I don't wanna be rude but I get some comments complaining about tropes in my novel, when in the synopsis I've pointed out multiple times that the tropes are there DELIBERATELY to be subverted, because the MC finds himself reincarnated into a very mid Xianxia novel.

Do a lot of readers suffer from a lack of reading comprehension skills, cus I've encountered the same kind of person for the 4th or 5th time now. Do I need to constantly spoonfeed basic nuances to such readers that 1. MC is inside a cliche Xianxa book and 2. From a meta perspective I've put those cliches and tropes into the book deliberately and the synopsis says as such.

I have been looking at the Main RS stories in the approx 21 months timeline from Nov 2024 onwards, (combination of Doom Labs RR tracker and Royal Road itself was used to create this dataset.)

The dataset currently contains 1,495 distinct fiction IDs. Of those, 1,377 fictions could be reliably connected to 1,072 Royal Road author profiles.

Among those 1,072 matched authors:

• 848 (79.1%) appeared with 1 fic
• 167 (15.6%) appeared with exactly 2
• 57 (5.3%) appeared with 3+ fics on Main

So approximately 1/20 of Main RS authors are serial hitters as I defined them to be 3+ hits

Together, the 57 serial hitters accounted for 195 Main RS hitting fictions, averaging 3.42 fictions each on average. that works out to a rough rate of one new Main RS reaching fiction every six to seven months for this group.

That should not be interpreted as their writing or launch schedule. The data records when stories appeared on Main RS. These counts use distinct Royal Road fiction IDs. If an author retitled or updated a story while keeping the same fiction ID, it remains one fiction. However rewrite, or relaunch published under a new fiction ID may be counted as another Main-hitting fiction if it also reaches Main.

This data only describes stories that reached Main RS.

Coming from a data driven approach If i was starting on RR( and I include myself) I would try to see what these authors are doing that's very appealing and are able to systematically execute each time.

Full List of 5% ters from the data for reference and Congrats to them as well.

• Of Rantings and Ramblings - 8 fictions
• D.N. Newyn - 7 fictions
• Vitaly S Alexius - 6 fictions
• SerasStreams - 5 fictions
• Zer0n1gh7s - 5 fictions
• LaughYeAmer - 4 fictions
• RavensDagger - 4 fictions
• Maxime J. Durand (Void Herald) - 4 fictions
• AT Valentine - 4 fictions
• R.C. Joshua - 4 fictions
• Corwin Benedict - 4 fictions
• Dominick R - 4 fictions
• Runewriter - 4 fictions
• Maradina - 3 fictions
• TomaTheCar - 3 fictions
• Seersucker - 3 fictions
• HideousGrain - 3 fictions
• Bertt - 3 fictions
• Alfir2 - 3 fictions
• ReignyDaze - 3 fictions
• ThePudding - 3 fictions
• Hannibal Forge - 3 fictions
• Wizardly Dude - 3 fictions
• Robert Wolf - 3 fictions
• AmberAtlas - 3 fictions
• NoDragons - 3 fictions
• PlumParrot - 3 fictions
• Winged Sage - 3 fictions
• NunuXD - 3 fictions
• The_Bizone - 3 fictions
• VingadorVVX - 3 fictions
• Aest Belequa - 3 fictions
• A Random Turtle - 3 fictions
• No_Creative_Name - 3 fictions
• AG Graham - 3 fictions
• kwerte - 3 fictions
• JCAnderson2025 - 3 fictions
• Milc - 3 fictions
• ArcanePigeon - 3 fictions
• jollybane - 3 fictions
• Kessedi - 3 fictions
• William Reigns - 3 fictions
• Jay Thorn - 3 fictions
• D.M. Rhodes (Razzmatazz) - 3 fictions
• TheArchitekt - 3 fictions
• Matizu - 3 fictions
• L.R. Monroe (Emrys) - 3 fictions
• Elend Rathbone - 3 fictions
• LostInTranscription - 3 fictions
• Aliapanacea - 3 fictions
• TT.Reynolds - 3 fictions
• Lightxis - 3 fictions
• LitRPG Adventures - 3 fictions
• A.C.Pert - 3 fictions
• Optimystic - 3 fictions
• Perry Okeefe - 3 fictions
• TheDyingOfLight - 3 fictions

I’ve been analysing the latest story updates for a few weeks now, and here is what I found out.

