This looks really cool. Thanks for editing it 
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As I said, this type of āpolishā, is pretty quick.
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I need someone to give me a slap in the b*tt (metaphorically) and get me back to writing! Yesterday not only I was busy for a few hours due to errands, I also procrastinated and didnāt write a single word! Not a good look, to be honest
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Iāll send a monkey to slap some sense into you.
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Thx!
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I finally finished Chapter 1! I need to move, though, if I want to keep a reasonable pace
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Sometimes you do everything right and itās still not enough.
But you also might want to get a beta reader to look over it to see if there are opportunities to clarify things. ONC book clubs are starting up.
I had a brilliant idea.
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My reads arenāt climbing too fast. Itās hard not to compare myself with other stories when some have a thousand reads already and I barely broke 100. 
I know, I shouldnāt compare, but I feel like this story has a chance to catch on and I should do my due diligence to increase the odds.
Unless Iām overestimating popularity of vampires right now. It is a genre that fluctuates a lot.
Is ONC popularity at all possible without joining book clubs? I really donāt have time for that. Iād rather read the few cool stories I put in my reading list.
Iāve tried to express some hype over on Threads. My meet cute post had a good reception which confirms that Iām not the only one that thinks itās a cool story.
But social media is not exactly a winning strategy either.
I worked on my blurb to get it into a better shape. I think itās more descriptive now. I also added the genre to the title for some SEO help. Every little thing helps, right?
How are you all doing with discoverability? Any strategy that works for you?
My reads are increasing at a snailās pace but Iām not worried since the number of reads for each chapter is pretty consistent after the drop from the first chapter. Iāve had people adding my book to their reading list with some messaging me to express how theyāre enjoying my book and following me, so I donāt mind that my reads are low.
Weāll see if theyāll increase once Iām active in the comments of books Iāve added in my reading list. But for now, Iām OK with my stats. If someone is enjoying my story, thatās enough to keep me motivated to finish writing this story.
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A consistent snailās pace is still good. Slow growth is still growth.
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This is so I dont have to scroll back up. Im finally getting onto something that I did a short test on that could work for a full write, so I need to pull all the prompts for it and start over.
Constance Penrose has 7K (4K up, and is submitted)
Drink Deep has almost 7K (and is wholly unposted)
So tbis is start 3ā¦
In order of likely use. And itās going to be all humans, not just adults. This is the sole survivor of man in this fantasy world.
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Are you an octopus? I have just written 4k of my story.
I haev two oither possible ideas I could consider, but idk tbh.
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Iām doing a chapter minimum a day, and am running just under 2K a day, by date. Soā¦ yeah, itās good.
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This is why Iāve said repeatedly, I CAN do as many as I want, because Iām capable of getting it done in-timeline. But pushing myself when Iām not feeling it isnāt going to work, either. Iāve got a 3-arc story for each of these, so itās just 7K on each arc, roughly.
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Great.
I donāt like deadlines but I am learning to like them.
Yeah thatās true. Writing is like a poop. You canāt force it. It comes out in its own time.
Three arcs is fine. I am just gonna do a fichtean curve for this probably. I know how it ends. Just need a few events leading up to it.
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Thatās a nice pace.
I was doing a chapter (or 2) a day for a few days. They were short chapters though.
Iām at about 10k right now.
The last couple of days I havenāt written new full chapters but Iāve gone back to do a first round of edits. Iāll go through it one more time and submit it to ONC already.
Last night I published the last of my ready chapters so I no longer have a backlog to post daily. I need to get a move on and write today again.
But I think the little break was good. Iāve been able to brainstorm/write down the lore and brainstorm what I want to happen next. I guess Iāve still been writing at the same pace, just not chapters. 
Iām seeing a potential for a different arrival at the ending to what I initially envisioned. Weāll see how the next few scenes unfold.
I have something juicy (or rather bloody) planned. Iām looking forward to it.
I envision a cool action scene. Letās hope I can put it into words and do it justice.
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Bug me if youre stuck. If its bad enough, off with their heads.
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Hehe. What a coincidenceā¦
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