Blood, Sweat and Tiers
Added 2023-05-08 22:08:07 +0000 UTCHi everyone!
Important-ish announcement. Thanks to your support, Player Manager is still going! We're closing in on half a million words. That's bonkers.
Anyway, it's getting hard to keep to my 3 chapters a week schedule even though I'm writing more than ever (mainly because the chapters are getting longer). I'd like to switch to a 2+ model, at least for the summer, so I can keep the quality up. A recent chapter needed loads of rewrites and I thought about the 'deadline' more than I have the rest of the year combined. Not good for creativity!
What I'm thinking - and please leave a comment if you think this is shit - is on Saturday 13th May (this coming Saturday) I'll pause the billing for a month. I'll still write and post chapters. If I understand Patreon correctly, this will give you a month for free. It will stop new people signing up so I'll announce this on Royal Road and people can get in on the action. In May and June you'll get at least 2 chapters a week, and I'll have a bit of breathing space. A bit less pressure that I 'have' to post on Wednesday.
If that's a success, I'll maybe do the same again for July and August, or maybe introduce a new, slightly cheaper, tier which will take over the Club Legend role (getting every chapter as they are written), and the 10 dollar tier will be renamed Billionaire Owner or something.
I think this is fair but if I'm missing something obvious, please let me know!
Ted
Comments
Its all about this amazing story. So take the time that you set as ideal. Keep going, we are here to support you.
Raphael Orcelli
2023-05-09 15:58:03 +0000 UTCThis chapter is way too short and off topic. I'm unsubscribing.
Richard Carling
2023-05-09 15:14:49 +0000 UTCIf it keeps you healthy and creative as a plus i'm absolutely fine with it :) thanks your letting us know!
EducatedFool
2023-05-09 04:43:19 +0000 UTCI never liked subbing for 1/week stories, but 2/week is enough to keep me in.
Lord Falco
2023-05-09 04:03:32 +0000 UTCSide note, the chapters you’ve been putting out have all been like triple chapter sized. If it takes it to 2 chapters a week, I consider that a great deal 🤭
Logan Cole Adams
2023-05-09 03:28:57 +0000 UTCInstead of billionaire owner I suggest Tycoon Takeover 😉
Logan Cole Adams
2023-05-09 03:25:45 +0000 UTCIt'll be hard not getting a Wednesday fix, but I'd much rather you have the time and creative freedom to maintain and improve on the high quality of what you've already written!
Geoff Urland
2023-05-09 01:57:31 +0000 UTCSlowing down for a bit is fine as long as it is clearly communicated. Don't worry about pausing billing in my opinion, I'll still be here as long as chapters are coming out. Thanks for the story
reeruse1
2023-05-09 01:21:57 +0000 UTC2/week is 1 more a week than a lot of other dedicated writers. Take your time to avoid burnout and keep the juices flowing!
swellmate
2023-05-08 23:39:08 +0000 UTCDo what you need to do to keep the quality up, that's what I subbed for. Especially if you do the pause and keep writing, I think you could just keep it at 2/week and not sweat. Honestly you don't even need to do the pause. I wouldn't suggest adding a 4th tier though, if you wanted to change things I would suggest revamping the current tiers instead of adding more. (Honestly $5 is my general budget for each fic I like, you could probably up the price on your lower two tiers slightly without much issue.)
Luke
2023-05-08 22:29:42 +0000 UTCHonestly, I don't care either way. I use patreon to support authors that do good work, ideally so they can do it full time and put out more / better work. So stop a cycle if you want, but I don't feel it's needed
Bilfdoffle
2023-05-08 22:21:34 +0000 UTCIf it gets you to post 6-7k word chaps, 2 times a week I'm all for it.
Uncle Snoo
2023-05-08 22:17:47 +0000 UTCDo what you gotta do to keep the quality high.
Brandon Baier
2023-05-08 22:09:54 +0000 UTCSounds good 👍
Christopher Talbot
2023-05-08 22:09:17 +0000 UTC
