Silently Writing

Part One: Summary and Request for Leave

After completing the overall plot design for the first part of "Those Philadelphia Affairs That Year" in Chapter 250, A Qiao was quite satisfied that she was able to finish this plot according to the previously conceived outline. Of course, the plot design for the entire 97/98 season was indeed very difficult to write in the current environment where cool novels dominate.

However, I am very happy that this plot is the most stable in terms of 24-hour subscriptions since the beginning of "Da Tie" (lit. "Blacksmithing," referring to the novel). You handsome, legitimate Qidian subscribers have proven to Qiao with your actions that Qidian basketball readers are indeed the most rational, knowledgeable about basketball, and patient readers in the world.

In fact, I have carefully considered many of your comments and some potential problems, including the decrease in coolness, when designing this plot. For example, many people were worried that I would write too long, leading to a decline in subscriptions, but in reality, this season was designed to have only about 20 chapters from the beginning to the end.

Completing the "wandering blacksmithing" (Liulang Da Tie) plan in Chapter 250 was a rhythm that had been set in the detailed and general outlines long ago. Fortunately, although I can't get a perfect score, A Qiao still successfully completed this layout while stepping on the original rhythm.

As I said in the author's note in the previous chapter, I started "wandering blacksmithing" in Chapter 250 because "250" corresponds to "brain damage," and February 5th happened to be the release date of "The Wandering Earth." Therefore, this is one of the small easter eggs I laid out when designing the detailed outline, just like letting Su Feng be selected by the 76ers in Chapter 76.

In addition, I told you when I started writing that A Qiao wouldn't focus on describing every season of the 20 seasons, but in order to ensure the excitement of the last few seasons in my book, I must ensure that the plot is average. That is to say, in terms of plot, A Qiao has both the slaying-god-to-prove-the-Dao (Tu Shen Zheng Dao) from the beginning and the sealing-god-and-ending-the-show (Feng Shen Xie Mu) that goes all the way to retirement.

This time, Qiao won't adopt the writing method of focusing on describing the early stage of his career and then glossing over the later stage, because I said that the real excitement of this book will always come at unexpected moments.

Just like I chose to let Su Feng slay gods in his rookie season, disrupting the layout, in fact, in A Qiao's entire design, the historical mission of the 76ers ended the moment Su Feng led the 76ers to defeat the Bulls.

Because from the perspective of the complete 20 seasons, after defeating the Bulls, the coolness of this book and Su Feng's reputation reached an unprecedented peak. It can even be said that some readers will have an impression and be brought into Su Feng's world, thinking that Su Feng must win the championship in his second season.

But if we analyze Su Tie's (Su Feng’s nickname) current strength more rationally, you will find that whether it is the 76ers in the second year or Su Tie himself, they are still a little short.

And if Qiao allows Su Tie to win the championship early through cheating, then this will not only be inconsistent with the "rational" tone set in this book, but also easily cause a kind of reading fatigue from repeated writing methods.

In addition, allowing Su Tie to reach the peak without tempering also lacks some legendary color, and even lacks Su Tie's future story and topic after retirement.

Therefore, I especially admire what W贼 (a web novel author) said: when describing the plot, the author must put emotions, especially the readers' emotions, at the end. Because the author must use an almost rational state to lay the groundwork and make transitions in order to ensure the rhythm of a book.

So, after the explosion point of Su Feng's black eight Bulls passed, if Su Feng continues to stay with the 76ers and grow slowly, then let’s not talk about the problem between him and Iverson, but from the perspective of storytelling, such a story is too similar to plug-ins. Therefore, I mentioned to you when setting up Su Tie's character that he, who has suffered from capitalists in his previous life and knows how capitalists fool people, will not work for a broken team like the Knicks like that silly Lin Yi.

Being a city hero for the rice country, a hero rabbit for the flower country, is the script that Su Tie should take. And this is also why I think Su Tie's personal charm is stronger than Lin Yi's, that iron fool. (Laugh, see, the used-up protagonist has to be criticized by me).

Therefore, if you want the 76ers to smoothly complete the historical handover and temporarily end their show, then in my design, it's time for Larry Brown to appear. And one thing to say is that my description of Larry Brown may be the most objective in the entire Qidian, because in my book, I really didn't deliberately blacken him, and the reason why you all think I'm blackening him is that many handsome readers have grown up and matured.

After all, in reality, Brown has many stories that are much darker than in my book. In short, I didn't deliberately want to write such an annoying character. It can only be said that A Qiao has made great progress in the description of characters in this book, inadvertently making Brown attract enough hatred.

After Larry Brown appeared, the main theme of the 97/98 season has actually been set. In the chapter reviews, A Qiao can see that some readers want to see more descriptions of the game, but in fact, in the 97/98 season, under the circumstance of having to write the before and after transitions of the plot in more than 20 chapters, I actually only focused on writing the opening game and the game against the Celtics.

And next, the story mainly explains the growth of Su Feng, Duncan, Kobe, McGrady and other main characters.

