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[taraco-candy]

Thank you so much to everyone who’s already reading and gave me an advice!

Any harassing messages will be ignored and reported.

※I’m closing this thread to revise the content. Thanks for your comments!

 

[JayMark]

Hello fellow cat. I'm the kindest and gentlest bull you could ever meet. Stick with me and you'll go far. Nice to meet you. Best of luck to you..

 

[Anonjohn20]

Hi, I wrote a girls love story settled in Sydney.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s already reading!

I’m new to this site, so I’d really appreciate any tips or advice you can share.

Ginger ale, Butterflies, and The Sea

Eighteen-year-old Aurora lives with her mother in Sydney. She is kind-hearted and a bit of a space cadet. She aspires to be a picture book illustrator and enjoys baking in her spare time, but she is not interested in romance. Her childhood friend Kristy, on the other hand, is quite...

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Okay, first tip. Don't spam-release all your chapters at once. Posting one a day or one every 2 or 3 days will help you appear in "latest updates" more often.

 

[FRWriter]

Hi, I wrote a girls love story settled in Sydney.

Thank you so much to everyone who’s already reading!

I’m new to this site, so I’d really appreciate any tips or advice you can share.

Ginger ale, Butterflies, and The Sea

Eighteen-year-old Aurora lives with her mother in Sydney. She is kind-hearted and a bit of a space cadet. She aspires to be a picture book illustrator and enjoys baking in her spare time, but she is not interested in romance. Her childhood friend Kristy, on the other hand, is quite...

www.scribblehub.com

You have the absolute worst font and title on your cover that I have ever seen... or is there some kind of deeper meaning behind it that I am too stupid to realize? I feel like I'm about to be humiliated, but I just don't get it.

 

[lucandraemir]

What makes 'insufficient' protagonists compelling vs annoying? I think there's a line between 'underdog' and 'useless'. The best weak MCs have something unique - perspective, connections, knowledge - that their 'weakness' actually enables. What are your favorite examples of weakness-as-strength done well?

INSUFFICIENT

2.1 Resonance. Fifteen rejections. One dead mother. Zero reasons to keep trying. Then the portal took her. Valdris: a dying dimension where reality unravels, where half a million corpses freeze in endless ash, where creatures born from entropy hunt the living. Yuna was summoned. Branded...

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[FRWriter]

What makes 'insufficient' protagonists compelling vs annoying? I think there's a line between 'underdog' and 'useless'. The best weak MCs have something unique - perspective, connections, knowledge - that their 'weakness' actually enables. What are your favorite examples of weakness-as-strength done well?

INSUFFICIENT

2.1 Resonance. Fifteen rejections. One dead mother. Zero reasons to keep trying. Then the portal took her. Valdris: a dying dimension where reality unravels, where half a million corpses freeze in endless ash, where creatures born from entropy hunt the living. Yuna was summoned. Branded...

www.scribblehub.com

Are you a bot? How is this even a tiny bit related to the topic? This is just your random story promotion?

 

[Fairemont]

I think the photo used for the cover is quite lovely. However, you could probably tweak the text a bit so that it doesn't split the words onto separate lines. After that, I think it would look really nice.

 

[taraco-candy]

I think the photo used for the cover is quite lovely. However, you could probably tweak the text a bit so that it doesn't split the words onto separate lines. After that, I think it would look really nice.

Thank you for complimenting the photo. I’ll take your advice about the title into consideration?

Okay, first tip. Don't spam-release all your chapters at once. Posting one a day or one every 2 or 3 days will help you appear in "latest updates" more often.

I really appreciate your advice. It helped me a lot.

 

[Fairemont]

The title itself is fine, but the font/spacing might be a bit off. I'd also say that "butterflies", rather than "butterfly" would be the better word choice.

It is actually a nice title. Very charming.

 

[taraco-candy]

Hello fellow cat. I'm the kindest and gentlest bull you could ever meet. Stick with me and you'll go far. Nice to meet you. Best of luck to you..

Thank you for reaching out. I also wish you the best of luck?

The title itself is fine, but the font/spacing might be a bit off. I'd also say that "butterflies", rather than "butterfly" would be the better word choice.

It is actually a nice title. Very charming.

Thank you for your help. I appreciate your advice

 

[taraco-candy]

I confronted the person who posted a malicious comment toward me, then reported and blocked them.In Japan, bullying against online novelists is widespread on fiction-sharing sites. Some writers quit, and some even take their own lives because of it.

Today, I was reminded once again that there are people who cannot distinguish between genuine advice and outright harassment—even on this platform.

This is a deeply troubling situation. Many of those who send abusive messages have no understanding of how severely their words can wound someone, or how they can drive a person to the edge.

As a writer, the only thing I can do is address—through my stories—what such foolish and disrespectful behavior truly means and what consequences it can bring.

Thank you to everyone who offered me real advice.I’ll keep doing my best to write with sincerity from here on.

 

[Alski]

One of the first points of contacts with your potential readers is your cover, if you choose to have your title in Kanji you are going to lose potential readers.

 

[SirContro]

One of the first points of contacts with your potential readers is your cover, if you choose to have your title in Kanji you are going to lose potential readers.

はい、悪い考えです

 

[Alski]

はい、悪い考えです

Can i get that in english?

 

[SirContro]

Can i get that in english?

いいえ

 

[Alski]

いいえ

Looks like a person doing zoomies.

 

[JayMark]

Can i get that in english?

He said it's a bad idea.
Then he said no.

 

[Bimbanana]

1. Dude, i think you need to make another version of cover using english
2. Use " " for dialogue consistently, kinda hard to see which is narration and which is dialogue
3. Make a longer chapter and dont mass release it in one day like mentioned above
4. Good luck

Building World Peace with My Bloodthirsty Demon Army

 

[taraco-candy]

1. Dude, i think you need to make another version of cover using english
2. Use " " for dialogue consistently, kinda hard to see which is narration and which is dialogue
3. Make a longer chapter and dont mass release it in one day like mentioned above
4. Good luck

Building World Peace with My Bloodthirsty Demon Army

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Thanks so much for your advice! I really appreciate your feedback.


I’ll try making another English version of the cover, and I’ll make sure to use quotation marks consistently for dialogue.
I’ll also work on making the chapters longer and release them more gradually.
Thanks again and I’ll do my best!

One of the first points of contacts with your potential readers is your cover, if you choose to have your title in Kanji you are going to lose potential readers.

Thank you for the feedback!
I was temporarily using a cover with the Japanese title until I could make a new one.
I now understand the risks of using kanji in the title.

I’ve updated the English version cover now, but it seems it takes some time for the update to appear ?
I’ll keep your advice in mind!

 

[Macha]

※Any harassing messages will be ignored and reported.

You decide what counts as harassing messages. Anything you don't like will be ignored and reported.