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What I say may or may not be true. These are simply my assumptions.
Digital is overtaking physical as the years go further on. Journalism is more about writing articles online instead of on newspapers. People would rather read a continuous series rather than buy a finished story. Web novels are less commitment and are easier to pick up.
With books you expect a beginning, middle and end. But with web novels, there isn't really an end, or a character arc. It's more like the story starts and it keeps on going. So instead of selling one story in one package i.e. a book, you post a chapter a week and maybe an extra one for subscribers. I see that kind of thing being more profitable than just buying a book. Of course I don't know if it actually is.
But with web novels generally being longer than regular novels you lose some quality, you don't get that ending, or you don't get in the same way. Nothing feels final. Things happen and then more things happen.
Some people have said web novels are like junk food, but I think that's only because those people have read more web novels, since they're so much more accessible, and because of that they read more bad web novels than bad regular novels. Most fiction of any type is bad. That is what I believe. What was my point?
Is it sustainable? Do web novel readers care about bad endings? Cause web novels really, really aren't about the endings, they're about the journey. It's one of the things I love about them. It's not about some grand lesson the main character must learn to overcome. It's nothing big or world changing. It's just simple, good old fashioned fun.
I kind of wanted to be a book writer. But now I'm leaning toward being a web novelist. I mean, you'll get way more people reading/trying it out than if you were to write a novel, since most people would rather try out a web novel than buy a book. And a more regular income. Or maybe not. I really don't know anything about that part.
Digital is overtaking physical as the years go further on. Journalism is more about writing articles online instead of on newspapers. People would rather read a continuous series rather than buy a finished story. Web novels are less commitment and are easier to pick up.
With books you expect a beginning, middle and end. But with web novels, there isn't really an end, or a character arc. It's more like the story starts and it keeps on going. So instead of selling one story in one package i.e. a book, you post a chapter a week and maybe an extra one for subscribers. I see that kind of thing being more profitable than just buying a book. Of course I don't know if it actually is.
But with web novels generally being longer than regular novels you lose some quality, you don't get that ending, or you don't get in the same way. Nothing feels final. Things happen and then more things happen.
Some people have said web novels are like junk food, but I think that's only because those people have read more web novels, since they're so much more accessible, and because of that they read more bad web novels than bad regular novels. Most fiction of any type is bad. That is what I believe. What was my point?
Is it sustainable? Do web novel readers care about bad endings? Cause web novels really, really aren't about the endings, they're about the journey. It's one of the things I love about them. It's not about some grand lesson the main character must learn to overcome. It's nothing big or world changing. It's just simple, good old fashioned fun.
I kind of wanted to be a book writer. But now I'm leaning toward being a web novelist. I mean, you'll get way more people reading/trying it out than if you were to write a novel, since most people would rather try out a web novel than buy a book. And a more regular income. Or maybe not. I really don't know anything about that part.
