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Was there a version of this article but focused on Web novels? Specifically in Asia? Chinese Web novels have an interesting model, paid for word counts, releas
by langsoul-com 2y ago
Was there a version of this article but focused on Web novels? Specifically in Asia?
Chinese Web novels have an interesting model, paid for word counts, release frequency and per chapter.
Honestly, I think such formats might be best for new authors, quickly gain money without needing to spend months without knowing if It'd even work. Although, it does have consequences on writing quality.
- vidarh 2y agoI write fast when I do sit down to write, and so I looked into them to see if it felt like it'd be worth it. There are some people making lots of money that way, but personally, I concluded it sounds like torture. My son reads lots of them, and he complains if an author doesn't push a new chapter at least once a day, and it's clear a lot of these authors have no buffer because while it may not sound like a lot - a chapter can be anything from 500 to ~3k words or so and my "record" was 11k in a day - most people struggle to maintain an output anywhere near that high on average, and my own average is also too low in large part because I need to be in the mood to write. I've self-published two novels, and wrote the last in three weeks, but I've now been at the half-way point for my third novel for many months. I could probably force it, but then I wouldn't enjoy it, and to do something I wouldn't enjoy and still likely end up earning far less than in my day job would not be worth it to me. It might be something more would-be authors might want to try to see if they can do it, if they'll enjoy it or at least find it tolerable, and if they'll do well, but that market is also heavily skewed towards very specific niches that you may or may not find you can stand writing in.