What if my Novel has mistakes in it, is it possible that a lot of people will still read it?

[Wingstofly]

Will tapas users still read my novel if it has mistakes, is there any hope of having a large enough following?

[harlan]

Can't you edit it to remove the mistakes? That's what I do every time I add a new episode. There is a button for it on your dashboard.

If it's entertaining, if it brings emotion out in people, if it makes them want to know what happens next, a few mistakes won't stop readers. But if you can fix it, you should. And then be attentive when uploading new episodes.

[Surihpas]

I think it depends on the amount and nature of those mistakes. In general, I think we as writers should make reading as easy as we can for our readers - we want them to focus on things like the plot and characters, and not technical stuff like spelling or grammar. I personally find that when I read something that has a lot of mistakes, I end up focusing on them more than the actual story.

I think it's always best to proofread your work, and, if you can, get someone else to edit/proofread/beta read your chapters. It can really help you detect any mistakes you might have missed.

A small mistake here and there can still happen though, which I think is also important to note, and it's not the end of the world. I know it did to me, despite my best efforts, and when I noticed it I simply edited the chapter. As a reader too, when I encountered good novels that had small mistakes here and there they didn't stop me from reading and enjoying them.

TL;DR: try giving your readers a clean, well-edited story, but don't forget to be kind to yourself at the same time.

[DokiDokiTsuna]

Quite frankly, yes. ^^; I've browsed a lot of novels that were full of spelling/grammatical mistakes, broken English, and unformatted dialogue, and yet they all had decent numbers of views (even comments!).

Of course, some quality control is always the professional thing to do. Regardless of how many views you can pull into a novel that reads like it was typed up by a blind kindergartener as long as you have the right cute tropes in the description, I think it's best to give your readers a decent experience and try to minimize mistakes and improve your craft. All I'm saying is that it probably won't matter that much, especially in the short run. =P

[CarltonIsaac]

Will tapas users still read my novel if it has mistakes, is there any hope of having a large enough following?

On a platform like this where most content is free-to-read, people won't really mind or give up on you if your work is entertaining.

Whenever you decide that you'd like to make a profession(money) out of your efforts in a buyer's market, you'll have to work much harder.

[Kaukenux]

Dude i think it doesn't matter. I've made a comic many years ago and if you ask me, im surely not proud of what i've made back then but because i did it im a much better artist now, i started remastering my comics and looking back at it the difference is huge, making a comics give you a lot of drawing and story telling experience. I can tell that you are unsure about starting a comics but i would say just do it. It really doesn't matter if it is bad or cringe, you are learning from it, don't let your doubt stop you.

[darthmongoose]

The most popular novel on the entire site is The Beginning After The End, and it has TONS of grammatical errors, words used incorrectly for the context they're in, incorrect homonyms... and amazingly, a bunch of them have made it into the comic adaptation unaltered.

So from that, I honestly think that a lot of people on Tapas won't even notice, even on works they're paying to read, and even the editors won't notice.

I'll notice... but don't worry, I won't call you out on it unless it's literally hard to tell what on earth it's meant to mean.

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