How to get Reads?

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What are some ways to get reads on Episode ?

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There are many ways to get reads :slight_smile:
If you have Instagram (or other social media), that will go a long way to helping. Start sharing screenshots of your story that will entice readers to find out what’s going to happen, and follow other Episode community members.
You can promote your story here too in a thread, which will draw some attention to it.
You can also participate in a few R4Rs (read for reads) on here (and Instagram, etc), that will help see your story get more consistent views (and therefore go higher in rank because the reader retention will be higher).
There are many groups on Instagram that also promote stories and give reviews, sharing your story with thousands of potential readers.
There is also a guide on Episode that talks about using key words in the description to entice readers interested in that category (I saw it briefly today so may be able to find it again.)
At one stage, my story only had 50 reads for MONTHS, and I was losing a lot of hope, but then people started coming to it. I know you are likely way more patient than me, but I also advise nevertheless to not expect hundreds of reads really quickly; it’ll take just a little time to see it happen, but don’t lose hope.

I hope this helps :slight_smile:

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Thank you so much ! I will surely look into your suggestions .

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You’re very welcome :slight_smile: Best of luck with your story!

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Thank you for your wishes .:heart:

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Hey! If you would like I can check out your story and reccomend it on my instagram![@epi.reccomender_girl] I would be more than happy to do so, I love supporting the great authors of our community :smiling_face_with_three_hearts: : D

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Hey Thank you so much. It means a lot :heart:

My story name is His Bodyguard Girl and here’s link to it : I’m reading His Bodyguard Girl. Check it out: Episode Writer Portal

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Hey girl,

I totally agree with @whitewave91. But I also want to give some more advices:

  • Never compare yourself with big authors… → You have to start somewhere. Even big authors started with 0 reads.;
  • Don’t stop promoting… Even if you reach the 1k reads, you still need to promote your story. :wink: When you stop promoting after those 1k reads… Your views will stuck at 1k reads;
  • Don’t hesitate to ask for help at other authors… They had to start somewhere, too. ;
  • Promote at Instagram, Facebook AND/OR on this forum (so you reach more readers);
  • And don’t forget to take breaks. If you have a writer block, don’t forget your story, but take a break and think about something else for a while. But don’t force yourself to write.;
  • Don’t expect you get readers immediately after you published (sounds ridiculous, but there are (starting) authors who think that if you publish magically those readers will appear out of nowhere…);
  • When the first hate mail comes in :point_right: don’t get demotivated. And don’t give up to write. You are here to write, because you like to write, not because that one negative person doesn’t like your story. You are here because you want to publish YOUR story. :wink: ;
  • Do R4R on this forum or ask for feedback from other authors…;
  • Directing advice → Don’t use exit left or right or enters left or right. It changes the size of the characters. So, children will become bigger if they exit or shrink when they enter.;
  • Please, no black screens for narration → use other backgrounds and characters with animations during narration;
  • Check your grammar… Before you publish, just check one more time for grammar and spelling;
  • If you use your own character (authors character) :point_right: don’t use it half of the story-time or a whole episode;
  • Don’t use one whole episode for CC… (If you have CC in your story);

For the rest:

  • You also can use: Joseph Evans’s YouTube clips for directing tips, Dara Amarie’s website (https://www.dara-amarie.com) for templates and also help from other authors at this forum;
  • Enjoy to write and don’t hesitate to ask me for more help by PM at this forum or DM on instagram (if you have instagram → @angelwings_1983 ).

Love A-W

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Hey ! Thank you so much for such great suggestions . I am glad to read it and got a nice idea. :heartbeat:

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