So I have been doing a lot of buffer lately because I have the time to do it now and I won't have it later, especially when the holidays get going, and recently realized I did page 100 of my current comic. Which is crazy for me. I've done quite a few comics in quite a few styles over my 10+ years of playing with comics, but this is the first one I was able to actually keep doing and updating for over a year without scrapping the whole entire thing (like my comic's second birthday is coming up soon.)
And I was thinking about what I'm doing differently with this one versus other comics I've done and I thought maybe that would be a fun topic to open up for anyone else out there who has hit a really big episode goal (like it doesn't have to be 100 since some of us are doing vertical which takes longer to make, and others of us are novelists which has it's own unique approach to doing the long haul).
So if you've managed to keep a story flowing for years without slowing down, what are the tips and tricks and frame of mind you have to 1.) maintain your project's update schedule without huge breaks and 2.) also maintain the love and enthusiasm for doing your project, too, despite periods of low engagement and disappointments (which we've all had.)
When you compare your current long running project with other projects you did that crashed and burned and were never finished, what are the differences in your process of making them? What works for you? (because I'm sure this is different for everybody)
And of course, please tell us the long project you're making because a lot of us regulars know what we're all working on, but new people wouldn't know. That's half the reason we're on this forum--mine is Alchemist Burnouts.