New title, New synopsis, New cover

[RepresentingWrath]

How many cookies are you betting?

5?

 

[Deleted member 84247]

5?

I'll put in Aaqils stash

 

[RepresentingWrath]

I'll put in Aaqils stash

 

[CupcakeNinja]

Yeah, I know. How many times am I going to change the cover, but well . . . here we go again.

Man you is an indecisive cuck i swear to god. Just flip a coin. Let fate decide

 

[tiaf]

Changed to desktop and holy--
No! You don't put your synopsis in your signature!!!

That's perverse.

That aside. New synopsis is not bad, but I personally hate pretentious synopsis that don't give me the basic information of setting and character names. Too used to chinese synopsis. Japanese manga also give more information in the synopsis.

Title is meh. It's mediocre. Simple to remember but at the same time easy to misremember. Pull out out any high fantasy book with a dragon and you could slap this title on it. There is no uniqueness to it.

The cover is... my art standard is very picky. Everything with obvious anatomy mistakes is a meh for me, unless the rendering is stunning enough to neglect it. The composition is quite nice, but with this new synopsis the blue dragon eye cover suits it better.

 

[georgelee5786]

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[Deleted member 54065]

Err...uh, the purpose of titles, covers, and synopses are for the reader to get 'curious' and pick/click on your work. Think of it as a whole, with each being a 'component' to reach your goal of clicking on your story. You can't just focus on one or two, and be done with it.

1) Like @tiaf is trying to say, having a catchy/memorable title can help you get the clicks that you want. It's what the authors of long ass titles aim for, though many are panning them because of it. I'm not saying you resort to long titles, but having an 'interesting' title can make the reader click on your story.

However, do keep in mind that the title should have something to do with your work (most of the time).

2) Covers. Aside from a catchy title, the cover's purpose is to arouse curiosity in a reader whenever he/she glances on your work on the digital shelf. It's not just 'slap a picture of a pretty gal on the cover', you really have to think of a great artwork if you aim for serious retention on your readers.

What about the lewd anime-style covers? Well, they do bring the clicks (trust me, I've seen it do its share of wonders in my work), but once the reader realized they've been tricked, they'd drop your work faster than you can say "knife", along with an accompanying negative review to warn other readers (or simply just to piss you off) sometimes. And reader retention is what you need if you aim to sustain/grow your view count.

3) Synopses. This component gives the reader the idea of what to expect in your work, but you should also be careful not to bore them while reading your synopsis, or they'll also drop your work before they even clicked on your first chapter. Too few details, vague sentences, and off it goes to the proverbial 'garbage bin'. On the other hand, too many details, and it will also be the same. Just keep it in moderation.

A good synopsis should simply answer the questions:

1) Who is the character?
2) What is his/her problem?

Additional tips:

1) Consider the site where you upload your work. Yeah, I learned this the hard way. When I uploaded in RoyalRoad, I got low ratings, simply because my story got no sex, and/or system. I researched about that site and found out that most readers there prefer litRPGs, a genre I hated. The same can be said with ScribbleHub. Most of the stories here have smut, there's a vocal part of readers who hated 'harem' genre, and has a bit of bias against JPN-inspired stories. So I removed my 'isekai' story and uploaded the 'normal' romance novel I'm working on. My life is peaceful since.

2) You can't force a reader to click on your work. Views takes time. Let your story quality speak for yourself and your novel. What you can do as an author is to be patient and consistent in your updates.

Yes, your persistence in changing your 'introductions (title, cover, sysnopsis) may land you a few views, but focusing on those will be counter-productive in the long run. Especially if your potential readers had enough of your inconsistency.

In the end, I'm not saying I'm an expert to these things. I've only been writing for 15 years now, ten years of which went to willy-nilly writing. However, these suggestions and tips I've been sharing are my personal observations and experiences.

TL; DR? Yeah, at least I tried.

 

[georgelee5786]

Title is boring. Lifeless. Nothing memorable.
Synopsis is ok. I wouldn't be super enticed by it.
Cover is eh

 

[Ai-chan]

Yeah, I know. How many times am I going to change the cover, but well . . . here we go again.

Can't you just update your old threads? It's the same story, right? If Ai-chan is being mean, Ai-chan would call this spamming.

