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Web Novel Writing Tips

The internet offers so much for aspiring novel writers.  You can find communities for similarly aspiring writers where you can share tips, tricks, and ideas. You can also join workshops to hone your writing skills. Of course, there are also groups that will give constructive criticism on your work.

As a platform, the internet is also excellent to share your work. In recent years, web novels have gained quite the popularity. If you’re thinking about writing one, then you better follow these tips first.

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Writing Your First Web Novel

Writing a web novel is not much different from writing an ordinary novel. You need to:

  • Come up with a great story idea
  • Establish the characters
  • Create the settings
  • Craft the conflicts and resolutions
  • Set the point of view
  • Draft the structure and outline
  • Start writing the novel

“So what sets web novel apart?”

Good question! So let’s discuss some stuff that any web-novel writer should know.

Some writers aim for a consistent publishing schedule like once a day or twice a week. Others just post whenever they get a chapter done. Which one suits you best?

See it from the readers’ point of view. They will most likely prefer a regular schedule to an irregular want. If you publish every Sunday, for example, readers will know when to get their fix.

If you go for the regular schedule route, it’s best to have two or three chapters as buffers in case life gets you and you can’t write as often as you’d like.  With the buffer chapters in place, readers can still enjoy their regular dose of your novel regardless of your circumstances.

“How does that work?”

Let’s say you just finish the first chapter. Instead of publishing it right away, schedule the publish date to a month later. As you complete the following chapters, schedule them one week apart from the previous one.

Scheduling is something you need to think thoroughly from the start. Take a good look at your daily life. Can you even commit to a schedule at all?

Don’t be discouraged if you can’t commit to any fixed schedule. Many aspiring novel writers have day jobs that keep them busy so they just publish a new chapter, or even a sub-chapter, whenever they have one ready. The key is clear communication between you and your readers. Let them know you need to keep food on the table, but you’ll do your best to keep the story going.

Make sure you have proofread everything before hitting the Publish button. Being an amateur writer is one thing, but looking amateurish is another.

That said, even famous works of literature, especially the first editions , were not free from typos. So when you’ve done your best proofreading everything and some errors still manage to slip in, take it easy. One of the best things about writing a web novel is you can fix the errors at any time . You can’t have that with traditional novels.

By the way, if your readers catch some errors and let you know, be sure to thank them. Any reader who makes such an effort is a good reader. You don’t want to let them go.

Let everybody know

“Build it and they will come.”

This old adage is sadly no longer true these days. Just think of publishing your web content like opening a store on a dead-end street. You can’t rely on foot traffic because there’s practically none. Your only choice is to go out there, shout, and make people know there’s a store that just opened that might interest them.

Go to sites such as WebFictionGuide, TopWebFiction, NovelUpdates, and the likes. Readers go there to find fresh recommendations.

Please don’t be discouraged if you only have a few readers in the first few weeks or even months. It takes a long time to build a sizeable audience. You just need to be persistent and consistent with your endeavor.

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Sunday, December 27, 2020

Three tips to writing a good web novel.

This month, I made more money from writing web novels than ever before. Most of this money came from just one book, Mage of Wolve s, which made more income than any of my other books, including my Amazon bestsellers this month. How is that possible? I'm taking advantage of GoodNovel's pledge to pay $400  for writing 80,000 words per month. If that sounds like too many words for you, don't worry--you don't have to write that many words to get guaranteed money for your efforts. You may even be able to make that sort of money from your backlist if you know where to list it. What about your books? Are your books consistently bringing in that kind of money? If not, maybe you should consider writing a web novel. If you don't know where to start, that's okay. The experts at eGlobal Creative Publishing are here to help you ever step of the way.

A good web novel practically writes itself. It's super easy for me to write between 3,000-4,000 words per day of  Mage of Wolves because I know exactly what happens next, and all I have to do is write a few chapters. If you set your web novel up in a way that makes it easy and fun to write, you'll be able to consistently record those sort of word counts as well. Keep in mind, I'm also working on six other projects at this moment, and most of them get updated every day. Even if you have a full-time job, you can still make extra money in your spare time writing a web novel.

I'm going to give you three tips to get your web novel started in such a way that you won't have any trouble writing every single day.

Tip Number One: Don't Keep a Good Hero Down--But Start Them There

I am a "pantser," which means I rarely plot out my entire book before I start writing. I just have an idea of what is going to happen. I know who my main characters are and what their motivation is, but other than that, I sort of let the story unfold. Whether you're like me or you're a "plotter" who likes to nail everything down before the first word hits the page, you'll want to start your story off with a specific kind of main character--the underdog.

