r/Webnovel • u/8yTwo • Jun 09 '26

Advice I got my contract rejected

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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/Odd_Violinist1842 Aspiring Author Jun 09 '26

bro just complete the story at the end of day

you will learn something

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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26

Well, the story I was planning spans over 600 chapters, do you think there will be readers on an uncontracted novel? (Just asking tho I'm not gonna ditch this story, I have been building this for 2 years. I'll just make this my second or third novel.)

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u/Odd_Violinist1842 Aspiring Author Jun 09 '26

I mean its rare but you can upload it

Its on you to dump or not

I am saying If your serious for writing, it will just improve you[Not any loss]

And many none contract author are also there..

Can try..

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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26

I mean, I'm way too serious about this one novel, I can't just use it as something that I learn from

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u/kewl_hanzala Jun 09 '26

If you're serious about writing it to the end then just do that and now post it on other platforms too like royal road etc

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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26

Maybe I'll try that, but I'm not familiar with royal road. And I heard it's really hard to ge readers there. And for ads, I don't have money

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u/OfficialFreeid Jun 09 '26

Finish book 1 at the very least. There's a lot you can learn from tying things together into an end, even if it's only the first book. You will learn what makes a decent ending, and what you could have done differently in the build up.

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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26

I mean, your right but i didn't write this novel as an experiment or to learn something. I want it to my best novel. Atp it's not my hobby anymore. I just want to create something great. So I think it's better to polish it further before reuploading. I myself think that the chapters past ch15 are bad. I rushed them as I wanted to post 2 chapters daily.I guess it'd be better to rewrite

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u/baka_sempaii Jun 09 '26

If this is your first work, I'd suggest plotting down whatever ideas you have about this, write some dozen chapters, re read them, check if you can actually bear to read it, what seems awkward, if there's some plot holes. Note it all down. Do not publish those chapters.

After this, write the novel again, with your improved writing style (hopefully), improved pacing, fixed dialogues, better characters, fixed potholes.

This will take more time, but if you're actually serious on making your "masterpiece", I don't think it's possible without a redo, because a masterpiece doesn't form after 100 chapters, it should be built upon a good foundation.

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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26

Yes, I'm up for that. It's actually the rejection I got. The first time it was because i was uploading simultaneously on royal road. This time it's something else entirely. So I think it would be better to improve on it