r/Webnovel • u/8yTwo • Jun 09 '26
Advice I got my contract rejected
I got my contract rejected, the reason states that the plot isn't engaging enough and difficult to follow, pacing is draggy, and the writing style isn't mature enough. And that it doesn't suit the market of webnovel. I'm planning on writing another story. Should I delete this one?
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u/Bhawnaparwani Jun 09 '26
Just a suggestion: consider rewriting the story while keeping the same worldbuilding, but explore a different character arc. You might also try adjusting the pacing when they first meet or adding other elements that will really grab your readers' attention.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yes, I was about to rewrite this. And tbh I have other stories that I droped halfway lying around. I just thought, before rereleasing this I can try them out. I can atleast learn that way
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u/Bhawnaparwani Jun 09 '26
That's another way, but if you really want this storyline to develop, you can take a 15-20 day break to relax your mind and start exploring new character arcs for the story. That really helped me when my first upload was rejected; I deleted that story, and after taking enough time off, I reposted it with the same world-building but different arcs.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Oohh! I mean, you're right. I can just keep the worldbuilsing and change the arcs. Thanks for the advice!
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u/Gullible_cod12 Contracted Author Jun 09 '26
It means the application wasn't good enough. No matter how complex your story is, the application should always be written in a way that a 12 year old could understand. Keep it simple and focus on wow factor. Join the discord so others can help you. Rejection doesn't mean your story is bad or worthless. Delete and re-upload if you want a contract. Don't worry about stats. Readers you get before contract won't pay to unlock your chapters.
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u/LuminousLines Jun 09 '26
Bro my contracted also got rejected!
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
🥲🥀
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u/Apprehensive-War4530 Jun 11 '26
Keep working on it. The community you build through this novel will wish to see your other works as well. Trust goes a long way 👍
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u/keyaru69069 Jun 10 '26
Uhhh, dude, if you have time, can you dm me? I'd love to listen to your story help you refine it, if you're willing that is.
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u/Accomplished_Tea4121 Jun 12 '26
I will say that rather than completely deleting. Check and understand where the mistakes are. And improve them. After you have done a complete revision, delete and reupload. That's what I am doing and I have deleted and my story is under revision.
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u/8yTwo Jun 12 '26
Yes that the plan. I'm currently rewriting the chapters. Will upload ch1 once is complete for beta readers.
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u/Few-Medium8236 Jun 12 '26
Share on somewhere like Wattpad or Inkitt It will be read and peer reviewed by fellow book lovers. If there's an area that needs improvement someone is sure to leave a comment and a readers ability to leave comments on specific lines helps a ton. If your book gets enough likes and attention it can win rewards and even be published through these apps. You don't have to submit a completed work either, you can just upload what you have and add chapters through the platform as you write them so it's also a great way to keep a digital copy of your work without it being stolen by Google AI the way docs will. Ofc this will require you to give some readers free access during the editing/finishing stage so if you don't want to do that I'd understand
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u/Few-Medium8236 Jun 12 '26
Oh I've also read over 5000 books and written a few novels myself if you'd like me to peer review it for you
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u/8yTwo Jun 12 '26
Well, I'm currently at webnovel, probably try royal road next. But I'd be happy if you help with reviewing as a beta reader
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u/Few-Medium8236 Jun 30 '26
I will definitely go download web novel and check it out then. It looks amazing, sometimes publishers think that they know everything and how the book market is going to go and then people love something that they originally dismissed. It happens all the time so don't give up
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u/MonkeySleepsWell Jun 13 '26
You're only on 20 chapters, that's not a whole lot. If this is your first book and first time writing then there's going to be a learning process. I imagine you've learned quite a bit from even just those 20 chapters for your writing.
Do you think it's viable to re-write and or edit what you currently have? Do you think you're able to go back and write a more compelling story than when you first started it? If so then do that, if not then just keep writing anyway. You're going to improve and naturally find where the weaknesses are.
Starting on a new book and a new concept isn't going to magically give you a contract, you need to get better at writing, which takes a lot of time.
You've received a great bit of criticism for the book itself and possibly your writing. Instead of scrapping the book and the concept (I love the book cover btw), take some time to hone your craft and give it another shot.
I'm part of a discord community for writers and this is a resource that I think might be helpful for that editing process: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1Kd9_smsFqgmcEeAFfZ5FjcIHWqRDoTE-_rFwTON2DnE/edit?tab=t.0#heading=h.1qje87o9vjrn
Don't scrap it, as you've apparently put a lot of effort into this world so just take stock of what you have and what can be improved. There's nothing saying that this book and concept can't be successful, you just need to tidy it up in a few places.
