how to reach more people to read my novel

billydbd

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good question. the secret is you neer1wefdsfghgjfhg aadsSDSDS
 
TheEldritchGod

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RepresentingEnvy said:
????‍♀️Stop right there, criminal scum!
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No no no... the answer is, sex sells. I have several books and the popularity is in direct correlation to the amount of sex.
So, Just SELL OUT and write soft-core porn so you can pull in that sweet-sweet soccer mom disposable income.
You would not believe the shit I slapped together when I was ghostwriting and for some INSANE reason, I kept getting work.
Soft-core Romance is the largest market you'll likely get access to.
 
Paul__Michaels

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To get them looking is to have a good title and catchy cover. But to keep them you need good characters and a decent plot.
And post at least one chapter a day until you have around 50 chapters helps too. But if your title doesn't interest them. Then it's not worth your time.
 
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Post on different sites and post regularly. That's a simple trick for gaining more exposure. As for having the readers read your novel, before you post, think of the reason why anyone would click your novel and give it a try when there are thousands others out there. Give them a reason to click and stay.
 
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Generate cheap AI digital art, post it on Deviantart, post link in the gallery description box.

That will bring you a total of (drumroll...) 5–10 readers!

(Data is valid for German Original Fiction. Results could improve with English Original Fiction.)

But those 5–10 readers will be the love of your life. Trust me. :blob_shade:
 
Sylver

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Sagacious_Punk said:
Have luck. Something you don't really apply any control over.

What the others have said above is all valid and true. However, even if you do any of those "signal boosting" steps, there is no guarantee your story will be a success.

You may have a perfect title; you may have a beautiful cover; you may have a magnificent synopsis. You may have a ton of banners and posts across a legion of social media sites. You may have all of those things and more, but reaching more readers is... something that those readers decide themselves.

So, be prepared. It's painful and it feels lonely, but sometimes your story may get lost in the void no matter what. What you can do, in that case, is to be willing to write the next story. Cause it might just turn into that stunning success the first one didn't, again, no matter what.

But still, failure is much more prevalent in art than success is. Be ready.

To quote Jack Reacher, expect the best but prepare for the worst.
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I can support this, it's rough out there. I moved to this website in the hopes that my story would be better received. It's been very slow, the views are there but in comparison to other stories that started when I did, I'm at the far back end of the line thus far.

People say to write what you enjoy, but it's hard to do that if it feels like you're the only one reading it. I feel that removed the intent of sharing your work publicly, you want people to enjoy it just like you do.

They say write what is popular, but popular topics tend to change and that removes the original intent of writing what you enjoy, because you won't always enjoy what's popular. LitRPG stories are popular right now, I don't know anything about that. I have story ideas in mind, I don't want to change them to fit the LitRPG as a bet to see if it gathers more readers interest.

The cover art I 100% agree with, mine needs to change.

The synopsis, I think it needs a rework. People say it works well but readers are quick to judge, and I can't tell if the synopsis pushes them away either.

Then they say to upload daily. Well I did that for two weeks, 5 chapters a week. It didn't help much, sure I got views but not many readers again.

All this leads me to second guess myself when writing my chapter drafts. Maybe my story isn't as special or interesting as I had hoped. Maybe I wrote something that pulled a lot of readers away, or maybe my writing is just bad or my ideas aren't what people are looking for.

I moved my work here because I originally started in a different website and wrote there for 5 years. 5 years and 4 stories and I was doing okay-ish, while plenty of other writers would blow up in popularity with their first story. These are writers who I reached out to when they first began, because their story concepts shared a similar premise as mine and I wanted to offer them some advice. I'm happy that it worked out well for them, but damn does it hurt to be left on the wayside while others make it with one go.

I guess the TL:DR is to be prepared to struggle. Writing isn't easy and I went in expecting this, and this is the main reason why I'm pursuing a different career despite writing being my main hobby. Actually succeeded and profiting as a writer is really hard to do, there's a lot of luck involved and that's something you can't control. Some people do well on their first novel, others struggle after writing five or ten. It's not easy.

The best I can say is to work on your writing, really try your best to improve on your writing skills, and cherish the good moments on the way. Interact with readers who leave behind comments, get to know other writers as well. Write what you want others to enjoy, not what you feel obligated to write.
SailusGebel said:
Bruh.
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I mean like my views are okay-ish, but the readers and favorites are tame, if not maybe a bit low compared to the chapter count, and comments are rare. Basically, don't rely on popular tags expecting any long term effects or a sudden explosion in popularity.
Nexus_English said:
vampire smut COUGH
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I knew one writer got some pretty good results with that as their first story :blob_evil_two:
 
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