@clarissapattern I do enjoy the world I'm writing about. One of my dreams is it to be adapted into a TV series because there is a lot of room for it to grow past what I'm capable of doing. Regarding Tapas, make your game plan. I did a little research years ago about what Tapas had to offer a novel writer in terms of going premium. Web novels/serials don't get much traffic here, so pitching to premium didn't seem like the best route to make money. The other option was to have it adapted into a comic. I'm not a fan of many anime art styles (I know next to nothing about it.) so that wasn't a good option for me either. If you are in the US, I can tell you about Vella, but that's pretty much the only other option out there that's available to general fiction. Every other platform is either all romance or has very specific genres they cater do. No to mention the shady contract situation.
Yep! Having a schedule and getting into the habit of writing is important. Since my series was originally written episodically, I'm even publishing them in smaller chunks to build my catalog.
I actually do have a plan about where I want the series to go. I know you're skeptical of them, but I'm definitely a discovery writer. I used to write every detail down like every good little writer "should" but then I'd either have no desire to write the story because it was "done" in my head or I'd sit down and start writing and disregard all the copious notes I just made.
I'm honestly just exhausted by the whole process of trying to make my dream come true. I can't speak about what it's like for a man trying to market a book, but trying to market a series as a woman is like fighting a forest fire with a spray bottle. If you aren't writing romance/erotica or any genre that is traditionally "female" and you aren't marketing it like the other women do, you can't make any sales.