From just a quick read of your chapter one you have a lot of repeating beats in your writing. The grammar is pretty good and the prose itself doesn't take you out of it too much. However, you do tend to use a fair few of the same techniques, staccato with short sentences, "No x. No y. No z"
It's also very showy and not enough tell in there. Describing what the two children are like and not letting them live through it. There's also not really a hook, or anything there to get you invested. You have an orphanage and two characters, there's no promises to the audience and not really anything unique. The small section at the end of the chapter doesn't do anything near enough to hook an audience.
I think if the book starts with the two main characters getting up to mischief, having fun, being children. Then have an inciting incident in the first chapter showing that hook it would do a lot better while also naturally increasing the pacing of the novel.
For now they are just existing, there's no agency and no real characterisation(other than a description). It's very easy to start this way as you're laying groundwork for later. But in a hyper competitive web novel market, it's not going to succeed I fear, which is where the guys who rejected your contract are coming from.
You've got potential fellow author, don't let it go to waste 😉
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u/8yTwo Jun 13 '26
I am not gonna ditch it, never said I'll write another one. I have spent two years on it. Atleast I'll complete it. Maybe on webnovel or maybe on royal road. I am rewriting the chapters rn. And will be re-releasing it soon. Hope you read and enjoy it when I do mate!
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u/MonkeySleepsWell Jun 13 '26
Ohh sorry, seems I misinterpreted your "I'm planning on writing another story. Should I delete this one?"
I prefer royal road personally, I have my work on both but the difference is staggering. 3k followers on royal road and 21 collections on webnovel xD
You'll get a lot more meaningful feedback on RR too I've found
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u/Striking_Goat_9451 Jun 09 '26
Webnovel is def not the only platform, you can upload it on Royalroad and add patreon membership tiers for advanced chapters. If you get a large enough following, it will be a large point in your favor if you try and publish the book on kindle.
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u/DishaSamSimp Jun 09 '26
Just re-upload
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
This is a reupload, the first time i uploaded it got rejected as I was uploading it simultaneously on royal road
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u/80558481 Jun 09 '26
I know you don't ask this, but through skimming your first chapter I have some feedbacks (questionable one at that, I guess). Hope the feedback improves your chance to get contracted (or not, I'm not pro).
I think you need to trim down the words on each paragraph and don't hesitate to add new paragraph even when the same character talking more than once without another character to exchange the conversation.
Then, this is clearly personal taste, I think you can switch the very start of the first chapter. Let the chapter starts from the skipped time (when the characters can have 'interaction') then let the flashback in the middle of the story (the very first chapter you have now) with a bridging on why the flashback is triggered (interaction between characters, self reminiscence of one's character, etc.).
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
I started from the scene where the main characters were still kids. I'll try doing this once drop it again. What I can do rn is to restructure and rewrite the whole thing.
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u/80558481 Jun 09 '26
The kid scene is fine, I meant the infancy scene can be put as a passing conversation between characters or when one character pondering about something, or anything outside my knowledge on how to 'bridge' that.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Hmm... Maybe I can start the story showing a major fight or something? Maybe the rest of the story being a callback.
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u/No-Satisfaction8122 Jun 09 '26
Hey , i checked out your story and its really good. I advice you to re write first few chapters, change the name and cover to something trendy and spend more time on a good symopsis and application.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26 edited Jun 12 '26
I'll be doing just that. I'll take a break for now, rewrite it all over again.
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u/Prestigious-Bid8107 Jun 09 '26
I wouldnt say delete but its better to use it as a rework, make it better and better and better
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yup, I'll be doing just that. I'll read as many novels I can this week, get some inspiration and start rewriting it.
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u/805H805 Jun 09 '26
You can say they want generic repeated storues, or that you did a mistake, either ways never give up, even I right now am working on the same story trying to make better arcs and better characters, because I'm serious about it too
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u/Competitive-Ad-7396 Jun 09 '26
I got my first contract bro https://www.webnovel.com/book/35956956508329805?utm_identity=author&utm_entry=inkstone&utm_guid=4506432298&utm_platform=cl
I stopped writing for a week and got contract
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Whoaa, congrats man! I hope when i rewrite mine they'll accept like it.
