Cheers! [clink] I just finished my first series!

[burgwad]

The line to pat me on the back starts here!

Back To Normal Chs. 1 - 16 are all published and/or pending. It is not the longest piece I’ve written, but it is the first (per feedback) that I’ve posted as a series rather than as one goliath chonk. And what do you know, it’s also been my most warmly received!

Soon the post-publication emptiness will set in, but for now let us revel. This is hard, thankless work. But without us, legions of anonymous perverts would have slightly less content to belittle and 1-bomb.

 

[kitmarlowe]

Congratulations!

 

[StillStunned]

Congrats, and well done! Finishing a series is an achievement that took more effort than I ever thought possible.

 

[Voyeurkenneth]

Congrats! 16 chapters is no small feat!

I'm always interested in knowing:
-What, if any, was your chapter release approach/strategy?
-Expected viewer attrition aside, any other interesting trends you've noticed from readers of your series?

 

[burgwad]

Congrats! 16 chapters is no small feat!

I'm always interested in knowing:
-What, if any, was your chapter release approach/strategy?
-Expected viewer attrition aside, any other interesting trends you've noticed from readers of your series?

Oo fun!

Approach: I’m a “discovery” writer (i.e., pantser) actively working to grow their underdeveloped “outliner” skills. With B2N, I committed myself to releasing chapters of roughly equal length (7-12k words), with hopes this would help me practice basic planning, if not full-blown outlining. It did! But other benefits arose. 1) Pacing became a simpler thing to control and understand, because there was a clearer frame of reference. 2) Writing sessions became fewer but more productive. I waited until I had a chapter’s worth of progress in mind before I sat down to write. 3) Sensitivity to chapter length blossomed into sensitivity to story-length, and so I found myself working strategically toward an ending rather than blindly trusting that one would arise.

Readership Trends: Followers were the wind in my sails. They engaged and uplifted me. They were surely to thank for the positive review scores. I learned that I can write for me first, and for them a near, dear second. (And to spite Anon, third.)