Never Hiatus was an old washed-up flop.
Three years into the business, every book he wrote either flopped miserably, got banned just as it was starting to pick up, or had its updates delayed by family matters. A thousand words boiled down to one sentence—
I'm just too damn bad at this!
Thinking of how he was already past thirty and had accomplished nothing, sorrow welled up in his heart.
Old readers familiar with Never Hiatus knew he'd had it pretty rough.
Precisely because life was so bitter, he wanted to write something lighter. He didn't like plots full of deep-seated hatred, slow cultivation, saving the world, and the like.
But anyone who had written before knew that the lighter the story, the more exhausting it was to write.
There were no fixed formulas to follow.
No intensified conflicts to drive the plot forward.
Especially for a story where the protagonist was invincible in every profession—it was harder still.
Just think about it.
While others padded things out with training, you were already max level.
While others padded things out with side professions leveling up, your side professions were already maxed too.
While others padded things out with battles, you one-shot them with a single move.
How the fuck am I supposed to write this?!
How should I put it? This book forced you to write characters, write plot, and build an interesting worldview. There was no other way.
Overall, this was a niche book, and my writing style drifted around a little too much. It wasn't steady enough yet, so I still needed to keep working hard.
Its results were average, and it also ran headlong into works by major authors. It didn't even get a Sanjiang Featured Recommendation or a Strong Recommendation. I didn't know whether I could