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Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21
sphynx_99

The problem is that it's not up to me, the Artist takes a month for 10 pages, and so I have a lot of buffer to do, I already have to take a week of hiatus this week so to keep a stable schedule that doesnt conflict with Her workload (Alotught the first half of the next story is ready to be pubblished but scheduled).
I might consider to warn the change of location in the description, but I don't know if someone would really read it, many tend to ignore description, but I'll give it a try.
I'll see what I can pull out of it.

IndigoShirtProd
Feb '21
Fedriz_Marini

I'm not saying the dialogue isn't important, just that some readers won't be privy to sheer amount of it in the prologue. I'm going to say this, you and your artist are doing good work, undeniably, but there's no need to be so defensive about something you don't plan on changing. Just agree to disagree with criticism and move on. We're just trying to tell what could be a reason readers aren't latching on to your story like you'd hoped.

Rhonder
Feb '21

To state a contrary opinion/encouragement, that you've only been uploading for 2 months and are already at 70 subscribers is actually quite good :smiley: It might not be the hugest number, sure, but that's much higher and much faster than many other creators reach with their first series on this platform.

For example, I reached the 70 subscriber point at month... 7, according to my dashboard, and even I felt as though my comic was over-performing compared to other new creators :sweat_smile:

I unfortunately don't have time to read right now as my work day is about to start (others have offered story feedback already anyways), but taking a quick flip through your comic, the artist that you have puts out really solid and eye-catching work! I'm sure if you keep at it, you'll continue to find more readers. Don't let 1 or 2 slow weeks get you down~ On these hosting sites often promotion and getting eyes on your comic in the first place is the hardest fight. Sometimes if you upload and get washed off of the "Fresh" list too fast and don't hit trending your comic may just be invisible for a week.

Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21
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IndigoShirtProd

It's not that I'm not planning on changing, altough, dialogue still is a crucial part, if accompanied with some action, the following stories have dialogue more inherent to what they are doing, rather to past things, like the Prologue, because they are living the moment... My series was born as a Novel, but I always loved comics, and finding the artist was a chance to make it real, my english wouldn't allow the series to have a chance as a Novel, and I love to see my character being brought to life, despite they all talk, or do a few action every so often (Well, the main story is my masterpiece and magnus opus, so in that one I've went over 11/10 about the action scenes and how to alternate them with the dialogue), and I'm just looking forward for everyone to see the REAL story once this little introductory Anthology is over... it's just disheartening how it take just one thing to ruin everything...

EDIT: Also, I would really like to separate the infamous part 6 (The change of Scenery) and Part 7 (Another change of Scenery), but the point it, the ending of part 5 would be so much abrupt...

Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21
Rhonder

That boom happened long before the infamous part 6, after that, everyone just turned off... But I can't remove that part, it will make the prologue meaningles, such as also part 7.
I don't know what to do anymore...

MTDG
Feb '21
Fedriz_Marini

Grammar aside, I don't think your comic has major issues but, you know, with the coming of Webtoon and things like that, readers now are a bit more spoiled. There's a huge variety of free stories to read and, if you see what's popular in the front page, you'll know why your story's creating these reactions. Just read the first chapter of one of them. You'll see that the main twist happens early on and the story revolves around it for the rest of the chapters.

You are the kind of writer that loves to take his time building up their world. There's nothing wrong with it but it's not going to be popular since readers are focused on other stuff (like mainly Boys Love and Isekai, right now).

You shouldn't change again your story. Over-writing too much usually leads to forever unfinished projects. But also you shouldn't expect readers to fall head-over-heels in love with your comic. You should be the one satisfying the readers, not the contrary. That would be egoistic.

Keep working on your comic because you love doing it and, if success happens, even better. If not, you accomplished a great goal anyway. But don't give up, keep promoting and keep publishing on other platforms! Success strikes the less you expect it.

sphynx_99
Feb '21
Fedriz_Marini

Of course try it out, see if it works for you! (It did work for me)

Also, in your last post you said something about "it only takes one thing ruin it" or something; I don't think it's ruined! Sure, you need time and all an maybe it didn't go as well as expected but that doens't mean it ruined.

My novel sometimes has 4 views a day and the other day it's 44. Like that happens, and I don't know how and if I can fix it. But that's okay, that's just how it goes it doesn't mean it's not good enough or anything :wink:

Please be patient, and don't give up. At least you have come this far! And what? 70 subscribers? It's a lot people to be honest..

Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21
MTDG

But, I didn't over wrote, I wrote the story already, it just need to be exectued in comic (Well, the plot of the main one is at 80% but almost toward the end), so, this is not going to be unfinished like its predecessor, that is why I'm so much on the defensive with it, as I know how it does progress unlike the prologue.
I don't aim to be popular, but that my series is alive and appreciated, and if there are people who loves it, that actually is a motivation to go at 200%... But this is not a period I'm mentally doing well, and the series has been the only comfort tool I had, that Is why the thought of it failing from the start just ticks me off...

