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We want more readers. @Tony wants us to have more readers. You know what we could do to get more readers? Perform A/B testing with blurbs/covers/titles What is A/B testing? Let's take an example of title. Page would split users into two groups (they wouldn't know which group they are). You...

I've been wondering recently... are "standard" isekais over? By standard isekais I mean the stuff that dominated the genre at the beginning, simple stories of a Guy/Gal reincarnating, becoming adventurer with inspection cheat, and slowly growing in power. Then there was skill stealing era, then...

As in the title- lack of vertical space is easily fixed by just adding line breaks, having too much of it can't be fixed manually. I'm trying to mimic the text size functionality using headers/paragraphs, but it makes my headers look weird, because, while in the text editor the space below...

As in title. I'm considering setting up discord room for chapter beta reading exchange, basically if you want someone to read your chapter before it gets published, and leave comments, helpful for editing. Since I'm sure most people would only want to get their stuff reviewed, but not...

I decided to comission new art for my Tentacle novel. It looks quite nice, though it is going to differ a bit from the way the cahracters are going to look in the novel, but then I don't really mind, as long as it's going to work in convincing ppl to click on the thumbnail. Comission by Yona...

So something is wrongly set up with fonts. Look at this chapter: https://www.scribblehub.com/read/321434-tentacles-loot-boxes-and-apocalypse--its-not-death-its-surprise-reincarnation/chapter/326059/ If you are on windows, you will most likely see everything displayed propery. But, if you open it...

I think we all know what stereotypical trad-publishing book author is like. Barely living off the money they earn in their NY apartment, writing on an old typewriter because it's cool (or on a MacBook pro in a starbucks), smoking (or vaping these days) and constantly attending parties with other...

Those of you who spend too much time on youtube migh know there are quite a few gimmick* accounts on there. Even on novelupdates novels there are some. Are there any on SH? *What is gimmick account you might ask? Basically someone who always comments in some kind of made up personality. For...

I tried publishing new series today and there was a problem - no new series were approved for now nearly 24h. That basically means the series I released is not going to appear in "New series" tab at all, as there are going to be ton of them appearing at once. It would be greet if we could see...

As in the title - some novels seem to not have "Similar". I thought it might be a good idea to add random novels with similar main tags, if there are no novels that are similar enough. Here, an example of novel with no similar novels box (from todays trending) ...

I see you there. Sitting. Pretending to be writing on one screen, while watching youtube videos in the other "for inspiration", while the folder with all the started projects has last modification weeks ago. Yet you lie to yourself that they are still active projects. So, how many writing...

Int stat is possibly the hardest stat to deal with in any reasonable manner in litRPG. Especially for your protag- in theory their personality should change with increase in int, shouldn't it? Also their abilities in thinking of plans. But we, as simple mortal authors would find it difficult to...

As in title. Personally, I have to give up on second time. When I re-read stuff it all seems like mush to me. But generally I find things to improve, which is nice. Except, when you repeat it too many times it doesn't feel like the same chapter.

One of the most common tropes in fiction- the "curse" of immortality. Or "curse" of amazing strength, or "curse" of being great, and living fulfilling life while practicing your passion (usually killing) Why the hell do any authors even pretend its a curse? I mean okay, there were instances of...

I'm trying to be more systematic in my writing, and so I thought it might be fun to create community character card for writing. What is character card? Pretty much ap rofile of a character, having information that should inform your writing. Those of you who play D&D know the stuff. Here are...

Basically, how do you know when you write too much flourish that doesn't move plot forward? It is nice in that it allows users to understand the world/feelings/situation better... but then, I do remember skipping some descriptions of nature and stuff when reading lots and similar

Do you think the LitRPG and isekai trend will stay with us forever.. or is it something that will go away in 1-2 years?

Please add ability to use [spoiler ] tags in story description. They are a nice way of collapsing content that some people don't care about, since putting a big block of text is far more likely to scary potential readers. In my case - I would like to be able to write more extensive story...

I'm rewriting my snake novel, to finally send it to the editor. And while I'm on the subject, to avoid making a mistake I would cringe about for the rest of eternity, I'm curious what are the big mistakes one should avoid when writing. Also, if you tried reading my novel and want to say bad...

So, 2 things happened: a) I got on trending third time in 6 days b) I passed 666 readers. Analysing those 2 points, gives us those possible events: a) Something broke, and I got on trending, due to trending 2 days earlier. I might be wrong but I think that shouldn't happen? b) Trending got...