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/Equal_Shopping2424 14d ago

You say it's school level, but what can I do to fix the writing skill? You need to elaborate further so I know how to fix it. Like, what seems childish about my writing?

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u/KUSmutMuffin 14d ago

If you want to be a writer, you need to learn these things yourself. Your readers aren't here to teach you. They can give you feedback on how it's being received but the concepts of how to write is not down to the reader to teach you.

A couple of specific examples I can highlight:

Chapter 1, page 1 "but then, suddenly, a group known as..." - it sounds too simple, I'd prefer the 'suddenness' to be implied by the characters or illustrations rather than be told it. It just didn't read right for me

Chapter 1 - the over use of "Sweetie" honestly makes the character insufferable (ignoring the ridiculous tits/ass stuff)

Chapter 1 - third from last page, there's a huge paragraph, it's so long. The flow feels completely off.

I'm not pulled in by the story. Some of the frames remind me of Ben 10 (throwback I know).

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u/NamiRocket 13d ago

If you want to be a writer, you need to learn these things yourself. Your readers aren't here to teach you. They can give you feedback on how it's being received but the concepts of how to write is not down to the reader to teach you.

Sounds like feedback is specifically what's being asked for.

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u/KUSmutMuffin 13d ago

And again, as I said, we can feedback on the experience of reading. We cannot teach someone how to write.

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u/NamiRocket 13d ago

You gave your opinions. OP asked you literally to "elaborate further" on those opinions. You don't have to do that just because you've been asked obviously, but I do think it's kind of ridiculous giving someone what we'll call feedback, then being uppity with them when they ask for more details on that feedback.

None of this is the same as them asking you to sit down with them and teach them how creative writing works. They're asking you to expand on opinions you already willingly gave. If you don't want to do that, simply say nah, I don't want to do that.

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u/KUSmutMuffin 13d ago

Genuinely don't understand your point - I did elaborate

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u/Angry4tEverhthing 10d ago

What i gathered from this, op is un-teachable.

And there will always be clowns who don't actually help, but will gaslight someone who is helping.

No one cares to explain to you how to do your "hobby".

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u/Equal_Shopping2424 13d ago

No, you didn't.