Earning Money By Writing Novels?

Hi peopleee!
Well, just like the title suggests, I’m quite curious if you can earn money by publishing your work in sites such as WebNovel and like. I like writing and I wonder if I can make money through writing in WN format and publishing in certain sites.
Also, what sites to use and how to use them in order to increase efficiency in writing- like which sites support amateurs and which sites has better features to publish work?
Thanks☆〜（ゝ。∂）

 

Write something good on RoyalRoad and make a patreon after it gets popular I guess, you probably won't earn a cent until your novel gets popular or you're an established author.

 

Don't do Webnovel. They give out slave contracts.
First you need to write 100 free chapters, then you get some very low percentage of the chapters you sell later.
They can dictate were the story needs to go and they can push you off the project and have somebody else take over.

Or something like that...

There have been threads about that on NUF.

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But yeah, get a following on RR or ScribbleHub and set up patreon with advance chapters, etc.

 

If you use a middleman(webnovel), expect the middleman to get a cut of your money.

 

I would NOT suggest webnovel. You can post there if you want, but don't sign any contracts.

 

Honestly, write up an outline of events you want in your novel, break down those events by chapter, then write at least 20+ of them. If you like what you have by that point you'll know if you can keep up the pace. Then, you've got a stockpile of chapters and an idea of what you can do.

If you can do that, then you'll know if you have something to post. Most people have been doing that on RRL. The common theme seems to be posting up the chapters on RRL to get feedback, setting up a Patreon after it hits in the 2k rankings to release advance chapters, and then using the feedback to edit and release a novel on Amazon Kindle.

 

I would suggest self publishing through Amazon. It seems to be free and If you can get patreon or some other form of income, you can keep using them to try and get a larger audience.

 

My biggest advice would be to keep writing. If you want to self publish an amazon it takes releasing ten books on a regular schedule to get and keep a good following. So the best thing to do is generate ideas and start writing.

 

Thank you soo much for your suggestions everyone. I didn’t know about the WebNovel contracts and I’m happy I could learn about it beforehand. Thanks again❣️ @Juju48 @clmbheat @Westeller @Alvastar @frozenlimabeans @222222 @Ral @brigs11

 

i think it is not entirely free, also you will have to take down most public chapters, up to 10% free or so, and probably cant hand it out via patreon etc



Most new writers publish on royalroad and scribblehub
few collect money via patreon and if so only if a story has comparable many followers/readers where people are either willing to donate or advance chaps work
and even less people get to publish on amazon or elsewhere

also, often wip get dropped/discontinued which is also counterproductive for generating income if you have no perseverance

 

You can. If your work is good or have potentials, you and your work might get invited in a fiction site or platform to be part of their pay to read.

 

The Patreons that I have seen that show the greatest monetary success follows a similar pattern:

Large word count behind a few Patreon Tiers (typically $5 & $10) and who consistently update several times a week.
Examples:
Pirateaba Wandering Inn https://www.patreon.com/pirateaba Note: Patreons ($5+) only get one chapter ahead of public but the chapters typically are in the 15-30k word count.
Shirtaloon He Who Fights With Monsters https://www.patreon.com/Shirtaloon Note: 3 Tiers ($1 - 5 chapters, $5 - 10 chapters, $10 - 20 chapters)
Senescent Soul Delve https://www.patreon.com/user?u=21589642 Note: $2.50 Tier that gives access to all advanced chapters (8 chapters) and the author only updates once per week.
First Defiler Defiance of the Fall https://www.patreon.com/DefianceNovels Note: 4 Tiers ($1 - 2 chapters, $3 - 7 Chapters, $5 - 15 Chapters, $10 - 34 Chapters)
G.Harthane Azarinth Healer https://www.patreon.com/RhaegarRRL Note: ($2 - 10 Chapters, $5 - 20 Chapters)

Once you get past that level of monetary success things get more spread out where good writing but slower or more sporadic updating can still bring in a decent amount of Patreon revenue ($1k+) per month.

Examples:
Nobody103 Mother of Learning https://www.patreon.com/nobody103 Note: Completed novel but still has 622 Patreons bringing in $1900+ per month)
Stewart92 There is no Epic Loot Here only Puns https://www.patreon.com/user?u=3031332 Note: Sporadic updates but still bringing in $1100+/month in Patreon)

Graphtreon is a good website to check out if you are curious to see how well various Patreons are doing.

It also bears mentioning that building a successful Patreon takes time, almost all of these examples took several months to be successful. The only exception I know of is Shirtaloon's which jumped past $5k in about a month after their Patreon launch.

 

Wow, so detailed of an explanation! Thanks sooooo much

 

Amazon is free to publish eBooks, they take a varying cut depending on price + electronic delivery fee(usually a few pennies, but image heavy eBooks rack it way up). They do have a paid print book service separately where they will send you a sample of a print on demand book and then sell it if you approve, I think it was $35 US.

If you aren't American you'll want to get a Tax Identification Number, free but takes a few weeks.

 

Hmm... to be honest, sounds complicated but I will not be disheartened hehee! Thanks for the explanation BTW

 

No problem. There's free simplified explanations of it all online, but if you are an American it is much easier to deal with Amazon. Same with D2D and Smashwords, both them distribute to various eBook stores.

 

My friend first published her novel on internet then made a kickstarter to gather money for publishing her novel physically after it got popular enough

 

I write a book on Ringdom, and I feel it's not bad. At least I can earn about 50 USD per month.
I rarely receive royalty but they pay me for the daily updates monthly.
Besides, they are launching a writing contest which offers 3000USD as the top prize. But it's not easy to write over 60000 words in 70 days.
And if you like to read fantasy stories in the city, please give my story a try!
https://www.ringdomstory.com/novel/MfP+3rrUWF0lCwnWFu3T9Q==-Summoner:-The-Book-of-Dimension.html

 

A very good idea. I used to try to make money like that, but the profit was small.