Why is that? you may ask. Well, web novel readers like to read about underdogs. If you peruse some of the more popular stories, you'll see that underdog web novels tend to do well. Start your MC out on the bottom, knock them down a few more pegs, and then help them make their rise to glory. Of course, it can't be too easy. We'll need a few more atrocities now and again along the way to victory, but starting them at the bottom and keeping them there a while before they start to overcome the obstacles you've put in their way.

Some ideas for your MC might be:

A maid in a castle ruled by an arrogant prince

An actor who keeps getting cast in embarrassing, demeaning roles

The nerd in school who has yet to realize s/he has superpowers

If you're not sure where to start, no worries! EGlobal Creative Publishing has dozens of outlines ready to help you get started, and they'll even provide you a Content Editor to keep you on track. And again--that's all for free!

Tip Number Two: Keep Your Chapters Short

In a novel, it's not uncommon to have chapters of three or four thousand words or even longer. In a web novel, you don't want them to be that long. Keep in mind that a lot of people are reading on their phones, while they are out and about getting errands done or traveling to or from work. They want to be able to read each chapter or episode in one sitting without being interrupted. 

eGlobal Creative  likes chapters to be around 1,000 words. They can be shorter or longer, but if you keep them at 1,000 words, you only have to write two chapters a day to have 60,000 words in a month, which is enough to finish your first web novel in a month. Most of my chapters are between 1,000-2,000 words. Even the simplest plot points can usually be stretched into 1,500 words with some description and dialogue. It's much easier for me to think about writing two short chapters a day as opposed to thinking of writing 60,000 words per month.

Tip Number Three: Get in Late; Get Out Early

This is a great tip for keeping readers engaged. Unlike some platforms, there are lots of web novel readers just waiting to dive in and give your story a try. They don't really care about grammar and some of the other issues that traditional novel readers will get hung up on. What they want is action, something exciting to happen, and they want it to happen often. They like surprises. They like drama. They like the unexpected.

"Get in late" means the action has already started to unfold before you even start writing. We're not going to spend a lot of time early on introducing characters, plots, backstory, etc. We want to grab the reader from the very beginning when something exciting happens and fill in all of that other information later. Your story should start in the middle of the action, and as often as possible, each chapter should contain something equally exciting. A lot of readers--thousands, if not millions-- will give your free opening chapters a chance. If you can hook them, they'll be willing to spend their coins to unlock the rest of your story. But you've got to hook them first.

Likewise, unlike other novels, web novel readers love cliffhangers. They expect them! Try to incorporate them into every chapter, if possible. That's a great way to keep readers coming back. If your chapter ends with an unknown that the reader must pay to find the solution to by unlocking the next chapter, they'll use their coins to unlock your chapter, and you'll make more money on reads. You can make good money from your royalties. I consistently make over $200 a month this way from a handful of books. So far this month, Mage of Wolves  alone has made $43 in profit share. It's not a huge amount of money, but considering my other novels aren't exactly bringing in the dough right now on Amazon, I'll take it. 

If you can work these three tips into your web novel, you'll be on the right track toward creating a story you not only can't wait to write each day, your readers will keep coming back to find out what happens next, putting more money in your pocket.

If you want to find out more about how you can join eGlobal Creative Publishing's Author Boot Camp program, check out their web site here or email me at [email protected] and I'll help guide you through the process. You will never pay eGlobal for anything. Their services are completely free to you.

Next, we'll explore more plot options and how you can keep your story going for a long time, insuring you're able to make as much profit as possible off of every story.

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What is a webnovel? (In-depth guide)

What is a webnovel? (In-depth guide)

Wattpad stories have been made into books, movies, and graphic novels, but all of those formats come after the original: the story. Wattpad stories share a lot of similarities with all of these formats, but they’re actually their own distinct format. Though Wattpad stories are most similar to books, they are actually a different form of storytelling called a webnovel. Webnovels have slightly different storytelling conventions than books; elements that work well in books will not be as effective in a webnovel, and effective webnovel techniques don’t work well in print books. 

Know your audience

Webnovels operate differently because they exist in a different context than print books: namely, the Internet. It seems obvious, but the constraints and norms of the internet mean that webnovels exist in a fundamentally different context, which informs their storytelling conventions. With dozens of tabs open in a browser or a phone always ready to serve another notification or pop-up, internet reading is built around distractions. It’s part of the form in a way that just differs from print books. People reading on the internet are almost always distracted readers: there is always another tab or notification available to pull focus. In contrast, a book reader is less distracted because reading a book removes those potential inputs.

A distracted reader is less likely to retain information, more likely to skip over the text, and more likely to stop reading and find something else to do. Writing successful webnovels means optimizing for the distracted reader by designing your story to be easy to fall into and retain. 

As a result of the difference in context and readership, the storytelling rules of books and webnovels are different. For example, in print books, there’s a strong artistic tradition in English literature of inferring meaning or emotional states instead of stating them outright. Part of the pleasure of the story is reading between the lines to understand what the author means. In webnovels, this kind of storytelling does not work well because the distracted reader is less likely to retain all the details needed to make inferences. In webnovels, if you want your reader to know something, you have to say it directly.  This is just one example of a difference between webnovel craft and book craft; can you think of any others? 

Effective webnovel storytelling

Our research indicates that in addition to immediate, engaging, and commercial, the following qualities are important to a story’s success: 

Emotion-led

The most successful Wattpad stories are ones that focus on big emotions and deliver emotional highs and lows right off the bat. This is part of why we emphasize the hook in the first chapter—to give the reader an emotional experience right away. Emotional information is easier to digest and retain than technical information or description, so you are more likely to hook and retain your reader with emotion. Readers remember how a story makes them feel. Focusing on big, intense emotions that play out in easily digestible ways allows your readers to stay engaged in the story and retain information even in the midst of distraction. There’s a reason soap operas lean into melodrama and big emotions: they were the original serial fiction for distracted audiences since their target audience was women working in the home who were splitting their attention between TV and other tasks. Big emotions are easier to hook into and retain for distracted audiences. 

Trope-forward

Wattpad readers love tropes! Part of the function of tropes for the distracted reader is to provide a ready-built framework to understand the story.  It’s a kind of shorthand that tells the reader about the kind of experience they’re going to have, so they can decide upfront if they want to dedicate their time to it. A reader who’s after an enemies-to-lovers romance wants that specific dynamic, and putting the tropes up front in the story allows them to figure out quickly if a story is going to give them what they want.

Approachable

Approachability refers to how complex the setting is—that is, how easy it is to understand the story’s world, how it works, and why it matters to the protagonists.  A story is approachable when it does not require a lot of specialized knowledge to connect to and understand. When specialized knowledge is required for the story, it is introduced in an easy-to-understand manner that brings the reader into the world of the story. The key to approachability is to ground the world in the characters’ emotions and to avoid info dumping. Remember that readers retain emotions better than facts, so if you want readers to retain an aspect of your setting, couple it with an emotional moment or reaction in order to make it meaningful. For more info on approachability, see Commercial 301.  For information on approachability in speculative fiction worldbuilding, see Worldbuilding 201 and 301 

Relevant and focused

Narrative focus is extremely important in webnovel storytelling. In order to keep your readers engaged, you need to keep delivering the emotional experience they’re looking for. While in a traditionally published book, there might be room for digressions and side plots, in a Wattpad story, every scene and every chapter needs to deliver on the promise to the reader. The distracted reader has a limited attention span and inclination to retain information, so make sure that all the information you give them is relevant to the story and to their emotional experience. 

Story pacing is incredibly important for keeping your reader’s attention. A story where events progress quickly and chapters end with well-placed cliffhangers is one that offers fewer off-ramps for the distracted reader’s attention.

Linear narrative

Try to keep flashbacks, flash-forwards, time skips, and prologues to a minimum. The exception to this is the flash-forward hook, but in general, try to tell the story in a straightforward, linear fashion. This is easier for a distracted reader to understand and retain, which in turn keeps them engaged in the story. 

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How to write a webnovel: chapter by chapter guide.

BravelyNovice

I've wasted a lot of time searching around for how-to's when it comes to writing fiction. It is an obvious response when someone wants to do something in the information age they're clueless or not good at. What do we do when we don't know something(how to write? How to tell a story?)? We google it, look up information, ask other people.

I myself have dedicated a good deal of time going through content after content of such topics and I've read most chinese web novels for male with at least a few hundred chapters translated listed on novelupdate in hope of learning how to write from them to no avail. Reading doesn't help with coming up with a story or gives you the skill to write.

Only through writing itself can one learn to write/tell stories.

Reading or any other form of media can give inspiration and stuff, but the core writing/storytelling capability of a person, that writing muscle, it only gets built up by actually writing. No amount of anything else can be a substitute.

