Do I need to rewrite this story?

[FrankieCheng]

I have four stories going - one in particular features smut. It's tagged as yuri because that's the end game, but the main character is bi and gets it on with whoever takes her fancy.
Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not dropping, per se), and I suspect it's because the NSFW content there is MalexFemale not FxF.
I also suspect that people who have read my other stories, which have no smut, have come over to this story and been confused? Disturbed?
Tl;dr I have a story that's a bit different, should I just rewrite it to match the style of my other stories?

 

[Deleted member 84247]

I have four stories going - one in particular features smut. It's tagged as yuri because that's the end game, but the main character is bi and gets it on with whoever takes her fancy.
Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not dropping, per se), and I suspect it's because the NSFW content there is MalexFemale not FxF.
I also suspect that people who have read my other stories, which have no smut, have come over to this story and been confused? Disturbed?
Tl;dr I have a story that's a bit different, should I just rewrite it to match the style of my other stories?

You tell the story how you want to. You can put bisexual protagonist as a tag.

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

I think that most stories have the most views on the first chapters. A lot of users add a story to their reading list without reading which automatically logs them as ch1. So it is not a for sure thing what the statistics state. It is better to rely on feedback from your commenting readers.

 

[Kalliel]

I mean, I don't think a lot of yuri enjoyer would want to see MxF.
Me included.
I don't know, just add a bi tag to it?

 

[Deleted member 54065]

I have four stories going - one in particular features smut. It's tagged as yuri because that's the end game, but the main character is bi and gets it on with whoever takes her fancy.
Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not dropping, per se), and I suspect it's because the NSFW content there is MalexFemale not FxF.
I also suspect that people who have read my other stories, which have no smut, have come over to this story and been confused? Disturbed?
Tl;dr I have a story that's a bit different, should I just rewrite it to match the style of my other stories?

First, try to focus on just one work. Trying to do everything at the same time can be exhausting, and the more exhausted we are the more risk of burnout.

Second, write what you want to write. Yes, you may pander on your readers, but not for too much, or you'll end up writing what is 'not yours'. And that is quite difficult to finish.

Third, as an author, it's fine for you to try every genre to know what fits your taste, and what fits your audience. From there, you can know what works the most, and develop your writing skills further.

 

[TheEldritchGod]

Honestly? Never compromise your vision. Make a new story before compromising an old one.
Unless you are selling out for buckets of cash. Then compromise. Become like a willow tree in a hurricane and bend it like Beckham. If you are getting paid, have all the backbone of a man with a fookin' slinky for a spine.

 

[FrankieCheng]

You tell the story how you want to. You can put bisexual protagonist as a tag.

It does have the bi tag, I've just got GL in the genre list.

First, try to focus on just one work. Trying to do everything at the same time can be exhausting, and the more exhausted we are the more risk of burnout.

I get bored working on one story, already tried that. In any case, the stories are all set in the same universe and have interconnecting parts, so I'm technically just working on one giant story from multiple viewpoints?
For your other points, yes, that makes sense. Thanks for that.

 

[Cipiteca396]

I have four stories going - one in particular features smut. It's tagged as yuri because that's the end game, but the main character is bi and gets it on with whoever takes her fancy.
Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not dropping, per se), and I suspect it's because the NSFW content there is MalexFemale not FxF.
I also suspect that people who have read my other stories, which have no smut, have come over to this story and been confused? Disturbed?
Tl;dr I have a story that's a bit different, should I just rewrite it to match the style of my other stories?

There's probably no need to rewrite. Having NSFW stuff in the first chapter might be a little out of place, but it's no big deal. If people don't want to read it, that's fine. For the people who added it to a reading list because they want to read it later, you'd be doing them a disservice.

 

[ThrillingHuman]

Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not dropping, per se)

this is just how things are. Most readers will either not get past first chapter or will, but very slowly, unless your story is that amazing

 

[FrankieCheng]

this is just how things are. Most readers will either not get past first chapter or will, but very slowly, unless your story is that amazing

Looking at the stats again, it seems people are either just staying on the first chapter (the majority, as you say, and as @Prince_Azmiran_Myrian said, that seems to happen with people adding a story to a read list) or they actually read the entirety of what I have published so far. So that sounds like I'm not doing too bad then.

Thanks for all the feedback, everyone. That's been really useful.

 

[Temple]

I think your only problem here is the tagging. When people search for GL tag, they want to read a GL story, not that there'd be GL in the end. It's like people looking for a dessert won't order a ten-course meal for the dessert at the end. They just want the dessert. Tagging is a delicate thing in webnovels. Personally, I just put up the tag when the story reaches that part. As for your specific case, I'd rather remove the GL because it's Bi.

Not sure if this is the right analogy, but it's like putting Tragedy on Gintama. Gintama has some serious tragic stuff eventually, but it's mostly comedy. People looking for comedy will avoid it because of the tragedy tag. People looking for tragedy will get weirded out by the comedy and drop it.

Essentially, if you mess up tagging, you're just shooting yourself in the foot.

All the other things, four stories, smut, those aren't really problems. I have three stories, technically four, one of them has smut. They are all very different from each other.

 

[Cipiteca396]

Personally, I just put up the tag when the story reaches that part

No no, never do that. It'll confuse your long time readers when the story takes a "sudden shift". If you weren't originally planning it, but then added it later, that's- well, not fine, but understandable. If you were planning something important from the beginning, it should be there from the moment you realized it was part of the story.

 

[Deleted member 68927]

I have four stories going - one in particular features smut. It's tagged as yuri because that's the end game, but the main character is bi and gets it on with whoever takes her fancy.
Judging from what I can see from the stats, most people are reading the first chapter and stopping there (not dropping, per se), and I suspect it's because the NSFW content there is MalexFemale not FxF.
I also suspect that people who have read my other stories, which have no smut, have come over to this story and been confused? Disturbed?
Tl;dr I have a story that's a bit different, should I just rewrite it to match the style of my other stories?

Don't rewrite. If you are not going to attempt to sell the book, what do you care if the readers are dropping it? Have fun! Write for yourself. Yes, it sounds like a big cliché, but a story written with passion is always better than something you have written just because you thought it could be popular.
Let your characters' peculiarity lead you on a journey. Let her grow into a real person. The readers, who are going to read even if it is not yuri, will like the story more. The only reader for whom you should care is yourself.
If it is not fun, what is the point? Are you doing it for the views and the number of readers, or because you want to see the journey of your characters?
Happy writing!

 

[Kamelingil]

I think that most stories have the most views on the first chapters. A lot of users add a story to their reading list without reading which automatically logs them as ch1. So it is not a for sure thing what the statistics state. It is better to rely on feedback from your commenting readers.

But why does my Introduction chapter have lesser views than the Chapter 1?

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

But why does my Introduction chapter have lesser views than the Chapter 1?

It probably has to do with hiw views are counted, which I'm not entirely sure how they are. I'm unsure how unique views and secondary views are counted, and whether there is a time requirement to count as a view.
Again, the statistics shown are not always a for sure thing.
I know that once you publish it will count you as a view every time you go to edit the chapter. And also whenever someone goes to answer a comment notification on that page it could count.

So there are several factors why some chapters may get more views than others.