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Carciphones_02

I too, have a playlist whenever I write. Mostly consists of Persona or other Game OSTs.

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?!".

MokouFriedChicken Nice! I like DMC ost when I write action scenes. BTS is my tunes when I want to bring out the stoic hero attitude.

Carciphones_02 this is how I can tell the writer is either writing off outline or not using one.

Outlines prevent the orphan, random filler.

Carciphones_02 and so, I changed my cover page.

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 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.

Carciphones_02 oops. Sorry I wasn't directing comment to you. Just a general observation.

Cause I've read stories where the writer is free forming. Still a great story, but also leaves me confused. To a story that follows a structure.

Veronica8 No, no!! It's me who should be Sorry. I read it again and realized I'm the one who misunderstanding your meaning!!⟵(๑¯◡¯๑)

:grin:

To be honest, I do not expect to get so many responses in this thread

AI380 we're all in this together!!(high school musical reference)