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Hi! This post is going to be a repository of all the advice I’ve scrounged together for new authors posting on ScribbleHub for the first time (that isn’t just “have a nice cover and post consistently”, haha). Quite a few folks come through the forums looking for advice on getting more readers...

I’ve seen a few posts now from people wondering how long it takes before your story starts to gain traction, so I thought I’d ask: if you have a reader base, no matter how small, how long did it take you to develop it?

Doesn’t have to just be from SH! What interaction have you had with a reader that’s left a positive impression on you? I’ve had a couple of readers say that they’ve recommended my story to friends or that they kept thinking about a chapter way after they read it and that sent me to the...

If you post your work here on ScribbleHub, do you have a specific goal in mind? A certain number of readers, enough of a support base for a Patreon, a few commenters that follow along for every update, just a way to keep yourself accountable, etc?

You can tackle this question however you like—maybe 3 things you like about your own writing and 3 things you don’t, or what’s easiest for you to write versus what’s the most difficult, etc etc. Maybe you love world-building but struggle with pacing, or you think your dialogue is really strong...

I’m a big fan of darker GL (though I do like them to have happy endings lol), so if anyone has any recs I’d love to hear them!

Just curious!

And if it does matter to you, what’s the ideal length you’re looking for, and how do you judge it? By word count, number of chapters, or something else? Thanks in advance!

I’ve been reading some of the general advice posts here on the forum, and most of them (rightly, I think) suggest that WNs should stick to chapters in the 1.5k-2.5k word range. I’ve been making an effort to keep my newest chapters on the shorter side, but my problem is that my first ten-ish...

Just a small “yippee” post! I’ve been uploading here on SH for a few months now, and while my overall stats certainly aren’t anything to write home about and I’m making a whopping zero dollars an hour doing it, I’m SO happy to have attracted a handful of regular readers/commenters who follow...