It's mostly luck honestly. I found a lot of hidden gems but sadly the authors drop it when it gets interestingnor they disappear from the face of the earth.
Honestly I just discover a novel I find more interesting or get addicted to a game and put stories on hold before binging it again when I feel like it. This results in my backlog being months or even years old. And then there's novels that I just drop.
pretty much the same except for the fact that if it's garbage enough then I'll put it in my incinerator reading list, drop a 1 star and delete it from said reading list because garbage like it doesn't deserve to be remembered.
don't expect much critique here most of the userbase are from novelupdates so we're used to garbage novels and don't really do professional critique much. Soooo you write smut?
I literally don't care unless it looks like something an 8 year old drew or something amateur weeb artist drew. Just using high quality ai generated art is good enough.
based except I have a reading list specifically to rate 1 star and delete it in the reading list immediately after to not taint my reading lists with garbage