Kazumi
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First of all, some disclaimers are needed. I'm not here to tell you how you should write or that there is only one way of writing. The title is clickbait, which is kinda on theme with what I'm going to be discussing here.
Some of you might know, most of you won't, but I posted a story yesterday that was supposed to get trending but actually didn't for some reason. OPness is great for your health. Now calm down. I know the story is trash, it is. But it's something I wrote four years ago while going through major depression and health problems, so cut me some slack on that part. Earlier this week, I was going through my old folder and found it, thought it was funny, so I decided to post it. I didn't edit it much besides some of the more obvious grammar issues.
However, even with how badly written it was, it still got 2.5k views on its first day with only 3 chapters posted. Keep in mind that the third chapter was posted only a few hours before the reset, so it probably didn't reach full effectiveness. My novel was also not shown in the novel update ads space, so there was that too. Now, you might think that 2.5 views aren't that much really, but it is, and let me show that for you.
Let's take other stories that have a cover too. Jade Veterinarian, for example, great story, solid grammar and consistently good scene composition. Eleven chapters, 1.3k views. I got double his views with four times fewer chapters. Shadow of Greed, amazing story, mad respect for the author; ten chapters, 380 views. It's not coverless stories that we're talking about here, they have their covers.
So, what's wrong here? Well, to answer that, we gotta go back to the title of this thread. Readers are degenerate. In fact, they're so degenerate that the difference between a cover with boobs and one with not reaches 20X views. Of course, I'm in by no mean delusional enough to think that this difference would stay the same as both stories mature, but still, the point remains the same. If there is anything that can double, or triple your views in a matter of weeks, it's probably a cover change (it might not be as extreme once u reach the hundreds of thousands of views, but for those in the 10ks, definitely would).
Now, I'm close to concluding this thread and you might be thinking what was the point of it all. Well, I decided to make it because I keep seeing threads asking whether a cover makes a big difference or not, or whether it's worth it or not, and thought to myself why not just bring some concrete numbers to end this discussion once and for all. Yes, a cover makes a big difference. In fact, it can reach a 20X difference, so there you go.
For OPness is great for your health, I think I'm gonna delete that story by the end of the day. The raging hormones that fueled in days of old already died down, and I can't bring myself to wake them up again. If someone thought it was funny and really wanna keep a copy of it, go for it my dude, I don't mind. With that, I conclude this thread and hope that the numbers I brought up were of any use to anyone.
PS: I have another account that had been active for much longer than this one. This one is just an alt. If you can find the main one, this Onee-san will give you a reward
Some of you might know, most of you won't, but I posted a story yesterday that was supposed to get trending but actually didn't for some reason. OPness is great for your health. Now calm down. I know the story is trash, it is. But it's something I wrote four years ago while going through major depression and health problems, so cut me some slack on that part. Earlier this week, I was going through my old folder and found it, thought it was funny, so I decided to post it. I didn't edit it much besides some of the more obvious grammar issues.
However, even with how badly written it was, it still got 2.5k views on its first day with only 3 chapters posted. Keep in mind that the third chapter was posted only a few hours before the reset, so it probably didn't reach full effectiveness. My novel was also not shown in the novel update ads space, so there was that too. Now, you might think that 2.5 views aren't that much really, but it is, and let me show that for you.
Let's take other stories that have a cover too. Jade Veterinarian, for example, great story, solid grammar and consistently good scene composition. Eleven chapters, 1.3k views. I got double his views with four times fewer chapters. Shadow of Greed, amazing story, mad respect for the author; ten chapters, 380 views. It's not coverless stories that we're talking about here, they have their covers.
So, what's wrong here? Well, to answer that, we gotta go back to the title of this thread. Readers are degenerate. In fact, they're so degenerate that the difference between a cover with boobs and one with not reaches 20X views. Of course, I'm in by no mean delusional enough to think that this difference would stay the same as both stories mature, but still, the point remains the same. If there is anything that can double, or triple your views in a matter of weeks, it's probably a cover change (it might not be as extreme once u reach the hundreds of thousands of views, but for those in the 10ks, definitely would).
Now, I'm close to concluding this thread and you might be thinking what was the point of it all. Well, I decided to make it because I keep seeing threads asking whether a cover makes a big difference or not, or whether it's worth it or not, and thought to myself why not just bring some concrete numbers to end this discussion once and for all. Yes, a cover makes a big difference. In fact, it can reach a 20X difference, so there you go.
For OPness is great for your health, I think I'm gonna delete that story by the end of the day. The raging hormones that fueled in days of old already died down, and I can't bring myself to wake them up again. If someone thought it was funny and really wanna keep a copy of it, go for it my dude, I don't mind. With that, I conclude this thread and hope that the numbers I brought up were of any use to anyone.
PS: I have another account that had been active for much longer than this one. This one is just an alt. If you can find the main one, this Onee-san will give you a reward
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