Lone
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A story about a history teacher gaming-addict with familial trauma, and a peculiar woman seemingly stuck out of time and beyond out of touch.The two have been thrust into the weird and whimsical world of Altros, a planet with divides born of very real superhuman strength cursory of an odd ranking system, and, naturally, species differences.Not exactly the best of news for our resident Scottish history teacher whose ears have changed into fox ones alongside his nine new fluffy tails.First though, Darren, or Lone, or whatever else the weird system claims he's called, has to figure out how to live with his new companion Sofia, for seemingly forever while also just barely managing to survive being stranded on a monster-infested island with a self-proclaimed former-immortal who can see despite being blind, can freely teleport, and who also, of course, seems prone to experience bouts of extreme depression.Not an ideal situation when he himself hasn't been in a great headspace for over a decade now. But hey, at least there's an incredibly expansive litRPG system to keep the both of them entertained, right? That'll fight off the fear of death, surely.
Lone
18 in week
Nine-to-five. The daily grind. Life. Painful years of school. Working as a slave for some... Read more
Nine-to-five. The daily grind. Life. Painful years of school. Working as a slave for some undeserving corporate big-wig. The monotonous life of unemployment. We all experience this in one way or another, and we can all conclude one thing: it’s dull.Such a fact rings true even for the fabled Lone Immortus, a powerful nine-tailed Golden Foxkin. However, what would you do if your monotony was suddenly ground to a halt and you were thrown out of your comfort zone along with a young girl forgotten by time?Perhaps you might have done things differently, been more organised, immediately died, gained control of the world in a matter of days, but this is Lone’s tale, not yours.Watching two insecure people struggle to survive and find their place in an unfamiliar land just might be enjoyable to witness. Who knows? One thing’s for certain: it won’t be an easy path for them to tread, and what could possibly be more entertaining than watching people endure hardships and grow?I know of at least eight gods that would answer with, 'Absolutely nothing.'I wonder, after seeing this journey from start to finish, how would you answer?[Goal of 1 chapter per week, the only exceptions being announced breaks or emergencies] Collapse
Dungeons, High Fantasy, LitRPG, Magic, Male Protagonist, Non-human Protagonist, Isekai, Character Growth, Aristocracy, Secret Identity, Overpowered Protagonist, Special Abilities, Weak to Strong
It's boring if you ask me
Yes, I agree..
Don’t bother. Another RoyalRoad author, this guy also writes Shovels And Spades, which I prefer.However, this guy is notorious for not sticking to his once-a-week upload schedule, occasionally going months with no updates, and also after a couple years deciding to rewrite the entire story, which he has done to this story twice and just decided to do to Shovels And Spades
How come RoyalRoad writers are so bad? I guess it's just harder to filter trash there since they can put up any old trash.
Bad is harsh. There are pros and cons to foreign and English authors. Traditional webnovelists get paid by the chapter, have barely any room for spacing, and need to be constantly writing to be relevant. This also generally means that stories are drawn out, fairly basic, cliche, and no particularly well-written. Obviously there are gems and stories that break this mold, but this is generally what I see. They also consistently deliver easily digestible entertainment for years on end - so like I said, pros and cons.English webnovel writers, especially RR writers, traditionally start out writing for fun. They don’t make any money, they don’t have a responsibility to put out chapters, no guidelines on length/plot/consistency beyond what they think is best. Because of this, you’d usually end up with better writing, unique plots, proper story structure, etc. The cons are obvious, since they have no skin in the game, they can and will drop stories with no warning for any reason. They got bored, tired of dealing with reader rage, or life just changed circumstances. Now, this has been changing for RR writers. Modern day, people have realized you can make money off writing, so it’s because more of an industry in which there are two types of authors. Amazon publishing or patreon based. Amazon authors tend to write their book (200-300 pg standard) then publish one chapter a day on RR till it’s fully up. This attracts a bunch of readers who become fans. While putting up bk1 they are writing book 2. They then take down book 1 and publish it on Amazon - so you have to buy it, while posting book 2 one chapter at a time on RR. Rinse and repeat. This means that the story will stay high on RR charts since it’ll be consistent writing, but anyone coming in late who wants to read has to buy the previous books to catch up. This can be good if you catch them while they are still on book 1 and you can read everything for free. But it sucks otherwise. Patreon based authors started as people who enjoyed writing and wrote a lot, and simply let people who wanted to read ahead pay a little bit a month to keep ahead of the public chapters. Nowadays, it’s more streamlined. To be popular on RR the main thing new authors need is a consistent upload schedule, to achieve this an author will have a schedule of let’s say 3 chapters a week Mon,Wed,Fri. Throughout the week they write 5 chapters, leaving them 2 ahead of schedule, meaning that next week they only need to write one chapter to stay on schedule or 3 to stay ahead. If they stay ahead they can let people pay them on patreon to read those extra chapters (called a “backlog”).Now, these rules don’t apply to well established authors on RR, or people who do it as a side-hustle. This is because RR readers, especially readers who really prefer LitRPG, are essentially gutter rats who will eat up anything that’s offered to them. That means that an author can and will drop off the grid for years, no content, and when they pop back up all of us readers will be right back there, eating up the scraps they through down.
They're bad because they're bad. Harsh? How can you be any worse? It's literally the lowest of the low, where on the Internet have you found worse writers? If RoyalRoad writers are good, who can be called bad?
Honestly, I've been curious whether the authors who publishes their novels on amazon earn much new readers because it's so sad finding a good book but then clicking next chapter only to realize it went from chapter 3 to chapter 71. I guess RR readers built diff ig. Personally, I will stick with SH since that site is much easier to find good novels and just generally have better UI.
Nine-to-five. The daily grind. Life. Painful years of school. Working as a slave for some undeserving corporate big-wig. The monotonous life of unemployment. We all experience this in one way or another, and we can all conclude one thing: it’s dull. true
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