Would you pause a series?

[Bramblethorn]

Another thing that exaggerates the appearance of the loss of views is the bump that a later chapter will give to the new chapter. I'm curious how much of a bump to chapter 1 you got from the publication of the chapter after the year-long wait.

Let's take a look!

Views for Chapter 1, annotated with the dates when I posted successive chapters. (1 & 2 came out close together, as did 11 & 12.) TFWC is a stand-alone short story in a different category.

Noticeable bumps with each new chapter, though the bumps for 8-10 are a bit smaller - not sure whether that's because I was posting a little closer together so there were fewer new readers to catch, or if those chapters were just less visible/less interesting for some reason. (Though 8 & 9 scored pretty well, 10 not so much.)

Also interesting to note the complete lack of bump from the unrelated story - TFWC was pretty well received and it got more views than chapters 2+ in this series, but readers just don't seem to cross categories much unless given a very hard nudge.

Your last chapter's performance is remarkably good relative to chapter 1, by the usual standards of attrition at this site.

Yeah, I tagged it "the final chapter" which may or may not have had something to do with that.

I think you meant "March 2021" not "March 2020."

I did indeed.

 

[PennameWombat]

So I'm likely an exemplar of one way to not do it. I have a chaptered series (Chronicle: Mel & Chris, ch 01) that's had five entries in not quite two years. The sixth entry is under construction.

It's not that I don't know where it's going. I know where it's going although there are plenty of little detours and the like that aren't yet visible to me. And, yes, while I've maintained consistency high ratings, my views have dropped off, so I don't get all 'H' because of that. Part of it the usual 'series' and part because it's so slow and kinda inconsistent.

But I've steadily published stories, albeit not at a humongous rate (bit over one a month average). Many of my stories interlace with the above series, but tend to be one-offs or serialised stories where their own characters have adventures but not 'chaptered.' They interact with Mel and Chris and various characters have cameos in the various stories. Other stories are different universes or purely stand-alone stories.

As has been pointed out, no one's paying me to publish here. As well, no one's offering to throw money at me to publish specific stories more quickly. And I work with what time I have. So I wander about my universes and regularly come back to "Chronicle" since it's as much for me to write as anything but given what I can do, I do what I enjoy.

 

[JaxRhapsody]

All my series are paused.

 

[KeithD]

I hope none of the series on here are on paws. I get quite enough of the cat stuff on Facebook.

 

[PennameWombat]

I hope none of the series on here are on paws. I get quite enough of the cat stuff on Facebook.

Unless of course you have the proper claws in your contract.

 

[Bramblethorn]

Unless of course you have the proper claws in your contract.

You can't fool me, there ain't no sanity claws.

 

[SimonDoom]

Also interesting to note the complete lack of bump from the unrelated story - TFWC was pretty well received and it got more views than chapters 2+ in this series, but readers just don't seem to cross categories much unless given a very hard nudge.

I've noticed this. If I publish a new incest story, it will give a noticeable boost in views to all my other incest stories. Moreover, Incest stories draw so many readers that my stories in other categories will get a modest boost as well.

But if I publish a new story in another category, it's unlikely to give much, if any, boost to stories in other categories. It will give a boost to other stories in the same category. I've seen that with my Exhibitionist stories.

Yeah, I tagged it "the final chapter" which may or may not have had something to do with that.

That's smart. It looks to me like it worked. I'm going to do that myself next time I finish a series.

 

[gunhilltrain]

I had a series for which I simply left out a chapter. The whole series was rather episodic anyway so it didn't seem that the chapter was that crucial. In any case, I couldn't finish it so I skipped it and concluded the series in November.

Recently, I tried it again and I was able to finish it. It will have a stand-alone title, not a number, but I will indicate where it will fit into the story. There may be yet another chapter that I haven't started yet. Maybe some series are never really completed, even if that is the ideal.

 

[AvroAnsonXIX]

I tagged it "the final chapter" which may or may not have had something to do with that.

I have a vague recollection of attending one of 'The Who's' farewell tour performances ...

In September

1982

 

[SimonDoom]

I have a vague recollection of attending one of 'The Who's' farewell tour performances ...

In September

1982

Awesome!

I saw The Who around 1980, I think. They were one of my favorite bands.

 

[oggbashan]

Awesome!

I saw The Who around 1980, I think. They were one of my favorite bands.

I saw The Who and Cream when they were new...

 

[ElectricBlue]

I saw The Who and Cream when they were new...

Bastard.

My brother saw them in Bristol in 1971, at the peak of their stage act. I wanted to go, but Dad said I was too young. Bastard.

I saw the 21st century incarnation - power without passion, but still angry. Daltrey stopped one song and asked for a restart, "Can you guys fucking play it right?" and Townshend spent half the concert berating his sound tech sitting at a dedicated mix bench beside the stage. Post Entwhistle and Moon long gone, so it was more The, less Who.

 

[AvroAnsonXIX]

It was more "The, less Who."

True story: Eleven years ago my ___ then aged eleven walks into the room during a Super Bowl Half Time Show. ___ looks at the telle and says to me, "____ look at the old guys covering the Who."

(The child was used to seeing videos from the 1970s.)

.

 

[Bramblethorn]

I have a vague recollection of attending one of 'The Who's' farewell tour performances ...

In September

1982

One of John Farnham's fans made a false advertising complaint when he continued to perform after his "Last Time" tour.

 

[LAHomedog]

I saw The Who and Cream when they were new...

Me too. Both at the Fillmore West around 1966. We flew to New York for the Cream reunion at Madison Square Garden back in 2005. That was a blast.