Is it a good idea to release new chapters while revising the whole novel?

[Kamelingil]

I'm so eager to jump to the next arc, yet I'm held back by the revision of the novel due to the complicated and ugly writing style I did back then. Will it be more complicated for the readers if I release new chapters while revising the novel?

 

[Paul__Michaels]

I'm doing that right now with my main novel.
Just put in a warning chapter before they hit the chapters that need work to give them a heads-up, and then resort to the chapters with the warning chapter after you go along fixing stuff.

 

[Anonjohn20]

I'm so eager to jump to the next arc, yet I'm held back by the revision of the novel due to the complicated and ugly writing style I did back then. Will it be more complicated for the readers if I release new chapters while revising the novel?

Honestly, many authors focus on the revisions after the novel itself is written. That way your flow isn't interrupted and you're less likely to lose motivation.

 

[melchi]

It is up to you. If you can do both then go for it. Editing so much that it messes up release schedule is inadvisable.

 

[Zagaroth]

I'm interleaving them, but the revised chapters change a few things so I am not publically replacing them until V1 is done.

I have a large backlog and can slip a little, especially as my top tier Patreons are getting early access to the revised chapters, so that fills in a little bit if I am late in keeping my backlog at the proper size.

My lower tiers never see any fluctuations at all, the top one has its own buffer.

 

[Tyranomaster]

I'm so eager to jump to the next arc, yet I'm held back by the revision of the novel due to the complicated and ugly writing style I did back then. Will it be more complicated for the readers if I release new chapters while revising the novel?

Honestly, many authors focus on the revisions after the novel itself is written. That way your flow isn't interrupted and you're less likely to lose motivation.

I think this is the correct method. I've started a small amount of the work to start my rewrite already, and I'm probably between 1/2 and 2/3 of the way done with the novel. Never slow down your main writing to start doing revisions or rewrites. That's how the series ends up unfinished. By the time you catch back up, and write some more, you'll already want to do another revision.

What you can do, if you want, is start looking into software to help organize the novel, or start making notes about what revisions you want to make. I'm testing out Scrivener as software to use for my rewrite. If all works out, I'll start doing some of the non-writing work for first rev, so that when I actually go to write it, I can focus on writing.

 

[ThisAdamGuy]

I write and edit the entire book before releasing it anywhere. That way I don't run the risk of running out of chapters and having to go on hiatus while I write more. And then when I post a chapter I'll reread it one more time to fix any errors I missed the first time around.

 

[Kamelingil]

Honestly, many authors focus on the revisions after the novel itself is written. That way your flow isn't interrupted and you're less likely to lose motivation.

I shouldn't be revising the whole novel because it's already fine as it is, but the first 30 chapters were too unreadable

 

[wresch]

I love ebooks. I can publish, revise, republish, revise... You mention early parts of a book. It gets more complicated with early parts of a series. I have changed characters in many ways. Bad guys become less bad - or more. Good guys change alliances. Eight books in, I may flip a character totally. As for readers, those who read a version a couple years ago are never going to know. The newer readers will read a better version.

But back to your original question - should you revise early chapters while still writing the book? NO. Keep going. Finish the book. By the end, you will have found far more things to revise. And you may be revising from a completely different perspective. FINISH THE BOOK.

 

[Kuromon]

I'm so eager to jump to the next arc, yet I'm held back by the revision of the novel due to the complicated and ugly writing style I did back then. Will it be more complicated I think you should first go over the chapters you want to revise. In my case I also end up changing the story and events a bit. So I think it is better to first finalise your revision and then continue to add chapters. Because I think our writing style should remain consistent as the story progresses