Daily Writing Check-in

domisotto 2021-04-01 15:47:27 UTC #1180

Congrats & it totally does!

jkb4753 2021-04-02 05:42:02 UTC #1181

Congrats! One third is completely insane. Really makes you wonder about those popular sponsored works. How much of that is just placement on the front page? Apparently, a lot.

brtyler4 2021-04-02 05:46:21 UTC #1182

This is my webcomic

https://tapas.io/series/Thats-Bs-Life

Crusoe 2021-04-02 06:00:51 UTC #1183

Yeah I think so, lots of exposure. Can't blame tapas tho, they make more money with premium work and they gotta pay their staff somehow.

Crusoe 2021-04-02 09:02:02 UTC #1184

Aight that went insanely fast, I'm over 250 subs now. Sorry for the many messages in this thread recently, I'm just very excited about finally hitting that milestone after more than a year. I'm gonna host a QnA for the story now to celebrate.

Just_Chyna 2021-04-02 14:44:05 UTC #1185

So I'm changing my story idea. I don't wanna do the love story.

But on the bright side, I've got a few other ideas in mind.

cherrystark 2021-04-02 14:53:09 UTC #1186

Right? It's a crazy good boost to your numbers. Congrats!

jkb4753 2021-04-02 15:18:06 UTC #1187

Agreed, but it makes e feel a little better knowing that some of those stories with forty bazillion hits got that way because of promotion. I get insecure, okay???

Did i miss the QnA?

Crusoe 2021-04-02 16:28:26 UTC #1188

That's okay! As long as you end on something you're passionate enough about to write then it's all good!

Just_Chyna 2021-04-02 16:29:42 UTC #1189

Thank you

Crusoe 2021-04-02 16:46:37 UTC #1190

Not yet haha, I just posted the episode for it this afternoon.

I mean, tapas does try to feature stories of a good quality and quantity I think, but the pool of creator comics and novels is so big that even great ones are overlooked. Being active here and posting regularly did help.

domisotto 2021-04-02 23:22:07 UTC #1191

Omg, grats!

No worries, whatever works.

domisotto 2021-04-02 23:44:47 UTC #1192

I have been editing Lone Werewolf and posting Raised by the Mafia. I planned to write 500 words synopsis for Werewolf, but instead wrote an insert chapter...

Just_Chyna 2021-04-04 03:08:03 UTC #1193

Does this sound catching:

Blurb: Joseph uncover secrets while trying to find the town’s serial killer.

Seventeen year old Joseph Ronchetto’s life is turned upside when his childhood friend, Marcello Watson is found brutally murdered in his own home. The murder then leads to a series of similar murders throughout Wood Maple. Joseph must try and find out the mystery slayer before he is the next target. On his journey, he uncovers many secrets about his late friend. What other secrets are laying beneath the surface?

This is just a draft for an idea.

Crusoe 2021-04-04 07:10:20 UTC #1194

Sounds cool! You can definitely go a lot of so different ways with it.

domisotto 2021-04-04 14:35:24 UTC #1195

I would suggest taking out the first sentence. It is generic and doesn't tell me anything about Joseph, secrets or murders. The last two sentences also seem generic without tellling me, again, why 17 yo is uniquely qualified for investigative work (he has clairvoyance? is very smart? or?) or the kind of dreadfull secrest that lead to the murder spree. Is there a suicide pact? Cult? Is it supernatural war? Mafia is moving onto the new territory?

The blurb doesn't need to hide things, it needs to entice people to buy-in. If it is sufficiently intriguing, people would want to get more. Otherwise it's like buying a cat inside a bag, you don't know what you are paying for, even though you may hear a mew.

Zell 2021-04-04 15:42:43 UTC #1196

Time to start writing for the day. Had a late start because of the holiday but I intend to finish chapter three of Dragon Knight today and not get distracted by the plot bunnies and start ten more stories.

domisotto 2021-04-04 15:48:31 UTC #1197

That’s such a mood!

I am in the editing period of the year right now, and it is legit hard to stick to editing and not think about the next book

Zell 2021-04-04 15:54:37 UTC #1198

A incredibly bad habit I have left over from my early internet fanfiction days is that I start a story, write a few hundred words, then repeat. Everything gets finished eventually but I end up with 50+ stories. I have the same issue here, lol. I post as I write and thankfully most of my readers don’t seem to mind the sometimes insanely short updates. Although I am thinking of posting a second edition of each story with the chapters properly put together. I did it with Dragon Knight and that is being received pretty well.

domisotto 2021-04-05 02:21:00 UTC #1199

Whatever works, and if you have the genuine readers, you can do whatever you want in terms of length! That’s the beauty of the online fiction

I have been working my way through the second draft of the Lone Werewolf, including the new chapter. So far, 11 chapters are updated, and will continue working on it. I want a stronger soulmate vibe in the chapter I am on rn. So will need to work on that.