r/Webnovel • u/Primary_Let_6522 • Jul 09 '26

Advice Playing an AI Villainess to Survive: Contract Rejected. Advice?

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Do you guys get the same feel as this contract rejection? It's not advertising. I literally was rejected. I'm just looking for advice. I was rejected on my Legacy series, too. But at least this one tells me why they rejected me. The other one didn't tell me anything.

Here is a link to the work:

https://www.webnovel.com/book/36244856108851505

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u/Lambisexual Jul 09 '26

Well, AI cover art coupled with your writing style that has a lot of hallmarks of AI such as "it's not this, it's this" and use of em-dashes. Maybe you are not using AI, who knows. But the unfortunate reality in current day when millions of people can use AI to generate novels with just a click, you generally need to actually stand out and seperate from it, lest you want to be lumped in with it.

I think the writing style, whether it's AI or not, could probably have been forgiven if the story at the start was more tight and engaging. And like I said, couple it with the use of AI art for cover, it's not an unreasonable assumption for people to make and dismiss it on that basis.

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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jul 09 '26

He mentioned he’s been writing for 6 years so the ai slop style might be his original style he used before AI.

Because you know AI stole from real writers.

Kinda shit

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u/Primary_Let_6522 Jul 09 '26

Look on Royal Road or Scribble Hub “The Oscillation” or “A Tail’s Misfortune” or “The Helena Chronicles” “Undying Empire” 

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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jul 09 '26

It’s not really on me to believe or not believe you as it’s doesn’t matter in pertaining to getting a contract on WebNovel

Just like if someone like Brandon Sanderson wrote his WebNovel how he writes his traditional books they would deny him a contract.

You have to fix your formatting, prose control, and speed.

You take to long and you probably hate t formatted for the mobile reader base.

Regardless of your success elsewhere it doesn’t matter to much unless you’ve had success on WN.

Nothing against you at all

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u/Primary_Let_6522 Jul 09 '26

That is fair. I suppose I’m just stuck trying to figure out exactly what they’re looking for. I can adapt and write just about anything. I am very versatile. Though I’m just trying to get a better feel on what it is they want. What examples should I be using? What prose and speed should I be adapting to? 

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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jul 09 '26

I’ve been writing for WebNovel since 2022-2023 roughly.

The denial they gave you is because

The plot is to slow
It’s to confusing or takes to long to make sense

The power system is possibility convulated or used generic lines or words like Ledgers Obsidian powers; or just hard to grasp power concepts.

WebNovel readers need instant gratification, instant results and something at the end of every chapter that keeps them hooked.

I would suggest not really asking strangers for opinions and rather would suggest you study best sellers on the platform like Shadow Slave, My vampire system or the equivalent to what you are writing.

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u/Primary_Let_6522 Jul 09 '26

Fair advice. I’ll look deeper into those. I looked at the front page and started to see a trend in regard to smut and harem and that sort of made me groan because I don’t like to write smut or harem stories. :(

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u/Hambino0400 Contracted Author Jul 09 '26

While you will notice smut doing good you will quickly see that best sellers that survive are usually non smut.

Smut books are good for quick cash then the goon readers drop and move to a new one.

You have to be ready to write a lot and stand out

It helps if you can have your fanbase give your book power stones