>What is /wng/ - Web Novel General?A general for readers and authors involved or interested in the growing phenomenon of 'web novels', serialized English fiction posted to websites such as: Royal Road, Webnovel, Scribblehub, Wattpad, Archive of Our Own, Spacebattles, HFY, various personal author websites, and more>Why read web novels?Not for prose or tight editing or deep themes, frankly. As a whole, web novels are infamous for content sprawl and pacing issues. If you enjoy having millions of words to sink your teeth into to get to know the world and characters, though, you may be interested. Keeping up with other readers on a weekly basis to discuss the story's events unfolding is another perk, in the same way discussing an ongoing TV show might be.>Why write web novels?Ease of access & potential for Patreon earnings. Many successful authors gain an audience on their website of choice and funnel their readers into a Patreon. See graphtreon.com/top-patreon-creators/writing for an idea of what some are earning.Also, once an author has earned a fanbase, transitioning into an Amazon self-publishing career is several orders of magnitude easier than starting 'dry'.>/wng/ authors.https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/e/2PACX-1vSNZali-jIk2MASsAWVf8N7A8BlSyzPbAFV_BhsA5Ip3SWfMPWKxaXf8Pdb7f0TgFyWis31BzirtPeR/pubhtml>Advice for Noobs!##READ THE FOLLOWING BEFORE ASKING FOR HELP##Running your story like the business it is:www.royalroad.com/forums/thread/116847On writing web serials:alexanderwales.com/how-to-write-a-web-serial/Sanderson's Writing Lectures 2025:https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MEUh_y1IFZY&list=PLSH_xM-KC3ZvzkfVo_Dls0B5GiE2oMcLYRecommended web novelsrentry.co/d2yvczroAnon's guide to successrentry.co/RRBasicGuideFAQrentry.co/pytefpxn
>>24854248>Jannies keep deleting /wng/What would Fang Yuan do in this case?
>>24854294He would show them love and understanding and work with them to reach a compromise that makes all parties happy.
>>24854294feed the jannies to the bear.
>>24854248Nice thread you got here (jk it's not). It would be a shame if I was just a massive offtopic spamming faggot in it like you pieces of shit sloppers (jk it wouldn't).
how the fuck is the most active thread talking about reading and writing the on-sight delete threadi pray jannies are just deleting the most-reported threads because what the fuck
>>24854554blame the fa(n)g yuan fag for having a meltie. /wng/ will probably be down for a week or month depending on how severe the sperging goes
what western wns have stories with pleasantly surprising internal consistency?
>>24854586>pleasantly surprising internal consistency?why is this what you look for in fiction? rather than compelling characters or engaging plots?logic-brain has ruined storytelling...
>>24854575rent free
>>24854586do you have any examples of non-western wns that you like for this
>>24854591i have read long webnovels with compelling characters and plots, but owing to poor internal consistency end up undermining these great characters and plots on a reread and souring the whole affair fof me personally
>>24854618thanks for confirming what I said?the crazy part is you didn't realize it
>>24854627were you not implying that it is better to look for compelling characters or plots over internal consistency, that internal consistency did not matter as these two parts of the story, hence your derisive comment about “logic-brains”?
Should I make all my chapter titles for the rest of writathon blatant clickbait?I feel like I should.
Writing a fanfic for nanowrimo and there's nothing you can do about it
>>24854591How can a plot be engaging if it makes no fucking sense?
>notice some historical wn in RS>oh hell yeah is that some byzantine kino?>the author must be a passionate history buff who knows his shit>the very first line after a spoken line is blatantly AI-generated>aw fuck, check tags>"AI-assisted">NOPE NOPE NOPEI was an idiot to get my hopes up
Has the janny calmed down? We can have our general back?
>>24854746>the very first line after a spoken line is blatantly AI-generatedwhat was it?
>>24854753>The air in the cot was thick, a cloying miasma of sweat, stale blood, and the damp, earthy scent of the reed-strewn floor. It clung to the back of the throat, a taste of decay and desperation.This is as much AI-assisted as a jeet watching over a factory line, hovering finger over a button is "assisting" production.
>>24854759good I need to learn tells
>>24854777If you wouldn't have imagined yourself writing that, that's a tell.
>>24854777I've experimented with generating stuff and you soon start to notice certain repeating patterns. I'd never post that trash under my own name because it's so easy to recognize if you don't rewrite/restructure everything.
>>24854586Most?
>>24854591Nta , I've been reading ssf for decades. I didn't get hooked on Foundation because of the characters or the plot. Those are just the fake tiny umbrella on your cocktail : nice to have , not really needed and only Karrens complain about them missing.