 

[Deleted member 54065]

Additional:

I noticed that your updates on your story page come in 'batches'. Like, there is a good number of chapters dumped on November 7, and November 10.

Don't dump chapters. See, not only it will cause you to miss potential readers coming to the site in other days, some readers are also intimidated by the number of chapters they have to read to update themselves.

Like what I'm saying before, consistency. One chapter a day at different timeslots should do you good. Heck, I only upload my chapters every weekend, and my views are getting up (not much, but it's growing).

And a beautiful cover that gets complimented on the forum =\= cover that will attract clicks.

I swear I read 'dicks' instead of 'clicks' for a second.

 

[Prince_Azmiran_Myrian]

I'm just interested in what the final product is going to end up looking like at this point.

 

[Tsuru]

Too realistic.

2 easiest solutions.
1) You take a image from danbooru and writing "I don't own the image and if requested i will remove it" and/or ask the artist beforehand
2) You pay 5$ to use NOVELAI to create a image for you.

 

[Cipiteca396]

Too realistic.

2 easiest solutions.
1) You take a image from danbooru and writing "I don't own the image and if requested i will remove it" and/or ask the artist beforehand
2) You pay 5$ to use NOVELAI to create a image for you.

... Why does everyone want to pay for AI images... They're free.

 

[Tsuru]

... Why does everyone want to pay for AI images... They're free.

If you got other ai websites, plz tell us.
I only know NovelAI the most known, and it only give images if paying for it.
Creating sentences/text is free but not images.

Edit : Maybe you talking about realistic ai images etc. Then i guess you are right but for 2D-style it's novelAI and paid using their "website-currency"

 

[Cipiteca396]

If you got other ai websites, plz tell us.
I only know NovelAI the most known, and it only give images if paying for it.
Creating sentences/text is free but not images.

https://creator.nightcafe.studio/

https://lexica.art/

Something called Waifulabs was popular for a while, but I never looked into it.

You can also download the Stable Diffusion algorithm directly, but I don't know how. I do know it's supposed to be a bit complicated, but probably worth it for a new toy.

 

[CarburetorThompson]

Too realistic.

2 easiest solutions.
1) You take a image from danbooru and writing "I don't own the image and if requested i will remove it" and/or ask the artist beforehand
2) You pay 5$ to use NOVELAI to create a image for you.

Don’t use novelai, it literally traces existing artwork, instead of generating an entirely new piece. There are plenty of good artists you can commission on Artists and Clients for $5.

 

[Tsuru]

Don’t use novelai, it literally traces existing artwork, instead of generating an entirely new piece. There are plenty of good artists you can commission on Artists and Clients for $5.

Oh true. My bad i forgot. It's morning and i am not awake. Usually i recommend to pay requests on pixiv.

 

[Kenjona]

Do you think what I meant by "hot babe" was a woman's face that looks so-so(in terms of beauty)? At least I wasn't talking about that, and I have a suspicion that no one who agreed with me wasn't as well.

I agree with the so-so face in terms of standardized beauty, her face looks to thin and neck to long for her body type. Which is neither here nor there, since it seems some people have a hard time getting their eyes past the front bumpers. Mind you I think the picture is alright, it is just not a "sexy" babe to me and yes there might not be as many "clicks" for the story if your depending on the cover for that.

 

[RepresentingWrath]

I agree with the so-so face in terms of standardized beauty, her face looks to thin and neck to long for her body type. Which is neither here nor there, since it seems some people have a hard time getting their eyes past the front bumpers. Mind you I think the picture is alright, it is just not a "sexy" babe to me and yes there might not be as many "clicks" for the story if your depending on the cover for that.

Do I think that this PICTURE is beautiful or cool? Yes. Do I like this cover? Not really, doesn't suit my taste, but there is nothing wrong with it. Will it attract clicks? It's not about attracting 'not as many clicks.' This cover won't attract any at all.

 

[P00H]

Your current cover is kinda cool, I like it. I also liked your previous ones, as it gave an epic-fantasy scale to it, but this one is nice as well.
Your synopsis, however, has many tense errors in it. It jumps from past to present to past to present many times. Just rewrite it in past tense, like fiction almost always is. I would even redo the entire synopsis, it reads kinda... bad. Make it more interesting and catchy.