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Yuyumamoru Just checked the stats that I now have, and the large distribution times are 4-5AM, so I'm a bit too early.
Still though, it's growing fast regardless.

Yuyumamoru It is 3:20 AM for me right now, and literally did the exact same thing.
I'll come back after a bit to let you know if my timezone's 3 AM results in a comment too!

Chapter 1 of my book got me 5k+ views mostly because it was a fan comic with a distinguished name in the title and I got some good art off the internet for clickbait.
After then separating the 20 pages from 1 chapter into a more reasonable and even 3 chapters total, it then added another 2K+ soon after, totaling 7K+ views in just a week (because I didn't take it seriously until I noticed how many people were also favoriting the fanfic).
With that new experience, I'd say that having strong growth in any one of your works, which is more likely to come from a fanfic as it is already a well-established title, is likely to channel viewership over to your other works, such as an original book.

Of course, objectively speaking this is good, and I was lucky to of developed this method while I am only just now dabbling in writing publicly, but I would like to stress the fact that the correct approach to writing shouldn't be towards an 'idea' of success, but rather, your intuitive sense of what you deem as success - such as achieving a goal that MATTERS to you. So, maybe getting lots of views isn't your goal, and that's alright, maybe you just want to write down your daydreams so that way you don't forget it and fanboy/fangirl over the characters in your head.

I'm not totally sure about what most people's interests in writing stems from, but for me, it comes from escapism, and I find comfort and bliss in that (though, I can imagine most associate that with a negative connotation, I personally associate it with the freedom to be myself - that idea about association also ties into something I want to emphasis as well, to "let go of everything" and simply be authentic and pure despite your potential burden of knowledge.).

Anyways, end rant. I hope this helps people.