How Often Do You Update?

[AlexiGrey]

Hey, I'm starting my first quest and trying to figure out my update schedule. Second post was 2 days in, third was longer, and fourth is looking like it'll be 2 or 3 days. I'm guessing everyone has their own sweet spot. How often do you update? Any advice?

 

[Valette-Serafina]

Hey, I'm starting my first quest and trying to figure out my update schedule. Second post was 2 days in, third was longer, and fourth is looking like it'll be 2 or 3 days. I'm guessing everyone has their own sweet spot. How often do you update? Any advice?

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Do not be me.

Other than that, really, go with what works. Every quest is different, and even inside one quest each update may be different.

Quality often takes time, and life will interfere. Hold fast, and do your best.

 

[pepperjack]

Hey, I'm starting my first quest and trying to figure out my update schedule. Second post was 2 days in, third was longer, and fourth is looking like it'll be 2 or 3 days. I'm guessing everyone has their own sweet spot. How often do you update? Any advice?

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While my own quest (see sig) was derailed pretty quickly by my moving out of the country and replacing my entire routine with a completely different lifestyle, I enjoyed an every-other-day update target while I kept it up. It allowed for a 24-hour vote cycle with a day after that for me to write the update. Sometimes I could get some pre-writing done when aspects of the winning vote were clear ahead of time and the situation in-quest allowed, but sometimes not.

The key is to find a rhythm that works for you. Different people are often productive at different times of the day, and your writing process is likely different than my writing process. Having a sort of cycle should help maintain steady updates - and steadiness is far more important than speed.

 

[BlackHadou]

I don't update nearly enough...

I've just been so sick lately.

 

[OverReactionGuy]

I've tried nearly everyday. I tried, every three days. But nowadays any story of mine is lucky to be updated once a month.

Though I ran into a bit of a snag on one of my quests, the other one hasn't been updated since I was writing something else and then the holidays happened.

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The advice I'd had to say was already said. Do what you feel comfortable with.

 

[Nekraa]

Not often enough

 

[Mokou]

I try to get a better rate than once a month. Don't always make it, but I try.

 

[Speckled Burd]

When the planets align perfectly and a sacrifice is made while my true name is spoken in a tongue lost to time.

 

[Adyen]

I actually used to update like every 1-2 days on my faster quests, but as votes slowed down so did I.

But "Not Enough" seems to be the average around here.