Hi everyone!

So my wife and I just made this account together, we're a couple from Paris, France 🥐
We are both readers and (hopefully!) writers, in either French or English and we're excited to explore stories here. While we each have our own favorites, we're pretty open to a lot of genres such as sci-fi, fantasy, litRPG, thriller, horror, mystery, you name it.

We've already poked around a bit and I tried publishing a short story (same story, 2 translations French and English) just to get a feel for how the process works.

Outside of reading/writing, we're into photography, board/video games, Legos, old castles and honestly a bunch of random stuff.

If you have any tips for getting the most out of Royal Road, whether as a reader following series, or as a writer trying to find their footing, we'd love to hear them.
Looking forward to discovering great stories and hopefully sharing some of our own.

Happy to meet you all!

ClemLoup Wrote: Hi everyone!

So my wife and I just made this account together, we're a couple from Paris, France 🥐
We are both readers and (hopefully!) writers, in either French or English and we're excited to explore stories here. While we each have our own favorites, we're pretty open to a lot of genres such as sci-fi, fantasy, litRPG, thriller, horror, mystery, you name it.

We've already poked around a bit and I tried publishing a short story (same story, 2 translations French and English) just to get a feel for how the process works.

Outside of reading/writing, we're into photography, board/video games, Legos, old castles and honestly a bunch of random stuff.

If you have any tips for getting the most out of Royal Road, whether as a reader following series, or as a writer trying to find their footing, we'd love to hear them.
Looking forward to discovering great stories and hopefully sharing some of our own.

Happy to meet you all!

Hello! Welcome and enjoy the wild ride.

My tip is don't be afraid to engage in the forums. A lot of times I've stuck to writing my own stuff because of all the positive vibes and encouragement from the forums. 
Don't worry too much about views, followers or comments, at least for the first 4 months or so. 

Posting here is a marathon not a sprint. Patience is required especially if you aren't writing LitRPG or another popular genre.

Happy writing! 🌷🌷

Everything said above is spot on. Do it for the love and be patient with the experience. There are some truly great people in these forums who can offer help or guidance as you figure out this playground. As a reader, I've find the best stories here in the forums. You can tell a lot about a writer's abilities by how they engage here. But that's what works for me. Explore have fun and when you're ready, share your creativity with us! UV21

Thanks for the warm welcome and the advice!
We’ll definitely try to get involved in the forums rather than just lurking around 😄
I have a few short stories to share, it doesn’t seem to be the most popular format here 😄
But we also want to write a story together and get some feedback on it.
As long as we can share our creativity, that’s all that matters.
Thanks again 🌷

Welcome Mr. & Mrs. Reader? 
I hope you will enjoy your stay in Royal Road.

And no, I don't have anything recommendation. I can only recommend The Eighth Absolute. 

Welcome to this friendly community 👋☺️
At least most of the time 🫣

Welcome! Happy to have you. 

I hope you two have a good time on Royal Road :) Here’s my humble advice:

As readers, I encourage you to interact with other people’s stories the way you hope they will interact with yours. 

As writers, I encourage you to check out the “Guides by the Community” subforum. There’s also a pinned megathread of resources for new writers on the RR subreddit, if you use Reddit. You may have to dig a little in each, but there’s some nice wisdom for launching and marketing your stories (which is the more difficult half of publishing online, arguably).

Wishing you both the best of luck!

Welcome to the forum and I hope you enjoy your time here.
My tip is to simply look into the forum posts, you will discover all sorts of things there.

Salut. I hope you enjoy RR and your fictions find an audience.

ClemLoup Wrote: If you have any tips for getting the most out of Royal Road, whether as a reader following series, or as a writer trying to find their footing, we'd love to hear them.

Everything I know is in the beginners guide linked in my sig. Though I find word of mouth is a good way to find great things to read, so check out the recommendations sub-forum (there will be self promo though unless the OP says not to do that) to find stories based on various preferences.

Welcome to Royal Road! I hope your story gets lots of readers!

Thank you everyone for all the messages, advice, and recommendations! 😊

There are quite a few things for us to explore now, so we'll definitely spend some time going through the forum sections you've recommended.

Really appreciate you all taking the time to point me in the right direction! 🌷

Yellow. Welcome to slavery 

Welcome both! 

So glad to have you both on RR. I hope that your work gets lots of views and interaction. All of the above is really good advice. If I can add a small thing, add your story to your signature, found at the bottom of your posts, so others can see it. 

You can do it like this:
Settings -> Forum -> Edit Signature -> Generate for my Fictions

Also, none of this... photography, board/video games, Legos and old castles is random. It's awesome! I should know, I do it all too.