Actually, shameless plugs will turn people off more than draw them to your story. So try not to overdo shameless promotions and self-advertisements because there is nothing less appealing than an author who obnoxiously spams his story in multiple threads and Discord channels. It makes you seem...desperate, and is more likely to invite troll reviews instead of actual readers.

    Tomoyuki yep. There's a fine balance to take. I'm not a fan of spam. Since I somehow tend to be a magnet for it. 😅

        Veronica8 Ouch. You need a spam filter! I'm not saying you shouldn't self-promote or advertise at all, but maybe one or two threads where relevant? But looking for three or more threads to post your story link will clog up the forums and make it look bad.

          7 days later

          28 days since I started writing.
          I got 100,000 views and 505 collections as of now.
          The ratio is 1:198
          Just 10 days ago my numbers were.
          13000 views and 77 collections
          The ratio was 1:168

          My novel is currently ranked 6th in the new original power rankings.

          Can someone tell me if I am doing good or not and can I expect to get contracted someday with these numbers?

            MisterImmortal that's good. I got contracted without those numbers. To be honest my book hasn't even reached 100 collections. But those <100 are people willing to take a chance on my book. So that makes me happy. WN looks for potential. You can also apply.

                Days since I started my novel: 104 Days
                39 Ch
                680K Views
                3,100 Collections
                [219 : 1]

                  2 months later

                  I'm really new here but if that doesn't matter then my ratio is 103:1

                  I think it's a fine start personally.

                    Hmmm 40300/106 = 380:1

                    Duno how that sounds but for a beginner duno.

                      Wow, didn’t think I’d see this thread back up again! Flashback to early WN forum days on here lol~

                      Ratios, hmm.... nah, I just had a fourth month hiatus, so it’s not gonna be pretty 😂

                        I'd like to join here just because I hit my first 1000 collections and I feel like celebrating 😍😍

                        Thank you to all my readers of "Trust in Love." It has been an amazing 1st month ❤️

                        154,900/1,087 = 142.50

                        More power to all writers 🤗🤗🤗

                        blanketskies super late and some1 prob already answered but in my experience itll be very good stats first 20k words and starts to steadily go downhill from there as multiple reasons like people who dont even want the genre try it / accidental clicks, same person views (not suppossed to but still counts it enough or at least I speculate), if u want a average tha prob when u have at least around 5k bookmarks

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