Does my cyberpunk-cultivation novel fit into Scribblehub?

[TheWritingBirb]

Hey guys my name is Phoenix and I'm new here,

yesterday I've posted the first (short) volume of my web novel Lemongrass. I intent to post new chapters daily but wanted to give a bit to binge on first.

Lemongrass – The Chaotic Life of Meadow Song

Follow Meadow Song, a 16-year old transfer student, delve into the darkness of Heaven’s Gate, capital of cultivation. Many people there aspire to ascend to Heaven but only a few know that the path to immortality is built on corpses. This glamourous city is home to all the classic...

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I immediately got an one-star rating which is kinda mean but not too bad. But after a few hours, I noticed, despite a few hundred clicks on the page itself that my retention of readers is nearly 0 after the prologue. I'm not sure how accurate the given statistics are but it is kind of a bummer.

Could you guys give me feedback on how to improve?

 

[Monk_Origins]

Okay, first, of course, while smutty fantasy (and LitRPG) novels are popular here, other stuff are also welcome and popular. Second, there are some trolls that give 1 star to novels when they appear. I checked your story, and it def wasn't worth mere 1 star. I would recommend contacting our overlord(mod), @Tony . He will check it out for you and delete troll ratings. Lastly, you might struggle a little bit until you get to trending, which is rather easy for stories like yours, where the grammar is good. Earliest you can get to trending will be tomorrow. Until then, I would recommend you to post polls, author notes and questions to your readers to boost engagement, since every paramater counts when it comes to getting into trending. I would personally recommend posting around 3k~ words everyday if you can. In my humble experience, 3k everyday seems to be perfect for this website. Your story will get a lot of readers when you get into trending, and all you have to do is grind and boost engagement until then. :)

 

[TheWritingBirb]

Thanks! I've posted only on to one other site and I was kinda overwhelmed by the editing options! But I'll check out the reader engagement stuff! Thank you very much!

 

[High-in-the-skys]

Just gonna add it in
I took a 'peek' at your work and I can say it has a chance to be good but you might have confusions here and there that you might encounter when you're new to this site.
1. The 'views' like the one numbered around 470 as of the time I posted this are pageviews or people who opened and taked a look at your cover/story page.
2. The 'readers' are the people who 'bookmarked' your work so your actual readership might be bigger
3. There is a glossary and they exist. (I just found stories with glossary as cute ones since they seem to have more effort put in them)
4. Go at one of your chapters and take a look at the top. The eyes showed how many read that chapter.(See that views are bigger than your 'readers'? This explains it). There is also a love/favorite button but they are self explanatory.
5. Statistics exist so you can take a look at it if you have a tough stomach or you can just avoid that button if you easily feel bad.
6. Reviews are moderated so you should not worry about the trolls who will just spam words.
7. I like how you add pics to you're stories but can you just add them at the top or bottom? And maybe if plot says it, put it there. They sometimes distract when you're reading.

 

[TheWritingBirb]

Thanks for teaching me the ways of the scribble and for the constructive criticism! I was unhappy with the pictures as well. I'll change them as you suggested.

 

[FlyingPirateCat]

I'll give you 5 stars to offset the 1 star troll.

 

[TheWritingBirb]

I'll give you 5 stars to offset the 1 star troll.

Thank you! You people are so nice