How many stories are you working on at the same time?

[thenameisKira]

So, I have a problem. My mind has a lot of nice and crazy ideas all the time. Because of that, I've created many stories. I'm currently working on a detective/mystery novel and also on a drama/romance adaptation of a song. But I've also created a sci-fi adventure novel and I've been writing it lately. Do you guys have done or think it's a good idea to have 3 novels going on at the same time or am I just having like a "overcreative" breakdown?

[VibrantFox]

At present i've got about 3 story projects that i'm working on,which include a supernatural drama, a fantasy adventure and a fantasy slice of life and it's not quite simultaneous but they're all progressing on a parallel path. I'm only in the outline and scripting phases but with the way my brain works it's been good. Like for me my workflow operates on bursts of energy and states of hyper focus so if i'm fixated enough on one project I can make progress on that till the fixation wears off or i'm out of battery.

I've gotten critique on working that way since some think of it as unorganized or too chaotic or even risking the quality of my work but with the pace i go at i haven't really had any trouble. If anything the funniest bit of feedback i remember getting was a concern for getting the plots of my separate stories crossed but with the general plot and cast of each one so vividly in my mind it's kind of impossible. Plus I just like being able to bounce between things coz if i get bored or worn out with one there's still something else to fall back on and i can still count it as having been productive

[Headypigeon4180]

2 It will be 3 as of April of next year. I'll have a lot of my plate but I feel I can handle it. Monday-Tuesday for Thirley Peak Wednesday-Thursday for Hawk and Flo Adventures and Friday-Saturday for Phantom Force 3000. It'll be hectic but i'm looking forward to it

[larrylampard]

Only one. I was working on a one shot called Snipe Beauty, but i didnt like the direction the comic was taking. The story was bland, the caracters boring and i didnt like the artstyle i was using. I wanted to use an artstyle that could be liked by more people, and ended up with an artsyle that i didnt like, and didnt felt mine. But i have some other projects in mind.

[Nugapug]

two, one of them is a challenging one, I don't post much as I wanted to mostly to the fact that it's under work in progress, but I do post weekly on a Wednesday in parts on Comicfury, but updates can very as I have another episode in the first stages of the perspective layout stage right now so I can get a head start.

[BarBarKetrab]

Gestating in my head, documents, sketchbooks and scripts? Then I guess the answer would be 5-ish...? It's hard to say because I tend to merge different stories together if I feel that an idea is too bare bones to work by itself.

Actively in the process of creating? Only one at the moment and I haven't worked on it in over a month. Yes, I constantly feel low key guilty about it.

[AmazementComics]

Reads this title of this thread. Hold my beer: I’ve got 7. One Anthology type series, three mainstream superhero comics, a character guide, an artwork series, and a novel.

Yup, my work is cut out for me.

[BelleBriar]

I have one story I’m working on right now. I was working on 3 and then I got distracted. Now I have 20 on the back burner I have a problem.

[WorldBreakerNovels]

We got two active now. There will be 3 more after these two series complete, but hopefully, we hit a point of profit by then to afford it lol.

[julias_art_universe]

I make comics so I only have 1 active atm tho I plan on working on a few manga projects while I draw this "My Matchmaker From Hell" my comic is a full colour fully rendered comic and I don't think doing 2 full colour comics at the same time is very responsible until I speed up a little

[kalmia]

Only my current one that i’m posting is the one i’m actively working on and doing it consistently. I have like 5 other stories, but those ones are still in the writing phase and so whenever I need a little break from my current comic, I go and mess around with those a bit. There’s no way I could do another right now haha.

[2DLenzy]

Uh... I have a folder called comics on my computer. There's about 3 I'm working on and off story-wise,(ghost story, furry noir, superhero satire), one actually being worked/published(religious chicken), one to-be published(teen zomb drama), a potential one-shot(zoo or safari animals), and conceptually, dnd but with bugs.

I only focus on 2 rn(chicks and zombs), but given they are both long form (beginning, indeterminate middle, end) i may switch between them and attempt shorter stories to keep my sanity. But of course, all these ideas are meant to be made over many years. And what sucks is I have abandoned so many stories written over my late teens and twenties, that i too wonder if im just having breakdowns or escaping daily life.

Well, that was depressing, sorry. If u are writing 3 stories, i suggest publishing one. Pick one u have the least love for, and put it out there, and prepare for critiques/advice. Use it to tailor your 2nd and 3rd story until u are comfortable publishing them.

Or just juggle them. It's difficult but not impossible. Take hiatuses if u can to work on another. But i do recommend AFK breaks, spend time with fam, pets, outdoors(weathers cooling down where im at. Im in the midst of a drawing challenge, but i might take a break for the day tomorrow. Its a miracle i havent burnt out yet...

Also, to everyone else, godspeed and good luck!

[GumshoeComix]

2 that I'm working on, one on the backburner and another that I just draw while my partner comes up with stories for

[Emalie]

Since I recently finished publishing a novel, I'm going to dedicate the rest of the year to working on a comic that I hope to have, at least a good part of the story, between January and February of next year.

I'm taking advantage of this break to write a novel in collaboration with a real-life friend. Although I have no idea when we will publish it, it could be ready until the end of 2024. We are in a preliminary phase. Regarding the comic, I wrote the story in advance and I know how it will end, which takes me time to draw. I work all day so I draw a maximum of two or three pages a day, depending on the complexity of the scenes.

[Huiop]

Just one. I'm barely making my weekly publication goals for my solo novel and while I had an idea for another story, there's just no time while juggling a full time job and trying to get my martial art school running. Not to mention that I'm also helping edit and partially cowrite a webcomic as well!

[ButterflyEmpress]

I'm writing multiple stories at once, but I'm only going to illustrate one at a time. I made a short 20 panel teaser of one of my stories and it took me a whole month from script to completion. 10 of those days I was on staycation and stayed up late. I'd loved to release more than one series, but I'll need to clone myself sci-fi style.

When it comes to writing multiple stories I bounce back and forth whenever I get writer's block on one of them. So far I have a slice of life college romance, 2 magical girl stories, and a fantasy about elemental gods. Whatever I finish first is what'll get illustrated.

[missros_e]

I have the same problem, I have so many stories, I'm working on a few at the same time. When I first started writing I would work on one at a time but the last few years I work on around 3/4 at the same time. I don't have a solution for it but it's good when I get writer's block on any, I can take a break and work on the others until I'm over the writer's block. I guess it works so I'm going to stick with it. I also just want to get my stories out there as I don't like having untold ones so if I work on more than one at the same time then I can get more out there quicker. When I say work on them at the same time, I don't literally, I just start a few at the same time and upload them but then I focus on one until I have completed it then move on to the next one. Then I do the same for the next set and so on and so fourth unless I get writers block then I work on one of the others I started then go back to the one I had writers block when it's gone.

[RedLenai]

Not my stories.

But currently I'm working on:

• Scarlet Society by Addie French (Currently building a batch before continuing posting Season 2)
• Yandere City by SizzleGames (Series TBA, also building a batch)
• A Patreon mini-comic of Sapphire in the Smoke by Bijou Paradisee
• A Patreon mini-comic series of Love Quotes (BL) by OfficialGenesis