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I'm not totally sure what's going on here...
>cue the seething brainlet anon who takes this as proof that I claim to be totally sure what's going on
>because "everyone knows", and ChatGPT agreed with him
...but it seems that many people read the new chapter when it shows up on the "recent" list, instead of starting at the beginning.
This suggests that anything posted on RoyalRoad has to follow the "serial" format, i.e. the one that was popular in American theaters in the 1910s through 1950s.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_film_serials
For one thing, it was possible to miss earlier episodes and still find enough reasons to be interested in the current episode.
The content tended to be thrilling and action-packed.
And, of course, each episode ended with a cliffhanger, to motivate the viewers to come back next week.
Seems like it's worth studying this older form of popular fiction if one wants to write stories that'll be popular on RoyalRoad.
Picrel is available on LibGen.