out of curiousity. is there any authors who writes ten books or so in a day with all of them being released daily? if yes, then I wonder how do he/she manage the time for those
is there any authors who writes up to ten books in a day?
The most I've seen is 3 - 5. However, in my opinion, the best thing an author can do is create an outline if they want to write more than one book. With just one book, you can get away without an outline, but with 2+ it becomes almost impossible to keep the quality up without an outline. You might also have to write down names just in case certain scenes get complicated.
My maximum that I held for a total of 3 days was 15 chapters. However, that was clearly not sustainable in any way. Technically, I could probably do 10 chapters per day consistently if I was a full-time writer which would be a daily chapter for 10 books, but we all have lives so again that would just not be very sustainable for a long term type of scenario.
So short term yes that is doable depending on the author, but anything that would last more than a week is highly unlikely. I agree though that if there was a chapter outline and character breakdown and everything already set up, it would be much easier but writing so many chapters daily does catch up with you health wise eventually which is why you see some authors only juggling 2 and maybe entering a competition with a 3rd but will not do any more than that until one of the three are completed or the traction drops and there is no reason to continue (which is also why you see some novels that seem popular like 1+ million views getting dropped so frequently on here).
In general, authors do not make very much so there is no reason to put yourself in a health risking situation or drastic lifestyle change (literally waking up and writing all day then going to sleep and repeating the process for months at a time). Sure the top 1% that make a livable wage and then some can possibly change that, but the top 1% does not mean that every additional book will continue to do as well or better compared to the one that is succeeding as far as profits wise. Plus once the hype on said popular book dies down, your income begins to dry up to some degree.
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Perhaps the said person has the books already finished and published with other pen-names... And they are bringing the novels to Webnovel...
hartpeler
Ten is a lot to me.
I did seven, and that was too much, cause I ran out of ideas quickly.
Now I do four cause I can write two chapters for the stories on each days(this makes no sense let me give an example)
(Monday: Story 1 chapter, Story 2 chapter written
Tuesday: Story 3 chapter, Story 4 chapter written
And so on with the weekends as breaks).
HinataPerolada most of them are doing this. but I wonder if anyone write it straightaway for 10 books in a go?
RJMidnight i write 3 and its pretty hard for me though. haha
wow... the brain waves activity for writing 10 books...superhero level.
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hartpeler I very much doubt it. It would take at least 20 hours per day, even if this said person is a prodigy and barely edit his drafts. Doesn't seem doable.
I did once, a long time ago when I was working commissions. I would use tasks to track progress.
For my own portfolio I've slacken since I don't have a reader following and no contract commitments, there's no reason to stress myself out with updating. That just takes the fun out of the craft.
hartpeler
I can't confirm, but some friends told me an author with a pen name, 1st_manga_king writes more than 10 novels and also publishes them on different platforms.
ZinonWonder if this is his bread and butter, he better do it or else he won't eat. The rest of writers including me have other jobs like office thingy that pay for rent, utilities and food. Writing takes a second job. Good luck to him.
ZinonWonder 1st_manga_king is my friend and he's the reason that im bringing this topic up. I heard about his tip before for those. but that doesn't work really good for everyone. .so that's why I'm gathering the info more. haha