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SnoozySloth It is easier for Chinese author to write on the phone. Their Hanzi is easier on the phone, you can write using your hand.

500 words chapter is also bad. Readers won't have enough they thought you didn't write anything. 1.000 is the minimum. 2.500 is the maximum. Sometimes, when necessary 3.500 is very long.

If too long, you will face this Rabbink's readers problem. Early readers of my chapter felt confused with the idea. There were huge ton of information added. 1.500 is the magic number. Reader had enough and still made the novel bite sized. Imagine my readers binge read 3.500~4.500 chapters and they took 20 chapters (that would equal to 40~60 common chapters). Some would surrender at that, while the other complained at information overload.

MasterRabbink grandpa I know how to write such long chapter without make reader feel bored

Myriad_ ok

MasterRabbink

Hmm. I think I'd have a hard time going down to 1500. My chapters always seem to naturally reach between 2200 and 3000 words. Average 2500.

I only read a couple chapters before dropping it because it isn't a genre I like but here is an example of a successful short-chapter novel. It seems to have 500-1000 words per chapter. https://www.webnovel.com/book/11489429005404205/Ultimate-Sex-System

MasterRabbink i think i understand now...thanks for enlightening me master

SnoozySloth that's not a bad idea.....but isn't it hard to type so much on mobile phone?

Broughtwaorld2 I assume you sleep at 11pm and wake at 8 am, that quite a lot time to sleep
I usually write on my leisure time, after morning pray, 4-5 am or before sleep 11 pm are my usual writing time.

SweetsTomato i love sleep do i have to reduce it ..
i can try but its hard for me....i mean 'hell mode' hard ..thank you for the suggestion though

Broughtwaorld2 I also like to sleep, but before my eyes really closed my brain still can thinking about what I should write in the next chapter.
After wake up I just need to write that

SweetsTomato alright my good sir

Broughtwaorld2

Probably, but it's better than nothing? Maybe just write rough drafts on your phone if you have spare time. Don't worry about grammar much and just get the frame built. Then clean it up on a computer later on.

MasterRabbink Yo, lol I was casually reading the forums and suddenly found mine thrown in.....haha glad i am known by the honorable master! And only my second novel that won the prompt 15 days back is contracted....the other one is 45 days old but not that popular. Still, I love the genre so I im continueing to write chaps for it cos i have the whole story planned out :D.
As for me, i startedoff with writing 500-800 words, which made many readers go insane. I then increased my count from 1000 to 1200 now(on my contracted novel), which stops people from throwing tomatos at me . Basically, find what is comfortable for you and go with it. As for time, its the whole struggle. You gotta figure it out. Try voice typing, and then editing later

SnoozySloth That kind of story is hard to make long. I have been trying but found it is hard to describe. Gwahahaha.

KillerHemboy thanks.... i already started typing through my mobile phone......its hard but doable

Broughtwaorld2 Damn, that's hard as hell, I know an author that did that once upon a time but she told me that it takes her four hours for a chap...

Broughtwaorld2 Or use the old way, bring notes and pen. write it whenever you have chance to write :P

SweetsTomato

Let's not get too crazy now SweetsTomato. Whats next, a stone tablet and chisel?

SnoozySloth tablet with portable keyboard

SweetsTomato how about a scroll or sky messages

Broughtwaorld2 I'm serious! i'm talking about portable keyboard that Matthew used in diehard 4 movie on the powerplant scene

SweetsTomato oh.....sorry for making fun..my bad. I think i'll buy it. Oh yeah, one more thing.

I wrote a chapter on mobile and it took me around an hour to write 1000 words unedited. But editing and adding stuff through mobile phone was the hard part. Whenever i tapped the part where i have to change stuff, it would zoom out and increase difficulty to write.

Just sharing the experience.

Skully_ Oh how much i envy you. Ypu are practically a cultivator, a novel cultivator

Broughtwaorld2 Hi, I also write on mobile, android phone, using a Notebooks app. Never really wrote on PC or laptop before, even when I upload the chapters.

It doesn't zoom in or out so easier to edit. But my problem with it was that it doesn't indicated the word count, the search fxn only leads to the page not the exact word's position, exports to pdf only and no undo. But it's still easier for me than the ms office tools on mobile.

Just sharing my experience too.

DazzlingGem Well i don't use the softwares till now. I only use the inkstone platform on mobile through mozilla firefox ...... that's why it zooms out every time. Thanks for sharing your mobi-experience

Broughtwaorld2 Oh, directly on the platform. Yeah, that's difficult on mobile that's why I got another app for writing then paste the edited on inkstone.

MasterRabbink HOLY!!!,

I truly didn't know of this. When you say that the story is deleted you mean the drafts right? or the published ones?

Thanks for cautioning me in advance

The online world is cruel shivers slightly

MasterRabbink yeah you're right

MasterRabbink No I am a disembodied floating skull. See Dresden Files and my profile pic.

Skully_ with spooky eyes?

I have class in weekdays, so I only write in weekend in microsoft word using laptop, I can't use my phone for writing because my phone has some severe troubles and I haven't had any chance to buy a new one.

When I first started the novel, I was in holiday (around three-four months ago), so I have quite a stockpile by now. However, those chapters that I write still have a lot of grammar problems. I checked them again before copying them into the inkstone and set the timer (i use timer to maintain stable release since I can't stay online too much). In my case, I'm not working yet, so I still have time after college.

My chapter is not that long, only around 900-1200 words each chapter (mostly only around 1000 tho). My release rate is around 5 chapters each week and sometimes I give bonus chapters for several reason :)

As of now I don't have much leisure time, even the novels that I want to read for ages have been put on halt sadly because my schedule didn't let me have too much time for other activities.

If your schedule is so tight, you might want to change the release schedule or halt first to create a stockpile. Well, I guess this is all from me. Hope it helps.

Skully_ So in cultivation terms you will be called 'Venerated Hovering Skull' ?

Sorahana It sure did. But routine is all fine. But isn't there a way to reduce ......you know reduce some time in your true 'real life'. I know i have to try it on my own .....but any suggestions might work. You are a college student right. Think from that perspective.

Well, I don't think I could really reduce my real life time that easily...
You can try to reduce your sleep, but I can't say that I really want to suggest it since it's bad for your health.

Other things you can do is probably thinking about the plot in your free time (at least this is what I do when I have nothing much to do). I think about the plot first so that when I need to type it, I can do it at a faster rate and finish writing earlier. I usually use pen and paper to write them down first. For me, this can help me write faster.

Or if you have class that give a lot of break like you have to wait a few hours before the next class, you can bring your laptop to write first when you don't have much work to do from college.

Well, I can't really suggest much... I'm also a newbie writer after all :sweat_smile: