A good word count for web serial format is anywhere between 1-3k words. It's a pretty broad range because what you want to focus on more isn't the actual words you've written but what happens in that chapter/episode. If you have 2.3k words but it took you that long for you have a progression (no mat…
So the ads that they're referring to is the traffic that their comic gets from having the inksgiving promotion on the front page to draw in viewers. The Inksgiving excitement itself is from readers and creators "tipping" their favorite creators with ink that they earned. For many creators, it's…
Hello. I've been working with editors for a few years now and I remember how hard it was first finding the right one. Having an editor, if the right one, is reassuring and almost emboldening. The "perfect" editor will specialize in the genre that you write in, love the premise of your manuscript…
One thing I do that I found helps often is just writing badly. Just wing the next chapter and type out whatever comes to mind. The point of this is so that when you go back to read it, you'll at least have some ideas and know what you, at least, don't want to do. Just something that I do at times…
Yes people do that, but there are also a lot of writers that saying something like "I have this great idea but I can't tell you unless you're x-amount qualified and are super interested in it based on the three sentence brief I whipped up before I can show you my holy grail of a script." Those sa…
This about sums up the mindset of every sensible person that takes their work seriously. No one would rather take risks over something concrete. A writer with a family to feed and job to do wouldn't want to take risks over getting something stable...
Just to chime in here as a novel author and script writer (and only script writer) for my comic, it boils down to a few things. Wording, when a writer is making a pitch to collaborate with an artist, is very important. If it's something along the lines of "make my fantastic words into art!", the…
Oh~ both have their respective stylus. The apple pencil is what I recommend. It has a silicone tip and it's not only limited to Ipad Pro now.
Not sure I'm the best source of help but I've tried the the Surface Pro with the stylus and the Ipad (not pro) with the stylus. IMO the stylus on the Ipad is better, considering sensitivity and parallax. There's a few pros of having a Surface Pro but if you use Clip Paint Studio, there's a version…
Total respect for those who truly love the process of refinement and take joy and pride in "organizing them into better configurations" as Zaboem put it. Coming from the viewpoint of a writer, I have to say that editors make such a big difference in quality and consistency. Just by working with e…
Mhmm~ I think that from what I've heard on the forums was that the community tab wasn't to par as to what it could be so it's great that you guys are following up on that. It definitely seems like you guys are trying to integrate the community creations toward the face of Tapas as well which is fant…
Not looking to be part of the competition. Just wanted to drop in and say that @okellymx you're art is really amazing and has a very laidback tone while also capturing the specific emotion you wanted to portray. Hope you find a great writer to truly make your art bloom ^^
Like HGohwell mentioned, wrist rests are super important. If you have the money, getting a keyboard with softer keys might also help (mechanical keyboards tend to have more diversity). Also, take a break like the people above have stated, but use that time to stretch your wrists and fingers. Your …
Glad it helped! Let me know if you have any more questions. I'm certainly not an expert but I can try and help out to the best of my knowledge.
Hello! Just wanted to give some advice as I know Patreon is a pretty big beast to try and understand. I'll try to make this post as short and concise as possible and if you have any questions, you can simply ask. First point: you made a rather entertaining "trailer" for the series but you h…
From afar, the winds seemed to have neither rhyme nor reason, but closer inspection would show the monstrous fowl's target.
Taking a step back from the points that everyone is making here (some I agree with, others not as much) I just wanted to add some of my experiences as an example. I'd like to believe that I'm somewhat of an established author but when going into a collaboration, what's taken at face value is hone…
Lol. I'm done. This guy is cherry picking what he wants to hear. He's ignoring all the valid points that EVERYONE else is giving him.
That's a rather blatant use of oversimplification... Your dumbing down an argument that has so many variables other than this. You're generalizing so many people right now by saying this. Stop declaring that everyone that uses tapas are ignorant enough to think that ALL of the money they spe…
Out of all of the examples you mentioned, how many of them allow you to watch ads to send "money" to? Like it's been mentioned above (and has been totally disregarded along with other valid points that you just seem to pick and choose from), Tapas also supports readers who don't have money by lett…
Your whole argument is based the fact that everyone who buys coins does so because they want to tip. What about the majority of readers who buy/earns coins because they want to unlock a premium series. Having Tapas put up a "Be sure to know that if you tip, the creators don't get the money until t…
The $25 threshold was established because there are transaction fees every time creators decide to "withdraw" the money that they accumulated from Tapas. This is comparable to some family restaurants requiring a "minimum charge of $10 to use a credit card" because every time a customer pays with …
Going back to @spudfuzz original question about whether creators prefer the standard Patreon model vs. the premium content model, allow me to put in my two cents. My novel is hosted on different sites and on Tapas, it's pay-to-read. A lot of my readers have found this out but still choose to pay…
A little late but had to click on this because of the title. Welcome to Tapas 
I second (third?) dawg's recommendation on Train to Busan! It's a korean film, but it's on netflix with subtitles.
@serena Thank you for the in-depth explanation!
@violin Tapas prefers completed stories because, while contracts can be made, incomplete stories run the risk of authors simply bailing out or running to a dead end. There are cases where ongoing novels are made premium, but more often is a completed work.
Dropdown will look like this after the "Publisher" button is up. [image]
This is a pretty good site to play around with. It's a compilation of all the creators on Patreon. You can sort by category as well to find the niche you belong to. You'll have to separately find them on the patreon website since there's no direct link that takes you to each creator's profile but it…
Hello, everyone! Thank you for applying. I took a break from Turtle Days but I'm slowly starting to transition back into the comic (albeit a slower pace). I'll get in contact with the artists soon!