(Addendum) There's something that left me speechless for a long time that I have to explain: why does everyone keep saying I get stuck because I don't make an outline? (Speechless sweat)
Whenever I say I'm stuck, someone says, "That's what you get for not making an outline." Please, I'm stuck because I can't come up with an outline! Being stuck = not knowing what to write or being unable to think of the plot = being stuck on the outline. World-weary.
Before writing this, I kept hesitating, thinking,
Ah, maybe I should just skip the thoughts section. It always feels so tiring to write, and summaries aren't exactly easy either.
Getting stuck on the story was one thing, but getting stuck on my thoughts was just too depressing.
But I ended up writing it like this anyway. I feel like I've kept at it all this time, so not writing it wouldn't feel right.
So let's talk about this volume, the tenth volume excluding side-story volumes.
From late July last year until now, after getting stuck again and again, I finally finished it.
It took over half a year and 182 chapters. That really was a turtle-slow update pace.
Maybe it was the lingering aftereffect of the Europe volume. After throwing everything into finishing that volume and pushing myself to the limit, I was left feeling drained after all that passion.
There was barely anything left in my head.
What was I thinking before I started writing this volume? I can't remember anymore. I looked through my notes and outline.
I'd just drawn out the timeline, figured out where the Green Rate storyline had reached, and what was still missing from the big picture.
I sorted out Fang Ran's growth progress.
Then I decided to write this volume, a