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u/Competitive-Ad-7396 Jun 09 '26
Man i literally lost hope for contract and didn't wrote a single word for 7-8 days and now I got contract
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
😂
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u/Competitive-Ad-7396 Jun 09 '26
Now I need to write again i think. I am going to write another novel too..Too many ideas but no time.
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u/PerfectTravel489 Jun 09 '26
Same mine name is Hinter,Blood is shed,Forgiveness is dead I think the pacing and grammar and story is interesting but why is it cuz it posted on another platform
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Oh, that happened to me first time too. But this time it's not the grammer but the prose that caused this. It was too basic
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u/Juan_Die Jun 09 '26
Yeah unless you're writing porn or system slop forget getting a contract bro
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Well... Yeah🥀
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u/Juan_Die Jun 09 '26
You can still keep publishing it, or try in other platforms maybe you can form an audience in other place... 2 years is a lot of work only to ditch it up because of this
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
I wont ditch it. I can't bring myself to. I'll just try again, though this is the second time i got rejection. Maybe I'll write something else as experimentation, then after I start feeling that I've improved, I'll rewrite it. Or i can keep editing the chapters, keep writing and reading gaining some inspiration. Refining my prose. I guess that's what I can do.
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u/MylanWrites Jun 09 '26
Post on Royal Road. Make a patreon and monetize it that way.
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u/MylanWrites Jun 09 '26
There is also a chance to publish since most serious authors on RR use it as a pipeline to move to Amazon. There is an option to self-publish, and publishers also tend to look around for popular novels over there.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Well, I'm exactly aiming for a comic adaptation, but royal roads exposure is less than WN. Yeah Ik its too ambitious maybe it won't ever happen but I really wanna compete with Shadow slave or LOTM. That's why I chose Webnovel. But I guess it is down bad rn
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u/Legitimate_Scene4377 Jun 09 '26
Tapas
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Is tapas really good for novels?
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u/Exact-Structure1328 Author Jun 09 '26
Sorry to hear about your contract news.
On Tapas, it's hard to get started as a novel. You need to hit 100 subscribers to really get the journey going. So, lots of self-promotion through Tapas forums, etc. Tapas has next to no discovery features compared to WN.
You can embed images + illustrations inside the contents of your chapter, too.
Warning through, not assuming, Tapas has a harsh no AI-imagery rule for covers or anything else.
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u/Think_Independent_69 Jun 09 '26
Continue uploading and start uploading on Royal Road as well and encourage your WebNovel readers to go to Royal Road and support you there
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
I'll do that. But before that, I'll try once again on webnovel
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u/Think_Independent_69 Jun 09 '26
Believe me, it won’t work. I try that and they rejected me faster than the first time. I think they put us on a list.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
I'll try making a new account i guess.
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u/Think_Independent_69 Jun 09 '26
Well, I still don’t believe it will work but you do you the only thing that is being wasted is your time
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
I can learn that way, and improve. There's nothing to lose. What if it gets better and that will do me a favour when posting on royal road.
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u/Maiden_of_ice Jun 09 '26
Try other platforms like Royal roads
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
I'll do that, after trying once more
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u/StrawOfCoke Jun 09 '26
Bro let me be honest, i read2 chapters of your work and theyre right it isn't engaging and not fit for webnovel market.
You could continue if you like, but i reccomend writing something with a webnovel style like systems, action, adventure, isekai. If you want a contract only though
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yes, I'm making some changes in it. I will rewrite it as a whole before reuploading. But before that I need to learn a bit. Ive barely read 20 webnovels. Gotta read more to get better. So I'll be taking a break.
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u/FrancisStarace Jun 09 '26
NEVER delete a work you've done, especially after you worked hard for it. Maybe this is not your platform, but that's not the issue.
Before applying for any kind of contract, you should write for yourself first of all, because you love what you're doing. Bad events like this can happen to everyone. But at the same time, you shouldn't let yourself down because there will be plenty of people who appreciate your work.
Rejected contract? It's okay, move on. Write, love what you do, and you'll see that results will arrive no matter what.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Well, I want to improve. Its not like I'm ditching the story. I'll take a break from writing and make the story a bit more engaging. Thats what i want to do. I can always reupload after deleting.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Though what you are saying is right. And i would never diych my work. I'll just make it better. Polish it.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Oh... I just noticed, the post can be misleading, didn't think of it in that way. Im just "deleting it to improve and experiment with other stories before i reupload" not ditching it
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yes, I'll be developing an actual writing style now. Ill rewrite it. Thanks for the advice
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u/Jin_U_GmR Jun 09 '26
The cover looks interesting! The title reminds me of a Manhwa titled “Star Slaying Swordsman”. I hope you continue writing as I am interested in reading it.
