Squid Who Loves Diving

Part Four Summary and Request for Leave

It's been a while since I wrote a summary, and my hand feels a bit rusty, haha.

The fourth part, "Emperor," mainly has two meanings. One represents the last words of Olei, the former "First City" Emperor, which is also the main quest of the "Old Tune Group." The other refers to "power," specifically the change of power in the "First City."

Also, I'm trying to use different characters to represent different instruments. They come from all directions, converging into the most intense movement, and then gradually move away, one by one, leaving only the instrument representing the protagonist there to draw out the aftersound, rendering a feeling of loneliness.

This kind of writing inevitably requires new characters, with good character development, and the progressive layering of existing characters.

To this end, I wrote the arrogant "Father," General Forkas with the appearance of a lion and the heart of a fox, the compassionate Zenagar, the adaptable Galoran, the ambitious Gaius, the Asus who indulges in desires, the Zeng Duo who runs around for his hometown, and so on, and so on.

At the same time, Xiao Hong ignited her courage, Lao Han understood the meaning of love, Xiao Bai's complete presentation of the past and current determination, Da Bai began to face his fears, Shang Jianyao took another solid step on the road of mental illness, and Lao Ge slowly groped for the meaning of the word EQ. These all belong to the trajectory of character development, making their images more layered.

On this point, I feel that I have achieved the intended purpose.

The main problems lie in six points:

First, when I first arrive at a big place, and it is a place where I will be active for a long time, I am always used to cutting in from some corners to show the characters, the culture, and then gradually bring out the characters, and gradually outline the events. This leads to a relatively slow pace in the early stage, which may not be a good reading experience for some friends.

Second, there is also the issue of pacing. I have said that this book has upgrades, but I will try to weaken the help of upgrades to the pacing. Therefore, in the entire part, Shang Jianyao only upgraded once. From the perspective of readers who expect him to become stronger and expect more changes, this pace is indeed not very friendly. To this end, when I first made the settings, I made "props" similar to magical items, hoping to reflect the changes through the acquisition and consumption of props, so that the focus of the story is more concentrated on the advancement of the plot.

Third, the fighting. How to say it, every fight involving Awakened ones consumes my brainpower, which is more difficult than writing about fist and foot techniques, magic, etc. So it is easy to have a polarization situation: when certain abilities appear for the first time, in order not to make everyone confused, I will definitely explain them completely, and the fighting will seem wordy, suitable for watching in one breath, but I do not have the ability to write so much in one breath; when certain abilities have already appeared for the second or even third time, the focus is on the battle of wits and courage, and the effect is not bad, both interesting and intense.

Fourth, the lack of tension. When the main characters have not died all the time, it is indeed a bit difficult to create the tension of the story, and without tension, it is not exciting enough, and there can be no major climax. The solution to this problem can not be to kill people for the sake of killing people. They will naturally die when they should die. I will try to create the corresponding atmosphere with "failure" in the future, that is to say, not every task can be successful.

Fifth, this time, the change of power in the "First City" is only a cameo by the protagonist group, so I see it more as a stage to bring out more settings, deeper secrets, and shape characters, rather than a trigger for a climax, which forms a certain misalignment with the reader's expectations.

Sixth, some suspense settings have been dragged on for too long, resulting in not enough shocking feeling when deciphering.

The above is the summary of the fourth part. The fifth part is "Hero," named after Beethoven's Third Symphony. From the name, everyone should be able to guess a little bit that the fifth part will have content related to the "Salvation Army."

Okay, it's time for my most anticipated leave time. Well, today is Saturday, and there was only one update, so it doesn't count. Please take Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday morning, a total of three and a half days. The update will resume at 7 pm next Wednesday.

Thinking about it carefully, I was supposed to rest for half a day on Sunday, but it was put into the total leave, which is equivalent to only three days off. You have earned it, and I have lost it! (Ma's face)

Fortunately, since I posted a single chapter, wouldn't it be a waste not to ask for votes?

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