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What type of chapter do you prefer?

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Matty

I feel like the 15k would be counterproductive, much rather the brilliant writing now then you trying to get out 15k for 1 story. It might make you less motivated to work on that story and it would be a shame

S

3-5 days is a good balance I feel, depending on the scenes and what you feel the chapter needs to meet a good conclusion. If you were to go to 1 mega chapter per week, it'd mean readers waiting 3 weeks between each story update, so if a Patron is following for only a single story, they may only get 1 update per month. Slower updates would also affect visibility on the free platforms that all rank by date updated, reducing visibility to new readers.

Robs511

Yeah, that was my thinking as well. I might go for a 12-15k chapter when writing a huge climatic conclusion to an arc, but that'll be once in a couple of months or so.

Welltall44

Definitely think that the 8K every 4 days is the happy medium as it won't feel like there is a sudden drop in released chapters while giving you that extra day should something come up and you need it for some IRL stuff. Plus I also think that sometimes super large chapters can actually be counterproductive especially if the author ends up in a situation where they feel like they have to add stuff into a chapter that doesn't necessarily fit just to pad the word count. So overall I think the 4-day option makes the most logical sense.

Robs511

Yeah that's true, tho I do usually try to cut off anything I feel is unnecessary so I won't say I'll pad it with useless stuff. I make a list of povs/scenes that I want in each chapter before starting to write. Still, 4 days is most likely the best option.

Robs511

Nah, I actually get more in flow with the story each day when shifting between different fics. Don't worry about me, what do you prefer to read?