KristinKailey
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I've written a fairly long abduction and mental conditioning story and I'm about to have someone proof read it but in the meantime I'm trying to figure out how to roll it out. I asked a couple months ago if people prefer a super long story in one big giant glob or if they like it to be broken out into bite sized parts. Most readers said they wanted bite sized parts cut up in places that make sense obviously and I've done that. So now I have 16 lovely pieces.
I get that normally with a multipart story it gets released over time because its being written as it goes. Kind of like how a TV series may only film one season at a time. The danger (not unlike TV) is that for a variety of reasons the story won't be finished which leaves the reader without closure and that can be annoying. That's part of why I wanted to finish it at once, to ensure that everyone understood that it was a done deal.
Okay, so how to roll it out. I've had some people say that despite the fact that the whole thing is done, I should still dole it out a little at a time. Release a new part say once or twice a week. The other camp says just throw it all out at once. There were good arguments for both. Ranging from readers knowing it was a full story and being able to binge or enjoy it at their pace to the other side of giving readers a breather between parts so they could enjoy it more fully and they could build to the end (which has a lot of twists and turns and skipping to the last part is a lot like turning to the last page of a mystery novel to see who did it). So whats your advice? Do I throw the whole thing out like Netflix or do I share a little at a time like a weekly show?
I get that normally with a multipart story it gets released over time because its being written as it goes. Kind of like how a TV series may only film one season at a time. The danger (not unlike TV) is that for a variety of reasons the story won't be finished which leaves the reader without closure and that can be annoying. That's part of why I wanted to finish it at once, to ensure that everyone understood that it was a done deal.
Okay, so how to roll it out. I've had some people say that despite the fact that the whole thing is done, I should still dole it out a little at a time. Release a new part say once or twice a week. The other camp says just throw it all out at once. There were good arguments for both. Ranging from readers knowing it was a full story and being able to binge or enjoy it at their pace to the other side of giving readers a breather between parts so they could enjoy it more fully and they could build to the end (which has a lot of twists and turns and skipping to the last part is a lot like turning to the last page of a mystery novel to see who did it). So whats your advice? Do I throw the whole thing out like Netflix or do I share a little at a time like a weekly show?