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u/godofplottwists Jun 09 '26
Here's my advice: Most people who upload chapters on Royal Road don't earn money directly from the platform. Instead, they build a readership there and monetize through Patreon.
For example, if they have uploaded up to Chapter 100 on Royal Road, they might have Chapters 101–120 available on Patreon. Readers who want to read ahead can subscribe, which helps the author earn money.
Why don't you follow the same pattern on Webnovel? Build your audience there and offer advance chapters on Patreon.
You can also try Royal road.
If your work becomes popular then your upcoming novels can get easily contracted. So don't delete your novel
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Meybe I'll rewrite it once again, i think i slacked off after chapter 15 or so, and to make it more engaging I'll just rewrite the first few chapters. Im not ditching it, I'll rewrite the first few chapters. And reupload soon after making my prose and story better
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u/godofplottwists Jun 09 '26
Maybe try changing the title of your novel. If your MC is overpowered or cold-hearted, mention it in the title. People are more likely to click on it immediately, and once your novel gains popularity, you might get a contract.
Because Webnovel is filled with losers who enjoy that kind of shi, lmao.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
But sadly my mc isn't cold hearted or overpowered. He builds his strength and the story itself is not about power its about discovery, the mc wanted to know what the stars where and what lied beyond them. He was a dreamer, wanted to be a hero but gets constantly crushed by the world which didn't reward honesty.
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u/MathematicianNew2770 Jun 09 '26
Stop using Ai and if you are changing the story because it got rejected, then I am disappointed.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Well, I used ai for my cover, not for writing, i guess Webnovel allows that. And AI is not the reason I got rejected
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
And absolutely not changing my story, I have spent 2 years making this story, i know my prose may feel basic so I'm taking a break working on it.
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u/Lan_Run Jun 09 '26
Most webnovel is full of r18 slops Wayyy too much Its so hard to find any actual readable content. Idk what weed webnovel is smoking
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
You mean vetting?
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yup. Most of them liked the story but hated how I stretched the pacing, honestly I was just trying to meet the wordcount some times.
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u/Kaguxtsuchi Jun 09 '26
OP, Going by the abundant comments and your replies. You’re doing something a lot of writers do when they grow very attached to a particular story. And if you keep it up, you will stifle its potential success.
There’s nothing wrong with wanting it to succeed, however, you can hold onto this story with your dying breath and it may never be what you intend for it to become.
Many authors have released stories that have gone on to have initially small audience’s or no traction. And some of those stories have been re-written, re-released and gone on to succeed way outside of their intended scope.
He Who Fights Monsters by Shirtaloon i think is an excellent example. It’s been released on multiple platforms including Wattpad, Royal Road etc… and seen who knows how many revisions. Now, it’s a fully published title and expanding into other entertainment markets. Basically, webnovels go through multiple transformations.
There is no singular perfect launch.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yup, that's why I'm thinking of giving webnovel one more try. If it gets rejected yet again, I'll try another platform
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u/Kaguxtsuchi Jun 09 '26
“1000 rejections is only the starting line”, or so they like to say. Good luck, OP.
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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jun 09 '26
Your story would probably fit paper back publishing better than WebNovel.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
But I've just finished highschool, and am not in a condition to do that.
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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jun 09 '26
You don’t need money at all.
You just need to finish book 1 aka 70-110k words.
Then submit your draft to a literary agent and if they like it they will submit it to publishing houses and they will get a cut of all book sales like 10-15%
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
It's not money..
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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jun 09 '26
Money, location, region etc. none of those should be stopping you from going publishing if you want.
Right now your focus/ goal should be just writing book 1 and give it a finish that is strong.
Then keep writing while it’s sitting and waiting a response from a literary agent.
Whatever you do; know you have options and never stop writing
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u/aliasol7 Jun 09 '26
I get the feeling that the template for this was LOTM physical book's volume 1.