I wish someone told me that when I wanted to write a long time ago. Would've saved a lot of time.

ValentinaKhan

You don't learn how to write by writing. In the same way you don't learn how to build a house by putting a brick on another brick.

You need to learn the trade by others first and then you need to do a lot of exercise. For writing: you read the manuals and only then you start writing.

ValentinaKhan Alright, I wasnt planning on arguing, but since you seem adamant about your opinions, let me say mine.

Not. Every. Story. Follows. The. Transformation. Curve.

As I have stated the transformation curve is a very classical approach, which is why you will find them in many books. Most of them follow one adventure though. The books you cited are the examples which prove my conjecture, as I stated a that it is used in many stories, most which are worth following. But the are stand-alone books, or simply sequels.

Your statement that any story that does not follow the the transformation curve is a teenagers wet dream, is a rather childish one, and an almost offensive view on the many different books. It is a complicated matter, summarized and oversimplified into a skewed narrative, which in itself is false to begin with.

One piece for example, doesn’t follow a transformation curve. Many arcs in One piece end in a climax, or have no end. The marine ford arc ends on a climax, or the water seven arc, which is sorely an expositional arc towards Enels lobby. You will also find that the story use multiple climax and arcs whose climax would only be found in another arc.

Nanatsu no Taizai, is a bother example, in which you follow the Main Characters through only part of their adventure, which began a long time ago. It does not divide itself into arcs, even less does it use transformation arcs.

Boku No Academia is also a great example. As you said before, the later half uses does not use a transformation arc, but is still essential to the plot. Would they have gone with another transformation arc, the story would have turned predictive.

Clannad and other Slice of life do no follow the arc.

To shift away from anime’s, many detective stories and thrillers do not use the curve that you mentioned. More often than not, you find their climax at the end of the book, in which wither the culprits is revealed, or maybe even not.

A comedy, such a story the office, or friends does not follow the steps you mentioned.

Many fables such Odyssey and the tale of Gilgamesh do not follow the steps you mentioned.

Does that make these stories any lessons worth than they are?

The point which we are currently arguing is a point which has been talked about since ancient times. Gerhart Hauptmann, a representative for naturalism (the era which believed life should be represented in a natural way, instead of forcing a linear outline such a story the transformation curve) mentioned in his drama “Die Ratten”, the importance of moving a plot point beyond a climax and how the old approach has turned stale. The book went on to become a classic.

I’m not saying that a transformation arc is bad, but that it is not a necessity. In an online novel, which thrives from having many chapters, the curve is not advisable as it turns your story predicatble and repetitive a problem many novels her have btw, due to using the arc (find villain, get stronger beat villain. Repeat with different names)

EDIT: I’m sorry if I may have come of as rude, your statement about “teenagers wet dream” had made me a bit mad.

Hyowha To shift away from anime’s, many detective stories and thrillers do not use the curve that you mentioned. More often than not, you find their climax at the end of the book, in which wither the culprits is revealed, or maybe even not.

I'd like to pinpoint many parts of your post but let's start with this, because I'm not sure what we are talking about anymore.

"you find their climax at the end of the book"

Have I ever said something different than the climax is supposed to be at the end of the story?

ValentinaKhan Was the curve you are referring to is the classic way to write a playscript, known as a 5-way act triangle, in which the climax is in the middle?

https://www.google.com/search?q=play+5+acts&client=ms-android-samsung&source=android-browser&prmd=ivn&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwiW8cfpo9nfAhURfnAKHSilASQQ_AUoAXoECA0QAQ

EDIT: Hey I saw my mistake, the whole time I thought you were talking about something else. But hey, this also shows that there are different ways of structuring a story, not just using the transofrmatoon arc. So my point still stands

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ValentinaKhan put a system, a harem and an isekai setting. You're all set.

ValentinaKhan I repeat. Every story follows the Transformational Arc. If it doesn't it's not a story, but a teenager's wet dream.

Really? Wow! Who said that? Must be a powerful Sith, I'll bet!

So, how to elongate your narrative? You can do like Martin: writing a story with many POV, almost every POV a transformational arc itself. You can do like Tolkien: writing the backstory of every damned tree branch. But you risk to kill your readers by the sheer amount of infodump. You can do like in the Hunger Games series: writing multiple arcs but every one of them self concluding (Escaping the games, overthrowing the government, etc).

#1 Lol, were you too lazy to google the name of the Hunger Games author? #2 See what the problem is with your examples? None of them are web novels. See, with a title called "how to write a webnovel..." I expect you to stick to that format when citing examples.

