AI380

As said above, i was focusing on reasons that stop you from getting new readers.

When a story is bad(and i don't mean the grammar), people will comment/review the webnovel, especially if they are strongly disappointed. The more engaged they are, the harsher their words( Of course there are also stupid mean readers). So basically, if you can't get enough readers, you have to look for things you can easily fix. Because indifference is the worst.

Verb tense consistency is truly easy to fix when you get the trick, same for punctuation issues.

For the novel title, if you're not contracted you can basically rename it the same with (edited) in brackets, or just change a letter or something like that. It has been done more than once, for example for people that wanted to participate to the Spirity Contest.

      AI380, i have check your novel, and that lock nice.

      But i have to advice for, first change the cover of you novel, and delete the first line of you synopsis. Because when people are seaching novel the first thing they saw is your cover and the first line of your synopsis, if you do that i'm sure you will make more view

        Sythcake Oh yeah, being sarcastic means I care about being criticized and I'm overreacting.

        I think you're just being nasty for no reason. I don't even know you, but for some reason you've always been heckling me. Is it because you think I'm pro-Webnovel, or my posts just rub you off the wrong way?

        Perhaps I should just ignore you from now on.

            You know what I think? This is my criteria for posting a chapter or story:

            Would I read it myself if I was a reader?

            Has it been at least 2 days since I wrote it?

            Have I gone through it at least once?

            Am i satisfied?

            These can dramatically increase quality if you're someone that posts immediately after writing a chapter. Giving time allows the brain to reset, allowing you to spot mistakes that might've gotten past you during the writing process. Also, it enables you to read it more like a reader instead of a writer, since you're more detached the more time passes.

            Motivation is a hard wall to pass. There're huge gaps on my updates if one payed attention to my stuff since the beginning, partly due to prior commitments and chronic wrist pain, but mainly due to lack of motivation sine nobody reads my stuff anyway. I started daily again cause of the quarantine, but I can't guarantee if I could continue afterwards cause real life is forcing me to contribute to society. But do I care?

            No. Not anymore.

            I write for myself. A vanity project so to speak. I don't care if nobody'll read my stuff. So long as the mountain of notes on my phone continue to exist, I'll keep on writing, just to get this ideas off my head.

            I guess that's the way I cope with lack of readership. Don't do it for views, do it cause you want to. We all sucked at writing in the beginning, experience will come with practice and massive consumption of quality content. Don't give up just yet.

              MokouFriedChicken True!!! Even for me, I write what i have in mind first. Even if that doesn't make any sense, but, as long that the idea is related to the chapter, i will write it. I keep writing until a paragraph is born. Then, i repeat the step, not caring about any grammar problems.

              After that, i will start the process of editing. Rewrite, and checking it again. After i posted the chapter, i will read it again as a reader. Only then, will i see my mistakes that i never realized before. Then, i will keep editing it from time to time.

              Editing our chapters even though you have already posted it is a good way for us to find our mistake, sticking to the plot, we also won't forget about our own plot because we keep reading the chapter, again and again. It also help keep the motivation going.

              For the motivation problem, Pinterest is a good application for us writer to get our motivation back. I've done this a lot and it's working. There are many interesting idea inside, the cool arts, writing prompt , dialogue prompt, skill, fighting and more.

              Listening to music also helps a lot. I love to listen to sad song to cry. Then, when i cry and feeling sad, i tried to think of a future plot where i kill someone(inside novel). If i listen to heroic song, i tried to think of when my character will become a hero that save the word, or they are going to war.

              I want to recommend a few good singer or dj for motivation purpose.
              -SVRCINA
              -Besomorph
              -Miia
              -Hidden Cirizen
              -Neoni
              -Bahari
              These are all just my opinion though. You can use your favourite song too.

                  maelbarach Yes, that seems like the main issue, I guess I will have to spend some time to redraw that cover page again. And I have deleted that first sentence.

                      AI380 true!! I agree with maelbarach . I checked your novel earlier and see the cover of your novel. It give me the impression of little kids trying to write romance novel for the first time after being influenced by twilight movie .

                      It's true that there is a saying that said, "don't judge a book by its cover."

