Millennium orchid, a family of Gnetales, English name Welwitschia mirabilis (this complex name is in honor of its discoverer, Austrian doctor Friedrich Welwitsch), a naked child growing in the deserts of southwestern Africa Plants (if interested, in Namibia's second largest city, Swakupmudo (Author's note: , it seems that from the name, it can also be seen that it used to be a German colony) If you take a day trip to the Namib Desert, you can be lucky enough to see this extremely long-lived plant).Named for the long life of the leaves, the cones are opposite: This is in order to adapt to the harsh environment of the desert, so that the offspring will not encounter more difficulties and evolved.

In fact, the name recorded in my writing outline for this article is "Double-sided License Plate".When I officially started writing, I felt that the name was too straightforward and boring. After repeated consideration, I changed it to the current name. In novel creation, fictional characters exist as cross-sections of "real people", which means that a certain degree of generalization brings about contradictions between taxonomy and literature—the actual significance of this implicit statement lies in: we Overly typical generalizations should be avoided as far as possible, and cultural stereotypes brought about by facial makeup creation should be avoided.

The naming is also in line with this warning - I have found more than one connection point between the characteristics of the plant and the vein of the novel: such a symmetrical and aesthetic echo easily overcomes the rigidity in the creative process, unconsciously It makes the "section" drawn up at the beginning of my writing appear more dynamic and tense. It's okay to be confused by such a statement - after reading the whole article, you will naturally know the meaning hidden under the title (laughs). Although it is a preface, it is not written before the main text is written.After probably writing thousands of words, at an unexpected turning point when writing the outline, I was suddenly unable to determine how to proceed with the plot, but I was unwilling to stop writing (on this day, I still have plenty of time to write)—but since the main text has been written, it is best not to force it, and simply turn back and write the preface.

This is not to imply that my preface is perfunctory every time-it is indeed far easier to write a preface than to complete the content: write down your own impromptu ideas, as well as some abstract layouts about the entire case and leave appropriate , The suspense that makes readers can't help but read on-these are of course relatively easy things. As for the writing of the main text, after the outline was listed, all relevant content began to circulate in my mind (such as the execution method of the case in this article, the criminal's tricks, the motive of the crime, the important clues Wenzel discovered, Taf Anne’s unexpected behavior and some erroneous reasoning about some small details): I can write them down in my own order and make an easy-to-review case summary—that’s only two sheets I’m afraid. A4 size printing paper, not necessarily full. Write down the above points in chronological order (according to needs, with interludes and flashbacks), followed by a rather difficult fill-in-the-blank question - add all the blanks in it. The above topic itself is the draft of each Wenzel series of novels: After this kind of exam is over, I must also play the role of a corrector, correcting the composition of this writing test that only fills in the blanks and does not have a specific exam time. Lots of little logic errors and some pure language glitches, with as much detail as possible.Many times I will use the "first draft" as an excuse to be lazy and take a break for a while-after the rest period, I will revise it when I re-read it:

It is more interesting to revise with the reader's mentality. After several revisions, I will mark the article as "done": the exam is over, regardless of the grades, and I finally breathe a sigh of relief. The weather has been very bad recently, and the sun has not been seen for quite a long time, which directly leads to gloomy mood and laziness. Suddenly, I had a very bad premonition: probably the completion time of this article will exceed any work I have written before, and it will become the longest work in "Wenzel's writing career" . Hmm, there should be a limit to laziness, that's all for the preface.

(On January 20, 2006, the author's supplementary note: During the time when the writing was interrupted, it was completed, and then there was a rest period of more than half a year-in this way, the period between the first half and the second half of the book was finally completed. Reluctantly staggered for as long as a year, the "premonition" in the preface has naturally become a reality.)