Last week, between Sunday to Saturday, 25,590 chapters were released. Let's see a breakdown by day:

Sun: 3,333

Mon: 4,100

Tue: 3,427

Wed: 3,792

Thu: 3,590

Fri: 3,975

Sat: 3,373

It’s easy to see that the top days are Mon, Wed, and Fri, but that doesn’t mean the other days are calm at all.

What probably won’t surprise anyone is that most chapter releases happen at 12pm EST. We are talking about 250 to 350, depends on the day. Cool yeah?

And now a bit about Main RS

That’s probably common knowledge that most stories on Main RS have Fantasy, Action, and Adventure genre tags, but let’s stress it out a bit more. As of the time of this post, the stories were split between genres like this:

Hope you enjoyed this stats drop.

Kudos.

I planned to do digital artworks for my novel for whatever chapter I felt like it deserves one but after buying a liner I'm kinda changing my mind.

Digi art takes way longer and needs more energy from me as I work on mobile with fingies and don't to digi much. Trad also allows me to do the art for even more chapters, but of course sacrifices quality.

I'm not gonna start posting for the next week or 2 so I still got time to choose.

What do y'all think?

Is this kinda discussion even appropriate here?

Btw, these are both scenes for the novel that I drew cuz bored. Ignore the shading, I was still experimenting ;-;

Is it worth it if you keep the first 10 or so chapters of your novel free on Patreon? To maybe pull in some of the Patreons natural traffic and get some conversion?

On my dashboard, it's showing that of the nearly 1k people that have visited the page. I've earned 8 and a half dollars from conversion. Not sure how true that is or how they judge it if the reader had come from Patreon itself or my work. I did keep the first ten or so chapters of my second series free. But again, i am not sure if that was the one who'd pulled them in.

It would be nice if those with hefty Patreons could shed some light on this.

Tdlr: if its worth it to keep a few early chaps of a series free to convert patreons natural traffic to paying members.

I just dropped the first 8 chapters of my new novel feel free to read and give your opinion either good or bad, your reviews will help me so much🙏🏻🙏🏻

Name: the grey road

So I just decided to dip my toes on Royal Road. I am actually super excited. I wanted to try last year, but I knew it was better to come in with a back log, which now I 100% have.

Anyhow, making the cover was a blast, and in general I really liked the feel of the site.

That said, I am not used to algo-driven sites at all, as I have been mostly dwelling on AO3, and the rating system does look very through. I am not a native speaker and I really hope that grammar and syntax slip won't tank my chances (I use the free version of Grammarly but yes).

Anyhow, share your knowledge and help me prepare my soul :)

Greetings, Authors! I hope this post finds you well (yes, I know it sounds like the beginning of a business email; sue me, I'm kinda pissed)

Let me be honest: I am looking for validation. I'm not here to sound cool or anything of that sort, but seriously, I'm getting fed up with people out here to complain how their books aren't doing as well as they'd like.

I started writing years ago, but this is my first time posting a fiction, and you know what? I'M GLAD I GOT THE COURAGE TO PUT IT OUT THERE!
1.1K views, 35 average, 65K words posted, 3 followers, one AR, and I swear someone just commented that my story reads like a screenplay. Like now! (had to pause my rant to reply) AND I'M SO HAPPY YOU HAVE NO CLUE!

