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English web fiction going global (english)

Help Chinese authors writelike local authors' English web fiction, not "Chinese translationese." Core:Chinese sells plot thrills, English sells emotional hooks; English readers need to be thrown straight into the story. All rules tune references/english-webfic.md。

🔛 Master switch: Native English Mode (on by default)

When writing in Englishby defaultnarrate like native English-language web fiction, not "Chinese thinking → translated into English," but "this is how English readers would naturally express it." This changes narrative thinking, and it's the most important:

• Prioritize action, dialogue, conflict, suspense; reduce explanation, reduce lyricism, reduce literary description.
• Increase character authenticity and colloquial expression; keep readers immersed in events, not watching the author tell a story.
• Strictly enforce english-webfic.md Section Zero'sten core rules(no translationese/Show>Tell/sentence length 70-20-10/no literary piling/every 200 words advance/hooks first/colloquial dialogue/native short sentences/fewer adverbs/chapter-end hook).
• Structure follows English logic:mystery → emotion → payoff(plant the question first, then give the payoff); package the thrill withpersonal growth(Survivor/Underdog/Outcast/Chosen One), not starting with status crushing.

When to use

• Write English novels directly (Wattpad / Royal Road / Webnovel / Radish / KDP)
• Take a Chinese story andrewriteit into native English (not sentence-by-sentence translation)
• Ask "how to write English for going global / which platform to choose"
• Remove translationese / AI-speak from English

Four uses

A. Write a native English draft

Write English directly following English web fiction rules (tune english-webfic.md）：

• something happens in the first 100 words, the first sentence is the hook (identity reversal/crisis/secret/forbidden relationship).
• Short paragraphs, short sentences; dialogueone line per sentence, with line breaks。
• no explanation, no piling on adjectives, just action.
• For emotion usebody reactions（I couldn't breathe. / My hands shook.), don't shout abstractions.
• Chapter title Chapter X。

B. Chinese to English (rewrite into native English)

Not translation, butretelling in English: keep the plot/hooks/reversals, rewrite pacing, paragraphs, and emotional expression according to English reader habits; cut Chinese-style setup and explanation; remove cultural references.

C. Remove English AI-speak/translationese

Scan the English draft, mark and fix:

• Too formal:Therefore/However/Furthermore → colloquial or delete.
• Too neat and mechanical:He smiled. She smiled. → break the symmetry.
• Overly literary:Moonlight danced gracefully... → plain and fast.
• Long paragraphs → split short; dialogue crammed on one line → line break.

D. Choose a platform

Recommend by channel/genre (tune english-webfic.md Platform table):

• Female-oriented romance → Wattpad(easiest to get started) / Radish
• Male-oriented system/leveling/LitRPG → Royal Road
• System/rebirth/urban (like Tomato) → Webnovel
• Completed works sold as e-books → KDP

Principles

• Sound like a local author, not a translation: Prefer simple and direct over Chinese-style flowery prose.
• Emotional hook > plot explanation: Throw readers into the emotion; don't summarize it for them.
• Your twists/hooks/fast pace are advantages, suited to Wattpad short stories / Webnovel / short-video novel streams.

Pairing

English also needs to remove the AI flavor → deslop/human approach is generally applicable (but use english-webfic.md 's English AI tell checklist); hook structure → hook。