I…I’m dying.
As you may have already noticed, the chapters are beginning to turn out incredibly long. Accurately speaking, twice as long. Like literally twice the length of a normal chapter. To give an idea of it, a normal chapter would be around 4k count which is around 14 pages long; chapter 191 is 8k, which was 29 pages.
At this rate, my body will not be able to hold out. Seriously, it can’t. To keep up, I actually sacrifice way too much of my time.
So here I am, for a serious talk with you guys. I have thought out a method that might help keep me alive:
– Limit the word count. As previously stated, 4k is the usual word count of a chapter which is close to that of chapter 190 for reference. 8k would be this chapter 191 and chapter 189.
When faced with an 8k chapter or higher, we can separate it in 2 parts, no more than that. As you know, chapters in this web novel are normally divided already, so the cuts shouldn’t feel as unnatural as other novels.
This will only apply for chapters more than double the length. If the chapter is 5k or 6k, I won’t mind it. But since the chapters that have been coming (and next chapter is actually four times the length, no kidding) are way out of normal word count, I can easily tell that my body will drop dead if I continue at this pace.
This will bring consistency which is what I have been looking for when I placed a schedule. I really want to maintain the schedule, so if there’s other suggestions that can help do that, I would like to listen to them.
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“Eh? It wasn’t that you came to visit me?” (Furiae) “Aah, yeah…you could say that.”…
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Aiming for a certain word count makes way more sense IMHO, at least when the chapter length varies a lot. We get to enjoy the story thanks to your hard work so just go at whatever pace you feel is comfortable and don't burn yourself out! :)
You are the one doing us a favour here, which means you are the one holding the stirngs here.
Choose your own way of doing things which benefits you the most, and make realistic choices.
Thanks for your work
Sounds Ok to me. If a normal chapter is 4k characters and following chapters go on to be double or quadruple that then it makes sense to split it if it gets too long. I've seen other translators do that and it worked out fine
I prefer to read whole chapters and not in parts.
I'd rather you take a few more days to do big chapters but if you really want to release regularly then yes, you can release it in parts.
Thank you anyway, you do a great job.
Dont die... I like this series. Its realy hard to get new groups to pick them up.
Do what you gotta do just don't hurt yourself!!!
I'm fine with separating the chapters into parts. By the way, maybe you can create a poll for us to vote on so its easier and faster, instead of reading a few hundred indivudual comments and counting them.
Thanks for the hard work, don't expect the chapters to get shorter till you finish arc 4. In fact in a chapter or two you will come across a massive chapters thats 3-4 times normal length. Good luck though hang in there!
I think doing a vote for it would be better, as to know how many people want chapters at a fixed time or date, or people that want a whole chapter taking more time. I myself would like at whichever time you finish a chapter, without sacrificing your health! Thanks for your hard work btw, been reading for almost 2 months and your work is by leaps one of the best I have had the opportunity to read.
Sorry for the bad written english, but I hope the idea pass trough.