Considering pacing · 12:14am Oct 4th, 2020
Okay, so I'm currently working on Chapter 9. 6, 7, and 8 need edit and polish while the rest are ready to go. I'm... currently weighing in my head if I should do a double release this coming week with one on Wednesday like usual and then another on Friday or Saturday. Considering where the plot is about to go I don't know if it would be beneficial or detrimental to a week gap between chapters 3, 4, and 5. These are really the make or break points of the first part of the story with another major point coming at about chapter 11 or 12 depending on how the plot builds.
My primary concern is pacing, I want to keep people on the edge of their seats but also want to keep the release schedule. As a fellow reader I know how excited I get when I see a new chapter of a story I like.
So any thoughts from the audience? Is one a week a good pacing or would you rather risk a small delay and get more now?
Once a week is generally a good pace in my opinion, but if you feel like a particular set of chapters would significantly benefit from an extra release I don't think you should let the schedule limit you. Think of it as a minimum release schedule, not a maximum release schedule.