Guide to Writing Novels (NovelToon Official)

[Special Chapter] The Right Way to Interact with Readers The Author Needs to Know

Interacting with readers is one of the most important ways to retain readers. Good interaction can make you gain more loyal readers, as well as get early attention for new work. Here are some of the interaction paths provided by NovelToon for writers and readers.

(1). Reply to comments on works.

When the work gets comments from readers, the author can interact with readers by replying to comments to increase familiarity with the readers. We found that the liveliness of commenting readers who receive comment replies from authors will increase significantly, it is beneficial to increase the popularity of commenting works. Today, all authors of popular works will interact with their readers in the comments field. Not only that, in the comments of the work may contain valuable advice. By reading these comments, the author can understand the reader's opinion of the work, or even can bring inspiration to write a new one.

(2). Like the reader's comment.

In addition to replying to comments, giving likes to comments is also one form of author feedback to readers. Comments sent by the author will display the logo 'liked author'. Giving likes is a form of positive feedback that will increase reader likes, encourage readers to send more quality comments, thus creating a good comment column atmosphere.

(3). Initiate to send comments.

Readers are more interested in discussing the plot and characters in a work. Authors can take the initiative to send comments to invite readers to ask questions or suggestions about the content of the story. We found that by the time the authors posted questions like "Do you have similar experiences with MCs in real life?" in the comments column can increase the willingness of readers to comment significantly. Topics that can make readers reveal their true feelings, can be better at encouraging readers to comment. Therefore, writers who want their work to get more comments and attention, let's immediately add the topic of such a comment in the comment field of your own work to attract readers to comment.

In the comments field, the author's comments will have the "Author" logo that can attract the attention of readers, and invite readers to reply to the comment so as to maintain the popularity of the work's comments.

When the work receives tips or votes, the author can convey his gratitude to the reader through the comments column or a new chapter of the work. The author's thanks will increase the reader's liking, and it can even attract more and more readers to give tips or votes for the work which can help the work to enter the ranking on the platform and attract the attention of more and more users. When the work raises the rank, the author can also tell the reader this good news through a comment column or the latest chapter of the work, in addition to being able to convey gratitude to the reader, the author can also tell the reader, this can also be the result of feedback on giving tips/votes by readers.

(5). Notification of new work in the comments field or new chapter.

When the work is almost finished, the author can tell this to the reader through the comments column or the latest chapter, and also thank the reader for his attention so far. Then, when the author wants to write a new work, the author can convey a brief description (spoiler) of the new work in the comment field or a new chapter on an existing work to promote it. Loyal readers will certainly pay attention to information about the author's new work, and spoilers of the new work can increase the readability of the reader, and may also be able to attract readers to give advice to new works.

(6). Creating a Group Chat.

In addition to the interaction in the comments column, NovelToon also provides Group Chat features to contract writers. If the author is willing to chat with the reader at leisure, then the author can submit a Chat Group through the admin. Within the group, writers can chat casually with readers to increase familiarity with the readers. Currently, authors who occupy the New Ranking and Ranking of Votes will actively interact with their readers in the group. There are some writers who even form their fans to change the same profile photo. Of course, if the author wants to interact with readers in his own chat group, but does not have much time and quiet to manage the chat group, he said, then the author can also invite loyal readers to help maintain and manage the chat group. This is also a form of trust in the reader, in addition to making the reader feel honored, can also increase familiarity with the reader. In addition, the author can also share ideas about new work in the group, it is possible that readers will bring new inspiration for new work.

😎The above-mentioned suggestions are interactions with readers given by NovelToon. There may still be writers who feel confused about the usefulness of interaction. But no problem! NovelToon specifically invited 4 senior authors to tell about their interactions with readers at NovelToon. Click the following picture and let's see the story between them and the reader! 👇👇👇