I have launched my first serial novel. The planning took almost two months. The first months to convince myself to give this a serious go. The second month to plan the first serial.
The convincing myself part was to take it to Royal Road first. I have tried doing serials on just my own before and every time I petered out. This time I added the pressure of a real public commitment.
I also mapped out forty chapters of a complete story arc, that would make a whole novel when done. I cannot yet commit to an ongoing serial. I first have to prove to myself I can sustain this for forty episodes, and with publishing two a week, twenty weeks.
For anybody really interested and for my own personal records, here are some stats:
Run Toward Ruin stats on Royal Road
- Rank: 73407
- Total Views: 69
- Average Views: 17
- Pages: 31
- Episodes: 4
If there is some stats missing you would expect then the number is ZERO.