New author help needed.

[Crimsonsake]

Hi, I’m a new author. I’ve posted 19 chapters and received 2.1k views in 24 days. Valid reads 572
I’m not sure whether that’s good or bad. Could someone give me feedback on it?

 

[Paul__Michaels]

It's on the slower side.
Probably the more important metric is the amount of readers that have added your series to the reading list. You only got 63 right now

 

[TASTYLEADPAINT]

Here's advice I'll give you. Dont care about metrics yet. You're just starting, and this is a marathon, not a sprint. Instead, keep writing and posting. People don't like reading stories until there are many chapters. Because nobody wants to read a story only to have the author drop it after 20 chapters.

 

[Paul__Michaels]

Here's advice I'll give you. Dont care about metrics yet. You're just starting, and this is a marathon, not a sprint. Instead, keep writing and posting. People don't like reading stories until there are many chapters. Because nobody wants to read a story only to have the author drop it after 20 chapters.

That's sort of true in a sense. Like I went into this hoddy, writing for myself not expecting to get any attraction whatsoever. However, I did find success very quickly, like within my first two weeks. So, it's not absolute, but his work might not be resonating with the readers on SH for some reason. Why isn't it, is the million dollar question.
Anyway, best of luck on your writing, my guy.

 

[DismaiNaim]

I started posting to this site in January 2024.

I had 3700 views for 143 valid reads that whole year. Views for 2025 are around 2000, and valid reads are about 750.

I'd say your metrics are fine.