Basketball novels are actually group portrait novels. In fact, you can review what you have seen in most basketball novels. How many games can you remember? And the reality is so cruel. There has always been a common problem in Qidian basketball novels, that is, once the season starts, the subscription of a book will drop sharply, and the subscription will gradually return until the end of the season during the offseason.

The reason for this is that writing about one game after another easily makes readers feel tired, just like fantasy novels that are always fighting and killing. Without plot transitions and character descriptions, no matter how well the game is written, it is easy for readers to skip subscriptions, or even skip directly to the end of the season.

However, from the beginning of playing against the Bulls, the plot of Da Tie can be said to be one section after another. There are plots in the daily life, and the plots also interact with the daily life. The foreshadowings are interlinked with each other, and the preparations are made into a corner. In this way, the smoothness of the plot of the entire book is completely different.

Therefore, it's not that A Qiao doesn't write games, but that the main theme of this season is not the game. Just like I can write a season in 20 chapters, I can also use 100,000 words to describe a round of playoffs against the Bulls. When it is time to write the game, the game will appear, but when it needs to give way to the plot, the game must also give way.

Only by telling a complete story can A Qiao think that it is a novel that is worth repeatedly reading in the future.

Therefore, the character description of Larry Brown was actually to serve the plot promotion from the beginning. Because of Su Tie's character, I only need to describe Larry Brown normally, and these two people will inevitably collide. Just like I said before, there will be a story when Su Tie and Kobe are put together, because the characters have different personalities, like Brown, he will inevitably have conflicts with Su Feng.

The inevitable result of such conflicts is a "war," and in this way, the turning point that A Qiao needs is coming. It's time for the 76ers to unload their historical mission and temporarily hang up. And A Qiao, the next stop carefully selected for Su Tie, the Raptors, in fact, I really didn't trick you, it was you thousand-layer cake readers who tricked yourself.

Hey, how can there be so many routines in reality?

Because of the plot design, I thought about it when I started writing that I wanted Su Tie to be teammates with the Four Great Shooting Guards one after another.

For example, Kobe in high school, Iverson in the rookie era. And if I want Su Tie to be teammates with Carter and McGrady, I think the most appropriate time is when these two people are still in the Raptors. Therefore, it is not so much that A Qiao made Su Tie leave the 76ers, it is better to say that as long as Brown goes to the 76ers, then Su Tie is destined to temporarily separate from Iverson.

Therefore, when writing this plot, I really can't mix any personal feelings, because if I integrate personal feelings, then what I write will be a completely different picture.

To put it bluntly, let the historical line make its own choice. Su Tie, it's time to lead a team to rise as the boss and fight for the championship.

As early as before starting the book, I told you about the bonus of being the boss to the historical status. In the NBA, most teams will publicly announce who is the team boss. The main purpose is to facilitate everyone to share their due honors when settling the honors.

And the future history will prove countless times that good brothers don't distinguish between bosses, which will never bring good things, because competitive sports are fighting for every second, if you don't fight for honors, then you can't wait for others to give it to you, right?

So after completing the leveling in the 97/98 season, Su Feng should also continue to grow on his own.

What kind of honor will he play in Toronto? And what kind of results will he get?

To be honest, in this era that has been arranged by me to be messed up, coupled with the fact that I said that this book will not be like a certain Lu novel and fantasy basketball that keeps winning the dynasty and defending the title, and going to 20 consecutive championships, so you may not believe it when I say it. Before Su Tie crossed the space and sent me the second half of Da Tie, I didn't know what would happen next. (Naughty, arms akimbo)

In short, the plot review ends here.

Anyway, it's still the same sentence. With A Qiao's style and the current control of the plot rhythm, you must have confidence in A Qiao. And with this wave of climax after another, tsk... I have even automatically imagined in my mind the shocked expression of Stern when he saw Su, Carter and McGrady taking turns performing dunks.

Wake up, Qiao is not that kind of literary author. One thing to say is that I have always been a cool novel author. And it is the ultimate invincible explosion cool... that is, the author who always disappears when the climax comes.

Well, on the point of length and thickness, Qiao still has self-knowledge.

Okay, the teasing is over, let's get down to business.

Next, from June 3rd to June 10th, A Qiao will take a leave of absence, and the daily updates will be temporarily adjusted to 5,000 to 10,000 words. And if the state is explosive... then the extra updates will depend on the specific situation.

After all, after writing the first part, the early stage and transition of the second part made my scalp tingle just by setting it up on the detailed outline.

There is no way, since I chose the most brain-consuming writing method, then it is definitely not suitable for this book to follow the outline of traditional basketball novels.

And after this wave of adjustments is over, starting from the 11th, A Qiao will strive to stabilize the update time, so that you can be spared from cultivating immortality with me, and have 2 or 3 big chapters to read every day.

Finally, thank you all for always supporting the legitimate subscription readers of this book, because your support has given me enough motivation to write better plots.

Tomorrow, Qiao will post a thank you note for the rewards when updating. Thank you to all the legitimate subscription readers who rewarded this book, love you, mwah! We will strive to see you earlier on the 4th!