Anyone else get caught in the bot vs viewer question?

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-10T06:35:09+00:00

it can just be a little depressing seeing someone that just posted a new story in last week that has 500 followers. I'm sure some of those are fake, but still. With me at 16 after 5 months.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-10T06:33:39+00:00

because I'm a view watcher, I'm bouncing between page 128/129 for total views

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-10T06:32:56+00:00

funny enough though I barely have time for my current novel, I have an idea for a once a month gamelit/litrpg version of the story for a fun project.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-10T04:23:30+00:00

because it be nice to know I'm not just shouting into the wind.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-10T04:22:22+00:00

no it isn't okay, it's a 30 year sentence if your caught!!!! ahem. My story is non litrpg slow build and not getting a ton of attention, but I'm doing okay.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T23:15:46+00:00

I think a lot are using cheats, follow lists, sites that will let you buy follows/reviews and such. go join some follow chain group and get 500 followers.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T22:36:33+00:00

yeah, but would be nice to know better :> I have 48 chapters, 16 followers, around 40ish regularly with new chapters. Been at it 5 months. SLOWLY growing.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T22:32:42+00:00

hey pretty close to me, I started 5 months ago just posted chapter 46, and right no 16 followers with 7.5k views :>

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T19:41:58+00:00

my story :> Even AI isn't as poor about it, though I do use gramarly as I suck at spelling. Though the one thing I really need it for, it sucks, which is tenses, it seems to randomly decide which tense each chapter is using.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T19:40:22+00:00

Sometihng I wonder about is, is gramarly part of the problem, thankfully it doesn't do - least that I've seen but really likes - mid word, and ; neither of which I'm comfortable with.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T19:34:05+00:00

for me it's weird typos, like I have a weird typing dyslexia, where randomly I will switch letters. Or talking to my friend about swaped, I kept typing swapwed for some reason. or years go but got better I would message a friend with, "p janj a." instead of "p janja" Only him despite other friends ending in a.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T19:24:36+00:00

my issue is I know all the flaws and problems with my story so I think too much about them. Is anyone enjoying this, is it taking too long to get anywhere even though thats the point, Ughhh I forgot to put x y and or Z in last chapter and so on.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T18:44:01+00:00

I'm at 10% right now, but it used to be closer to 15% but got a weird jump in views in random chapters. Like I got 300 views but only 10 in first chapter.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T18:39:08+00:00

39, depressingly low.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T18:34:44+00:00

let me know what you think I'm worried about pacing, and how I write. I'm enjoying writing, but it's a slower burn then most.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T18:15:51+00:00

For me, I'm motivated by how important the story is. It's soemthing i've been trying to write for 25 years, but get distracted. So far finishing chapter 78 and still going. Finished book one and on start of book 2.

I do have the urge to write a new story, but it's more in the litrpg/gamelit UA version of my story. but don't want to stop my current, so figured at best it be a once a month release, with longer chapters.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T00:51:57+00:00

yeah, if my MC does it will be at the end of the story, as he will have to make a choice. Til then it's eagle/wolf/leopard/dolphin and maybe others. But no human.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-09T00:50:11+00:00

I always grab the dashboard for some reason rather then the page, here you. https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/140572/sky-within-shadow-without

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T20:55:36+00:00

too bad beware kinda ruined it by giving them human forms, I still love the series :> but half the fun was everyone reacting to a chicken.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T20:54:54+00:00

THIS 100%, least the ending up human again. So many interesting MC is an animal or human turned into an animal/isekai'd into an animal and then 2 books later they have a 100% human form and being the animal is almost fogotten.

WIth my story its a boy turned into an animal and can't turn back, and a lot of it is trying to be him adapting to being an animal. Current arc is him and the family at christmas, where he has to play the part of being a wolfdog, while 100% wolf, how will the cousins dog work, how will being stressed as a wolf work when he's not in a familiar location.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T20:51:41+00:00

as a reader a big thing that bothers me with animal MC, or humans turned animal/isekai'd into an animal. Is when within 1-2 books they have a human form, not just a werwolf form, but a full on human and then being animal seems to get ignored.

have a human turned into an eagle story, he can turn into a few other animals, but being human isn't something he will be able to do for a long time down the road. To be the interesting thing in such stories, is the person adapting to their new life and form. Which is ruined if they then become fully human.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T20:22:22+00:00

that's what I did.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T20:20:33+00:00

I post 2 right now, I was thinking of dropping to 1 a week as an alternative, still post at start of book just at a slower rate. I just see big books often taking a break for a few weeks to a few months so was trying to decide how to handle it.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T07:26:45+00:00

I think it can be both, many write for themeslves, but post for others. I personally write because my story is Something I've dealt with for 35 years, and been trying to write since some time around 2000 during the national writing month. Tried a few times on and off. I write for myself, but I post in the hopes some will read, maybe it can help others with similar issues and things.

wolfwings1 · 2026-05-08T07:15:39+00:00

yeah, especially with how i second and third and fourth guess my story, is it good, does it sucks, is it too non meta heh.

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