How many words and/or paragraphs fits well for a weekly novel?

[RiidDisBuk]

I've started a weekly novel. However, I want to know how many words and/or paragraphs are good enough for weekly content. May I have some suggestions for a good amount of written words/paragraphs for a weekly novel?

[nostalgicroxas]

Tapas caps you at around 2,500 words if I recall right. If you're doing weekly updates guaranteed, something over 800 words would probably work feasibly well.

[RiidDisBuk]

Oh nice! I started with over 900 words, despite being split into two parts.

[DasIstWunderblyat]

The novel I am working on is updated once per week to every ten days .
I don't know if this counts as a suggestion, but my chapters length especially for later part ranges from 1900--2400 words. I try to make the progression and/or information worth a week of wait. Please note that I'm more inclined to write longer chapter.

[spadesart]

mines 2x weekly, i aim for 900-1100 words per episode.

[RiidDisBuk]

Thank you for your response. I plan to make my novels a bit longer when I have a great audience base

[RiidDisBuk]

I started with over 900 words. However I split it into to parts that I upload on the same day. Is that cool?

[iclryu]

@RiidDisBuk Hello!

First question:

Tapas allows a total of 15,000 words.
For a regular published work, the recommended is 3,000 to 5,000 words.
The average is 2,000 to 2,500.

Second Question:
You're totally fine!

Most people are reading on their phones, which is why it's recommended to keep chapters short. This is what Tapas recommends.

A lot depends on your writing and updating schedule. So if you're doing bi-weekly it's okay to post 900-1,110 words. If it's once a week I suggest you stay at or above 1,500 words to keep your readers pleased.

At the end of the day as long as you're consistent with updates, it's okay to post short chapters.

If your readers love you, they'll stay. My favorite writer wrote less than 900 at times, and while I groaned whenever I finished the chapter I always waited for the next anxiously and cheered him on.

[RiidDisBuk]

Oh hey! Thank you for your suggestion. Recently I've been having schedueling issues that plague me from making a consistent release schedule and my story overall. The characters were supposed to get a few chapters of development, but I had to skip it for unfortunate reasons.

I'll be getting back into it again soon, but I thank you for your advice

[iclryu]

No problem!
Good luck on your writing adventures

[RiidDisBuk]

Thank you so much