                      But, the point of the saying clearly shows that many people judge a book by its cover. That is why the saying was created. People keep judging a book by its cover.

                      Oh, the irony.

                            GorujoKun telling an author to follow the readers advice is like telling them they get no say in how the story they created goes. Please do not feed half baked comments to someone seriously looking for advice on whether to continue.

                            Now, to answer the original post, it is entirely up to you whether you want to continue or not. What you need to do is ask yourself do you enjoy writing? Do you enjoy the story? Do you have the time/energy to continue. You should really only consider your personal feelings when it comes right down to it. At the end of the day we writers write for ourselves, to put the stories that are stuck in our heads down in written form to free up brain space for other things. Yes it feels great when readers appreciate and approve of our work but that should never be the goal. Writing for recognition and money is a gamble at best. Just do it for you and make it the best you can for your enjoyment.

                                GabrielKross It depends. Some advice is useful. Structural criticism is the best kind of criticism, because it's not personal, and it actually points at the underlying problems of the story itself, rather than subjective, emotional feedback.

                                I'm actually happy for constructive criticism. Like when someone points out, "okay, your transition is pretty bad here, there's not much flow here." Or "what is your character's goal? It doesn't seem clear here." The mechanical issues. "The conflict seems absent" or "the climax seems to be placed at an odd place." Maybe grammar and spelling mistakes. "You have a typo here." "Punctuation is missing here." "Dont flunctuate between present and past tenses."

                                However, a lot of the criticism or feedback consist of "this character is stupid." "MC is spineless/weak/retarded." Or he's an idiot. Or "story is boring." Or "story is s*." That's not useful at all. I'm not writing a story to pander to your particular taste of super-smart, genius, overpowered protagonists. I'm trying to slowly develop him from weak to strong. Now if I get something on pacing, I am happy. For example, "these scenes seem to drag on" or "the climax feels too rushed" or "the standoff is too slow." However, if your complaints about pacing is "why is he still so weak at chapter 20 (when it's a 500-chapter story)?" that's not about pacing, that's you just wanting a strong protagonist, which is not what my story is about.

                                You have to learn to filter which is the right and useful advice and which is subjective and overly emotional - usually from readers who get upset because you're not writing the story THEY want to read (the sense of entitlement here is unreal). As I said, usually the most helpful criticism is structural. Because it doesn't get too personal or emotional and actually addresses the underlying problems of the story, not making it all about "how dare you not write the story that I want to read?!".

                                    @AI380 Never got to say thank you for opening this discussion and being brave to express your experience.

                                    It's cool to see you're not alone in this, right?

                                    That's why I said your on an Artist Writer path.

                                    All influential writers of our age faced similar situations. Even JK Rowlings face countless known and unknown rejections and zero show of love and support for her writing before Harry Potter.

                                    So I'll express again. keep at it. Learn. Try. Do. Believe that you can deliver a story another will be eager to read.

                                    You've got this!

                                    AI380 I know how that feels😭 I really do. It's just that there isn't much you can do about it. All you need to do is write a good story, put it out there and wait. You can do some advertising on social media and other sites but don't expect much.

                                      AI380 I know how that feels😭 I really do. It's just that there isn't much you can do about it. All you need to do is write a good story, put it out there and wait. You can do some advertising on social media and other sites but don't expect much.

                                        Veronica8 😂😂yep.. sorry bout that!!
                                        (っ˘з(˘⌣˘ ) here's a kiss to make up. I like to get in the moments first before knowing what i'm doing. It might put some readers off, but yeah!! I'm working hard to improve myself as the time goes by.ᕙ(⇀‸↼‶)ᕗ

                                            AI380 It is an improvement!!! It looks good in my opinion.

                                            But, I think your drawing looks empty in the background. You could added something like a throne room or the vast land and sky.(If you want to) Use first person of view to draw the background.

                                            Starting from the characters, as the background getting farther, everything will look small. It make the space around the characters looks bigger.

                                            The cat's face can also be refined more. But, anything else is good. The colouring, their interaction and their clothes design.

                                                Carciphones_02 I have adjusted the cat face, right now I'm not sure what to add in the background.

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