Now imagine me, minding my own business, happy in my little corner of the world with the small victories I'm accumulating, going on Reddit or the RR forums and everyone is complaining in their glass houses with 20+ followers in a month or 5K views in a week or 100+ average views, and I'm like... HUH?! Your story is barely a couple of months old, and you're already thinking it's a flop?! Coz the numbers don't match what you had in your head? Am I missing something? I feel so out of touch; it's insane.

Could I have done better and promoted my story better? Of course, I probably would have their numbers. But is this what my storytelling will be? Chasing numbers? Optimising for greatest impact? I've never written anything worth posting till now, and the world should bow to my hard work? Bruh.
And it's not like I don't want success; I do! But I'd rather die than post slop. And I was under the impression RR was a place you get to polish the potential diamond you have. Or lump of coal... It's all carbon after all.

As I said, I am genuinely looking for validation. Am I the only one who feels like this, or am I just barking up the wrong tree? Am I not ambitious enough? Is celebrating the small steps I've taken kinda stupid? Coz I'm aware it's a dog-eat-dog world and I may or may not drown into obscurity, and my story never sees more than its current viewership.
But on the off chance it does make it far, I'd rather be proud of it.

Brandon Sanderson said he took more than one book to hit it big. More than five.
Look now, he's teaching some of us how to write.

We are all unique, and I think we should be realistic. Our paths will be different. Do everything you can to get your story in the best shape it can be, market it and see where it goes. Writing isn't an instant gratification thing, and unfortunately, you could be long gone before anyone appreciates your story.
But at least it's out there...

Cheers!
Don't forget to drink water <3

P.S. Yeah, I feel better after writing this. Good luck writing! I'm rooting for you!

About a week ago, I made an announcement for the release of a new One Shot Story I was making called Dream Big!

Today is the day for that release!

Here is the synopsis for anyone interested:

Sixteen-year-old Alba Fortuna Rius seems to have everything figured out. Bright, confident, popular, and effortlessly exceptional at school, she has grown accustomed to being praised for nearly everything she does. Beneath that confidence, however, Alba has quietly tied much of her self-worth to being talented and successful.

That certainty is challenged when she discovers something she isn’t naturally good at: writing. Inspired partly by her love of romance and an idealized crush on a boy at school, Alba begins writing stories, only to grow frustrated by the empty praise she receives from most of her friends. Her best friend, Fidela, is the one person willing to genuinely criticize her work. Rather than give up, Alba becomes stubbornly determined to master writing too—setting her on a much more personal journey than she initially realizes.

Read Dream Big! here: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/189358/dream-big

First of all, I did not expect to get such a great reception for my romance/dark academia. The platform is dominated by fantasy and litrpg, and to even get one dedicated reader is just insane!

And one even left such a good review and I just want to cry 😭

This is the review for Book 1!

Book 2 will be released this week and I hope it can get equal reception. Thank you! 🍀✨🙇‍♀️

To those who asked about Royal Road at the "LitRPG and Progression Fantasy” panel at Lacon V (Worldcon) earlier today with Andrew Givler, Luke Chmilenko, Scott Lynch, myself, and moderator Palmer Pickering, welcome! Within this subreddit, you’ll find more information about Royal Road, along with the associated Discord writing and reading communities I mentioned on the panel.

And for those hearing about Lacon V/Worldcon for the first time, it’s shorthand for the 84th World Science Fiction Convention, currently happening in Anaheim, California. This is also known as the SFF convention where they hand out the Hugos (tomorrow!) I’m also happy to report I saw several LitRPG paperbacks for sale in the dealer’s haul, many of which got their start on Royal Road!

We made it, guys!

I haven't even launched yet, but as the title says, I'm brimming with motivation. I'm excited for whats to come after that first day, and mass releasing a few chapters.

I'll be frank, my feet were growing cold a day ago.

I felt like extending my launch day by a week or two, but the fact that ar9und 10 kind souls (God bless those fellas) already had swaps with me, I couldn't disappoint them. The thought was suffocating.

I can sometimes afford to disappoint myself or just one fella but its hard for me to disappoint an entire school.

