In general, I agree with iterative releases, and the position of editor exists for good reason. The two problems I see with the typical online writer release schedule are that the first iteration of a story is generally not the first chapter, but the skeleton, and that feedback about released chapters can only impact unreleased chapters. For example, the first chapter includes a letter whose wording may be significant- and so it’d be nice to have the significance of the wording nailed down before I nail down the wording itself. I’m also considering having the braided story structure common in some fiction, which looks much easier when you write the strands separately and then braid them.
The compromise that I’m currently attempting is basically writing the skeleton of the whole story, adjusting that until I’m happy with it, and then fleshing it out from the start to the finish, releasing chapters as they’re fleshed out. We will see what I actually end up doing.
Your process is crazy. You need to learn from feedback. Edit the first chapter a bunch and post it, and learn.
In general, I agree with iterative releases, and the position of editor exists for good reason. The two problems I see with the typical online writer release schedule are that the first iteration of a story is generally not the first chapter, but the skeleton, and that feedback about released chapters can only impact unreleased chapters. For example, the first chapter includes a letter whose wording may be significant- and so it’d be nice to have the significance of the wording nailed down before I nail down the wording itself. I’m also considering having the braided story structure common in some fiction, which looks much easier when you write the strands separately and then braid them.
The compromise that I’m currently attempting is basically writing the skeleton of the whole story, adjusting that until I’m happy with it, and then fleshing it out from the start to the finish, releasing chapters as they’re fleshed out. We will see what I actually end up doing.