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Topic	I published a book.
KamikazePotato 10/16/21 1:01:05 AM #211:	MyMainAccount posted... So you'd say the web serial thing is why you had an audience for the collected edition? Any advice on starting a web series, where to post it, how long of updates to make, how often? That kind of thing. Feel free to throw me a mention or a pm. I've been curious about this kind of thing myself. As far as starting a web series go, these are the most popular sites I know of for posting fiction: Royal Road Spacebattles Various subreddits (HFY, RedditSerials, ect.) Scribblehub Wattpad Archive of Our Own There are others, and absolutely do your own research on this, but those the sites I've seen mostly work for people. Each has their foibles. Royal Road is extremely biased towards Fantasy and LitRPG especially, HFY prefers that the stories be oriented towards humans being awesome, Wattpad is a haven for romance, Archive of Our Own is primarily for fanfiction, ect. The trick is just to post it anywhere, everywhere, then prune away the websites where a fanbase didn't materialize. My story didn't take off on Scribblehub or Ao3 at all so I just...stopped posting there and focused my efforts on interacting with RR, Spacebattles, and HFY. As far as updates goes, it's heavily recommended that you create a large backlog before posting. Currently, I have 7 chapters ahead of the public that are available on Patreon, then an additional 5 chapters ahead of Patreon that aren't posted anywhere yet. The 7 for Patreon are because people don't sign up for Patreon without an incentive. The additional 5 chapters are for my sake. It lets me stay ahead of the story and adjust things as needed. Each chapter goes through several editing passes before being posted. As serial writing can be a bit touch-and-go at times, the ability to respond to fan feedback is invaluable. The buffer lets you do so. Generally it's recommend that you post a chapter every 1-2 days for as long as possible when starting out. People won't get invested in your story if they don't have confidence that it will continue. This is part of why writing a bunch of advance chapters is important. You can then pare this down to whatever release schedule works for you, but posting at a rate slower than once every 4 days will make it difficult to gain traction. This is especially important for RR, which currently prioritizes short, quick releases due to its algorithm. Side note: make your story stand out. Give it a memorable title, include cover art right from the start (if possible), hook them in from Chapter 1, ect. If you're not an established author, people won't wait for you to slow ease them into the story. The trust isn't built up yet. Give them a reason to care right away. Overall, much like any artistic venture, all of this is a crapshoot. You can do everything right and fail. You're much more likely to succeed with these tips in mind, though. --- It's Reyn Time. <cite>KamikazePotato posted [p:959082147] in I publishe... [t:79664055]...</cite> <quote>MyMainAccount posted... </cite> <quote>So you'd say the web serial thing is why you had an audience for the collected edition? Any advice on starting a web series, where to post it, how long of updates to make, how often? That kind of thing. Feel free to throw me a mention or a pm. I've been curious about this kind of thing myself.</quote> As far as starting a web series go, these are the most popular sites I know of for posting fiction: Royal Road Spacebattles Various subreddits (HFY, RedditSerials, ect.) Scribblehub Wattpad Archive of Our Own There are others, and absolutely do your own research on this, but those the sites I've seen mostly work for people. Each has their foibles. Royal Road is extremely biased towards Fantasy and LitRPG especially, HFY prefers that the stories be oriented towards humans being awesome, Wattpad is a haven for romance, Archive of Our Own is primarily for fanfiction, ect. The trick is just to post it anywhere, everywhere, then prune away the websites where a fanbase didn't materialize. My story didn't take off on Scribblehub or Ao3 at all so I just...stopped posting there and focused my efforts on interacting with RR, Spacebattles, and HFY. As far as updates goes, it's heavily recommended that you create a large backlog before posting. Currently, I have 7 chapters ahead of the public that are available on Patreon, then an additional 5 chapters ahead of Patreon that aren't posted anywhere yet. The 7 for Patreon are because people don't sign up for Patreon without an incentive. The additional 5 chapters are for my sake. It lets me stay ahead of the story and adjust things as needed. Each chapter goes through several editing passes before being posted. As serial writing can be a bit touch-and-go at times, the ability to respond to fan feedback is invaluable. The buffer lets you do so. Generally it's recommend that you post a chapter every 1-2 days for as long as possible when starting out. People won't get invested in your story if they don't have confidence that it will continue. This is part of why writing a bunch of advance chapters is important. You can then pare this down to whatever release schedule works for you, but posting at a rate slower than once every 4 days will make it difficult to gain traction. This is especially important for RR, which currently prioritizes short, quick releases due to its algorithm. Side note: make your story stand out. Give it a memorable title, include cover art right from the start (if possible), hook them in from Chapter 1, ect. If you're not an established author, people won't wait for you to slow ease them into the story. The trust isn't built up yet. Give them a reason to care right away. Overall, much like any artistic venture, all of this is a crapshoot. You can do everything right and fail. You're much more likely to succeed with these tips in mind, though. --- It's Reyn Time.</quote> ... Copied to Clipboard!
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