Hello, everyone. Old Duo here. Thank you all for your support.
The Sword Was Originally Demonic has reached 700,000 Chinese characters and is slowly getting to the heart of the story. The dazzling Brocade Continent will gradually unfold from here, and Hou Niao is about to spread his wings and soar.
It was your support that made these results possible. Let's all work together and strive to climb another step higher.
All right, back to the point.
Reading the reviews lately, I seem to have noticed people saying that Old Duo's writing has gotten a little padded recently?
Well, first of all, I accept your criticism and will try to make the writing tighter going forward. As the saying goes, the deeper the love, the fiercer the hate. This is your way of showing you care, my friends. I'm very glad you're offering suggestions; they also give me the drive to grow.
Self-criticism generally follows this format: first humbly admit your mistakes, then try every possible way to find excuses and brush them aside. Old Duo has admitted his mistakes, so next comes the search for excuses...
Rises and falls in cadence, twists and turns, slow and fast setting each other off, highs and lows throwing each other into relief... These phrases really all mean one thing: everything is relative. There is no absolute gratification, absolute tightness, or absolute climax.
Only with lows can there be highs, only with level ground can there be peaks, only with descents can there be ascents, only with slowness can there be urgency... Constant gratification stops being gratifying. You grow numb, and the novel loses its charm.
No art form can stay at a climax forever: music, opera, literature... Especially for a webnovel running to several million Chinese characters, I can't do it, and