u/GoldenThame

For the last few of my chapters some of my readers have been complaining that I'm "edging them"(disclaimer: I offer no such services) by finishing most of my recent chapters with cliff hangers. The thing is, I don't inted to do it that way, I just end up hitting my word count of about 2k+ words(some 2100, some 2500+) and sorta run out of inspiration to continue with the chapter.

Does anyone practice getting better at writing cliff hangers? Is that even a thing? Or is it something that comes naturally? I've heard that writing a cliff hanger is a hood thing to keep your readers engaged? So, what aspect of writing did you find out that you were unintentionally getting right?

I don't wanna be rude but I get some comments complaining about tropes in my novel, when in the synopsis I've pointed out multiple times that the tropes are there DELIBERATELY to be subverted, because the MC finds himself reincarnated into a very mid Xianxia novel.

Do a lot of readers suffer from a lack of reading comprehension skills, cus I've encountered the same kind of person for the 4th or 5th time now. Do I need to constantly spoonfeed basic nuances to such readers that 1. MC is inside a cliche Xianxa book and 2. From a meta perspective I've put those cliches and tropes into the book deliberately and the synopsis says as such.

People in this sub usually ask for recommendations on good novels, so I'm asking for the opposite. What are some terrible books you've read that had pretentious/hypocritical MC/authors(?). Or maybe some popular and highly recommended novel you've read that you thought was complete slop.

As in, when you read the synopsis it sounded very interesting to you, and as you read, it does technically deliver what was promised but does it in such a poor way that you drop the novel and never wanna go back.