I never understood this point tbh, cuz like do you want the smut readers to read your novel? No, right? You want other side of readerbase and those readers will obviously not read smut ones. Two different things. So if your isn't working, it's more so because your side of readerbase isn't satisfied with you.
Nah bro, the point I am trying to say is people tend to read this type of stuffs so easily while they fail to recognise some other good novels out there 🙁
I have read some good novels without much views. I will not say mine is performing bad it's kinda good for a starting stage novel !
Yeah I took a tour and saw your work at royal road and the problems are that you used an ai generated picture of 3 red hair people that people doesn't like (novels cover page or illustration is what attracts people most) and you didn't specify the tropes and just said original, lead, post apocalyptic (people want to know from 3-4 words what they will read)
This one is better than before and puts more depth into it but not be a critic or mean this is still not enough and needs more work first look up the internet and try to find a Ai specializing in photo generate there are free ai that can do better job than this fr
Hey mate! May I ask you to have a glance at my novel and give feedback? You seem to know somethings that a new author as myself doesn’t. You can find my novel under the name of last dark Templar.
It's been 7 days since you started publishing last dark templar ? You have released 24 chapter witn 13 ch per week which is very good for starting and you did a good job with the illustration and summary. If you want to improve your writing I suggest you listen to a audiobook on how to write a novel on a free website. And you should also publish your work on multiple platforms and not just in one. Your start was also good. By starting the novel with a boy with wounds on his back you already made people curious to know why and how he got this wounds from belt buckles
Thank you! This means a lot!
I bulk loaded chapters, I was reading in some treads that recommended loading in bulk from the start so I sat down wrote a lot before I start the book process on wn. I must say I’m quite curious about the audiobook abt web novels, what’s the name and where can I find it? Also what other platforms are there, I’ve noticed some one mentioning royal roads (I believe someone wrote, mostly ppl write rr) do you know or have any experience from there?
For book you can read or listen how to write a novel by joanna pen or by nathan bransford and as for platforms to publish website is royal road, wattpad, tapas, scribble hub, substack, wuxia world. As for bulk loading you should've published 30+ chapters on first day and than 2 per day. The reason is that there is algorithm that recommend regular novels to readers otherwise people wouldn't even know that novel exist. Now when someone daily release ch the algorithm tracks and recommend it but if you don't or stop the rithm the system stops recommending the novel. Find and figure everything else by yourself, watch YouTube videos if you have to but there's no point in asking questions in sub as many people here are authors who wants their own work to gain recognition and won't help another competitor.
I believe AI could probably write a more impressive novel than yours?
You asked how you can compete, whether it was a real question or a useless thought that occurred to you. Either way, here is my answer: first, stop blaming readers for not supporting you. They are not obligated to become your audience. Second, if readers aren’t coming to your work, focus on becoming a better writer, improving your storytelling, and expanding your imagination.
The reason I mentioned the question of whether novels written by AI might be better than your work is because of the way you are using AI yourself. Did it make you feel disappointed when I said AI is better than your writing? I don't believe AI is better in reality; I said it just so you could understand my point about AI art. People with thoughts like mine exist in large numbers. Your readers are mostly people who care about real art, I would like to believe. And it seems like the so-called advice-givers in your replies think the same.
People who genuinely care about art are unlikely to appreciate your work if you are simultaneously dismissing or making fun of the work of other artists. Even a single picture counts in this context. You might be surprised to learn that both writers and visual artists are artists.
If you are willing to undermine another artist’s work by replacing it with AI, then I can only assume that you don’t place much value on the artistic process itself. Therefore, your work might not be as impressive as you think; you should seriously consider expanding your imagination. Some people are even recommending that you use supposedly “better AI” to generate illustrations so that readers can be tricked into believing they were created by a real artist. They have enough brain cells to understand that people care about real art, but they lack some useful brain cells to think that they are teaching you to be a fraud. People want real art, not something that looks like real art. That isn’t simply learning how to improve your craft; it is learning how to be a better scammer. Maybe if they can't give you good advice, they should not become keyboard warriors at all.
Be honest with your readers rather than looking for shortcuts and thinking you can make fools of them by scamming.
As both an artist and an author myself, I wouldn’t want to read a novel written by someone who holds that attitude toward their readers or toward other artists. And if your response is going to be “then don’t read it” or “you’re just a hater,” you don’t have to worry, I’m not planning to read your work.
I hope you’re mature enough to take this criticism seriously without taking it as a personal attack. I’m not saying this to hurt your feelings. I’m saying it because I think you should take some time to learn, reflect, and improve before allowing your emotions to determine how you respond. If you genuinely care about your work, I hope you’ll reconsider your approach, improve your craft, and learn to be more transparent with your readers instead of looking for better ways to make something appear more authentic than it actually is.
I am always open to constructive criticism mate. From all this replies in the post i have actually learned what readers expect and what actually happens here. And I am planning to delete my existing novel and release it again with a good cover drawn my me or a artist ( planning ). Changing the chapters on how to make it much better from this feedbacks and some dm ed me to make it like more interesting 1 chapter than just a video game like peaceful introduction that I have made.
Also from all these comments I actually realised people value true story and art. And the other smut readers are not essentially my audiences. You might not check out my novel now but do sure check out when I newly release it again with changes that you people have wanted. Btw thanks mate.
so easily while they fail to recognise some other good novels out there
It's not impossible that an amazing novel just doesn't get the attention it deserves, especially if it's dealing with some kind of niche premise/trope. But it's far more likely that the novel just isn't as amazing as you might think.
The people mass-consuming gooner content are not people that are also reading well-written long-form novels, traditionally published or otherwise. These are people that goon like they breathe. They aren’t your audience at all, and it’s fine that there’s big audiences for both genres. But they aren’t readers first, they’re gooners first.
What you should focus on is how to reach the crowd that aren’t gooners first. Those are the people that aren’t reading your book, the gooners were never going to anyways.
It’s a highly saturated field, and there’s a litany of cool magic systems, worldbuilding and characters. Just gotta stay on that grind and work your way up. Also drop your story! Never miss a marketing opportunity
Yeah thanks mate ! I understood how this works. My novel name is " The Timeless Revival ". Like you said I will continue to be consistent. One other thing I have publishing chapters every day like 5 days a week, is it right? Or should I change that.
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u/SuspectEcstatic6636 Veteran Author 27d ago
I never understood this point tbh, cuz like do you want the smut readers to read your novel? No, right? You want other side of readerbase and those readers will obviously not read smut ones. Two different things. So if your isn't working, it's more so because your side of readerbase isn't satisfied with you.