u/1ScarletMoon

My first run on Japan, choose Takeda for the horses. We rided until we stopped at the gates of the shogun

Another round of helpful tips for all you hopeless, brain-fried buffoons who still haven’t figured this out.

First: the golden rule of webnovels is 2 chapters a day. Why? Competition. Why would readers sit around waiting for your slow-ass updates when there are ten other stories dropping chapters daily? Use your brain or whatever’s left of it.

Now follow this, and try not to get lost: the ideal chapter length is about 1,000 words. That’s 2,000 words a day if you can actually commit to something for once. The more chapters you stack, the better. You’ll see spikes at 100 chapters, 200 chapters, etc. Yes, numbers go up shocking concept, I know.

Third: if your artistic ability peaks at stick figures, stop embarrassing yourself. Use MidJourney (Niji mode) or something similar and make a decent cover. Nobody is clicking on your story if it looks like it was drawn during detention by a 10 year old.

Fourth: you unroyal, creatively bankrupt gremlins , your title and synopsis matter. They need to actually say something. Not vague nonsense. Not “cool-sounding gibberish.” Something clear. Example: “That Time I Got Reincarnated as a Slime.”

Even a rock understands that: isekai, monster MC. Done. That’s how low the bar is, and some of you are still tripping over it.

Thanks for coming to my TED talk, you absolute buffoons.

Timeline for next TED talk : coming next Sunday.

Alright, some of you seriously need a reality check because the amount of nonsense being spread here is ridiculous.

First things first: your novel isn’t visible until you’ve published around 4k words. That’s literally the first vetting stage so the platform can make sure you’re not posting weird or rule-breaking stuff.
Second: once you hit ~12k words, APPLY FOR A CONTRACT. Why wouldn’t you? If you don’t, your novel stays basically invisible. It’s also your path to actually making money. Stop acting confused about this part.

Third, let’s clear up the stats since people keep misunderstanding them:

• Views = people scrolling past your novel. Not clicks. Just exposure.
• Collections = people adding your book to their library.
• Effective readers = people who actually read for more than a minute.
• Subscriptions = chapters bought with coins.

Fourth: no, you do NOT need to write smut to succeed. Plenty of stories do well without it. What you shouldn’t do is rely on AI writing. Yes, it’s noticeable. The people reviewing this stuff literally read novels for a living.

Fifth: stop making multiple accounts to boost your own novel with power stones or fake reviews. That’s not clever. it’s obvious, and it can get you flagged or penalized.

And finally: go join the Discord server. There are experienced authors there who can actually help you instead of all this guesswork.

Thank you for joining my ted talk you damn muppets