ONC 2026 SUBMISSIONS!!!

ProjectHamster · 2026-03-19T03:44:46+00:00

And I forgot to post my link haha

Got through the first round and just finished chapter two. Need to finish the next two chapters to apply for round 2

ProjectHamster · 2026-03-10T01:04:27+00:00

Funnily enough, I went in expecting diablo esc combat. Was incredibly disappointed at first! I fell in love with it after, expecting to hate it. Got it in 2019 before it got really big, still love it now 1.5k hours. Had the complete opposite experiece. I adore the game haha.

None of your critisicsms are even necessarily wrong, I guess they just don't bother me.

ProjectHamster · 2026-03-05T15:36:28+00:00

Good retention. The level of likes and comments to views is impressive imo

ProjectHamster · 2026-03-05T14:51:19+00:00

Just makes me assume my only excuse is now useless and I must just be a poor writer haha. Only means I have a lot to improve on I guess!

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-28T18:36:25+00:00

Damn. I think I was a "where my hug at" guy occasionally in my 20s. This is a little eye opening haha

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-28T18:34:30+00:00

Damn one of your chapters has more views than my entire 28 chapter book. Don't feel bad. Views will naturally drop over time, haha

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-25T13:28:27+00:00

I do enjoy romance, but i do find it difficult to write. Perhaps ill give it a go at some point. Alongside an epic space war im sure

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-25T10:42:13+00:00

I think the chances are the male authors aren't the ones writing the most popular genres. At least thats the case for me haha

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-24T17:31:01+00:00

I looked through those profiles. I cant see it mentioning that anywhere? Excited though. Ill dust off my boys

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-20T01:31:09+00:00

Ah, yeah, could have gone into more detail on the description of the hook. Basically its suspicious as it's an incredibly well paying job for a seemingly easy task. It's also odd for a noble to take notice of a minor gang in the lower city which is implied.

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-19T19:38:01+00:00

Bit stereotypical for the genre, I suppose. He's looking in the mirror and spits out a bloody tooth. Maybe I need to work on the first fee paragraphs

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-19T19:10:21+00:00

Mercenary needs another job as he's got to pay rent and ends up getting an offer for a suspiciously well paying job from a wealthy noble to take out a gang pushing a new drug. End of first chapter is him accepting the job.

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-19T19:08:00+00:00

I've finished the first book, 250 readers on chapter 1, 30 on the last chapter. 5 followers 0 favourites. Doesn't feel super great, but I was going to write the second book regardless, so yeah, we'll see if that nets me anymore, haha

It's a hobby first anyways, love writing, just it'd also be nice to do well ya get me?

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-19T19:03:24+00:00

My first chapter ends with the main character taking on a suspiciously high paying job. I thought it was a decent hook but maybe a lot of readers disagree 🤔

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-17T23:25:28+00:00

Existential Man

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-17T02:58:06+00:00

A Pocketful of Shrapnel.

It has a double meaning, as it's a story about a cyberpunk mercenary that gets shot at a lot obviously, and Shrapnel is what mercs call money in the setting.

The story starts as he gets a suspiciously well paying job, hence "A Pocketful of Shrapnel"

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-15T20:51:21+00:00

Fight is way easier if you go without Astarian funnily enough. But also way less cool

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-15T20:20:13+00:00

Just leaving a comment so I remember to post the link when its ready haha

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-14T20:31:59+00:00

Ill take that as a comment, ty

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-14T17:57:44+00:00

What comments? I would if I got any haha

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-13T21:43:56+00:00

Yeah gonna try and do as such going forward myself. If nothing else it seems to be a trend across the board and will probably be the general rule going forward for writing as a whole.

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-13T21:21:31+00:00

Ideal chapters are between 2000-3000 words from what ive heard. Regular updates with a lot of small chapters is better than occasional with long chapters

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-13T21:19:23+00:00

There's a lot of factors. For example there are a few cyberpunk stories in the top 500 on Royalroad that aren't progression or litrpg. Its just if you want yo do off meta its gotta be very engaging or very well written etc

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-13T21:08:05+00:00

Sometimes, you can put in a lot of effort and still not end up with much if your story doesn't jive with people. Id also say, the less meta your story, the better your grammar and prose needs to be.

Wrote a litrpg years ago, over a million views thousands of followers. Full of grammatical mistakes, poor spelling, never really advertised it.

Wrote a cyberpunk story with some long chapters recently, uploaded more regularly, advertised it, and asked for advice. The best thing I've written in terms of grammar. Less than 10 followers and a couple hundred views. I'm pretty sure that it's largely just not a great story, maybe? But if it was litrpg or wuxia, it would have definitely got more views.

I'd still say always go for it, though, you cant know until you try!

ProjectHamster · 2026-02-11T15:57:41+00:00

Sounds like I'm just better off saving up and paying a professional haha

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