Im having trouble getting subscribers. while the story is being viewed no one actually subscribes. Any tips? if need be you can view and review my story for me at : https://tapas.io/series/Dream-Collector17
Apr '19
Apr '19
patience, you've only been updating for about 3 days. You'll get subscribers eventually, but it isn't going to be instant.
Keep advertising on the forums and social media, someone will eventually be a regular.
I can't really review your series since I'm not very experienced or knowledgeable with poetry, but that may also be why subscribers aren't as quick to sub.
Poetry can be kind of tricky, since many readers on the site are looking for stories with over-arching plots. But don't let that deter you! I suggest advertising on social media with relevant hashtags and finding forums like an appropriate subreddit where you can share your work.
Usually you'll be lucky to get about 5 - 10 % of your viewers actually subscribing to your content. It just takes time. Not really my jam so I can't offer anything constructive on the content itself.
Just focus on creating right now your subscribers will come!
Salutations!
Well I read through what you have and I've some feedback for you that might help as you go along.
Firstly: You've just started putting up work and subs are slow to gather. It's not because your work is bad or something of that nature, people just have to get introduced to it and the best way to do that is to keep sharing! 
So don't worry, subs will come in time and usually in a slow trickle, but your audience will grow if you keep doing what you love and sharing it with them.
Second: Here are some technicals that can help you out. I will preface: I am a HUGE fan of poetry, I have volumes of books with poetry from all over the world. If there is something in the written word that can count for a soul, poetry can be a huge part of that. So, with regards to these technicals: Dream Collector is an interesting idea for an anthology of this type of work, however, I feel it gets derailed or interrupted by your story snippets. There's a certain flow to poetry and when you insert a random excerpt from your book it doesn't really make me feel like reading forward.
Part of this is the non-sequitur feel of reading poetry only to end up in a random page of a book that isn't available. So I'm not getting a teaser for a book I want to read, there's just a random passage that I'll never have context for. My best advice here is to make two series, one for your book and then have this one for your poems so your narrative flow isn't broken up and your style can keep those invested in poetry reading on to the next page. So that's just some arrangement advice with regards to material.
Regarding the actual poetry, there are some technical things here that can help make what's already there blossom. The first thing is, use your commas and your periods where applicable. It makes the actual look of your work more cohesive and you won't believe how readers subconsciously seek those cues to tell them how to read the work in their mind. Knowing where to breathe and where to stop can actually make the poetry itself sound stronger and give it additional tone. It's subtle but it's worth it. To make an example using your own work, I'll show you what I mean:
Original:
I was your heaven
You were my hell
Even if we do so well
We could never be even
For I am a demon
Wrapped in grace
You are an angel
Hiding behind a false face
Edited:
I was your heaven,
You were my hell,
Even if we do so well.
We could never be even,
For I am a demon,
Wrapped in grace,
You are an angel,
Hiding behind a false face.
There's a certain implied cadence that including commas and periods gives your work which changes how a reader experiences the piece. Now, where you want to put those things is up to you, but it does help to have them there to guide your readers. With regards to the actual subject matter itself, since it's poetry it's personal and how you convey your story is up to you with regards to subject and expression, that being said, using different modes to tell different stories can keep it fresh. You use very similar format across all of your poems which, isn't a terrible thing, but it does tend to become samey after a while if every poem is written essentially the same way.
One thing you might do to keep as much flavor in your work as possible is study different forms of poetry to learn new ways to tell a story, much like the difference between writing a novel in First Person POV and Third Person POV. It can keep your work fresh and also be an exciting and inspiring experience. Reading poetry from around the world and seeing through the lenses of other authors both modern an ancient, is a fun way to explore the world of words AND add sparkle to your own as you learn more. So I would suggest, as a way to both enrich your own skill set and your roster of poets, to try different forms and read more poetry. The internet is a great place for it.
To get you started with some different types of work here are some that I really enjoyed:
Pablo Neruda.
Samuel Taylor Coleridge.
There are lots more but we'd be here for years if I were to post everything so, I wanted just to give you a hand full of the poems I've enjoyed so you can see what you think and use that same resource to find other poets you might enjoy. Cheers and I hope that you continue on your poetic journey and enjoy it. Don't worry, the subs will come in their own time. 
I wish you all the best!
Syn-Cypher.
