A sequel to “How Does A Novice Make Money by Writing?” — — Web Novel Writing
The last article mainly talked about the platforms suit for novice writers to begin their writing. Next, the editor would like to introduce the online novel contribution platform and how new online novel writers should choose the platform that suits their stories.
If you are a reader of web novels, fandom culture enthusiasts, or have some writing experience, I recommend that you make money by writing web novels.
Compared with documentary novels or serious literature, the writing threshold of online novels is relatively low, but because of the Internet platform, it is easier to spread. As long as you upload your novel on the right platform, you can get high page views and income.
There are mainly two kinds of writing directions of web novels, one is fanfiction, that is, the secondary creation of characters, storylines, or background settings in the original comics, animation, novels, film, and television works; the other is the common web novels, in which the characters, story background, and plot are often created by the authors themselves, such as werewolf novels, romantic novels, fantasy novels, horror novels, CEO novels, fairy novels and so on.
If you are a fandom culture enthusiast, I highly recommend that you choose a fandom platform to contribute, such as:
Commaful https://commaful.com/
AO3(Archive of Our Own) https://archiveofourown.org/
Fanfiction.net https://www.fanfiction.net/
As there is no limit to the length of the novels included in these platforms, it is very suitable for writers with relatively weak writing experience who are enthusiasts of the fandom. Because the writers and readers of these platforms belong to the fandom, it is easier for you to find the readers of your work if you contribute to this kind of platform. Of course, if your novel is relatively rich in plot and long in length, you can try to contribute to a special web novel reading platform.
If you are a loyal reader of web novels or have some writing experience, you can try to write such novels and contribute to the web novel reading platform.
There are many platforms for reading web novels, and there are three common ones:
1. A platform with few categories but the fine classification of novels
There are a few categories of novels on this kind of platform, but the classification of novels is very fine. For example, in the following platforms, fantasy novels will be divided into Xuanhuan novels, game novels, cultivate novels, and so on, which mainly tell the growth stories of male protagonists.
Wuxiaworld https://www.wuxiaworld.com/
Royal Road https://www.royalroad.com/
Gravity Tales https://www.gravitytales.net/
And in the following platforms, romance novels will be divided into werewolf novels, mafia novels, and CEO novels, which mainly tell the love stories of female characters.
Dreame https://www.dreame.com/
Readict https://www.readictnovel.com
2. A platform with numerous categories of novels
This kind of platform is divided into two kinds: one is the well-known novel reading platform, such as:
Wattpad https://www.wattpad.com/
Goodreads https://www.goodreads.com/
The other is the growth platform, which wants to change the single readership. The novels on this kind of platform are relatively simple, so, in order to expand the readers of the platform, they will sign up some novels for the new readers.
The first two platforms and the well-known novel reading platforms are not very suitable for novice writers to contribute. Because these platforms have a large number of high-quality web novels writers and readers with high requirements for the quality of their works. Even if you contribute successfully, it will be difficult for your novel to get good recommendation resources or good exposure on such platforms.
Therefore, if you are a novice writer, I recommend you to contribute to the growth novel platform.
First, because there is a huge gap in some types of novels on the growth novel reading platform, the probability of successful contribution of the novel is high.
Second, this kind of platform has rich experience in promoting novels. Thanks to the huge gap in the type of novels on this platform, the promotion resources of the platform will be greatly skewed towards your novel so that your novel can be exposed to the maximum extent.
Third, this kind of platform has a sound novel signing system to protect your copyright revenue. This can not only refine the revenue of your novel but also protect your novel from being stolen by bad platforms and avoid harming your copyright revenue.
At present, such growing novel platforms are:
Webnovel https://www.webnovel.com/
The novels on this platform are mainly fantasy novels. At present, for new readers, some romantic novels have been signed up. If you are willing to write romantic novels, you can try to contribute to this platform.
Goodnovel https://www.goodnovel.com/
The novels on this platform are mainly romance novels. At present, for new readers, some male growing-up novels have been signed up. If you are willing to write this kind of novel, you can try to contribute to this platform.
In short, you need to choose the right platform for your contribution according to your writing ability, writing time, and hobbies. Only in this way can your work be seen by more people and get the maximum profit at the same time.
