How many chapters do you have in stock ahead of the regular schedule?

[BlackKnightX]

For those of you who monetize through Patreon, how many chapters do you have in stock before the regular updating schedule? Let’s say, if you set the price on Patreon as 10$ per 20 advanced chapters, do you always have to keep the stock in that amount or more? What if something urgent suddenly comes up, and you can’t write for a while; does it affect the flow? If that happens, then how do you deal with it?

 

[PancakesWitch]

I would assume that whenever you upload a new chapter on scribblehub, you also must publish a new one in the patreon so its always ahead, that's the whole point of it.

 

[XKARNATION]

I just keep the stockpile up on Patreon and upload free chapters when I want

 

[BlackKnightX]

I just keep the stockpile up on Patreon and upload free chapters when I want

That’s a smart move.

 

[PurpleCatGirl]

we do our patreon advance chapters by time instead of # chapters. we promise patrons they'll get chapters at least a week early but in practice they get things 2 weeks ahead of the public. so we posted a chapter this morning on patreon, that will be posted on scribblehub in 2 weeks. and the chapter we post today on scribble was posted to patreon 2 weeks ago.
in terms of # of chapters, generally that means patrons are 14 chapters ahead because we usually post a chapter every day.
so far there hasn't been an issue of not being able to write, because we don't post the 1st chapter anywhere until the entire story is written. eg. i just finished a 32-chapter story yesterday, that isn't scheduled to start running on patreon till next week & won't start posting on scribble for 3 weeks.

 

[wingedcatgirl]

Well, we're already holding chapters back until the whole arc is done. If we ever get a consistent enough output to get any actual following on Patreon... the most obvious way to let patrons see new chapters early would be to post them when the chapter is done, instead of holding it back while we finish the arc.

 

[K5Rakitan]

I have five typed and probably 60 more in my paper notebooks. I haven't counted.

 

[Kitsura]

*Nervous laughter*

 

[BlackKnightX]

I have five typed and probably 60 more in my paper notebooks. I haven't counted.

Longhand writing sounds very romantic. So tempting. Maybe I should try it once.

 

[RavenRunes]

If I remember rightly, you need fingerless gloves, a cold garret, and a pet wild rat to pull off the longhand writing thing

 

[Ai-chan]

For those of you who monetize through Patreon, how many chapters do you have in stock before the regular updating schedule? Let’s say, if you set the price on Patreon as 10$ per 20 advanced chapters, do you always have to keep the stock in that amount or more? What if something urgent suddenly comes up, and you can’t write for a while; does it affect the flow? If that happens, then how do you deal with it?

None. Ai-chan is so busy that if Ai-chan stocks chapters, there won't be a new chapter for a whole year. So Ai-chan releases them as soon as they're edited.

 

[doravg]

For those of you who monetize through Patreon, how many chapters do you have in stock before the regular updating schedule? Let’s say, if you set the price on Patreon as 10$ per 20 advanced chapters, do you always have to keep the stock in that amount or more? What if something urgent suddenly comes up, and you can’t write for a while; does it affect the flow? If that happens, then how do you deal with it?

I write five chapters per day, post one. I have 39 chapters in stock for now. But I don't use Patreon, so I am in no obligation to keep that number.