SnoozySloth that's interesting... I post only 6 days in a week usually. Now traveling, didn't post... will try to post 7 days a week for 2 weeks and see what happens!
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Ierrech
Good luck. I've had my novel's appear under daily updates after a week or two, but I've heard it take around a month for some other authors. Consistency is important. You can always use the publish timer to. I'm usually asleep when my chapters release lol.
Ierrech That is roughly what I had when I first started out. I had about 1k per 1 chapter and about 10 new collections per day
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Ierrech I'm Macha's Journey
https://www.webnovel.com/book/10672212005098605/Macha's-Journey
Willing to do a review swap with you, I don't mind.
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Ierrech The trick is never write at your full speed.
For example: Your full speed is 2k/day. Your chapter should be 1.5k. So you have 500 words storage per day.
If you speed is 1.3k/day. Make your chapter 1k per day. You will have stockpile for when you have 'writer block', sick, etc..
MasterRabbink ah. I can write about 3.5k a day, or 2 chaps. But work and married life is busy + traveling... :(
BabyTanuki let me read it now :) A good break after agonising over what to do about my WN for the last few days...
Ierrech Your prologue is really confusing. A lot of world term bombs all at once. I opted to skip it and jump into Chapter 1. Still reading
MasterRabbink
My full speed is around 15K words a day. Do not recommend. No bueno lol. I managed 5k a day for a while and could have stuck with that, but college got in the way =(. 2,000 - 2,500 is fairly easy for me at the moment though. Takes 2 hours on a good day and 4 on a bad one.
BabyTanuki that's true. I have been thinking to delete the prologue... it's too wordy even for my taste.
SnoozySloth thank you and gonna try it! What's your novel? Gonna give it a read after 20 chapters of @BabyTanuki Macha's journey. Have done @ImBloo novel review already :)
SnoozySloth added to the list to read! I like steampunk since FO2... But isn't it hard to write...? I find it hard to populate my world with reasonable science things...
Ierrech
Super hard. Especially since I have no background in engineering or mechanics. Can't even change my own oil. I also haven't explored steampunk as much as I'd like to.
The novel's turned out much better than I expected all things considered. It continuously challenges me with a theme I'm not super comfortable in. On the flip-side, my novel contains mana which is a super cheat code for me lol.
Ierrech Thanks for the review. I'm glad you like it. I'm a new writer, so I'm struggling with the balance between world-building and action. I've been shifting chapters and scenes around like crazy since I first wrote this a week ago.
The next chapter was actually the first one I wrote, but then I was like "If I were a reader, would I give a sh*t about these idiots running around in the sewer shooting at giant bugs?" So I added two chapters to introduce the main characters, which became four chapters. Right now I'm tempted to add even more, but I'm restraining myself. Gotta get to the action before the audience gets bored :D.
ImBloo
I know the struggle lol. I was told my 1st novel was too slow-paced. My 2nd novel which is doing better has been deemed as too fast-paced. Such is life lol. I get a funny feeling my 2nd novel will get really popular right around when I run out of stuff to write and finish it. Then I'll be back to square 1 lol.
SnoozySloth Yep I spotted that (your lack of engineering knowledge) too in the first few chaps. Though you wisely dodged that later with the addition of mana. But personally, I think having some simple background knowledge will not limit your options, but give you more ideas instead.
Anyway, care for a review swap :D?
ImBloo
Sure. Yours was already in my library from an earlier forum thread anyways. I remember discussing the synopsis with you before =p. I try to check out some new entries each writing contest, but I was way too slammed during the cyberpunk contest lol. I'll probably get to your book sometime today or tomorrow.