From experience I have found that generally one should build the audience for the novel as they are still writing it. Almost all of my (meagre) sales came from the audience from my Royal Road series. (In fact no one among my family or friends except one dude knows that I even wrote a book). Apart from that, you can only try and be patient and not rush the novel, even when you do get experienced as a writer. I too was writing 7000 words in one day, staying up late at night and only taking a few afternoon naps once every few days. There is no remedy to that except not being impatient and not rushing the novel.
I wrote a series on Royal Road as a fun side project with no deadlines or stress, and had been doing it for 2 years before I began writing my book. By the time I started writing my novel, I had around 50 people who liked my work and were active members of my discord server.
I am looking forward to the final version. There are so many nuggets of information that it is already mind-blowing.
I find it difficult to read a novel in breaks - once I start (ok ONCE I start) I go to the finish. But from some of the chapters I got to read it seems this is going to be something to re-read and cherish. I intend to get the print version.
From experience I have found that generally one should build the audience for the novel as they are still writing it. Almost all of my (meagre) sales came from the audience from my Royal Road series. (In fact no one among my family or friends except one dude knows that I even wrote a book). Apart from that, you can only try and be patient and not rush the novel, even when you do get experienced as a writer. I too was writing 7000 words in one day, staying up late at night and only taking a few afternoon naps once every few days. There is no remedy to that except not being impatient and not rushing the novel.
Omg thank you so much for sharing your experience! I'm curious how you built your audience as you wrote it!
I wrote a series on Royal Road as a fun side project with no deadlines or stress, and had been doing it for 2 years before I began writing my book. By the time I started writing my novel, I had around 50 people who liked my work and were active members of my discord server.
I am looking forward to the final version. There are so many nuggets of information that it is already mind-blowing.
I find it difficult to read a novel in breaks - once I start (ok ONCE I start) I go to the finish. But from some of the chapters I got to read it seems this is going to be something to re-read and cherish. I intend to get the print version.
Thats very encouraging to hear! Thats the suggestion my husband had - make it a beautiful hardcover.