How To Promote Your Web Serial or Writing

Discussion in 'Community Fictions' started by ClearMadness, Oct 4, 2016.

  1. ClearMadness

    ClearMadness Well-Known Member

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    Updated with some more information about RRL and how to promote there.
     
  2. Aternus

    Aternus Well-Known Member

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    Maybe add that you need a cover to get on that trending list? Covers in general were made a lot more important by the new update with the reduced information shown on all the various lists.
     
  3. ClearMadness

    ClearMadness Well-Known Member

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    A good point.
     
  4. Joe Berridge Beale

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    Thanks for the wisdom, ClearMadness. If it wasn't for this post I'd have been stumbling in the dark.
     
  5. OshiroHonzo

    OshiroHonzo Well-Known Member

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    How long does it usually take RRL to sent the activation code? Also how long does it also take for RRL to approve a pending fiction(new story)?
     
  6. Aternus

    Aternus Well-Known Member

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    12-24 hours on the approval for RRL. That's only for the first chapter, every chapter after that is instant.
    No idea what activation code you are referring to(do you mean like for the username?)
     
  7. mangobeef

    mangobeef [Obsessed Mango] [团子幼女工口力's fan]

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    One thing I do notice in the past is that those novels that has more screen time on RRL's homepage gets more popular. By screen time, I meant for them updating their novels regularly, which would show up in the latest updates tab. Sadly those novels are now long gone due to... personal reasons of the author I guess.
     
  8. OshiroHonzo

    OshiroHonzo Well-Known Member

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    When I made an account it said that it sent an activation code to my email. I check many times and it still haven't arrived. Today is the third day since my register. Now I am stuck with "Awaiting Activation" not allowing my to post in the forum.(tried asking around but since I could not post well lets say I failed.) I go into User control panel, it says "resend activation code" tried it checking if I misspelled or something but I didn't well. that is what I mean by activation code. Thank you for helping! (games usually have it making sure the emails are not fake.) (It is beside "Primary User Group")
     
  9. Aternus

    Aternus Well-Known Member

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    You check spam or anything like that?
     
  10. OshiroHonzo

    OshiroHonzo Well-Known Member

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    Yeah I checked many times.
     
  11. Aternus

    Aternus Well-Known Member

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    Other than contacting an admin all you can do is try to make a new account I guess.
     
  12. OshiroHonzo

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    That only leaves contacting the admin... Thank you for the help.
     
  13. MeoWoe

    MeoWoe [Altair] [Exqúisite]

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    just hope quantity wont drop..ive see other novels that no updates for how many months..
     
  14. Arcturus

    Arcturus Cat, Hidden Sith Lord

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    @RRL Vocaloid might be able to help
     
  15. OshiroHonzo

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    Thank but I already got it activated sorry for bothering you to do that.
     
  16. RR Vocaloid

    RR Vocaloid RoyalRoad.com Slepragt

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    Been some issues with the confirmation code being sent recently. Apologies.
     
  17. OshiroHonzo

    OshiroHonzo Well-Known Member

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    No worries, I just got worried a little but I was gonna wait it out either way. Even if it took a month... Well during that time I had spare time to advance on my novel so thank you on that too.
     
  18. SorakaNii

    SorakaNii 『Trash Carnivore』『NEET』

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    I tried creating a story for RRL before just about 5 chapters with only a measly 3.5 rating, RRL really rakes out a lot of viewers that even the sublink wordpress got 111 best views ever. It's been two years since I made a great blunder on writing, I now got the rating of 2 and RRL novels cannot be removed. Should I continue on it or make a new one with the different name? btw, I was rejected by web fiction because I noted an original work as a fanfic. I plan on resubmitting after I fixed my story. (and my other big problem is communication)
     
  19. AliceShiki

    AliceShiki 『Ms. Tree』『Magical Girl of Love and Justice』

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    If you have any problems with your stories on RRL, I'd recommend contacting the staffs of the place to fix them for you.

    There is even one member of their staff here, @RRL Vocaloid , you could try asking for her to remove your novel or change it back to original work for you.
     
  20. ClearMadness

    ClearMadness Well-Known Member

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    It sounds like you are still in the learning phase of writing, although without knowing what you write its hard to say for sure. I wouldn't worry about your rating too much. Getting feedback and improving is more important. You can ask the admins to remove your story and start a new one when you think you've improved.

    Ratings on RRL can be brutal. I myself have gotten fifteen 0.5 stars. All of them were anonymous and I doubt the givers actually read my story. All you can do is ask for high ratings from your readers to cancel them out. :(