day made me anxious, and I couldn’t sleep peacefully, waking up very early automatically.
That’s why the update volume decreased, and I felt the content was somewhat forced. With my brain foggy, I could only manage around 6,000 to 7,000 words daily.
It wasn’t until I saw Happy668’s comment that I realized my work wasn’t as bad as I thought, and there were people who would support me. I might have been encouraged, so my mood improved, my brain gradually cleared up, the headache faded after a few days, and I felt like I was gradually getting back into the writing state, and my writing seemed decent....
Here, I want to thank Happy668 for the reward.
Thanks also to "Naturally Want to Die" for the suggestion to revise the clichéd synopsis.
And thanks to the person who didn’t click on the link after seeing my clichéd synopsis, yet left a comment in the section, showing me through action the consequences of a clichéd synopsis, making me take it seriously and think carefully about a new synopsis.
Thanks to "Please Shake Me" for pointing out the repetition in Chapters 40 and 41.
If any readers spot typos, issues with Chapters, or blocked words, please leave a message and tell me. When I see the message, I will resolve the issue as soon as possible.
Regarding blocked words, they generally won’t appear as I always preview the Chapter before posting it, check for any ****, and then modify blocked words to ensure smooth reading for all of you.
However, sometimes there’s no time to check because before posting, I still have to revise typos and misused words, and there might not be enough time, so I can only look back several days later, leading to a few Chapters having a lot of blocked words. Later modifications result in Chapter paste errors.
So, I rely more on readers to point out mistakes.
Unknowingly, I’ve written over 1,000 words in this statement.....
For the author, the hardest part is not being picked apart by everyone but rather being unknown, not even knowing if anyone is reading their work. So, if possible, please leave more messages for the author! (づ￣ 3￣)づmua!
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