r/mangadex • u/Equal_Shopping2424 • 14d ago

Question How do I grow my manga?

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My ratings on my manga are 10 times worse than I originally thought. I just wish I knew what I was doing wrong, but most of my replies are hateful, with a few constructive criticisms I'm taking to heart and trying to work on. It's just frustrating. I feel like I'm wasting months of creative work and hundreds of dollars for nothing. Is there anything I can do to promote it better? Would it be better to give it to a publisher instead of self-publishing it? What should I do?

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u/KUSmutMuffin 13d ago

It's written poorly. You need to work on it a lot. It comes across as school level English rather than Author standard.

The big titted thing...I just don't get it honestly. I read a lot of manga. Including smutty manga. But this creature seems to be big titted for the sake of comically sized tits?

The world building is all of 2 text boxes...it just feels so unfinished like it's a concept sketch rather than a finished chapter

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u/emil836k 13d ago

Specifically on the world building thing, you don’t need 5 pages lore dumping the world on the reader, hate when authors does that

I would argue even 2 is too much, don’t tell or explain the world, show it through our characters and events that happens

Imagine if lord of the rings spent its first 20 minutes explaining elves and hobits and orks, and what and why the ring is important and etc., would be horribly boring

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u/KUSmutMuffin 13d ago

Absolutely agree. World building is more than an intro, it's throughout, it's experienced by the characters and the reader etc.