This month flew by so fast.
At the end of last month, I was told this book might have a chance at a Sanjiang recommendation this month, so I held off on launching paid chapters at the start of the month and waited a little.
Unfortunately, all the other authors in the running were heavy hitters. I couldn't beat them, so on the fifth, I suffered a crushing defeat and hurriedly launched paid chapters.
The cutoff fell at a rather awkward point in the story, and quite a few readers complained. But a book can't satisfy everyone's tastes, so I could only follow the direction and plot I wanted.
At one point, I considered changing the plot, such as bringing Li Moxiao, Yang Ao, and Old Fu over to reunite,
or having Shen Jin unleash his full power and return to Q City to establish himself there again.
But... I couldn't write it that way.
Many top authors in the field have said not to casually change a plot you've already planned. If you really do change it, the pacing of the entire book falls apart, and you'll like your own story less and less until you finally abandon it.
So in the end, I held firm. I weathered the poor initial subscription numbers, too, because I believe this arrangement makes sense when you look at the book as a whole. And I'll make sure the plot ahead is exciting enough.
That way, the shifts in each main character's mindset can flow naturally, rather than having them abruptly decide to do this or that.
That wraps up my thoughts on the plot and comments that kept troubling me throughout February. Next, let's talk about the results and my plans going forward.
First, three things to celebrate:
1. This book got