ConTroll
Eternal Wood
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Hello everyone,
Very new fictional writer here. I was curious if any of you have put yourselves under a strict release schedule. For example: I will publish 1 chapter a week and release it every Sunday at 12:00 PM.
I have read that a strict release schedule is essential for growing a following, specifically with content creators that use video as a medium (youtube / twitch streamers). I was wondering if the same applies with web novels and other works of fiction people publish online.
So, what I'd like to know from my fellow authors is simple:
Question 1: Do you follow a strict release schedule?
Question 2: Do you think following a schedule helps or hurts your story?
Since I brought the topic up, I'll answer first:
1) I currently do not have a release schedule, but I do set goals. I might experiment with setting up a strict release schedule later down the road.
2) My gut feeling on following a schedule is mixed. Part of me wants one, just so that I stop procrastinating, but the rest of me feels like being tied to a schedule might mess with my own writing process. Perhaps, even taint the type of quality I want from the story I am telling. I am the type of person that needs whatever I have written to sit for a while before coming back to it to look for errors -- looking back at my own story with fresh eyes, and more importantly, as a reader / consumer, has always done wonders for my editing. In short, I believe it might hurt the quality of the story I am telling.
So, how about the rest of you?
Very new fictional writer here. I was curious if any of you have put yourselves under a strict release schedule. For example: I will publish 1 chapter a week and release it every Sunday at 12:00 PM.
I have read that a strict release schedule is essential for growing a following, specifically with content creators that use video as a medium (youtube / twitch streamers). I was wondering if the same applies with web novels and other works of fiction people publish online.
So, what I'd like to know from my fellow authors is simple:
Question 1: Do you follow a strict release schedule?
Question 2: Do you think following a schedule helps or hurts your story?
Since I brought the topic up, I'll answer first:
1) I currently do not have a release schedule, but I do set goals. I might experiment with setting up a strict release schedule later down the road.
2) My gut feeling on following a schedule is mixed. Part of me wants one, just so that I stop procrastinating, but the rest of me feels like being tied to a schedule might mess with my own writing process. Perhaps, even taint the type of quality I want from the story I am telling. I am the type of person that needs whatever I have written to sit for a while before coming back to it to look for errors -- looking back at my own story with fresh eyes, and more importantly, as a reader / consumer, has always done wonders for my editing. In short, I believe it might hurt the quality of the story I am telling.
So, how about the rest of you?
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