I've only written 12 chapters so far. Around 30,000 words total. It takes me about 5 hours to write and edit a 2500 word chapter.

Based on your schedule I don't think you can write that much. You might be able to write shorter chapters? Some novels only have 500 words a chapter and publish two or three chapters a day. If you're really patient I guess you could stop publishing, then stockpile a ton of chapters and publish 1 each day. It'd probably be a bad idea though since you already have 27 chapters published.

Do you have a word app on your phone? I've heard a lot of authors in China write their novels completely on their phone. You might be able to work on it on your phone between classes or when it's slow at work.

    SnoozySloth It is easier for Chinese author to write on the phone. Their Hanzi is easier on the phone, you can write using your hand.

    500 words chapter is also bad. Readers won't have enough they thought you didn't write anything. 1.000 is the minimum. 2.500 is the maximum. Sometimes, when necessary 3.500 is very long.

    If too long, you will face this Rabbink's readers problem. Early readers of my chapter felt confused with the idea. There were huge ton of information added. 1.500 is the magic number. Reader had enough and still made the novel bite sized. Imagine my readers binge read 3.500~4.500 chapters and they took 20 chapters (that would equal to 40~60 common chapters). Some would surrender at that, while the other complained at information overload.

        MasterRabbink

        Hmm. I think I'd have a hard time going down to 1500. My chapters always seem to naturally reach between 2200 and 3000 words. Average 2500.

        I only read a couple chapters before dropping it because it isn't a genre I like but here is an example of a successful short-chapter novel. It seems to have 500-1000 words per chapter. https://www.webnovel.com/book/11489429005404205/Ultimate-Sex-System

            Broughtwaorld2 I also like to sleep, but before my eyes really closed my brain still can thinking about what I should write in the next chapter.
            After wake up I just need to write that 😁

                Broughtwaorld2

                Probably, but it's better than nothing? Maybe just write rough drafts on your phone if you have spare time. Don't worry about grammar much and just get the frame built. Then clean it up on a computer later on.

                    MasterRabbink Yo, lol I was casually reading the forums and suddenly found mine thrown in.....haha glad i am known by the honorable master! And only my second novel that won the prompt 15 days back is contracted....the other one is 45 days old but not that popular. Still, I love the genre so I im continueing to write chaps for it cos i have the whole story planned out :D.
                    As for me, i startedoff with writing 500-800 words, which made many readers go insane. I then increased my count from 1000 to 1200 now(on my contracted novel), which stops people from throwing tomatos at me . Basically, find what is comfortable for you and go with it. As for time, its the whole struggle. You gotta figure it out. Try voice typing, and then editing later

                        SnoozySloth That kind of story is hard to make long. I have been trying but found it is hard to describe. Gwahahaha.

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