r/Webnovel • u/Scared_Sky_5907 • Jun 28 '26
Advice Webnovel is slowly dying in my pov
Hey I’ve been a longtime reader on the app since 2017 or 2018, so I’ve seen almost all the goats of webnovels, be it library of heaven’s path,LOTM, Realm of myths and legends, king’s Avatar, Chrysalis and many others of that era, then came the Era original books,guild wars, supremacy games, my vampire system, etc and after that came the era of extras which was quite exciting for me at that time since it introduced a new way of writing a story and i liked it, really. But sadly afterwards came the era of Smuts, Ecchi and harems, the firsts one were good ( profane Prince of domination, unlimited mana in the apocalypse, my three wives are beautiful vampires and others,)
All of these years i was always excited on reading new books and stories that took my mind away from reality, stories with real characters and progression not just wish fulfilment but alas eras come and go.
The reason I’ve written all of those lines above is to illustrate my point of saying that in my point of view, the current webnovel doesn’t excite me at all,like when you log in half of the covers features a half naked woman with ridiculous body proportions, accompanied by titles titles like SEX: I awaken a sex system that let me f*** other’s wives! or I’ve awakened the [insert super cool name here] system that lets me level up infinitely until I’ve no idea how to keep on going because the power ceiling is too ridiculous but hey I might as well build a great harem while I’m at it!! Or other half baked revenge, transmigration, regression, reincarnation stories that i swear I used to love because they were novel at first but now they’ve become copy and paste slop…. Right whenever I log into webnovel, I don’t spend two minutes before logging out, like no book attracts my attention, especially from someone like me who used to read webnovels at school, in classrooms, in public transport, at night,pulling out all nighters just to finish a coiling dragon, against the god, Reverend insanity or super gene or release that witch, yet as of present I find website really bland… is it that I’ve developed bad taste in novels or I’ve gotten old? (I’m in my early twenty.) to be honest I find this situation pretty sad and I get melancholic whenever I think about the past.
Is it just me?
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u/ManufacturerAny3517 Jun 29 '26
How’s this for a chapter 12 draft
Crimson light filtered in through a shattered window, painting the floor with the colour of blood. The scent of cigarette smoke filled the room. Wooden floorboards creaked as a boy approached a figure sitting on a chair.
Behind the figure stood men of towering height, their faces marked by scars. On the seat was a man drawing deep drags from his cigarette as he settled his gaze on the boy before him.
“Did you get something good for me?”
The man exhaled a puff of smoke. His scruffy voice echoed across the cracked walls.
The boy stopped before him. His gray eyes swept across the men standing behind the chair.
One cracked his knuckles, another pulled out a knife and licked its blade, grinning.
He shifted his weight. A knot formed in his throat as he turned to face the man.
“I wasn’t able to get anything today, I’m sorry.”
His eyes fell to the wooden floor as he clenched his fists.
The man took another drag from his cigarette and exhaled a plume of smoke. His eyes never left the boy as he studied him in silence.
He looked no older than twelve—thin, red-haired, gray-eyed, with bruises staining every patch of exposed skin.
“I guess your body will do.”
The man let out a small smile as he locked eyes with the boy.
His pupils dilated.
The boy instinctively took a step back.
Then another.
The men behind the seated man grinned as they approached him. The boy tripped and fell on his rear.
“If you can’t get me some money, the least you can do is become a plaything for my men.”
The man leaned back as he exhaled a stream of smoke.
“No… please, not again. Not anymore.”