I feel like my views are diminishing

[Paul__Michaels]

Look, if you think your work is having diminishing reader count, take a look at mine.

It is normal, to be alarmed and for your views-per-chapter to drop as you progress in your chapters. But you also have to understand the trend nowadays. A lot of new readers have short attention spans, and is intimidated by what they call 'walls of texts.' There's also the concept of "I leave this story for a while until it builds enough chapters for me to binge read". It can be that, or it can also be something else.

Any case, I persevered (and finished my work) because I changed my goals. Don't be fazed by the response of readers to your writing, and keep improving until you can be confident of what you write.

Hans, he has only posted 7 chapters and chapter one has 260 views right now and ch.7 has over 30. He is hoping for instant success but it takes time and he should focus on what he likes about his work and stop worrying about others.

If he's not getting more people by chapter 20 then it might not be a story for a wider audience

 

[BLIGHT_ZERO]

Hans, he has only posted 7 chapters and chapter one has 260 views right now and ch.7 has over 30. He is hoping for instant success but it takes time and he should focus on what he likes about his work and stop worrying about others.

If he's not getting more people by chapter 20 then it might not be a story for a wider audience

off-topic but your pfp looks like a funtari.

 

[Puji-Maki]

Just put a Smut Tag and everything will be back to normal, maybe even better.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

Hans, he has only posted 7 chapters and chapter one has 260 views right now and ch.7 has over 30. He is hoping for instant success but it takes time and he should focus on what he likes about his work and stop worrying about others.

If he's not getting more people by chapter 20 then it might not be a story for a wider audience

Oui, I'm aware. And I agree with your view that exposure and success takes time and that he should focus on developing his work.

What I'm adding is that, if he's passionate for his story, stop worrying about the audience views and continue on.

And yeah, writing does need some 'thick skin'. Just look at my novel's stats...and yet, I'm still doing a rewrite. Someone here said long ago that no matter what I do, my works won't be popular. So, I just continued to write even though barely anyone reads it.

 

[Paul__Michaels]

Just put a Smut Tag and everything will be back to normal, maybe even better.

Unless they suck at writing smut.
Not all smut is created equal

 

[Puji-Maki]

Unless they suck at writing smut.
Not all smut is created equal

Of course, we are connoisseur here. We know if a Smut novel is amazing if it made us horny and fapped one.

 

[Paul__Michaels]

off-topic but your pfp looks like a funtari.

Meh. It's not really. I asked an AI generator to have a woman with a intricate choker collar necklace. And boom.

 

[MrPopocap]

off-topic but your pfp looks like a funtari.

 

[PBJ_Time]

Do you enjoy writing your story? Or is it a means to end.

I enjoy writing my story as well as wanting to get more people to hear my voice. It's not a means to an end but rather a long-term goal.

 

[Hans.Trondheim]

rather a long-term goal.

If you aim for a long-tern writing goal, steel yourself for the incoming challenges (aka disappointments). Diminishing chapter views is one of those.

 

[Tyranomaster]

I'm not saying my initial chapters are getting less views, however, more like the traction in my latest chapter simply pales in comparison to the first or even second chapter.

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My stats aren't looking good, either, but I'll just stay positive and say this is normal because of my new schedule. I could try promoting my story hard again, but I'm still quite busy with my manuscripts.

You don't have enough chapters to reasonably make that a concern. There are dry months. The only time you can really say "hey, it seems like views are diminishing" is when you have a large enough sample. When you look at the month by month graph and see diminishing views, that's when you can actually tell. All daily, and even weekly, data is pretty much just statistical noise.

 

[RecursiveDescent]

My first story has 1.1k views on the first chapter, 600 by the second and by ch.44 only 30 views. Granted it's complete crap and that may be the reason. I'm so mad that I only locked in for the later sections and the terrible start chained me down.
Still I had a couple really good chapters and somehow those ended up getting many more views than the chapters around it.

 

[Corty]

That is a perfectly normal phenomenon. It is a downward trend; the only time you need to worry is if it never stops and does not level out.

If you reach a steady average, then you are good. There will be spikes; I noticed that my Friday chapters before the weekend pause always have a spike, probably people coming back, checking when a new chapter drops, even with a fixed schedule:

 

[RepresentingWrath]

You all turned it into yet another therapeutic session, huh? @Corty You should add this part to newbie tutorial. That losing views is normal on SH and that's simply how it works.

 

[BLIGHT_ZERO]

You all turned it into yet another therapeutic session, huh? @Corty You should add this part to newbie tutorial. That losing views is normal on SH and that's simply how it works.

idk why you seem more bitter than I remember you being.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

idk why you seem more bitter than I remember you being.

I sprained my back and it hurts like hell.

 

[BLIGHT_ZERO]

I sprained my back and it hurts like hell.

bad vibes forever ig.
Hope you get better(and don't get addicted to percs/pain meds.)

 

[RepresentingWrath]

bad vibes forever ig.
Hope you get better(and don't get addicted to percs/pain meds.)

Thank you. Stay safe and healthy yourself.

 

[Arvi]

I'm not saying my initial chapters are getting less views, however, more like the traction in my latest chapter simply pales in comparison to the first or even second chapter.

- 7. Burning Hatred | Scribble Hub

www.scribblehub.com

My stats aren't looking good, either, but I'll just stay positive and say this is normal because of my new schedule. I could try promoting my story hard again, but I'm still quite busy with my manuscripts.

I totally get what you mean! It's tough when the newer chapters don't get the same attention as the first ones. Keep going, and eventually, those later chapters will start to get the love they deserve!

 

[Paul__Michaels]

I enjoy writing my story as well as wanting to get more people to hear my voice. It's not a means to an end but rather a long-term goal.

Well, It doesn't feel like you are treating this as a long-term goal if you are worried about getting readers at this point of your writing.

At this point you're just creating the story for yourself and hopefully others hop on board as your book or volume comes to its completion. Getting reviews means you're resonating something with your readers either good or bad.

The best way to get any traction is at least getting a chapter out a day. If the stuff that you're writing is any good then you'll retain readers. If not, then it's just a story that's missing something. And there's Nothing bad about that, unless you don't learn from it.