I feel like anything non-romance is going to have a hard time...
Not all the winners were BL in the last two camps, neither were some of them focused on a pure romance background. Sure those are favorites among readers (there's nothing wrong with that writing or reading those genresâď¸) but I like to think there's variety and I don't write pure romance or BL. I hope that doesn't discourage writers, write what you want! If I do have a harder time than some then I welcome the struggle .
I'm not gonna lie, most of the winners from the last two camps were BL. I think from both camps there were only two winners out of the six entries who weren't BL. However, I encourage you not to be discouraged if you're not going to do BL or romance; even if you don't win, there's tons of traffic in entering the camp if you use the camp to your advantage and advertise your story correctly<3.
maybe just the majority of the Tapas audience likes BL? If that's the case, then it makes sense for Tapas for favor BL entry. Both of terms of pleasing the audience and also financially speaking.
Hmm, I think even romances have a tough time. If you look at the trending section under Community Novels, pretty much all of it is BL
Yeah the biggest novels on the site tend to be BL so that clearly has an advantage lowering the odds for anyone not going for that market.
There still is a market for non-BL, but it's clearly not as strong as the BL market.
I think sites like Webnovel.com and Royal Road have a stronger non-BL audience. But their site design and interface isn't nearly as good as Tapas. I think posting there might be worth a try if you don't write BL (like me lol)
It seems to be that way XD. I'm actually pretty prepared to lose next time since I'm not doing BL, but that's alright. It's just what the market wants at the moment. I don't have anything against BL, I just wish there was a little more room for other genres to do as well. XD
Yeah, I'm not even writing romance this time like I did with ELINA. I'm doing a political thriller, because why not lol
I do like political thrillers my interest is piqued
You got thisâď¸ we're in this together lol.
I feel yeah there, I'm doing some light Fantasy stuff, and I find pure romance to be pretty boring so it's impossible for me to write it.
I tend to like romance mixed with other genres. E.g. My last writer's camp entry ELINA is a romance in a fantasy setting with a witch and witch hunter twist. I usually find straight-up romances a bit boring. I need that extra 'lil something to spice things up
welp, reading this thread I realize i'm also in the minority once i join the writer's camp since my story is middle-grade level horror fantasy with little kids as protagonist. LOL. Not expecting any wins; just a good way for me to force myself to write & improve
I'm planning to enter EVERY Reedsy's weekly writing competition for $50USD 1st prize.Does anyone have any leads to another competition? I won't enter the 3rd writers' camp, but I want to add the tag to drag readers to my novel, lol.Who wants to read the first 3 chapters of my novel and give me some pointers? If they are too harsh, you can PM them to me, haha. I'll do the same
Dang...I did not expect so many replies......Oh, wait..I did! Yay! So many opinions!
Dunno, sounds a bit dishonest
The contest really is a great opportunity, and even if you don't win, you'd still place yourself in the curious eyes of Tapas staff and regulars viewers the next time it comes up!
I would highly encourage you to join!
Congrats on buying a house
Can you send those chapters me via private message or give me a link to a google document?
What an ass move