Do you intentionally skip chapters?

[Kenjona]

TL/DR
Yes.

1. I skip long series of Stats, I like LitRPG, to a degree and some others of that ilk, but the Stats can get annoyingly long. Love it when Authors hide it behind spoilers, so I can peruse it later if I want without ruining the chapter I am reading.
2. Pages of angst that end up being more filler then actual content, or just not interesting do to the wordiness of the Author.
3. Sex scenes that are not more than, I dominated X persona and they loved it. Or the descriptive techniques used is pathetic, repetitive; or even worse both repetitive and pathetic. I like sex scenes, but if your gonna include them at least rip off some good ones from somewhere else, if you cannot do more than write a variant of "slapped dat ass and they went ahego" every single sex scene.
4. 1,000 word count lists of what the MC is doing and no plot or conflict involved.

You can put all of the princesses on a reservation and call it a sovereign state.

Or call it finishing school.

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

Not every chapter contributes to the story.

Sometimes you might wish to know how it ends without wading through fifty chapters of untagged smut... Or you are invested in the lives of the three initial main characters, when the author decides Steve#5's stereotypical inner thoughts need a hundred chapter exploration arc.
Finally, you might not care about MC's riveting volleyball match with a hundred virgins at Plot-Breaking Beach that is consequently forgotten and never mentioned again.

If you are not in possession of a princess capable of reading, you might think twice about consuming such chapters.

If a story i previously liked is capable of burning out my immense patience then it deserves to be purged dropped. The outcome is not worth it if the spirit is sour.

Are you one of those dragons who disregard princess conservation? We must protect the habitat that produces princesses naturally other they will go extinct.

There will always be princesses.
If I steal procure their princesses then they will just have to make more.

You can put all of the princesses on a reservation and call it a sovereign state.

You're asking for trouble, companion.

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Perhaps if everyone is in my hoard we can make that the reservation.

 

[Deleted member 84247]

You're asking for trouble, companion.

No, just a silly (easily misinterpreted) joke.

 

[Paul__Michaels]

Well I write smut novels and they like to go straight to the chapters that I tagged with the +18.

Some people just like to ignore good plot in the middle of their smut. *Sigh*

 

[SomethingStuffHappend]

I’m surprised how many people hate filler i read it all. As long as the story doesn’t drop in quality from that point onwards.

 

[Deleted member 113259]

Depends on how invested I am. If a story keeps me entertained, I don't care if a lot of the content is filler, I still enjoy reading it. If I'm only reading because there's a neat concept there but the execution kind of sucks, I'll skip tens of chapters even if it's the main plot that I'm skipping.

 

[MrToothySmiles]

It's a crime!

 

[Corty]

This forum is full of adhd zoomers, going by the answers. Most of you should read quotes instead of novels.

 

[Premier]

Oh if it's an isekai and it starts before the Isekai happens I just skip to that.

It has literally never been important I read the pre-isekai part, they're always a waste of effort. Half the time the MC won't even act like they did in the prologue making it really baffling why its there.

 

[ACertainPassingUser]

I've already read them thirty times over, that's why I should just skip them when re-reading it for the hundredth time over.

 

[Succubiome]

Well I write smut novels and they like to go straight to the chapters that I tagged with the +18.

Some people just like to ignore good plot in the middle of their smut. *Sigh*

How can you tell if people are skipping just to the 18+ stuff, rather than reading it through once, and then going back and rereading their favorite chapters?

 

[Bobple]

(For stories I'm reading for the first time) Not really.

I have done it, but it's rare occurrence for me to do. The story needs to be long and boring for me to even consider doing it. But a bad mood can go a long way in wanting to skip some chapters.

 

[Paul__Michaels]

How can you tell if people are skipping just to the 18+ stuff, rather than reading it through once, and then going back and rereading their favorite chapters?

One, it was a bit of a joke.

Two, in the early chapters yes I believe it is readers going back to chapters they like but when I get to the chapters that are in the 50+ range and beyond. I would have a plot chapter be around 500 views for the week and my +18 chapter break around 1300 views in the same time frame.

And I'm not saying it's a bad thing or anything like that. I just find it interesting and funny.

That is all.

 

[Succubiome]

One, it was a bit of a joke.

Two, in the early chapters yes I believe it is readers going back to chapters they like but when I get to the chapters that are in the 50+ range and beyond. I would have a plot chapter be around 500 views for the week and my +18 chapter break around 1300 views in the same time frame.

And I'm not saying it's a bad thing or anything like that. I just find it interesting and funny.

That is all.

Valid!

 

[Comiak]

I skim some chapters when they start to drag on and go nowhere. The story can be good but when nothing happens halfway in the chapter that's when I start skimming.

 

[Kenjona]

I’m surprised how many people hate filler i read it all. As long as the story doesn’t drop in quality from that point onwards.

Its not so much hating on filler. It is probably hating filler that adds nothing to the story and/or is extremly verbose (wordy) in its presentation.

 

[Representing_Tromba]

I only do it because the chapter either contains uncomfortable content, poorly written content, a focus on a stuff that is unimportant to the story and/or plot, or if it just drags on without going anywhere. It's rare but I will do it from time to time. A lot of it is based on personal preference though.

Most of the time I just skip because it's a chapter focusing on a character I find annoying or painful to read about.

I try not to though. I'll never do it with a serialized book because most of the time they only include the necessary stuff.