The Web Novel Drop Test
Not every web novel deserves 200 chapters of your life. The Web Novel Drop Test looks at the early signs that tell you whether a story is worth sticking withāor whether it is time to move on.
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AI and the Written Word: When the Tool Takes Hold of the Pen
AI in creative writing offers authors powerful new tools, but when does assistance become replacement? The Bard-in-Chief examines AI-assisted fiction, creative ownership and who should truly control the pen.
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5 Steps Into Web Novels: A Bardās Descent
āIt starts with one chapter. It ends with you reading at 3am, telling yourself this is the last one.ā There is a momentāquiet, almost innocentāwhere it begins. You finish an anime. You check the manga. Then, somewhere in the comments, someone says: The novel is better. You click it out of curiosity. Perhaps boredom. Perhaps…
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How to RĢ“iĢ“tĢ“eĢ“ Wrong a Worstseller
In todayās society of ceaseless overachievers, I canāt help but feel a little left out every time I walk into a bookstore ā itās flooded with how-to-become-successful guides. Iāve never read one, so I canāt say how good they areā¦ Can bestsellers really teach you how to write themselves? But on a second thought, Iām…
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Understanding the Web Fiction Meta
Every battlefield has its terrain. They say love is a battlefield. I donāt buy it. Iāve played Battlefieldāless expensive, less demanding, and at least the objectives make sense. Alone, you can live in pizza-stained trackies without consequence. With her? Those got retired fastānow itās morning stretches and juice masquerading as food. Turns out levelling up…
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Webnovel.com On Trial
An open letter from Bardic Planet on the crimes of Webnovel against writer and reader alike. Dear Webnovel.com, I hope this finds you well. Ideally wrapped around a brick and thrown straight through your window. Long have been the nights spent scrolling through some of your finer worksāShadow Slave, Lord of the Mysteries, Reverend Insanity….
