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@QuasiTemporal @youronlyone @stevendbrewer

From feedback from authors, what I have heard is the only people making money at serial writing are romance writers on Vella and hentai writers on whatever platform allows them to publish. And even then, very few make a living.

I publish on AO3 and PIXIV. Basically, because I started on AO3 as a fanfic writer and PIXIV because my writing it targeted at people interested in JP style fiction. In my case, yuri. I tried Wattpad, and it was a total bomb. I have looked at Royal Road and the audience is too young.

Lots of serial writers seem to be pantsers and most of it doesn’t meet my bar for quality, it’s fanservice writing primarily fetish and hentai.

Like @QuasiTemporal says I think you need to have a regular publication schedule if you want to keep people. I publish weekly. I wouldn’t go longer than every other week, but that isn’t based on anything but my gut. For me, that means having about a month and a half of the material in some form. Post bete, beta, mature, and rough. This allows me to review chapters after a cool off period, provides a buffer to use beta readers, and a to cover periods when I have trouble focusing on writing.

I write chapter by chapter but it isn’t seat of the pants; I have a plot outline.

Ideally chapters should be suitable for commuter reading, I aim at 2,000 words. I have also heard 5,000 characters.

Feedback: I don’t get any except from beta readers. It is a pity because I would incorporate feedback where possible.