Chapter 901: Remarks

Originally, I wanted to finish the novel before talking about my feelings during this period, but seeing how worried everyone was because I split the chapters these past two days, I decided to speak up first.

Honestly, I was only sad for a few minutes.

To be frank, writing up to this point hasn’t been smooth sailing; I remember the first time I was criticized the most was when I contracted Little Qunbao, with many saying they would drop the novel if I did.

At that time, I didn’t understand why so many people disliked contracting Little Qunbao, but after reading the comments, I still stuck to my own ideas and continued writing.

Of course, I prefer more people to read, but fundamentally, I want to write the story I want to write; whether people dropped the novel or not truly didn’t matter to me at that time.

Later, the second time I was most deeply cursed by a group of people was when I took several days off consecutively.

I was traveling at the time and really wanted to be like those full-time authors who can write anywhere; I even brought my laptop on the plane, but I couldn’t write a single word; I feel that I really need a private space for writing.

Old readers know that I was basically criticized a lot when I first started, so comments saying I was writing filler truly had zero impact on me.

As for why I was sad for a few minutes, it was because I saw a comment saying that since my performance was good and I had achieved ten thousand subscriptions, I was going to write filler; at that moment, I just thought, “F***!”

For a brief few minutes, I really wanted to write that I wouldn’t write anymore, that I didn’t lack that little bit of money; saying I wrote filler truly didn’t matter, but saying I was relying on filler to harvest a wave of money truly felt like a personal insult.

Later, I calmed down; there were still many other readers waiting for me.

Writing books until now, I value my readers more and more, especially the old readers who have been following along; I don’t know if this is a good phenomenon for an author, because then you will incorporate readers’ opinions, whereas before, I only wanted to write what I wanted.

Just like the phone call two days ago, according to my thoughts at the time, I wouldn’t say it during the call, which is why I stopped there; later, some readers also noticed this point.

Let me tell you something else you don’t know: it’s the part where Lu Bao evolved to General-level in Super Dormant Star.

In my original plan, Lu Bao wasn’t supposed to evolve there; it was too simple for her to evolve just by completing a mission, but at the time, there was a chorus of calls for Lu Bao to evolve, so I wrote it to avoid disappointing everyone.

Later, I kept thinking about whether things would have been different if I had stuck to my own story.

Then I discovered the difference between myself and my past self.

The four updates a day for the past two months were my first attempt to see if I could manage four updates daily, and also to see how much the 20% manuscript fee from full attendance bonus was, because at that time I happened to be chatting with a writer about this topic; honestly, it was only a few thousand! I absolutely didn’t need to work myself to death for a month for those few thousand!

Later, I kept doing four updates daily because I realized I actually could do it; honestly, my typing speed has increased quite a bit after two years of writing; I definitely couldn’t have done it before, because I also have other things to do in real life.

Realizing I could do it was one thing; wanting to finish this story quickly was another; at my original speed of 2000 words a day, honestly, I was afraid this novel would take forever to finish.

My pace has sped up quite a bit in these two months; I want to write fast but not write haphazardly; I want to finish it well, not end it carelessly, so everyone doesn’t need to worry.

As for the two chapters these past two days, it was just because I saw some readers really wanted to see the teacher show off after hearing about contracting Qingqing Ni, so I split the original two-in-one volume into two chapters and released them first; essentially, the word count is still the same as a two-in-one volume.

Then, after releasing half a chapter early, I had free time in the evening, so I conveniently wrote the amount for the second day’s half chapter, which is why I marked it as not an extra update.

I don’t have the habit of saving drafts; I release whatever I’ve written; releasing it at 1 AM was just when I finished writing it, not because I’ve gone dark or anything…

I’ve seen all your comforting comments; although it wasn’t that serious, I’m very grateful to everyone! Rest assured, whether this novel returns to one update or two-in-one in the future, my goal remains unchanged: I will definitely finish it well!