Insight

kophzi

Just wanted to give a little insight. Back before I started this web-novel, I went around asking for advice and tips on how to start, something everyone naturally does right? So, I was advised to write chapters that were around 600-700 words in length, to start. Like a warm up of sorts, until I began to feel a natural flow, a groove, and deciding to commit more time to the web-novel.

That's why the beginning chapters were so short in length, bite-size if I may dub it thus. It was only after I found myself enjoying the writing process more and more, and as I began to develop and flesh out the world more did I commit myself to increasing the chapters to 1000+ words each. Every so often, you might find chapters around 1,500 in length and I apologise if that is too long.

That's honestly why I don't mind any of the comments that say I didn't world-build. Because that was actually true in the initial stages.

Because I regret not having spent more time world-building, character-building, and exploring the world before throwing the MC onto the perilous path of a protagonist. I was much too eager to begin the plot plot, and had too many ideas that I wanted to get done. Which ended up in a web-novel that almost feels like a speed-run any %.

(The 6 month time-skip is perhaps the best example of me skipping to the plot plot. As I could've spent that time exploring the world alongside the reader. Alas, I was much too impatient.)

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Also, in some arcs, readers were left questioning the sanity of some characters. (King Godfrey Del Lagos.) I actually regret how I wrote that arc to be honest, as I was trying to utilize a writing technique my university told me to utilize often. Something about not presenting everything upon a silver-platter, and deliberately leaving questions unanswered for the reader to figure out themselves? Apparently it increases reader-engagement and fulfilment to figure out and connect the dots.

Since the general opinion was so bad, I had reflected on that and have been fleshing everything out more so than not. So, if anyone wondered as to why the author suddenly started explaining so much more than prior, it's because I now believe it is better to colour the world more for a better reading-experience. 

Feel free to tell me your thoughts and feelings, as all writing advice is highly opinion based right? As naturally, no cup of tea is everyone's cup of tea.

Thank you for attending my Ted-Talk

kophzi

PS

I was going to write this in the comment section, but I think it's better to write it in the chapter page, due to machine-rips that have been posting the web-novel on random novel-sites.

I felt the need to write this insight because I've been seeing too many reviews on 1 million+ views web-novels with dozens of readers angry at the low word count per novel, in addition to the slow upload speed. One novel I was just exploring had 400 chapters with 600-700 words per chapter, which was released within the time-span of two years and is now on hiatus indefinitely.

As such, I thank everyone for their king understanding, and hope you all continue to follow and enjoy the adventure of plot plot.