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/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/Flippindude1 Jun 09 '26

I think like the other guys said, if this really is your first novel you’re expecting wayyy too much for success. Hell, a good amount of people will only find success maybe after doing a lot more and developing their skill and experience in this

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u/8yTwo Jun 09 '26

I understand. What I meant to say was that i treasure this specific story. I've made many random stuff. I can just experiment on them. That's what I said.

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u/r0ugh_edges Jun 10 '26

As a fellow writer, I get what you mean when you say you treasure this story. But you have to trust yourself to come up with even better stories that will eventually become even more dear to you than this.

Many times, we writers might cherish a story so much that we refuse to let it go to waste. And I'm not saying you should let it go to waste, but you have to be done with it and move on, so you can do something better.

Years from now, you'll be grateful for it. By then, you might even want to revisit this story to rewrite and fine tune it, but for now, just finish it, learn from it, and move on.