Do you update your chapters very often?

[Ellieporter]

So, I update the chapters on my novels sporadically and i write them down once i get the creative juices flowing. Is it bad if you don't update your novels regularly?

 

[RepresentingWrath]

I try to, but sometimes IRL stuff messes up with my schedule.

 

[BackWoodsJ_ACK]

I'm sporadic. There are times when I feel like writing and times when I'm like "meh, fuck it."

 

[CupcakeNinja]

So, I update the chapters on my novels sporadically and i write them down once i get the creative juices flowing. Is it bad if you don't update your novels regularly?

Dude I have been ON A ROLL with chapters lately. A chapter a day. But only for one story, and in neglecting my others.

 

[LordAstrea]

It might be bad. It doesn't seem quite as bad when you are well into the story. At that point you have established some commitment. I am very inconsistent when it comes to finishing chapters lately. One reason is because I have some subplots and important points to tie together. I go over a chapter a dozen times or more to make sure it is consistent with the main plot, typical grammar/sentence structure checks, etc. etc. I work on them almost daily, but it is sometimes out of order so it can take a while to upload.
And yeah, sometimes stuff in real life just makes me too tired to work on it.

 

[RepresentingCaution]

I'm on maternity leave from my main story, but I add a Lewd Parody to my Lewd Poem collection whenever something pops into my head.
See link in signature for details!

 

[KoyukiMegumi]

For my current story, I am posting 4 chapters a week, but that is because I already have my second book completed. For my second one, I will be uploading once a week until I finish the third book.~
I treat my books like novels, once completed I upload them. That way I don't feel hurried or like I am neglecting anyone. Though... my friend that reads them before anyone else can tell you otherwise. I neglect the crap out of him. xD But he is willing.

 

[EternalSunset0]

I finish entire volumes before posting, so no.

However, I immediately update typos, bad word choice, clunky sentence structures, and such when someone gets to point it out.

 

[KUWABARA]

I post new chapters once a week on Friday or my extended weekend deadlines, and sometimes I miss even those and have to release them on the next weekday. Back then, I used to post chapters as soon as I finished them which meant every 3-4 days, but I started to slow down since it was proving unsustainable.

Edit: it's not necessarily bad, but readers do like consistency. There's nothing more burning to the readers than you going on permanent hiatus/dropping the story and starting up several new ones over time.

 

[Agentt]

I try to maintain a 2 chapters every week thing

 

[Deleted member 45782]

stopped. im always on shf more than sh..

 

[Derin_Edala]

Whether it's bad depends on what your goals are. If you just want to get a fun story written, your schedule doesn't matter (so long as it works for you to actually complete it). If you want a large audience that's going to keep reading, then when it comes to free serial projects like webcomics and webnovels, update consistency is the #1 most important factor. A basically tolerable story that updates like clockwork for a few years will do far better than an amazing story that updates at random and/or goes on unwarned or unplanned hiatuses.

But that only matters if you're trying to maximise your readership. If you're not, it doesn't matter. And there are exceptions to every rule -- look how popular Homestuck was.

 

[Fox-Trot-9]

I do if I have a backlog of chapters to take advantage of posting on the regular basis, which I've done for one story and and try to do for another story.

 

[Kitsura]

Eh I'm uploading daily but mostly because I'm a degen who writes fast but only when I have motivation. I can shuck out a 1k chapter in a little over an hour.

 

[ZesshiLavi]

Nope haha, I write a lot when I have nothing to do, but I don't write at all when something distracts me like a really good anime/manga or game.

 

[BenJepheneT]

I could post every week with my output, but that'll ruin readability.

 

[Internet-Degenerate]

I update whenever I fucking feel like it, because that's what the best authors do.

 

[King_Vaelin]

I'll update when the money rolls in.

 

[Deleted member 45782]

I update whenever I fucking feel like it.

mood

 

[H0LL0W]

I update daily. I just write the entire volume, post it, and then work on the book after it in between. If I have issues with that, I just post the extra side chapters, official art, or I switch to four times a week updates.