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Ever heard of an outline? It's mandatory for professional authors or amateur authors to plan their story outline before they write a novel.

Write the storyline you have planned on that page. You can summarize the plot there.

2 Contracted novels, one completed and one on hiatus. (And hoping for a third).

WN allows contracted authors to write at their own pace. As long as you don't violate obvious rules or the contract, you'll be fine.

As for the changes, they haven't done anything to my novels, but the staff constantly taught us how to improve our writing skills. We have weekly workshop in discord.

Grandpa System deserves the gold. Congratulations!

Check your dashboard "Valid Reads" to see the number of actual readers.

I leave it as it is, so I can compare myself to the old me when I first started writing. Editing them is a nightmare.

Obviously, it's a cringeworthy experience to reread all the mess. I always questioned myself why did I have to write that part.

Arkinslize

1. I took a peek at your story. It's Sci-fi, so that story requires a lot of imagination for the world-building, and it might probably tire you. That's why you are feeling bored because it becomes a chore.

Or, you probably wrote a non-engaging section of your story, (filler parts, conversation, side characters, a pointless action scene, world-building, background, or so on), which might explain why you felt bored when you wrote that. In long stories, authors will experience it eventually, including me.

2. Others have already advised you about author's instinct, so I won't comment on that. But in the case that the boring part was necessary for your story, I have a suggestion.

For getting back on your feet or getting your motivation back, connect the boring parts with the main story in your outlines, or go back to your outlines and add that section into the big picture. Make it influence a decision of your characters or events in the future as if they were a foreshadow of something. That way, you subconsciously interact with your own story, and you will have fun as you write.

If it doesn't help, add comedy. Have fun trolling readers with some of your silly jokes. UwU

3. As for 1500 words a day, it depends on your writing style, experience, and your flow in your story. Sometimes, you planned an outline for 1,500 words, but you can only write 1,000 words. Then, the word management gets tough.

There are many ways to correct this, though. Try to write everything you have planned and finish it first. If the word count is not enough, you can bypass it by adding a description of the environment, thoughts of characters, background noise, or expression of the characters to fill in the quota. If they are too long, it's up to you if you want to cut it to parts or reward readers with a long chapter.

4. Lastly, be careful when you are pushing through your author's block. Sometimes, you come up with something similar to a nightmare to readers if you write something unplanned. I experienced this first-handed, and I don't want new authors to follow my footsteps.

Take it slow and don't push it too hard. Control the pace and remember that you're writing for what purpose, for readers? for money? for yourself? The answer will give you a different result since it changes your stories and your plots. WN readers like wish-fullfiling stories. Romance makes the most money. Anything else takes time and effort to be recognized.

As an author and a reader, I agree with this. But, I'll be lonely in the male lead history genre if this happens. Authors should write more historical novels.

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Grammarly is for spell checking and filtering the obvious errors. If you're a new writer and English isn't your first language, use it so it can be your mini-English teacher. You can't use it to replace a real proofreader or an editor though. A free version is enough if you're not writing to make a living.

There are more features in the premium version, but it isn't that worth it. If you want an app that can evaluate your sentence structures, try Hemmingway Editor or ProWritingAid. Again, these apps can't replace human editors.

That moment when a silly script I wrote in my free times won a competition but my main novel still sucks.
And I'm feeling guilty that I'm already contracted but I have stolen a position away from others.

Meaw

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Eh, diz catto haz drafted a novel for diz, too. No chapter haz been releazed yet.

https://www.webnovel.com/book/12517298005719205/Lilim-Heritage-Online

Genre and Tags: Video Game, VRMMO, Gender Bender, Mecha, Sci-Fi

MC iz a trap and we haz robotz. I don't need to dezcribe more.

A silly question because I have a silly inspiration and also a noob question because I have never submitted my work here before.
Is it possible to enter both category by mixing them in one story ? XD
And about the vote, will the vote be finalize on the 7th or the author have to submit before the 7th and the vote will be finalize later?