Writing Self-Promotion, and Ways To Do So?

[RivCA]

I have no blessed idea on how to self-promote my works. Anyone have any good advice?

 

[MasterY001]

Technically, you just did. The forums are a great place to start. If your story is any good, I'll give it a read

Also, I'm no expert, but the big-name WNs floating around have contracts that allow them to use bots to inflate views and likes. Unless you plan to release 20 chapters a week, it's mostly luck-based without them.

I also discovered OC fanfiction is a good way to promote original works. If that's not your cup of tea, I recommend getting involved in active writer communities on Discord or Reddit if you really want to improve your stats.

 

[Katsurandom]

you can also stick a link-ad or signature to your posts where you point people to your series....

 

[MasterY001]

you can also stick a link-ad or signature to your posts where you point people to your series....

NB: That doesn't work for mobile users (I'm on mobile rn)

 

[Garolymar]

I just use the signature thing, other than that I just hope for the best. Honestly I kinda have this weird thing, where I feel if I try too hard to promote I'm setting expectations. I'd kinda rather it be something somebody stumbles upon, that way they're not disappointed if they don't like it and they're pleasantly surprised if they do.

 

[Iassus-Rudera]

My advice? Get involved in any writer communities. Ultimately only other writers will give newer works a chance. Particularly people who are newer writers themselves. Unless you're already established, have a concept that can grab people on its own or have the money to advertise in the right way(ads on Royal Road, youtube etc...) then the best people to appeal to are other writers. They want to learn something from your story and if they come to enjoy it along the way, that's a new reader right there. Review swaps(also helps you improve), community posts, discord servers, just generally reviewing other people's stuff, leaving comments on popular stories, being active in forums and discord servers, having another platform where you can promote your work(X, Youtube, Instagram etc...) that's most of the free ways you can advertise your stuff. If you have a bit of cash lying around I recommend getting a proper artist to do your cover and buying some adverts. There are guides online about how you can do that for optimised results. If you don't have any though(like me and many other starting writers) then I recommend just being social. Recommend your work to friends, community posts, get your account out there and see who's bored enough to click on it.

 

[roobYssence]

I tried inserting a link into my signature but it does not want to work somehow www
it recognizes the link as a spam for some reason

 

[Jailbreak571]

Hey guys! read my story. If you don't, I'll kidnap you and make your family pay for ransom. Kindly of course, maybe with a Scottish accent if you want.

Edit: as for how you'll find my story? That's your problem, not mine.

Ps: this is just an example don't take it seriously, the fact that I have to clarify this... Ahhh, I've been on social media too much.

 

[Anonjohn20]

Ways to do so:

1. Being active on writing communities like this forum. Readers like me sometimes come to hang out, then we meet you guys, "the talent."
2. Posting often and consistently but not spamming. If you post 1-3 times a week (be careful not to get burnt out; 4-7 times is intensive), then your story will appear often at around the same time in "Latest Updates," which will help your story get visibility. Try not to spam a bunch of chapters on the same day. If you post 6 chapters on the same day because they were ready, then the story will only appear on "latest updates" that day rather than for multiple days. Posting multiple chapters a day is usually only recommended when a really long chapter was split into multiple parts (some fans won't like to wait 5 weeks for part 1, part 2, part 3, part 4, and part 5 of the same chapter. LOL).
3. This one is labor-intensive, but you can post in multiple places. ScribbleHub is not the only writing site; you could cross-post to get more fans. I don't really like this method because most authors eventually get tired of doing so and then change their mind to continue posting in only one site (I don't care how much I love your story; I am not following you to Royal Road or Webnovel, and they are unlikely to follow you here). If you post on multiple sites, then commit to finishing posting on all of them.
4. Properly add as many appropriate genres and tags as you can; readers are searching for their preferred tags, so keeping that up-to-date can help them find your story.
5. Have some cover art. While it's never stopped me from trying a story out, some people will not give your story a shot if there is no effort to add a cover.

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Hey guys! read my story. If you don't, I'll kidnap you and make your family pay for ransom. Kindly of course, maybe with a Scottish accent if you want.

Wish I could remember the full story but there were two guys who had an idea for a television show (one of the classic comedies; blanking on which one) who shopped it to three studios with nobody even letting them past security. At the fourth, the security guy was new and let them in. The receptionist, however, was not, and gave them the runaround, when one said "Hold the fort" and walked out. He came back in a few minutes later with a large envelope and asked the receptionist to give this to her boss and added "it's urgent. Just one page, I promise"
She sighed and slid it under his door. The exec saw the envelope, opened it, made two phone calls, waited five minutes, and then met with the guys to hear their pitch.
The first call was to his house to make sure his wife had not recently acquired a golden retriever. The second was to security to be on standby.
When the guys came in, he read the note to them: "We HaVe YoUr GoLdEn ReTrIeVeR. If YoU wAnT tO sEe It AlIvE, lIsTeN tO oUr PiTcH..." and had their business card attached. "I called security, after making sure we had no such dog. If your pitch does not blow me away, security will drag you out as painfully as they can. If it does, your creativity gave you a little boost and this will probably happen. Go ahead, give me your pitch."