Or you can use some cheap tricks like in most asian narrative: Fan service, fillers, slice of life and so on. It's really difficult to find a story which doesn't follow the rules. (If it doesn't it's not a story, but a teenager's wet dream.)

Again with the generalization. And you're either not looking hard enough, or not looking in the right places. #1. Movies are stories, too, right? I can point you to a bunch of war movies that have no transforming protagonists. They don't change, they just survive. They are spared a horrible death not by overcoming character flaws or whatever, but sometimes by sheer dumb luck or outside intervention.

Or, certain movies just depict a snapshot of someone's life, i.e. over the course of a few days. Example: Inside Lleywin Davis. The protagonist doesn't transform. He just... exists. There's not inciting incident, we just see his struggles, and at the end, nothing is resolved. His life continues.

Or, the Dollars Trilogy by Sergio Leone. You can argue that The Man with No Name doesn't transform at all throughout the trilogy.

I can go on and on, but you get the point.

#2. Look at The King's Avatar, the #4 (Edit, #5 now :() on Translated story ranking and tell me: How did the protagonist transform? Most people would scratch their head at that question. Sure he has flaws (1 or 2), but it doesn't affect the plot in any way. He has the same personality in nearly 2000 chapters. The thing that does the most transforming is his umbrella.

And I dare you to say that novel is a teenager's wet dream. If you do, then (1) I applaud your ballsiness and (2) Congratulations, you just alienated the very community you set out to "educate."

What you've outlined in your "guide" is not a webnovel. It's just a story cut down to bite-sized chunks. I'm not dissing your guide. I'm just saying: it doesn't fit a web novel.

I suggest changing the title to "One approach to writing fictions." It's more reasonable and open to discussion. Assuming that's what you're trying to be.

When I saw the thread, I thought it was an invitation to a discussion. However, it looks like you're just here to dispense wisdom and expect to be responded with praises and thanks. If that's the case, I'm gonna peace out and go back to verbalizing my teenage wet dream.

I sense you don't have the tools to sustain this conversation, so I'm going to simply point out what you got wrong in any example you made.

You can look up for the definition I'll put in italic with Google, I don't have time to waste teaching angry kids the abc of storytelling. (If any other apart from this crybaby want to know, I'll gladly explain.)

Inside Llewyn Davis is a Transformational Arc, but our Llewyn is a Tragic Hero .

The Dollars Trilogy aren't stories, they are situations

The King's Avatar is a comeback sport story, like Rocky and Any Given Sunday.

I add: Of course the The King's Avatar is not a teenager's wet dream. A teenager's wet dream is when your character has everything and nothing happen. Something along the lines of "I'm the coolest kid in school, girls want me and boys want to be like me. Forever and ever. No ifs, buts, or ands."

Then, is TKA a good story? Objectively not. But, but...it has a Transformational Arc? Yes, but it's poorly developed.

Don't get me wrong. I like the story, but if popular=objectively good, then we should gather every Sunday in a dedicated building to read a page from 50 Shades or Twilight.

Character-driven stories

Plot-driven stories

I don't think there's only those two types, really, and a story can of course be both at the same time.

ValentinaKhan so, you can like create five arcs following this and braid them

i legit thought webnovel doesn't have plots and have just a basic knowledge about what should happen then think of what could happen then just add it then if you paused on doing this part just bring it up again and stuff 😂😂

Acutelittletrap

Yes, Popular = Good What other method, is valid if not Popular = good.

Sounds like your disconnected, from the world. While every novel is not meant for everyone, I can say 50 shades of gray is one of the best novels of our time. And I 100% hate that fact, but it has a movie and is a best seller... Calling it 'Trash,' because you do not like the topic, is just not being objective.

Also calling I'm Bloo a crybaby... You sound like a little girl who got slapped by daddy.

ValentinaKhan You seem to have lost touch with reality, as you perpetuate your opinions as facts. When you reach a point where you believe that popular =/= good, you have automatically distanced yourself from an objective viewpoint, and instead are spouting nonsense about what YOU define is good or bad, based on YOUR standards, not much unlike the internet warriors, or the old men telling tales on their armchair, who know nothing but feel the need to undermine those around them.

There are many resources which define whether a transformation arc i should needed or not, but that there is even a debate to begin with means that a transformation arc is not the ultimate gospel. You speak as if it is the law, such as how gravity bind us to the earth, but you fail to see that it is not the case.