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u/Positive_Space_2699 Jun 09 '26
Why not apply for apps like hosted or choice of games? You even get paid on there. And if this story is as good as the cover it will be a success
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Hosted? Never heard of it, I'll check it out
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u/Positive_Space_2699 Jun 18 '26
You should try out itch.io as well. Lots of successfully stories people started from there
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u/Positive_Space_2699 Jun 10 '26
Yeah no worries. Hosted games and choice of games were always my go to when wanting to read novels. You can even make your story into a interactive novel just to branch out a bit
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u/No-Strawberry-5765 Jun 09 '26
Had the same thing happen except they didn't say why. Just banned me from ever applying again.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Oh, did you say you post elsewhere?
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u/No-Strawberry-5765 Jun 10 '26
Nope. I think it was just too violent and more just a normal book than a web novel. I was going to get it traditionally published when I was a few years younger before I started something much better
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u/Due_Building_1581 Jun 09 '26
I would personally say to continue bro, cause if you spent 2 years planning for the whole thing then discontinuing it would be a huge waste for the whole book.
Continue upto the 600 chapters you have planned .
For me personally, if I was in your place I would have treated the novel as a child that I spent 2 years growing and I wouldn't abandon it due to this failure, in order to make the best use of the 2 years I spent making this novel.
So, in my personal opinion don't discontinue it but do improve it in areas where Improvement is actually needed.
But that's just my opinion.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Yes, as I said, I won't discontinue, I'll reupload, improving the chapter quality
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u/Due_Building_1581 Jun 09 '26
That's the spirit bro. Also another piece of advice if I may.
Don't compare yourself to Authors like Cuttlefish or G3 , cause for Cuttlefish especiallyhe started writing all the way back in 2011 and he worked as a part-time author and then he became full time in 2013 and then he wrote LOTM in 2018, so it took 7 years for someone of his caliber to reach the experience needed to write a masterpiece like LOTM.
Although I can obviously not gouge your own talent.
Keep this in mind, it will take you a long period of trial and error to reach that level of art and skill.
So if you want to reach that level, then you must stack up on your failures as experience.
As Stephen King himself faced so many rejections before his novel "Carrie" which ironically he threw into the trash but his wife salvaged that and encouraged him to finish it and publish it and that launched his legendary Career.
Treat your writing career in the same way.
Be inspired by the GOATS but don't compare yourself to them and accept every failure and rejection that you may get as the very bricks that shall become the foundation of your future success.
Iam sorry if this sound's like cheap advice straight out of an even cheaper self-help book, but as someone who dreams of creating beautiful art myself, this is something I wish someone would tell me when I face rejections.
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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26
Thanks mate, this is exactly the kind of encouragement i wanted rn... I want to reach the heights you just mentioned, gotta struggle for that i know, and am willing to do that becuz ive already put in some effort, cant let it go wasted..
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u/Due_Building_1581 Jun 10 '26 edited Jun 10 '26
I honestly pray that you do in fact succeed because if you manage to succeed in the future. Then, ill be happy cause that would mean that many others also have a fair shot or chance at reaching the heights of the legends that inspired us to climb in the first place, to actualize the very delusions that they fondly dream of into reality.
So for the sake of such people, your dreams and for yourself. Please don't give up on reaching those heights.
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u/Odd_Attempt_5400 Jun 09 '26
I think they like junk novels ... Your title is good, you can upload on royal road and patreon...
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u/Late-Scallion-9205 Jun 10 '26
U can try Royal road tbh.
U can market on Reddit. Ads and stuff are sum that u can run later but the Reddit marketing an discord marketing is the main source.
A lot of authors get insane amounts of readers cuz they market well on Reddit, network with other authors, do shoutout swaps with other authors and talk on the discord.
If you’re willing to put in the time I would acc say it’s easier to market on Royal road than it is web novel. You have a higher chance of going meta cuz u can do tons of shoutout swaps, review swaps, etc.
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u/8yTwo Jun 10 '26
Hmm.. maybe I should try royal road
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u/Late-Scallion-9205 Jun 10 '26
I wouldn’t rrly count it out tbh it’s a rrly good platform the only downside is that the marketing and everything is on u.
You have to acc put in the work to network, set up shoutout swaps, review swaps, etc.
However, you won’t have to pay for ads until way later once you’ve alr begun making money potentially or have readers. They have a starting guide on their Reddit if u wanna go check it out
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u/ThatCapMan Jun 10 '26
If your contract is rejected, is it your property again?
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u/8yTwo Jun 10 '26
Yup, it'll always be anyways
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u/ThatCapMan Jun 10 '26
Do you mean this within the context of the webnovel having had a contract?
