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𓀐 @zxxV*5pC: hiatus Edition Stubbed >What is /wng/ — Web Novel General? A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more >Why read web novels? Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be. >Why write web novels? Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning. Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'. >Advice for Noobs! ##READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP## Running your story like the business it is: www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/116847 On writing web serials: alexanderwales.com/how-to-write-a-web-serial/ Sanderson's Writing Lectures 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEUh_y1IFZY&list=PLSH_xM-KC3ZvzkfVo_Dls0B5GiE2oMcLY Recommended web novels rentry.co/d2yvczro Anon's guide to success rentry.co/RRBasicGuide FAQ rentry.co/pytefpxn

no harem Edition Stubbed >What is /wng/ — Web Novel General? A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more >Why read web novels? Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be. >Why write web novels? Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning. Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'. >Advice for Noobs! ##READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP## Running your story like the business it is: www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/116847 On writing web serials: alexanderwales.com/how-to-write-a-web-serial/ Sanderson's Writing Lectures 2025: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEUh_y1IFZY&list=PLSH_xM-KC3ZvzkfVo_Dls0B5GiE2oMcLY Recommended web novels rentry.co/d2yvczro Anon's guide to success rentry.co/RRBasicGuide FAQ rentry.co/pytefpxn

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𓀐 @mv-~=6xs: I did it bros... I finally finished 250 pages of creating and fleshing out my cultivation/magic system.+ 1

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𓀐 @uMvd3t4D: if your shit doesnt have weather, seasons, trade, economy. then it wont matter how well your sequence system is. your story is gonna be filled with who thinks of who+

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𓀐 @9~KcpUB9: Now post it here on /wng/ !+

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𓀐 @9PXpvq+4: what would be the genre name for harem-but-its-just-male-villains+

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𓀐 @qeeCTo7F: >im mean half the jap stuff is like eternal edging ... build harem yet plow no fields. The idea behind a japanese harem stories is that the mc will "choose" at some point after the story and it is not done on-screen except maybe when the story comes to an end. The fans pick teams based on which girl they want to "win." If it is made clear the MC will never pick anyone and there will be no winner then the entire idea falls apart.+ 1

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𓀐 @oCyn~pTg: What is the point of all that? If I want to read a progression story why would I give a fuck about which roastie "wins" in the end?+

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𓀐 @-9pbU-3d: What the best golden finger/cheat you've seen? I mean in terms of making sense, being satisfying, adding to the story, meshing with the world, etc.+

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𓀐 @n9gD_7RJ: what does IOT mean?+

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𓀐 @9agDqfwY: Over 100 novels release on amazon alone EACH DAY. About 700 novels in the week around your release. Webnovel release? Successful litrpg isekai or xianxia cultivation, in your genre? BOOM you are done. Also, not only are you competing with other new releases, but the entire backlog of novels on every website or e-reader a reader uses. :) Take all the "indie success stories" you can think of in the past 10 years and divide it by the number of writers in that time who have tried (again, 100 novels a day, 3000 a month) and there's your historical likelihood of "making it." Patreon cut, publisher cuts, higher self-employment taxes, no benefits, no retirement, AND to top it all off: Your sales diminish over time, so even if you hit this "mediocrity lottery" you'll have to do it all over again in a couple years. >He thinks that indie writing can provide a sustainable primary income in 2026 Hahahahaha H O B B Y O B B Y+ 4

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𓀐 @mfB6v7cH: just write 3000 novels then duh+

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𓀐 @2jshEER*: >and there's your historical likelihood of "making it." no that's the likelihood of a random author most authors are shit at writing and/or do everything wrong with marketing and publishing odds are still bleak but not nearly as bleak as youre suggesting because not being retarded puts you in the 1%+

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𓀐 @fQ+byRTM: Who the fuck is trying to do this as a job unless they're a thirdie. Even the successful authors are generally only getting 1-2k a month on patreon. 4k or more can be counted on one hand. If you're in a western country this was always a side hustle thing.+

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𓀐 @Eu=Hj*MW: I'm not writing for money at all though. I already have a job. I don't want two jobs, and much less pivoting to writing as the sole one with completely nonexistent safety net. I will never sell my soul to write a litrpg isekai for the sake of grifting people.+

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𓀐 @~QTjho=o: don't care still writing+

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𓀐 @2H2_aqWt: just marry a hoe that writes and pass off her work as your own+

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𓀐 @?Q~E*cP5: I'm thinking of writing native-isekai. Seems like an untapped market on RR+

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𓀐 @Z2MNAqiB: I'm thinking of writing analog horror cultivation. Seems like an untapped market on RR+

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𓀐 @LzS6CM_H: I found a Japanese thread for low level webnovel writers! What do you think, anons? Do great minds think alike? https://itest.5ch.io/mevius/test/read.cgi/bookall/1788998851+ 3

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𓀐 @GFQsU-bd: >90% of the posts are people seething about AI and people calling each other out for writing boring/poetic/escoteric shit that repels readers+

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𓀐 @aQW35ifU: >This state is a state in which a new reader who has begun to read for some reason reads the opening part and returns to the beginning and says, "This work is boring" >“If you read it carefully, it will be fun later on!” I’ve been reading the latest, so there will be more readers!” It is an impossible illusion. Trvke+

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𓀐 @HY?qhN=~: man i wish i could use narou why do i gotta be stuck with bum ass censorship heavy royal road+

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