How fast are you at updating?

[Memento_Mori]

I update every two weeks, however I used to update each week. I had this schedule change because I am now doing other work outside of Tapas, so I have to spend more time doing my other activities. However, I can probably finish my work in a couple days if I wanted to.

[Mallory]

I have a wild host of health problems (mostly undiagnosed... though hopefully stemming from malnutrition from a recently-diagnosed celiac disease??? Please??? I'd like to be healthy again...) which make me a very slow worker. I WISH I could update every other week for my comic (I think right now it's taking me 15 hours per page, but my workflow is inefficient... I'm confident as I work on it more, I'll find ways to cut down the time). I cannot draw on days I have my money-paying job because my body is shot by the end of it, so I have to do it on my days off, and it's usually about 3-4 hours of work that I can do per day (unless I'm in pain, in which case, I get no work done at all). I USED to only be able to do one hour of drawing a day before I lost all strength and responsiveness in my arm (nerve problems), thankfully that's gotten a little better. In theory I do have time to bang out a page every two weeks, but between the drawing, visual studies/development (I had nothing prepared in advance...), I'd only have time to work on my comic so I'm p sure I'd burn out. I want to be able to draw other stuff too and not feel guilty about the comic.

So for now I'm looking to update 18 pages a year (which works out to 1 or 2 times a month) and I'm trying to be ok with it. It's not a super long project, I'm estimating about 130~ pages for the 13 chapters to complete it, but it's still gonna take a long-ass time at this rate D: If I could just streamline the workflow a bit more/recover more of my health and get to 2 pages a month, I would be so happy...

[domisotto]

I am a novel writer, I try to have at least 75% of the novel pre-written before posting, so I update 6x a week, excluding Sundays. With short episodes, it is not so bad, 6 to 8K a week.

[krissyhalo]

With what you're going through, I think that it's completely fine that you can only update monthly. Try not to stress about updating often because it will indeed burn you out. In my opinion, updating once or twice a month is fantastic in itself because your story is getting out there.

[alharingrey]

I have a fair few chapters already written, so I'm currently updating The Silent Swansong once a day. I'm going to keep doing this for two weeks, then switch to three times a week. I feel this should keep me in the "Fresh" list frequently enough to catch the eye of any reader who is after a romance with a twist...

The Silent Swansong | Tapas

[gmaximin]

Once a week.
I think about ideas and conceptualize pages / draft in daytime. I try to free around 1~2h early morning to draw. One episode of Effy generally takes 1 to 3 sessions of drawing (black and white / ink). So that rhythm means that I produce more than I post; but since I like to experiment, not all episodes pass the cut, and I won’t post all. Overall, I have little to no buffer.

[Leverance]

Varies depending on book and workload.

For example, sometimes I write a book without buffer (His Obsession is an example of this) where I at times add buffers which I plan to do. Other books I write completely offline into Wattpad drafts before I start publishing anywhere. When that happens, I can update up to thrice a week if the book is considered particularly long and it fits the platform.

Though, I would advise updating at least once a week when you're starting up somewhere new with your work.

[kaetana]

I do updates of generally 2 (and very rarely 3) pages, once per week. When I first started, I was able to update twice a week, and then I dropped down to a kinda weird three updates every two weeks schedule, but eventually I decided to stay at once a week just so I could use the extra time to really polish my pages so I'd be happier with them. I also tend to take breaks between chapters to give myself some extra work time. Depending on the content of the pages, I can go from easily finishing them in 4-5 days to needing more than a week to finish off the more complex ones.

The Broken Ones | Tapas

[Shanny8]

Not fast at all. My production has declined for now due to physical ailments, so I work on things when I can until my body heals.

[irresponsiblepics]

As my free time is minimal.
Sketching/layout Mon-Thurs on portable tablet.
Cleanup/writing on Friday on desktop.
Final checks Saturday. Post on Sunday.

Been doing 2-3 strips per week so have a back catalogue (my life requires me to have a spare time window in case anything comes up)
But will stick to a strict one update every Sunday.

Wellside Wishes | Tapas

[alextsarace]

Doing updates every Wednesday now. Planning to go on hiatus in December after posting whole chapter.

https://tapas.io/series/MADEElements

[ISNEKO]

I try to update every few days or so but usually end up updating once a month.

[jcmraz]

was biweekly. I think for a time I'll have to go to monthly because I just have too much on my plate right now. I might be able to go back to biweekly when I get my iPad pro 3 because I'll be able to sketch in bed or during downtime at work

[Messaff]

It depends on how well known you are. The less known you are the more times per week you have to upload.

[naoro_san]

It takes me around 4-5 days to draw a page, but often I spend some time with other things like concept art, so it can take me up to 2 weeks to finish a page.
I try to upload weekly, but it's quite common that I end up doing it every two weeks.

[kennielacroix]

Morning sessions are where it's at if you can get yourself up early enough to do them. Solid

[GesuGesu]

I went from daily updates to monthly updates.

This is because of a change in lifestyle, causing less time to draw in general.

Monthly updates is so chill.

[Comic.Kikikora]

I just upload whenever I finished.

[toonben]

I update every Wednesday but I have a large 70-page buffer to back me up. I work on my comic 3-4 hours (4 or more due to quarantine) a day on weekdays and write the script at other times.

Chion and Kobi | Tapas

[Rocksteady_Comics]

I update a page a week, and I can get about a page and a half done on a good week.