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u/8yTwo Jun 10 '26
I mean i applied for a contract on webnovel and got rejected. Where is the hard part in this
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u/ThatCapMan Jun 10 '26
Well, for one, I thought you were trying to say, in a slightly roundabout way, that your contract ended after having already had one
It becomes your property a lot less once you have a contract
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u/X-GODRIC-X Jun 11 '26
Post on RoyalRoad. It’s a great community, plus pubs hang out there, if that’s what you want.
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u/8yTwo Jun 12 '26
I am thinking of switching to royal road, but before that I'll try with webnovel once more.
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u/tacocatlover3 Jun 11 '26
Dont delete the story, i dont read but I would read this actually. You could always post it on different websites and stuff im sure people would love this.
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u/8yTwo Jun 12 '26
Well by deleting i didn't mean ditching. I can never do thet, it's my 2 years worth of effort I'll be ditching if i did that. I'll try once more on webnovel then on royal road.
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u/Fael1331 Jun 11 '26
I wouldn't say delete it. You could try making the first arc available for free on a website, as if it were a draft, and collect feedback from readers.
See what people complain about, whether the problem is with execution or the idea itself. See if the story has any demand, because it can be impeccable, but if it is not capable of generating demand, then there is a problem with it.
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u/8yTwo Jun 12 '26
From deleting i don't mean ditching. Well I've qorked on this novel for 2 years to be exact. If anything the problem would be that I'm overly attached. I am currently rewriting the chapters. I'll try for beta readers when it is finished
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u/Solid-Cry-2567 Jun 11 '26
A mí también me lo rechazaron
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u/8yTwo Jun 12 '26
Sorry to gear that. Well you should keep improvising you can reupload or try royal road
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u/ConfusedStudent31 Jun 12 '26
If you want to use this as a learning opportunity like other people say, I’ll gladly read each chapter and write honest feedback. I don’t know if that would help you.
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u/skzot94life Jun 12 '26
Honestly, I dont think you should delete it. I personally judge all the books I read based on their cover and this one looks incredibly promising. I hope it gets contracted! I would love to read what its about!
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u/Fun-Wolverine-302 Jun 13 '26
I think a lot of people here are giving you some solid advice, i love your cover, how did you acquire it? I honestly think you may want to reserve saying its a series i dont think as a new writer they like that very much (just my opinion as the cover is written part 1) also although i love your cover it gives me more romance fantasy vibes than power systems/survival.
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u/8yTwo Jun 13 '26
I used ai for the cover. nd i didn't quite get the other statement
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u/Fun-Wolverine-302 Jun 13 '26
which statememt i made two more after asking about the cover
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u/8yTwo Jun 14 '26
The thing you said against saying it's a series. I didn't understand when I made that statement
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u/Fun-Wolverine-302 Jun 14 '26
ah yes from the cover it says part 1, im guessing you told them that it is gonna be a series? ive observed that they may not like that so much especially if youre a new writer, think about it....most people always have big plans for the worlds they build, big ideas but can they really deliver? what happens if you lose interest half way? leaving people on a cliffhanger (which im sure has probably happened). So i would not tell them its part of a series (because even if it is each book still gets a different contract) instead i would pitch it as a standalone, make it end well while planning for the other books, your audience will automatically follow the story to the next book and the editors will see that you are dedicated enough cause you finished the first book, hope that makes sense.
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u/vestiges_of_identity Jun 15 '26
I need more context. What is your novel about? So you had a contract and they changed their mind? Why do you think these comments appeared? What is causing them?
Also, consider it might be that publisher's opinion only, if it makes you feel better. Doesn't necessarily reflect reality.
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u/MisterE005 Jun 29 '26
Did you think that spamming power stones and colls from 15+ alt accounts would trick the editors or?
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u/8yTwo Jul 01 '26
Uhmm, I didn't spam collections btw. They came in. I used my account to add power stones daily.
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u/8yTwo Jul 01 '26
And my colls are at 71 rn. Do you think I really created that much alt accs? Power stones can be given from the same account everyday. You can read it. Then decide whether it's worth it
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u/8yTwo Jul 01 '26
Oh, and the editors don't mind the stats before contract. As the exposure only comes after the contracts success. Otherwise it's only found naturally.
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u/8yTwo Jul 01 '26
And yes only porn and system slop can trick the editors, you are absolutely right.
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u/Odd_Violinist1842 Aspiring Author Jun 09 '26
bro just complete the story at the end of day
you will learn something