Hello,I'm a new writer in webnovel and I really wants my novel to go premium but i don't know what to do.please what do I need to do for my novel to go premium?
What does a novel needs in order to go premium?
if your novel is in top 350 of power ranking, and if you would like to work with Webnovel, you could fill in this form to apply for a contract over your novel: https://forms.gle/DffkPpvWeqU41UjC9
You could also look at this for reference with regards to signing:
https://docs.google.com/document/d/17BiltZicKEOhbLSS6utEd6kahv7_-0QI2dBky5x0R-g/edit?usp=sharing
I copied this exactly from the Inkstone discord server.
You could also win a chance of getting contracted by winning in a contest.
Reposting this answer to you from when I responded to someone else...
I was recently contacted by the webnovel team to go premium, that's what us originals authors want but I don't think it makes a lot of money, but I haven't been on the premium system yet to comment on this part. I'm mainly writing for my own pleasure and getting paid a little for it is a plus :D
Usually, try to write at least 60+ chapters. You can wait for them to contact you? I don't really know how to contact them but your story must gain lots of collections/reads/traction that even the team can find it themselves.
Making money is monthly as I was told, having to update everyday 1k words or so. Gifts by readers generate money and webnovel pays you monthly based on word count.
That's all I can really offer...
Make sure your story appeals to the mass or is something you are passionate about with often update schedule.
Some more info here: https://acts.webnovel.com/2018/62185143/index.html
valeriex I got contacted by a content editor through email from webnovel. Was that how they contacted you? I want to make sure it’s legit lol
Sweetflowlips If the email is from contract@webnovel.com then yes, it's legit c:
valeriex
How do you receive notifications that you have been paid for your novel,I mean monthly pay.
Xincerely Hmm the editor has @yuewen.com as their email, but other writers also got an email and the person left them a comment on their chapters. One of the writers said that he/she rejected the offer, but its legit.
Sweetflowlips Yuewen should be legit
valeriex
Hi,please is it compulsory that it is only webnovel writers whose novel is up to 30,000 words that get paid monthly or not?
valeriex Take note that it's a royalty contract. So how much the book earns gets split according to the percentage agreed upon the contract.
An author can choose not to update, but that will affect his fanbase. Put yourself in the shoe of a reader, you will obviously prefer the content creator to have fast updates and good quality writing, etc.
Sweetflowlips i got contacted in discord, yes make sure its right email as someone listed earlier.
Flabbergasted it should be on inkstone on payment section i havent gotten paid yet or start premiuim until October. I believe you need to wait until word count is around 30k words to begin thinking about going premium/getting paid.
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The webnovel contract is shit and doesn't pay you anything. Patreon is better.
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Webnovel contract offers a minimum of $200 every month for the first four months even if nobody gives you any spirit stones.
If nobody supports you on Patreon, you will get absolutely 0, no matter what.
Tomoyuki
Then does it mean all webnovel non-contract writers who does not have a patreon account does not get paid,I don't quite understand?What about those who don't even have the idea that something like patreon account exist?if you don't have your fans support you don't get paid?
Flabbergasted It means their work pretty much as zero commercial value (no readers are interested in their writing)
Imagine an artist who can sell their drawings for millions vs a three-year-old child who can 'draw' stick figures. Just because the child can 'draw' hundreds of stick figures a day and him working hard at it doesn't mean he should be paid for it. There's no 'value' created for others.
Tomoyuki Yes but only if you write minimum of 40k words fir that $200.
Sweetflowlips In a month. That's like 1,333 words per day. You don't think you'll be getting $200 for free, do you?
Tomoyuki
Then that means it is only the month that you are able to write up to 40k words that you will get paid right even though you don't have patreon account as long as your words is up to 40k words you will definitely get paid right?
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Flabbergasted I think so? You cannot have your story on a Patreon account if you sign a contract. They are two different things - if you accept a contract, you must remove your story from Patreon. As long as you write 40,000 words a month, you'll get paid $200 minimum if you're under contract. For the first four months anyway.
I had best deal with this myth regarding Patreon. Many people seem to think Patreon is an effective way of making a quick buck. That you'll get donors and followers as long as you have a story and a Patreon account.
That is not necessarily the case.
In Royal Road, for every successful writer who gets hundreds of followers on Patreon, there are dozens of writers who get 0 followers. Maybe 1 or 2 contributing a dollar or two a month. You can write over a hundred chapters and promise regular updates and still it is very likely that nobody will donate to you or support you on Patreon. And when you have 0 followers, you have absolutely 0 income. Perhaps one or two of your readers might take pity on you and donate $1 a month. 5 if you're lucky.
Yes, there are people who earn hundreds or thousands of dollars a month on Patreon. But can you be one of them?
Bottomline: if you think Patreon is a great way to make a quick buck, and that you'll automatically get donors and followers by virtue of you writing a story, then all I can say is that you had best lower your expectations.
I'm not promoting the contract here, but generally Web Novel only offers contracts to people they know have a good chance of success (based on data, statistics, readers, votes, etc.). If your story isn't popular then you won't get a contract. And if your story isn't popular, I'm not sure why you think you'll magically earn an income just because you decided to go independent and create a Patreon account.
I know writers from Royal Road who mistakenly bought into the Patreon hype. Months later, they're complaining about how they have 0 followers or donors. Cool, you might have 100 followers or 100 people adding your story to your collection, but the reality is that a very small percentage of them will be willing to donate or support you on Patreon. Moreover, you're competing with many other writers on the same platform, and you (the writers) usually share readers with one another. Most readers can't afford to donate to and support all the authors they follow. So unless you're super-confident that you can compete with the best and most popular and steal followers or supporters or donors from them, it's best not to have any great expectations when creating a Patreon account. Otherwise you'll be whining later about how nobody supports you on Patreon.
Of course, if you want to create a Patreon account, go ahead. Nobody can stop you. It's entirely up to you. But I think it's best for me to tell you about the bitter reality and intense competition so as to absolve people who think Patreon's a great way to make a quick buck.
Tomoyuki
Thank you so much for your advice.it wasn't because I wanted to earn a big buck that I wanted to create patreon account,I wanted to know whether webnovel normally compensate authors who are not contracted writers by paying them a certain about of money even though not because of anything but because of the money that they used to subscribe just so they could write their novel but now I'm aware that webnovel does not pay any writers except contracted writers .Thank you so much for your time.