Deleting and Making same novel again

[servo]

Hi everyone,


Last week I published my first-ever novel, but after reviewing the start, I realized it lacked strong hooks. I’ve since rewritten the first two chapters and now feel the story would benefit from a fresh start.


I’ve only uploaded three chapters so far, so I’m considering deleting the old version and uploading the new one under the same title. Do you think this is a good idea?


I’d really appreciate your thoughts!


Thanks,
Servo

 

[Eldoria]

That's a great idea. Especially if you've thoroughly researched the market and refined your novel's content and cover. Take advantage of the one day your novel is featured in the latest series section on the homepage. It's a once-in-a-lifetime promotional opportunity for a novel. If you can capitalize on that opportunity, you might even get tens of bookmarks from new readers in one fell swoop.

 

[Arkus86]

You will probably lose the readers you have, or most of them, but if you did not get many readers to begin with, you don't have much to lose. In such a case, the fresh start might be worth it, if you can keep up the quality.
Also, I suspect you would not be the first to do so. I have seen other novels in Latest Series now and then, rewrites and fresh uploads of works much further along than the first three chapters. With or without deleting the original.

 

[just_darkjazz]

I'd go for it if I where you considering you've only dropped three chatpers. I'd be careful though, it's very easy to get bogged down trying to fix old mistakes. It's just as important to keep moving forward, and some times you just have to eat the mistakes and try to be better in the future. Best of luck with your novel :)

 

[JayDirex]

Hi everyone,


Last week I published my first-ever novel, but after reviewing the start, I realized it lacked strong hooks. I’ve since rewritten the first two chapters and now feel the story would benefit from a fresh start.


I’ve only uploaded three chapters so far, so I’m considering deleting the old version and uploading the new one under the same title. Do you think this is a good idea?


I’d really appreciate your thoughts!


Thanks,
Servo

That's a DUMB IDEA. just rewrite the first three chapters and continue on.

 

[Ai-chan]

You got 20 bucks. Everytime you upload a chapter, you lose 1 buck. You get 0.01 buck for every view. So by the time you got your 100th view, you'd have already recouped the expenses of uploading a chapter. If you reupload, you could be seeing yourself spending another buck or maybe less if you only had to do a fraction of the work.

Bucks isn't real money. It would be a great problem if every author keeps 20 adult male deers in their house. It is a fantasy money representing your motivation to continue working. You could start with amazing motivation, maybe 100 bucks. What Ai-chan is saying that, with every effort, your motivation dips lower and lower. Until at some point, you run out of motivation. So it is up to you if giving up a whole adult male deer twice is worth the trouble.

If you just want to reappear on the front page twice though, don't bother. Not worth the time and not worth the effort. People rarely care about latest series list anyway. You'd be better off spending that effort on releasing the next chapter if this is the case.

 

[LeilaniOtter]

If you just want to reappear on the front page twice though, don't bother. Not worth the time and not worth the effort. People rarely care about latest series list anyway. You'd be better off spending that effort on releasing the next chapter if this is the case.

I keep my eye out more for latest users than I do books. So I know who to report immediately. You'll know them because they come with law offices in the name, or a health cure, or something like that. ? It's fun nailing them the minute they appear.

 

[FRWriter]

Three chapters... I would suggest you keep writing 20-30 chapters and figure out what you want to write and get into a rhythm. I can already tell you that 99% of users do not even bother with 2 or 3-chapter stories, so caring about the "market" is really the silliest thing you can do.

 

[DireBadger]

Three chapters... I would suggest you keep writing 20-30 chapters and figure out what you want to write and get into a rhythm. I can already tell you that 99% of users do not even bother with 2 or 3-chapter stories, so caring about the "market" is really the silliest thing you can do.

Honestly, this. The reason is that most 'webnovel' chapters are barely 1000-1500 words each. 3000 words? I can write that much just responding to chapter comments before I pinch off my morning loaf.

5000-6000 word chapters actually LOSE readers, that's why I have been redoing my own works with smaller chapter sizes.

Until you have a grand total around 75,000 to 100,000 words, which basically means about 200 pages, or a very LIGHT light novel, most people won't bother getting invested in reading it. So, in their mind, 50 chapters is 'readable'. This something novel authors, myself included, have had to learn the hard way.

Before chapter 50, a single review is staggeringly good fortune.