Empe_ror99 I agree with this one.
@popular_ruki Writing fanfictions - or even reading them - is a great start, if you're not too much into reading lots of other novels. I've read a lot of fanfiction works that can easily rival pure fiction ones both in writing styles and plot. Writing them can also help you build a starting network of readers for your work.

For me, confidence is something that's earned whenever you accomplish something. It's not something that can easily be built from thin air. I suggest focusing on goals that make you happy. What really helped me build enough confidence to share my work was when I was able to write a plot that I hadn't seen in any novel or fanfiction I read before. That was a huge achievement for me, and I was happy enough to want to share that work with others who might have been looking for the same things I was looking for in a plot. Readership numbers and feedback (I mean genuine reviews and comments) built my confidence later.

So how does one know that his book is good? To me, it's when the author themselves think that it's a good book. If it's something that the author will enjoy reading again many years into the future. Accepting reviews and feedback is good, but don't purely rely on them if you're trying to build your confidence. Taste in novels is subjective. No matter how beautifully written a story is, there will always be someone out there who will rate it as crap for the heck of it.

So write something that makes you happy; learn from the feedback and ratings you receive if you decide to share your work with others; and write something from what you learned that can make you feel even more accomplished and happier than the first novel you wrote.

    Lu_Shui thank you, I will take your advice, daddy says you learn by accepting you are not perfect (you learn everyday)

      cheshir I was laughing because i actually read it to the end and wow! thank you?? but it is very long

          Hello there, this is the link to my book http://wbnv.in/a/67hAGte
          You can check it out and comment your thoughts on it, it will be highly appreciated. The book is about a young adult who thought she has gathered all she ever cared for.

            In the sports psychology field where they work with athletes on confidence, they found that one of the best ways to increase a players's performance is repetition. In the case of a writer, this means just literally practicing writing and being very literal in what you want to get better at. Look at what your favorite stories do well and try to implement that. In my case, I LOVE stories that feel alive in their descriptions of the world to truly make it feel alive yet I LOATHE those that drag on and with segments that I feel don't contribute to the story. So knowing that as I started my first book, I certainly have areas to iron out but as I continue to write and perfect my craft I'm slowly becoming more and more confident. I hope this helps, and perhaps if you'd like to see what my story looks like here is the link: https://www.webnovel.com/book/devour-heaven_23732566806924805

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              Sal_TarLeen Hey sorry it took so long ish, so tbh your book is great and you expressed everything well but I feel it is lacking something, I am not a professional, I just feel something is missing, I just can't place my finger on it... oh well the book is good better than mine at least

                  GrandSky hiiii, I read your book carefully so that I understand the names and honestly I really have no words for your book, you're great at what you are writing obviously... so big ups to you

                      Camira_Ja So, honestly, you are not portraying the book properly, I got confused at some point, Grammatical errors won't stop a good book from being good, so focus on how you can portraying the book, first understand how you character feels; for instance the part where she was angry about the toilet I couldn't feel it, so I can say "if you can feel the anger you can write down the anger" does this make sense? okay I hope this helped? you can make your story better, Just like who wants to make my own book better, you can make yours good too.

                          @popular_ruki Hi! I noticed you are providing an actual honest opinion of others' work. Would you be interested to do an actual constructive review swap in the book itself with me?
                          If it's not what you're after, either way let me know! Cheers!

                            popular_ruki I have been on many platforms before I came here, already tried for contracts etc. And received some huge rejections. It didn't help that my book was on like 100views while other had 1m or even 1b.
                            But than I realized, it's my book, my story I want to tell.
                            Writting brings me happines and if my story gets only a few views...who cares?
                            And from that day on it's better.
                            I writte with confidence and optimism, still read many books on my e-library, search for new plot twists eetc.
                            Since english is not my first language I really am proud of my book that received 10k views in 2weeks.
                            One day I might become a proffesional writter, who knows. But until than, I will continue writting for my soul 😁❤

                                vesnxx You are right on that, no matter what kind of rejections or criticism you get just keep moving forward at least in the end you will know that you have written something you always wanted to write, it will gonna give you a pleasure that you could express something that most people take it as a privilege that they can't ever have, be proud to be a writer ^-^.

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