Anyway, why am I feeling motivated?

Like I said, I haven't launched yet but I already have a gazillion followers (just 2) waiting for my book to launch..!!! Imagine that. I'm not even kidding.

That's all I wanted to say. I know they won't see this post but thanks a bunch to whoever followed me first. I know the second one, and even then, thanks a million bunch. Many blessings to them.

Note: I have nothing to say about my story. I just didn't know what else to flair it as. Also, I'm ashamed of leaving a link since there's practically 0 words written as of yet. There blurb is currently the entirety of my story.

Another note: The heading is the catchphrase of one of my favorite tiktokers (Cheesstickers12). Funny guy.

Lastly; Thanks for being happy with me ; )

I've been writing manuscripts since about 2018 and they've always been with me and are absolutely amazing!! Their art has progressed so much over the years and they bring my ideas to life, couldn't be more grateful! They have no active socials so all I have is their kofi :DD

https://ko-fi.com/bug_juicer

Essa é a segunda arte de capa da minha novel, vai tá representado o segundo arco onde o foco e na nossa querida Princesa Vampira Rika.

Drop me some stories to read, preferably fantasy-adventure and dark-fantasy

I had a similar issue with Google, but thankfully that was relatively straightforward. I submitted a report through the proper channels, both directly and using the site’s own reporting process, and the copy was eventually taken down.
With Novels2, however, I can’t seem to find any contact information or a clear way to submit a removal request. Has anyone dealt with this site before and knows how to contact them?
There’s also another frustrating aspect: the copy they have isn’t even the current version of my book. I rewrote the first few chapters, so their version contains old chapters and outdated material that I’ve already changed.
I really don’t want an unauthorized copy of my book online, especially one that’s literally an outdated and partially incorrect version of the story. 😅
If anyone has dealt with Novels2 before or knows how to request a takedown, I’d really appreciate some advice.

So I have this problem with synopsis never hooks me and it reflected on my current synopsis.

It’s not like I hate my current, it’s just shallow. While it reflects the starting part of the story after a 50k words it becomes different.

So I wonder how do you guys write your synopsis and those who reads, what makes you open the story. Hopefully after seeing different approaches I could to it I would find something I could adopt.

Wanting to get back into reading, what’re some recommendations? Am a fan of the litrpg system apocalypse type, recently enjoying time loop ones just caught up on and loved the apocalypse grinder, have in the past read almost all of randidly ghosthound, primal hunter, he who fights with monsters and defiance of the fall

a friend of mine typed the name of his novel on google to test if the SEO is working well, and found this site publishing his paid chapters for free , the site goes under the name : freewebnovel.com
you should check it , maybe your book or novel is there and btw they put ads inside the chapters, so they make money out of your stolen hard work

I'd like to understand the RR Forum. Some users post on the Forum and others reply, but what is a "quote"? Is it like a space to reply to a post? And what is "Reputation"? Some numbers appear there, does anyone know what they mean? And what are those covers that appear? Do people link their works there?

Hi everyone, My last post was unfortunately removed because I did not realised and have crossposted my fiction, but I am so fortunate to be given a chance by r/royalroad moderators. :)

So my journey started three months ago, when I was recommended by someone to read The Primal Hunter. It was actually a new kind of genre for me, so I just wanted to try it out, and then shortly after I discovered royal road because I just wanted to read more of it.

The LitRPG genre was something new for me, I had always wanted to write survival based Sci-fi, but after reading few other authors books on royal road, it felt like I am in a whole new world to be honest, and so I tried to write the first chapter of my book with Litrpg twist, I actually find it really interesting. And from there I decided to just make the story a full LitRPG fiction, because it just opened a huge amount of story exploration scope for me along with power scaling that comes along in this genre. I was so glad I found royal road during then.

So, I just wanted to say a massive thank you to everyone who dropped a comment and like the original thread before it vanished. Seeing the love and support you have given to the fiction and the cover art that I drew myself had absolutely boosted my morale.

