How to use tags and genres?
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No. Include only if its essential part of story.
If it only happen once, i think it depends. Is it extremely important in story or is it something that if removed, doesn't contribute much to the rest of the plot? Is it something like sexual content/gore/etc. that may trigger people?
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Genres are used to inform potential readers that your story will interest them. If you put false genres or tags, they'll get upset when they realize you lied. But the more you add, the more people will look at your story. So put as many as possible without lying or misleading the audience.
And yes, include tags for things that aren't in the story yet. It's better for a new reader to get upset about why the tag isn't present than for a long time reader to drop the book because the plot suddenly swerved in a direction they weren't expecting.
If it only happens in one chapter, you might be better off using another tag since you can only have 25 tags. If you don't have 25 already though, go ahead. Some tags exist that can only happen once by nature. If it's an unpleasant tag though, you should consider using it or at least putting a content warning on that chapter. To avoid surprising your readers, as I mentioned before. If you feel guilty about it, you could always dedicate more thought to the tag.
And yes, include tags for things that aren't in the story yet. It's better for a new reader to get upset about why the tag isn't present than for a long time reader to drop the book because the plot suddenly swerved in a direction they weren't expecting.
If it only happens in one chapter, you might be better off using another tag since you can only have 25 tags. If you don't have 25 already though, go ahead. Some tags exist that can only happen once by nature. If it's an unpleasant tag though, you should consider using it or at least putting a content warning on that chapter. To avoid surprising your readers, as I mentioned before. If you feel guilty about it, you could always dedicate more thought to the tag.
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The tags you can include is limited, so just include the most prominent parts of the story.
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If you put too much it will look all jumbled and messed up. You want to put only what is essential. Tags in my opinion isn't the same, because if you have more tags the more likely you will get a better rating but some people just put popular tags but you have to put tags that at least are in some part of your story or it just doesn't make sense
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Carefully.
Pick the ones that call your name. If you haven't written the entire story but know that something will come up more than once, go ahead and use the tag.
Pick the ones that call your name. If you haven't written the entire story but know that something will come up more than once, go ahead and use the tag.
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