While I failed to go epic (I aimed for 10K:1), 103K reads and 12 collections still belongs in the departement of absurd.

Obviously those twelve poor souls don't spend their days maniacially clicking the story until their fingers bleed. It's most likely a result of scrapers combing through 120 chapters again and again and again.

I won't try my hands at it, but I have a feeling that if you published 2500 dummy chapters with random characters you'll probably hit a million reads pretty quickly.

Enlightened_Being People love quick updates, I’ve noticed this as well. Personally, I recommend making a choice between the following: quality or quantity.

This seems like an easy choice for most of us. After all; most writers strive to write quality stories. This, of course, takes time. And patience. Something readers often don’t have (the previous statement is a generalisation).

Novels with (several) daily updates are popular among readers due to the large quantity of reading material they are presented with. Yet often I find that this goes at the expense of the overall quality of the writing itself.

My point is that though it’s normal but upsetting to lose readers due to slower updates, it often translates in better work. And believe me, those who enjoy a good novel will stay and appreciate your work all the more.

Personally, I update once a week (or whenever I’m finally pleased with my writing). And I’m taking a two month long pause due to exams. This isn’t popular amongst general audiences, and I lose a lot of readers with it, but who am I to hold that against them.

So lastly, don’t mind those that leave. Know that those who stay will love you for the work and love you put in your writing.

      Veronica8 wow, helpful. Also, very concerning about the scrappers. I mean, Wattpad has those Vietnamese mirror sites and people have stolen my stories despite the copy block. But not having copy and paste blocking just makes it so much easier. Dx

          Veronica8 I suck at math but this should be pretty easy, right? 375:1

          I actually posted about 8 chapters in February and ditched the site up until last week. When I came back, I had a ratio of 322:1. Pretty confusing since I spent 5 months not updating. XD

          I haven't done any promotion as I'm just now taking this seriously. Doesn't that mean since returning and updating regularly, I've gotten worse? Hahaha.

              Sigheti I'm ahead on my book as I've been posting on Tapas since November 2018. I have updates scheduled to 4 times per day. 12am, 6am, 12pm, 6pm. Because of the time zones. Majority are in the US but I also have a lot of Nigerians. Otherwise it's Philippines which is a 12 hour difference. Not to mention the HQ of the site is too. (@_@) I want to switch to once a day weekly when I get to season 2 but no clue what time.

                  lenapresents I’m amazed! How do you keep it up? Between hobbies and uni I barely get some writing done.

                  Do you finish a story completely before you start publishing it?

                      Enlightened_Being Quite an interesting initiative. I do wonder whether it’s better for me to first read the previous chapters, in order for me to give quality feedback on your new chapter.

                          Sigheti it's not completely done and I have 40-something short chapters (500-1500 words). Which is half that as 1500-3000 word full-length. I heard shorter chapters are best for serials? Tbh I wrote at work quite a bit. XD I've taken long breaks due to health too. So it's really not amazing. XD I'm just lucky I decided to post here when I am already ahead. I think season 1+2 will equal 60 chapters? Which is low for this place so I'll probably need a season 3 even if the main characters change to former supporting charas.

                              lenapresents I understand. My writing method is a little more leisurely. I hope you are doing fine again. Naturally, health should be prioritised over writing.

                                lenapresents the higher the view number the more it seems people are browsing not reading. 100:1 is a better ratio to 1000:1.

                                    Enlightened_Being I think you are not in the bad position. Having a lot of views is great. Just ignore if people don't comment. Just mind the thing that people kept reading your story as the number of views kept rising

                                        lenapresents If your readers like it, they will surely show you support. Try promoting yourself. I've done it myself. I get at least 4 comments on each chapter.

                                            The easiest way to induce a reader to manifest is: Cliff

                                            This works, but when you're starting it's a bit difficult.

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