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HorganVoice
Dec '22

Its a story of man reincarnated as a billionaire regenius son,
if he doesn't become a tycoon he will...(well that's a spoiler)
At least, as a writer, I think so it's interesting.

Ordinaryaverageguy
Dec '22

I often see people simply saying, "please read my novel (or comic)" yet they fail to make an effort to convince us that it will be a good thing to do with our time. It's almost like begging for charity when I truly believe what works better is selling or advertising the story like a good product.

Taking one of my own for example, which is more likely to draw readers to it?
a) "I wrote a novel."
b) "I wrote a novel about a dragon who fell in love with a knight."
c) "What happens when a dragon's magic misfires and makes her fall incurably in love with a human? She can live forever but, alas, he cannot."

See what I mean? You can give an idea about the basic story without giving out a spoiler. In c) I've informed potential readers that it has a dragon, a knight and a magical love story. If they like those things, maybe they'll want to go see what I did.

darthmongoose
Dec '22

I can understand that you're scared of spoiling your story... but you really need to give the audience something with your blurb. You can at least hint at the stakes of your story, like "If he doesn't earn a billion dollars in one year, he'll lose everything!" or "he'll succumb to a terrible curse!" or "a fate beyond death awaits him!"
There really need to be some hints at stakes or the task he's given being legitimately difficult, because "become a tycoon" doesn't sound like a hard thing for the son of a billionaire gifted with super-intelligence to do... unless there's a strict time limit, or an antagonist trying to stop him, or... I dunno, he's marooned in the middle of nowhere with only his clothes or something as a test.

Also avoid using made up words in your blurb without explaining at least their vague meaning. You can't put "regenius" in your title and then when somebody asks "so what is it about?" you just say "It's about a regenius", I don't know what a "regenius" is; it's not a real word! Explain what a "regenius" is, like: "He's reborn as a regenius: gifted at every skill from birth!" (Or something, I have no idea what a regenius is and how it's different from being a genius and if as an English speaker I had to guess the meaning, since "re" implies something going back or repeating, I'd assume a "regenius" was somebody who'd stopped being a genius and become one again...).

Basically, when advertising a story, it's best not to just dump the basic concept and run. Set up:
"Who is the protagonist and what's interesting about them"
"What are their problems or challenges?"
"What sort of bad things might happen if they can't overcome it?"

The thing about bad spoilers that people don't like, is that they're generally not what the scenario is, they're how the protagonist solves it and what the outcome is. It's not a bad spoiler to tell the reader what scenario the protagonist gets into, or what looming bad thing might happen if the protagonist fails, it's a spoiler to tell them whether or not the bad thing happens.
For example, you can't sell the movie "A Perfect Storm" as "Some people go out on a boat. Something happens, but I can't tell you what because it's a spoiler! :wink:" It has to be "Some people go out on a boat and get caught in a massive super-storm; will they survive!?" because the spoiler is "Do they survive?"

I hope this helps you craft more appealing ways to describe and promote your work!

HorganVoice
Dec '22

thank you very much,
I just changed what I could change after seeing your review. In my story and the part where I have to add stakes, I will add it in the 9th chap

~It's just like this, you have already figured it out.
I am going to update sypnosis too.

HorganVoice
Dec '22
Ordinaryaverageguy

Thank you very much! I will apply this concepts on my next publicity advertisement but i have a doubt, I edited my chapter recently because they were hard to read for simple readers and the ratio between 1st chap and 2nd chap viewers enlarged so what could I do to get the peole who left revisit?Is there a way?
I cant find it any books i read about advertisement.

Ordinaryaverageguy
Dec '22

I'm afraid that I don't know any way to reach out to the Chapter 1 readers to come back and try it again. If there's a way, I'd be interested in hearing about it.

HorganVoice
Dec '22
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Just found a way,
I wrote "edited all the chaps check out the difference between Novel of newbie and beginner.
They will see as to curiosity and then they will join the story for it again.
the ratio increased by 25% of 1st and 2nd chap

1 month later

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