 

[Alski]

I tried inserting a link into my signature but it does not want to work somehow www
it recognizes the link as a spam for some reason

https://www.scribblehub.com/series/1621672/blades-and-books/ should work fine.

 

[HisDivineShadow]

Wish I could remember the full story but there were two guys who had an idea for a television show (one of the classic comedies; blanking on which one) who shopped it to three studios with nobody even letting them past security. At the fourth, the security guy was new and let them in. The receptionist, however, was not, and gave them the runaround, when one said "Hold the fort" and walked out. He came back in a few minutes later with a large envelope and asked the receptionist to give this to her boss and added "it's urgent. Just one page, I promise"
She sighed and slid it under his door. The exec saw the envelope, opened it, made two phone calls, waited five minutes, and then met with the guys to hear their pitch.
The first call was to his house to make sure his wife had not recently acquired a golden retriever. The second was to security to be on standby.
When the guys came in, he read the note to them: "We HaVe YoUr GoLdEn ReTrIeVeR. If YoU wAnT tO sEe It AlIvE, lIsTeN tO oUr PiTcH..." and had their business card attached. "I called security, after making sure we had no such dog. If your pitch does not blow me away, security will drag you out as painfully as they can. If it does, your creativity gave you a little boost and this will probably happen. Go ahead, give me your pitch."

It sounds cinematic.

 

[RivCA]

Fair deal. I have two projects in the pipeline, then. One is the main narrative I’ve been writing for a while, the other is a short story anthology set in-universe. Let me get the links for those:

Echoes Of Lescatié

Lescatié has fallen. While there were efforts to take back the fallen theocratic state from the clutches of the monsters who claimed it, all have since ended in failure. Those who escaped the nation's fall have since tried to move on, but the ghosts of the past, and the creatures...

www.scribblehub.com

Before The Fall

An anthology of short stories and novellas, these tales are meant to be disconnected from the overall narratives established within the Monster Girl Encyclopedia universe.

www.scribblehub.com

 

[roobYssence]

https://www.scribblehub.com/series/1621672/blades-and-books/ should work fine.

Thank you!
I wonder why this version worked and just copy pasting from the web address did not ?

 

[SurfAngel_1031]

I have no blessed idea on how to self-promote my works. Anyone have any good advice?

I never really have. I simply write, update, write, update...I think I write and update.

Once my brain is sufficiently a pool of goop, I respond in the forums with my books linked on my signature.

Moral of the story? Don't worry about it. Keep writing and have fun. Once you start thinking and obsessing with numbers, it's not really fun anymore.

Be well, I hope this helped!

 

[JoshA]

I have no blessed idea on how to self-promote my works. Anyone have any good advice?

Haaa same with me
Could you please check out my story it's called Code Red I would really appreciate it

 

[CharlesEBrown]

Haaa same with me
Could you please check out my story it's called Code Red I would really appreciate it

Posting a link helps, like Code Red | Scribble Hub

 

[RivCA]

Haaa same with me
Could you please check out my story it's called Code Red I would really appreciate it

It looks like CarlesEBrown found the link. Can you confirm this? I’ll check it out when I have time, which is a precious luxury for me, these days. (I work in a summer-intense trades job.)

 

[KodokoKagame]

I have no blessed idea on how to self-promote my works. Anyone have any good advice?

I'm having the same problem as you . I'm barely starting self-promote after over working myself on my book that I feel stupid for not focusing on building a fan base . I don't have any great advice. Maybe know your audiences and where they hang on what site and apparently being active in writing community. Cards with a special form that match the theme of your story, quotes that you think are good from your novel and post them where your audiences hang the most . If possible visual art but I'm having a problem with that because I don't have money to pay for an artist nor pay an app that helps with that but you can work around it but it's tricky. Hope you start to see the path soon and if you find something that work please share and beat wishes for you .

 

[JoshA]

It looks like CarlesEBrown found the link. Can you confirm this? I’ll check it out when I have time, which is a precious luxury for me, these days. (I work in a summer-intense trades job.)

Yeah that's the link
Thanks

Posting a link helps, like Code Red | Scribble Hub

Thanks a lot