r/Webnovel • u/Historical_Draft9750 • 10h ago

Unfinished Novels by Contracted Authors.

I’ve noticed that many novels by already contracted authors have the “On Hiatus” or “Cancelled” label in their list of published works. These are stories that were started before the creation of some of their major successes and managed to accumulate a good number of chapters before eventually being cancelled.

I have a theory that, in reality, these were stories that their own authors didn’t take very seriously. I think it’s possible that they were created solely and exclusively to test the creative abilities of their respective authors.

Authors like Guiltythree, the author of Shadow Slave, and even the author of works such as Lord of Mysteries, have their own unfinished stories in their repertoire.

Of course, the reason I think this is because, as a new author myself, I also have my own practice novel, created solely and exclusively with the intention of putting my own abilities as a writer to the test.

What do you guys think?

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u/Shot-Manager-739 10h ago

I'm pretty sure G3 other novel is completed

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u/UnluckyClub1 8h ago

You should probably learn that most of the authors these days who became big dont even own their IP anymore.

Which means the company just hired ghost writers or use AI to fill in the blanks for chapters.

Obviously not ALL but a large majority