What makes you click on a story in a promo thread?

@nostalgicroxas Veraca
Wed, 07 Oct 2020 01:47:18 +0000

@nostalgicroxas wrote:

Comics: Art style, specifically a style I do not/cannot do :: painterly or detailed. I don't mean professional, I just mean a specific art style that is not the cliche "western" or "Sonic the Hedgehog" or "manga" or "so not western but totally is anime" styles. If you aren't one of those, you're more likely to get a click from me in the promo threads.
That said, synopsis. If I feel like I've read it before, I immediately start drawing conclusions on what this work will be, and that just makes me feel like it'll be a let down to read the work.
Amount: 'WEE I JUST STARTED PLEASE LOOK'. No. I have no patience or time to wait two years for your first chapter to finish, in a story I have no promises that you won't drop because this is largely a hobby site. Yes. This is unfair of me. I'd just rather binge read a giant chunk than five posts and go "well... that was half an hour of my time".

Novels: Writing style trumps genre for me. If it sounds interesting or compelling (ie more than harem/reverse harem or love-triangle or generic political story) then you've got me at least taking a look. And honestly, writing uh... education? I'm less likely to click to read someone's writing who has not learned the fundamentals, or is still very early in learning them. No one's perfect, no one here likely can hire an editor, but I'm 100% over reading the "I'm still in highschool but my writing is super good!" cliche trap line. It's similar to art styles - they're all so different and varied.

OTL Honestly I feel like any answer I give is so hard to not sound like a jerk.
I guess overall I want commitment from you the creator. If I see that you have a half-dozen dead in the water stories on your profile that have been put on perma-hiatus, it makes me question the validity of starting whatever work you're promoting now.