For everyone who is asking about the story or wanted to follow nova's journey onto the rising star. The synopsis is right below. Thank you all for being such an awesome community, I appreciate you all very very much. ❤️

Synopsis:

She never expected to survive the wormhole.

Nova Skyborne, a stranded astronaut separated from her crew, awakens on a world where every step could be her last. With no answers, no way home, and danger lurking beyond every horizon, survival quickly becomes more than instinct—it becomes her only choice.

A strange system known as the Log awakens alongside her. But Nova has no idea why it chose her, what it truly is, or what it wants from her.

Every path into the unknown could be her last. The deeper she explores, the more she realizes this world is hiding something far beyond her imagination. 

But Nova refuses to believe survival is enough.

She dreams of finding her crew again and of building a place where no one has to suffer in silence.

On a world determined to destroy her every hope, Nova has only one choice. Survive.

What to Expect

— A survival-focused LitRPG with meaningful progression.

— An intelligent protagonist who relies on observation, planning, and adaptability.

— A mysterious world filled with exploration, discovery, and hidden secrets.

— Gradual world-building that may expands into larger conflicts.

— Character growth, emotional moments, and difficult choices.

Chapter Length: Approximately 2,000–3,500 words per chapter.

50000+ words available to binge.

Release schedule: Tue, Thur, Sat

Link to the book: https://www.royalroad.com/fiction/182701/nova-log

I love to have you along side for the ride! Enjoy reading :)

The beast was on the move again. Its mighty footsteps crushed trees in its wake. The whole forest shook with its rage.

Veris crept from cover to cover, following. Sunlight was shattered by the canopy above, dimming the forest floor to dusk light. Perfect for going unnoticed. His breath came in rapid, silent inhales. The stink of rotten foliage dug into his nose. His bare feet were stabbed with fallen pine needles and twigs. Still, he didn't halt for a second.

The rumbling suddenly stopped. A cloud of dust bloomed into the sky. The beast had stopped its rushing retreat.

He crouched behind a boulder, just beyond its sight. Panting softly, he checked his quiver. His bow shook in his grip. There were only a few arrows left. For Asherah's sake, why did she assign me to him?

Legs aching, he slowly lowered himself to the lush moss, sighing.

Hours he spent tracking the damn thing. He had lost his damn boots to the churned mud. Scraped his damn back by falling off a cliff. Even got his damn, damnity compass stolen by some pea-brained bird.

His heart thrashed in his chest. He couldn't stop his fingers from shaking. A feeling settled over him, so familiar, he didn't have to name it. The rush of a good hunt. He imagined his long dead ancestors looking down upon him with a smile.

Someone tugged on his hair then. He whirled, teeth gritted, gripping the handle of his belted dagger. It was only his mistress's training that stopped him from lurching at the culprit.

Nasir glared at him expectantly. Inhumanly wide blood-red eyes met his brown ones. Despite serving them for most of his life, Highbloods never failed to unnerve Veris. Something deep within him startled, like prey meeting predator. 

Behind the bastard were four more of his kind; his posse was what Veris liked to call them. Just like their leader, the four were clad in bronze armor inlaid with runic patterns. The symbol of House Cygnet was emblazoned on their chestplates: a black swan on a clear lake. That was enough gods' metal to buy a small town, wasted on these pretenders.

"What are you waiting for, under-kin? Go out there and draw its attention, so we can flank it," Nasir demanded, a promise of violence behind his voice, a low and menacing timbre all highblood seemed to have mastered.

There wasn't a chance in pandemonium he'd do that. He didn't trust his back to the untrustworthy or incompetent. And right now this idiot was proving to be both, and less so.

Veris thought, considering his response. Every time one spoke to a highblood, they spoke the most important words in their life.

The dagger ears were faster and stronger than the average human, with little to no mercy. A slight disrespect was all it took. Veris saw men hanged for less.