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A choice!

  • Now, please. 107
  • Full thing tomorrow, please. 899
  • 2024-05-05
  • 1006 votes
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I said Sunday and come hell or high water you'll have a Sunday release if you want it.Issue is that I'm fully out of juice for the day and I'm reaching the point where I'm starting to write 'just to get it done'.I thought getting a huge double length chapter out would be a fun 'treat' with no cliffhangers.I regret that decision as I'm now feeling guilty for missing that deadline while ironically getting more writing done in a shorter timeframe than normal.Chapter is roughly double length as it stands. Six thousand words. I figure I need maybe another thousand or thousand five hundred to finish it. And I just... can't. I'm spent.Fight scenes... blegh.With that said, I stand by the idea that I think one big chapter for the fight scene will be better than splitting it up. With that said, you've all been very politely patient as I attempted this stupidity.Of what is written thus far, there's a fairly decent break point I've found at the 4.5k point. It's a cliffhanger, but that's a given.The question is, do you want that now - with the rest tomorrow? Or do you want to wait an extra day for the full thing at once?(Feel free to vote as your whims take you, I genuinely don't mind which you pick at this point - I'm just thankful for you all being so polite and patient. )

Comments

Eastman

I cant handle it anymore man ive curled myself up into a ball in a dark corner of the room shaking and just starting at the screen to see when its coming out man ive been awake for atleast a day

mike wade

First Edit: second I guess? Also, stop destroying your mental and creative health for deadlines. It’s a marathon not a race. As long a good progress is made every day, we’ll be good.

EMachineO

Better to make a complete product you can be proud of, than it is to make a stop gap one that you’ll regret later. Take your time I’m chilling for the ride no matter how long it takes.

Galven Star

Oh, a cliffhanger is exactly what I want, every knows there is nothing readers love more than a cliffhanger. Go to bed, rest, relax, pick it up tomorrow.

Toby

BFC, take your time. We’ve waited a while for posts before when you’ve been sick, or travelling - or stuck in Elden Ring - and to be honest, we can always wait a bit more. I’d much prefer you have a few road bumps with motivation here and there, as opposed to crashing the metaphorical car in a work related burnout.

Matt Bradock

As Samuel L. Jackson would say, "Go the Fuck to sleep". Quality matters more than deadline

Stormtrooper

DROP IT LIKE ITS 1945 AND IM NAGASAKI!!!!

stormferret

So I voted for now since it sounded like that will help you give e better second half but really now or later doesn't matter. What matters is which will help you give your best quality and feel good about what you wrote a week later.

Baron Von Mott

Don't go putting your mental or physical health on the the line for our sake. We'll all end up regretting that, one way or another. It's your series, work to your own schedule.

stormferret

Shifty 👀 eyed stranger. "Here take this pill it will help"

Aresswe

Ye i agree, just do whatever you think is best/makes you happy with it. Im fine with either.

Keenan Acosta

Take your time. Good things happens to those who wait. You're a health is more important than a story. For a double length story, I'll wait.

Noldere

Posts titled as this one aren't exactly good for some peoples' health.

Tredecian

gotta put your wellbeing first. its just a fact that forcing yourself isnt good for yourself or the work, even if its possible to get it done that way.

Moonlightwind

Take whatever time you need to finish it up to your standards, even if it’s a couple days, better to have a product yours satisfied with than one you have regrets over

SteelWings

Upload a paragraph a day.. that'll teach us ^^

John

i want the full chapter, so tomorrow is fine. i will, however, whine incessantly about it

Khrove

You're fine man. Get some sleep and come back to it tomorrow. We can wait

Gjim

Take care of yourself my friend.I can wait because I have access to infinite cat videos. Plus the saying from Shigeru Miyamoto, " A delayed game is eventually good, but a rushed game is forever bad." Definitely applicable here.

Colt

I say, let him cook

mike wade

…What kind of pill?

stormferret

Well at first it looks like a purple jell tablet, but then you notice it's really just flashing between red and blue so fast it looks purple.

Gavin Chapman

I say release it as one whole chapter, the quality of your work and how you want it to be is important, we can wait a day for a complete package, keep up the good work man :)

Heato3N

Take all the time you need, your work is greatly appreciated 👍

The Fire Piper

I will always prefer your best than something not quite ready to come out of the oven. Your best is one of the high points of my week, so I would rather suffer a little in the wait.

J Duo

Take care of yourself first! We'll live if we have to wait a bit longer. Much prefer you produce quality for years to come rather than burn out quickly because a few of us internet degens got story withdrawal

MIDAS74

Respect for pushing through to getting a double length chapter, take the extra time to cook and take a week off if you need it.

Vonbaron

I appreciate the honesty and communication of the situation. The one thing I worry about is you pushing "content" simply because of a deadline so we end up with subpar writing.

