Chapter submission question.

[MayorReynolds]

I just submitted chapter 3 of my Fairweather Park series, but there may be a problem. I accidentally put the chapter number in the title as '3' instead of '03.' Will this cause an issue?

 

[NotWise]

I just submitted chapter 3 of my Fairweather Park series, but there may be a problem. I accidentally put the chapter number in the title as '3' instead of '03.' Will this cause an issue?

Probably not until you post chapter 04. I think the chapters are ordered alphabetically, and 04 will come before 3.

If you just submitted it you should be able to edit your submission and only lose a little bit of time.

 

[MayorReynolds]

Fixed and resubmitted, thanks.

If I ever make it to a chapter 10, how would I format that number? Would it be 10 or 010?

 

[SimonDoom]

Fixed and resubmitted, thanks.

If I ever make it to a chapter 10, how would I format that number? Would it be 10 or 010?

10, not 010.

 

[ElectricBlue]

10, not 010.

Unless the OP plans more than 99 chapters... which some jokers do.

 

[SimonDoom]

Unless the OP plans more than 99 chapters... which some jokers do.

But then OP should start with 001, not 01. Tefler's infinitely long series is numbered like that: 001, 002 ,etc., past 100.

 

[Zeb_Carter]

Sometime Laurel catches it then changes it for you.

 

[MayorReynolds]

But then OP should start with 001, not 01. Tefler's infinitely long series is numbered like that: 001, 002 ,etc., past 100.

I've planned up to 10 as a safe enough goal for now. That depends on my level of exhaustion if I make it to 5.

I can't imagine the amount of ambition it takes to hit triple digits.

 

[SimonDoom]

I've planned up to 10 as a safe enough goal for now. That depends on my level of exhaustion if I make it to 5.

I can't imagine the amount of ambition it takes to hit triple digits.

I can't imagine the time -- the sheer quantity of writing and how long it must take to do it.

I also cannot imagine remaining interested in writing a story that long.

 

[MelissaBaby]

I can't imagine the time -- the sheer quantity of writing and how long it must take to do it.

I also cannot imagine remaining interested in writing a story that long.

For frame of reference: if I am able to stick to schedule, my series will run about 35 chapters averaging about 10k words each, and take me a total of a little more than two years to write.

 

[MayorReynolds]

For frame of reference: if I am able to stick to schedule, my series will run about 35 chapters averaging about 10k words each, and take me a total of a little more than two years to write.

For this series, it helps that I had most of chapter 2 already written for a year before I found the balls to submit it. Most of chapter 3 was outlined. I have found time to scribble out most of chapter 4.; the rest has yet to be birthed from scratch.

My schedule, as it stands right now, is that after a chapter is approved and appears on the site, I give myself 21 days before the next one is "due" for submission. It's worked so far, but there's no telling how long I can keep up the discipline. A break will likely be inevitable, lest I burn myself out writing this silly fuck Humor & Satire serial.

I WANT to say I see 35-40 chapters in this, but that's biting off very much too early. The first arc ends around chapter 10. I'll stick with shooting for the other side of earth before I go for the moon.

 

[Vix_Giovanni]

For frame of reference: if I am able to stick to schedule, my series will run about 35 chapters averaging about 10k words each, and take me a total of a little more than two years to write.

Same here. My series is broken into separate “books” but the one running story, if it sticks to its drafts, will be about forty-three total chapters, not including shorter side stories, and averaging 12k words a chapter (ie, it’s about 560k in draft now). I’d hoped to do two-years but now don’t know how realistic that will be. All I can say is you’re gangsta and that’s why they call you Melissa... BA-BAY!!

 

[SimonDoom]

For frame of reference: if I am able to stick to schedule, my series will run about 35 chapters averaging about 10k words each, and take me a total of a little more than two years to write.

Impressive! That takes such dedication. My attention span is too short. By the time I've finished a 5 or 6 Lit page story I'm done with it and eager to move on to something different. I hope you enjoy working on such long stories.

 

[ElectricBlue]

Impressive! That takes such dedication. My attention span is too short. By the time I've finished a 5 or 6 Lit page story I'm done with it and eager to move on to something different. I hope you enjoy working on such long stories.

Agree, that is impressive. The longest thing I've written was my Arthurian myth retell, at 103k. That took a year to write and in that time I only published two pieces - I'd made the decision up front to write the whole thing before I published chapter one (chapter 00, actually, as it's a prologue). I can't see myself doing that again.

 

[Hypoxia]

I've planned up to 10 as a safe enough goal for now. That depends on my level of exhaustion if I make it to 5.

I killed my longest series at 18 chapters because too many character for me to remember. But there can be spinoffs. BTW that series was meant as a 3-part arc but then it metastasized, as did a 3-parter that went to 8 before spinoffs. Beware.

Chapter & episode names: They sort alphanumerically. No matter the order submitted, a set would show as this:

Groovy Sex: Armadillo-Man
Groovy Sex: Butt-plunger
Groovy Sex: Cocktails Ch.00 yow
Groovy Sex: Cocktails Ch.01 oy
Groovy Sex: Cocktails Ch.02 zodd
Groovy Sex: Cocktails Ch.03 futz
Groovy Sex: Cocktails Ch.99 wait
Groovy Sex: Cocktails Ch.99a more
Groovy Sex: Dog me down
Groovy Sex: The End

I can't imagine the amount of ambition it takes to hit triple digits.

100 two-pagers ain't no big thang if the author paces themself. 100 twenty-pagers... why, Simenon, Asimov, and Steele churned those out twice weekly. Publish a pulp novel every 5 days and you too can deforest Canada.

 

[MelissaBaby]

Impressive! That takes such dedication. My attention span is too short. By the time I've finished a 5 or 6 Lit page story I'm done with it and eager to move on to something different. I hope you enjoy working on such long stories.

For me, it's about the characters. My idea was to write the full history of a long, successful relationship, because, frankly, that really was like fantasy to me. But, if I had not created a cast of characters I really love, I would not have been able to follow through as far as I have.

 

[ElectricBlue]

For me, it's about the characters. My idea was to write the full history of a long, successful relationship, because, frankly, that really was like fantasy to me. But, if I had not created a cast of characters I really love, I would not have been able to follow through as far as I have.

Your affection and respect for your characters shines through in every chapter. You care about them, so readers can easily share that.

I think you can always tell when a writer has fallen in love with a character, if only for the duration of that story - they tend to be cardboard cut-outs, if you don't.