Do you prefer weekly or monthly updates?

[sushy00]

I prefer weekly updates!

[cfmateus]

Oh that's a good idea. Adding a small summary of what has happened before or until that point in the story.

[AlydaB]

Of course it'd be amazing if we could have frequent, long episodes but- working solo on a labor-intensive passion project in your free time between other work and life- that just isn't possible. In this case:

As a reader, I prefer less frequent, longer updates! I follow a lot of stories with short, weekly updates and it's really hard to enjoy the story when we're only getting a disjointed snippet of it at a time. It tears away the impact from the scene and I stop caring about what's happening since it's over so quickly, just for me to get tossed into another week of waiting for the next couple panels of action.

As a creator.. I'd say the same is true. I only recently began posting, but I feel that cutting down on size or quality of pages would really hurt my story. I only update monthly, but I try to make each update its own complete scene with something to add, and something of value for the readers to have waited for.

[GumshoeComix]

i usually wait until there's a full chapter or half a chapter cause if I'm getting just one page then i feel like I'm wasting a bit of time. So the stories i follow dont tend to get read until there's a good chunk finished.

but posting every week or every two week gets more engagement so its kind of a conundrum
for now you could post one page every two weeks for engagement because people look through the tags, and when the chapter's done you can merge all the pages into one episode
you should also build up a backlog so its not that hard for you to pump out pages

also, a little off topic but you might want to add a link to your comic to your forum profile, that helps a LOT

[cfmateus]

You have good points. As far as doable to me is updating it occasionaly, basically whenever a chapter is done.
I do prefer to wait a few months before checking the updates of the comics I follow for the same reason.

Big brain. Updated.

[Lunar-Turtle]

I update two times a week, one page per udpate, lol

[MeltingCORE]

I personally update my content once a month. For me, it's just easier to maintain that routine and not feel rushed!

[inkyfingers]

I update every Monday-Friday. Seems to working great for me.

[RoPerrow]

I think I would prefer weekly, but like some have said previously, it really depends. :S There are some things that I would wait until there is a big buildup and then read it all together, and it that way I prefer reading them 'monthly'. - I guess, what matters is how much content each chapter is and also what kind of story it is.

I update twice a week though. xD

Also, I will say, I personally wouldn't update daily though. xD I think some people can be put off by that depending on what it is.

[cfmateus]

Daily updates? Didn't know those were a thing. A big no no on my part but interesting nonetheless.

[RoPerrow]

haha, yeah one guy i know said he updated daily for a while, stopped now though (don't know if he meant weekends too though, now that I think about it, but I think he did :P) but I honestly think some people might be put off by that. xD

But like, i hardly have anything that resembles a backlog so I couldn't (I do novels though not comics, I imagine it would be worse as a comic artist)! My sanity would just crumble. xD

[cfmateus]

The fastest I can do a page from sketch to inking and editing is in 3 days minimum if I'm free! Kudos for him to have been able to keep it up for a while.

[smokesalty]

tbh it depends on how long updates are. I prefer when a couple pages are posted at once instead of one at a time because loading the next page can slow down the pacing.

I know for my own comic, I tend to post 3-5 pages per update , so I'm happy to do weekly because I know reading flow isn't going to be too disruptive. Tapas' algorithm also prefers frequent updates.

Monthly updates can work, but it can be hard of readers to keep track of details if it's such a long wait between chapters. Depends on the person.

If I know a comic has shorter updates, I usually wait until more is released so that I can binge it, so it can work depending on what fits your schedule and efficiency.

[rumpenstiltzkin]

ive come to enjoy 1-2 pages weekly when reading other comics, monthly chunky updates actually tend to be to much and I get bored scrolling through a whole chapter or just way to long update, and I might not remember what happened last month and have to go back, but then its another big chunk to read through so I might not, and instead give up on the comic

Ideally as a creator I think I would want to be able to post 2 pages per week but to keep myself sane and my buffer healthy I can only do 1 page per week now

[inkyfingers]

I'm a novelist so a bit different.
But in either case, the key is to have a backlog of updates ready to go out the door. The final draft of my book is about done so it's just a matter of cutting it up into chunks and popping them off.

Cuts the stress down and helps market the product. A lot of readers won't touch a book unless it's complete or near to it. If you upload constantly, it will provide security in your readers knowing what to expect, when to expect it, and knowing that you will FINISH it (which is key).

[cfmateus]

I do have the script of the first arc done. However, drawing the comic itself is what takes most of the time.

[RoPerrow]

Yeah, he is a novelist too, and I'm pretty sure he had most if not all of it written out already before he went on his posting spree.

Regardless of novelist or comic artist though (and this is me needing to take my own advice as well though) have a good healthy buffer!!!

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