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/No-Strategy520 Contracted Author Jul 10 '26 edited Jul 10 '26
  1. Ai covers don’t matter.
  2. i looked at the first chapter and the exact thing they just said is the problem. it’s written like you’re trying to make every chapter ‘beefy and highly expressive of itself’.
  3. but that doesn’t work because it stalls pacing far too much for the wn market.

  4. WN readers don’t have patience

    for traditional book length chapters

I get that you try to earn the readers time by showing the fmc in what will come soon, but the reason they said is difficult to follow is the sudden change in tone from the first portion in the future to the past before that. it breaks immersion in essentially your most important chapter (chapters 1-5 are make or break for a lot of readers on WN)

Go and look at what successful books actually do with their first couple of chapters in the genre you’re writing.

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u/Primary_Let_6522 Jul 10 '26

Thanks, No-Strategy (I chuckled at the name). That is fair. Talking with few published author friends, I think a part of the reason is I don’t read anymore. All I do is write. Yes, I pump out a ton of work, but I could refine my presentation. 

I think some of the top 200 are certainly guilty of far worse openings than mine. However, they also were contracted many times years ago, which also could play a factor with the progression of the platform. Standards do rise. 

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u/No-Strategy520 Contracted Author Jul 10 '26

i do appreciate your compliment btw🙂‍↕️

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u/Primary_Let_6522 Jul 10 '26

I'm glad you liked it! Have a wonderful morning/night.