If you look again at your past arguments you may realize that you have interwoven yourself into a tale of bullshit. And I don’t really understand where you find your audacity to judge upon other stories with such a self righteous disposition.

There have been many examples given as to why your theory is untrue, so I won’t repeat myself. But just for good measure I will send you a link, https://www.scriptmag.com/features/craft-case-character-arcs

Get off your fucking high horse, can’t you see no one agrees with your statement?

Acutelittletrap Just to play devil's advocate, but many "classics" were unpopular at their time of publication. A couple examples are "Brave New World" by Aldous Huxley and "Moby-Dick" by Herman Melville. Of course there are the few that made it to the banned book list like "To Kill a Mocking Bird" and "The Grapes of Wrath" that are considered classics today as well. If you claim these are not good, well, there are certainly enough people who would disagree. I'm sure if we give "Twilight" and "50 Shades [...]" another decade or two, they will be long forgotten by all but our generation. I'm also certain that the classics of our time will be some obscure books read by few. Additionally, I highly doubt any of the webnovels we see today will become classics either despite my enjoyment of them today.

Random plug: My hope is that R. Lee Smith can get some recognition, but with the triggering nature of her works, it'll never happen.

Acutelittletrap Popular is different from objectively good. If you don't think there are tools to objectively analyze stories and you think is only about personal enjoyment en masse, say so straightforwardly.

Let's agree to disagree.

Hyowha Do you want a links war? There you go: https://www.scriptmag.com/features/craft-case-character-arcs#comment-279256

I already found you at fault of not reading what I wrote with the Climax in 5 acts vs 3 acts thing. Now I found you at fault again with this simple matter: have I ever said something different from "How to write a story "?

Hyowha Coincidentally, I've just been reading about narcissists who have no capacity to understand they could be wrong (read on, please, I don't mean you). It's sad in theory, but if you're in any kind of relationship with them, it's anything but; it can be downright scary. Something about the OP's insistence on his/her POV rang alarm bells, but maybe I'm just being jumpy. P.S. They don't like being called out or shown up. P.P.S. They like feeding off the negative reactions of others (it's best that we leave them alone). We should all be informed of these kind of stuff so we could keep ourselves protected -- just my two cents :)

P.P.P.S. Might be advisable to lock this thread soon.

KoraL this is exactly what I had in mind, thank you for voicing my thoughts which I couldn’t exactly describe.

I would never claim, that books have to be 'Popular,' when they first come out. [I have never read these books.] There is many reasons why that can happen, [Political= Bible] [Objective of the book=Satanic Text.] [Content in the book= Extremist viewpoints.]

A good example might be if someone made a book in the 1850s, about the pros and cons of slavery. This book might not have become popular until freeing slaves became a topic in politics.

But overall, unless your book is meant to changes peoples mind about something, or control a certain type of people/person. I would say that the lack of being popular is an issue.

ValentinaKhan Please, don't use a random comment on a random site to prove your point. Otherwise, it is like the anti-vaxxers. They found one studies that said that vaccine caused diseases/mutations/random things and now they rather allowed the survival of near-extinct diseases. This is supposedly a friendly forum, you can express your OPINION about a subject, your OPINION is by definition SUBJECTIVE and therefore, doesn't allow you to bash anyone disagreeing with you. In the real world, nothing is really objective so the very fact that you use that term for something like a novel or a story is disturbing.

ValentinaKhan I really am shocked speechless. Have you read the article?

And I explained focus you how a climax is not needed at the end and can be placed also in the middle, as evidenced by the link I send you, so I hardly agree that’s you found me at fault. You need to stop cherry picking points that suit your case and devolve them into straw hat arguments only so you can preach your skewed world view.

And please, when you link my article back, at least read though it or just say you do not agree. Instead you find fault in a place which has been answered in the given article.

I will just leave it at that, feel free to argue back, and I will stay silent. Take it as you will, but there has been enough posts on this forum which the readers can pull their opinions from. As we both won’t find agreement, and I respect your opinion, even though you are wrong.

I bought a gun. I aimed that gun at a target. I fired. The bullet instead of going forward went backward and hit me in the face. May I say that gun wasn't objectively well made? Or is only my subjective opinion?

Now, change the gun with a book or any other narrative work. Something change?

Bloody Jesus on his cross! Did you read the comment I linked you? Story is a technical word which describe a specific kind of narrative. The article didn't metion any stories, but situations . Clear enogh?

And again, Climax in 3-acts in not the same thing as in the 5-acts. What is a climax in a 5 acts is called Midpoint in the 3 acts.

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