Contract Questions
Alliosis It's NoGift. Here's the link if you want to check it out; https://m.webnovel.com/book/11653172006457405 
I think it's okay to have slow updates. As long as you gather enough loyal readers, they won't drop your novel. 
Sighgray do every contract novel get gift?
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ThyUnknownSaint I think so. I mean, every contracted original novels I know has a gift function.
I'm going to add this to the Welcome New Writer thread. A lot of useful information has come out of this discussion that might help with another newcomer's question on this matter.
ThyUnknownSaint Yes c:
ThyUnknownSaint Yes c:
Immovable087 Damn, I don't think I can go 40,000 words in one month. Some of my chapters ranges only 700-1200. They sent me a message 4 days ago for the contract and the outline is due today. However, I don't have some of the requirements that were needed for the contract, I don't have a bank account. Sadly for me. Better luck next time, then. Sigh.
Furthermore, I still don't understand some the thongs that were written on the contract so I'm kinda scared.
If you're a contracted author please enlighten me.
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SEVEN i'm not but i have friends who are. webnovel is strict with their terms, just have to do what they say and you'll be fine. if not, then you won't see any author accepting a contract in here. you can accept the contract if you are strapped in money and you needed it that badly. but if i were you, since you write good and webnovel's offer of a contract affirms that fact, then just create a patreon account for your readers where they can donate money to support you and show how much they appreciate your work. later on, if you finish the novel or even if you do it in parts, you can sell the book in amazon. i think it's more profitable that way as an author in the long run. because once you accept webnovel's contract, you lose the copyright of your own work. meaning, you can't sell and post it anywhere else. they can even make a movie out of your own work and you get nada income on the project. a creator only in name and no other. but the choice is up to you in the end. glhf writing! <3
Immovable087 I read the contract carefully I'm ready to sign but my problem is I don't have a credit card or something to receive the money hahaha. Thanks for the info tho :">
I received an offer, which I declined. Writing is my hobby and I don't want to be bound to a contracted amount of writing. Anyway, there are two potential dealbreakers.
Important: If you plan to write for Webnovel only, then those two problems 100% cease to be problematic.
1) The licence is perpetual. That means that if the novel bombs here (ie no readers) then you're still never ever allowed to take it elsewhere. In the western (US and British) publishing market this is a dealbreaker.
2) You effectively sign over you world (but not the novel you're contracted for) to Webnovel. They want to write a sequel taking the story in an unintended (according to your plans) direction, then they have the right to write that sequel. That's effectively the same as signing off your copyright. Once again a dealbreaker in the western world.
However, to reiterate; if you're happy pumping out 40k+ words a month for a perfectly decent pay, then, honestly, do you believe you'll have the time to write anything else set in that world, or to go shopping for a new publisher for that (on average bloody horrible) novel you blew five years earlier?
If you view writing for this site as a really cool job where you get paid for doing what you probably like most -- writing, then maybe copyright and eternal contracts aren't that important after all.
There's also a minor problem that I did contact Webovel about. You're responsible for taking down your novel if it gets published somewhere else. That, ironically, includes the sites that scrape Webnovel for content and publish it. That, no matter how you look at it, simply is not OK.
StenDuring Yeah, I was thinking the same thing. What 'if' readers don't like the story, got bored and even dropped it. What happen after that? You may get less or nothing at all while they got the your novels rights. It's kinda risky. I also decline the offer one of the reason is I don't want someone to have the rights to my novel, second is that I don't have a credit card, haha.
Same here, writing is my hobby. But sometimes when real life beaten you down and you're lacking with financial life really gets hard and the road gets so bumpy haha.
I'm still searching for a job while I'm still in college. Hard to find a job though since they want someone to have a bachelor degree.
Ah, I'm so depress. Sigh. I need someone to talk to.
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SEVEN just join a discord server. i do that and i don't run out of people to talk to. cheers! <3
The novels you're most attached to is most likely early, and for that reason not very good, works. With skills you could pretty much design a world with characters that you basically only care for as long as you're actually writing the story.
That translates into the perfect match with the contract here. You like your story and care for the writing as long you're writing it. Cash in and never look back at the story the day you decide to drop it or simply finish it. Ie, copyright basically becomes pointless.
Think of it as being a contracted writer for Wizards of the Coast writing in one of their Dungeons and Dragons setups. They have, for pretty reasonable reasons, all the rights. You're creating officially recognised fanfiction after all.
Just don't contract a story that's truly important for you peronally here. It's a big no-go.
StenDuring Yup, very true. I was thinking about that! Sad for me though, No ID, No card, I have none! XD
StenDuring Yup, very true. I was thinking about that! Sad for me though, No ID, No card, I have none! XD
StenDuring But what if you can't take down the novel down even though you message the hosting site? There are a lot of aggregator sites after all.
StenDuring True, it's a "Web Novel" after all. Something similar to making money out of rough drafts like Syosetu, making cash at the side seems like a good idea and no need to vex like in a serious story
SEVEN ID doesn't technically mean driver license, as long as it's some identification. It's pretty easy to get one you just have to pay a fee and make an appointment at the dmv or something. As for a bank, it's a similar yet more serious process. Just take it slow and you'll eventually get one, but are you like a foreigner in your country or don't live in the u.s? It's no wonder it's hard then