- Start planning your story early.
This includes:
A. Characters.
B. Storyline
C. Chocies (Will your story have choices? Will choices matter? Do you want to have choices/ not have choices in your story?)
D. Will your story contain point system? (Will points matter base on the choice?, etc.)
E. Will your story contain branching? (such as choosing M/F MC / M/F LI, dressing games, min-games, etc.)
F. Will you story contain triggering events? (If so, always include a trigger warnings, if you have a problem with anything, ask the community for help.)
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Upload your backgrounds and overlays early. (this is also important when your writing/planning scenes and need to have the background ready so it can be approved early.)
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Make sure to have an eye-catching cover, and a good description.
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Always write for fun and not really for competition.
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Always re-check your directing/scenes, etc. and if you need help for proofreading, get a proofreader, and if you want someone/anyone to check your story, get a beta-reader.
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Make sure your directing is advanced.
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Be creative with your story.
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If you are planning to include diversity in your story, always do your research, and you can also ask the community for help if you are stuck on anything.
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Make sure to take a break often from writing because it can be stressful sometimes.
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Promote your story, promote! promote! promote! It’s hard for underated authors to be noticed, and to gain 100 reads, so keep on promoting your story on Forums, Instagram, etc. Also, try to do some R4R, I know it’s hard to get 100s but keep going and keep pushing.
No matter what happens, you did your best, you have fun, you have other’s support. Win/Lose, you did it! That’s all that matters. Don’t be discourage if you did not get on a shelf, always be proud of what you did/accomplish!