VolkMek

Wonder if the audio book conversion youtubers will boggle at the extra content to the story in one chapter.

Dankenobi1

I say take longer to bring it out, but since it's coming out in Monday I expect it to be triple the length

Ame

No!! I want the artist vision, I don't care the time it takes. If this is the fight scene of all fight scenes then so be it, let it take it's time. I want this to be the penultimate chapter you expected, not the one you were forced in to. Take a week or a month, all I want is the story you want to write

Drunk Pop-Tart

It is my personnal opinion that every work of art such as books and games should be on "Valve time" take the time it takes to make it great and then blow our socks off. We'll wait, we got other things to occupy our time, we'll be there when it's ready.

JM

Please take care of yourself first. Burnout can hit the best of us, and your writing is worth waiting for.

ColdButCozy

i'd rather wait and read the whole thing at once if you are writing it as one chapter. However you want it to be presented man, take your time if neded.

Eastman

Jesus christ its for my anticipation making me go crazy i dont want to be more crazy after taking the bloody pill

Caleb Gurney

If it takes longer to get the work you want done done, then thats why we're here. Your best work is the work you're passionate about

AH

👆

OccasionalNewb

Take your time, it'll be done when it's done. Though, Fishcake, if you need help writing gunplay and the tactical parts of combat I can help you out, I've got some formal training on those, but I can't help much with melee combat.

Noldere

Thank you. Also, take the time you feel is needed to get things as you want them.

Laenthis Tranchesoleil

Honestly just give it to us when you're satisfied with your work. No sense in trying to please us with something that you won't enjoy too ! Even if I'm gnawing at my desk to know what happens, I'd rather have your best choice !

OrangeSpaceProgram

Another author I follow posts work in progress chapters followed by the completed version the next day. It’s nice being a part of the writing process and to be honest I’d be kinda interested to see it here too. (But no pressure, if you don’t want to then take your time.)

DMR1

Boss, take your time. I'd rather you take a month off and recharge than have you start hating the rat race of releasing stuff you'll hate to write.

J

Take your time mate. We will read it regardless.

Ryan Gammon

Do what you think is best imo

Dankenobi1

for every hour past mid night we should get an extra 500 words, how bout that

Zaeron

Write your book with the pacing you think works for your book. I'd rather read it "as intended" than read it on the deadline

sir_drop_kick

No pressure man it's good to know it's being worked on we just like knowing there is progress. So if you need to take a break recharge we got plenty to read.

Jacob

Please don't burn out trying to please us. We're all really enjoying the series and don't want to see it end prematurely or your writing go down hill in quality just because you burned out.

cafenacet

I voted for tomorrow, but you could always drop all of what you have what you have today, then drop the full thing tomorrow. Means Monday’s update is small (only 1-2k new words), though.

Mezcal

Your mental health supersedes our desire to read the new chapter. I tried powering through burnout once with no regard to how I felt and it worked so well that I quit my professional job to run a cash register. Take care of yourself. The story will happen when it happens.

mike wade

I’d sooner pay for you to take a week or two to take care of yourself than demand you make more content. Your a golden Goose. You don’t strangle the golden goose.

Neorandomizer

As an writer myself I understand how hard it is sometimes, I love this quote from Willian Buckley “writing is like you are bleeding onto the page.”

Jesse Gilbert

In my opinion, the wisest thing to do in this case is to always have spare completed chapters that you simply don't release, not to Alpha, or beta viewers like us, and use them as a small buffer. That way when you want to make a nice large chapter, you have a buffer. You also have the ability to rewrite those chapters as new ideas or content comes to mind and can mitigate issues like chapter 19. Either way, I vote for full chapter when you're ready.

MarakEvans

Hey, Blue. We need to talk. Lately, about you... Do you need a week off? At this pace you try to keep, Our appreciation is deep. But if you can't stay on your feet, Take a nice break, and some peaceful sleep.

mraanonymous

Where do I go to read your content?

MarakEvans

BTW, if you do take a break, I request pictures. Boots. Corsets. Leather. 🙏

John

certainly not here lol gottem

MASC

Us: Have a poll on whether to release it “tomorrow morning” on Monday Blue: Releases it tomorrow morning on Monday in America Me: Cries in Australian standard time 😭

Blue Fishcake

I certainly don't recall saying 'morning' at any point :D

Eastman

I dont get it what is beta readers cuz i only know about the patreon tier lol

Dancingrage

Beta readers are folks who read through a chapter and point out spelling and grammar errors. They are like editors, but less so. Called such because the chapter they get is in a 'beta' state (like the programming term) and almost ready to be released.

Eastman

Then we must get close to getting the actual chapter yesssssss

MASC

You’re right 😖 I’m misremembering things 😂. Thank you for the hard work.

mraanonymous

Sooo, been a few weeks. How's the chapter?