Rhonder
Feb '21
Fedriz_Marini

See, that's the thing though: That "infamous part 6" was only uploaded... 10 days ago. That's nothing in webcomic time :sweat_smile: One thing that would be good to come to terms with now, sooner than later, is that not every single update and not every single week will absolutely knock it out of the park, so to speak. But that's okay! The big picture and overall series performance are what counts.

See now, if you continue to upload for another 1, 2, 3 months and see the performance continue to trend downward, then there might be a bigger problem. But 1 weak update/week is nothing to be concerned about.

For example, just to list a personal anecdote, look at my stats here from the comic I mentioned earlier. It was a short story so it uploaded from October 2018 to December 2019.

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Although you can see that the numbers generally trend downwards over time (this is typical), there's that extremely low dip there in February 2019. 2 Subscribers over the course of 4 updates, where as every month prior had many more. If I had taken that as a total loss and given up then that would have been the end of it. But as you can see, March bounced back again with many more subs again. I couldn't tell you why February 2019 was slow for me, but it was and that's okay. It doesn't mean the rest of the comic wasn't going to still do as well as expected :slight_smile:

sphynx_99
Feb '21
Fedriz_Marini

Hmm, I see. Well for now there's not much to do, except to be patient and to not give up. Good luck, I hope everything works out alright!

Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21

After a bit of reflection I've decided to turn the two change of scenery into stand alone chapters, rathern than be part of the Prologue, they have their own purpose, so, they better be separate.

KJWhitten
Feb '21

From a glace, the art looks good. Though the banner and cover could be more eye catching. The story gives me a "The Never Ending Story" kind of feel, but I'm assuming he's going into this fantasy world later.

In my opinion, there are two other reasons why people may also be ignoring it:
1) Your comic is just beginning, and people tend to read things that are further ahead or completed more than something that barely started.
2) People are interpreting your extra parts as filler rather than something they have to read. Maybe you should title it as interlude or something else rather than extra.

I spotted this grammatical error, so I'll mention it: "Y-Yeah..I'm sorry Mama. But I was so caught up to it." It should say caught up in it. But like everyone else said, just be patient and keep making episodes like you usually do. If things still don't change further in, maybe try changing the day you post it or other websites like Webtoon.

Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21

Originally they were part of the prologue, but as many pointed, the change of scenery was too sudden and might have been a reason to turn away, but by making them separate chapter they aren't related to the prologue, altough... But, Interlude sounds much better, I'll change to it.
Also, nah, it''s not an isekai type of story, they already are living in a Fantasy world... with Sci-fi Roots (Or else, the kid wouldn't have those peculiar eyes in the first place... and the Chancelor himself).

Also, for the cover and the Banner I wanted to play more on the "Book Cover" feel, being an anthology, and either way, this series one aren't at the same level as of the Series (The main story) that will follow.

KJWhitten
Feb '21

Ok, that's interesting.

By the way, I noticed another mistake in Prologue part 4. There was a part where Alfredo said: "Why I am different?" which should say, "Why am I different?"

LCT_m_a_d
Feb '21

While it's usually good to not expect much from the start, I think it's also just as important to continuously challenge where you are by pursuing a little bit more than what you are capable of. The key is accepting the outcome, but separating your sense of value from it.

Sometimes when I try to match my value to what I think the past me could get in return, I start to lower myself and thus lose my flare to connects to others as a creator. I think people pick up on this and easily become disinterested with our broken-selves.

It's taking me a lot of personal mastery to get comfortable with thinking this way because it takes daily practice but it also allows me to love doing more than having done.

Azifri
Feb '21
1

I'll be honest with you: my only complaint is that the text is too small and I can't read it on my phone. I would have dropped it if I had just randomly come across your comic, but because I wanted to see what this was all about I opened it again on my laptop and don't regret it, I enjoyed the story. You formatted it as a scroll comic, make sure you get the most benefit out of it! Otherwise, just post it as pages.

Yes, the comic is rather narrative-heavy, but I don't see anything wrong with that.

Fedriz_Marini
Feb '21

Fun fact, Originally I've released the first 5 parts as indeed Pages, but, as I wanted to challenge myself, I've spent 4 hours into making them in scroll format (Also because, in pages the Textes in some other parts where even smaller, Part 1 is a hideous example or also the Interludes who are the biggest offenders), It's something I'm trying to avert on the following Stories, as the prologue was indeed poorly handled as It wasn't born with the Webcomic concept in mind.

thedude3445
Feb '21

The only thing you're actually doing wrong is being impatient, in my opinion.

74 subscribers with a 7-part story (one that only takes about 15-20 minutes to binge so far) isn't bad at all to me, though I only know about novels. I know that, outside premium series, Tapas is all about the long game; it's going to take 6 months, maybe a year to reach the levels you are looking for. It's not failing; it's just growing slowly, because it's a plot-based comic with not much plot so far. Once you're a few chapters in, you'll get a lot more readers, I'm sure.