I’ve spent this first book figuring out my production process and improving as a writer. This taught me that I hate switching between writing and editing to keep up with serialised releasing. It’s stressful as hell, and I don’t operate like that. I prefer writing in bulk then editing in bulk like traditional novel authors. Bulk working keeps me in one mode and gets me in the zone for that task. It also lets me return to chapters with fresh eyes, leading to more improvements.
My writing has gotten much better since I started, I appreciate you sticking with me on this journey. Your feedback has helped me spot ways I can improve the story. Because of this, I’m planning a rewrite and relaunch of book one. I hope you’ll support me in this, but I won’t leave you hanging.
I’ve done the math, and it will take me about 7 weeks to finish writing book one. But this is only if I switch up my production process to writing and editing in bulk, otherwise it’d take longer.
Thing is:
I don’t want to leave you with no chapters for 7 weeks. So, I’ve made the best compromise I can think of. I’m being as transparent as I can, revealing my plans below.
TLDR:
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Going forward, I’ll publish one chapter per week on Royal Road, on Fridays
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I’ll publish my drafts on
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Relaunch date is July 22nd latest
Below is my full plan and estimated schedule.
I’ve padded these dates so I can hit them even if something goes wrong.
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If i’m writing at least 5 chapters per week - I’ll complete book one in about 7 weeks
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My goal is to finish writing book one by March 9th
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Editing at least 3 chapters per week - I’ll edit book one in 10 weeks after march 9th
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My goal is to finish editing book one by May 18th
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I’ll be working on a full rewrite/edit and relaunch for book one while I’m in the editing phase.
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Relaunch deadline is July 22nd at the latest.
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I’ll start planning and writing book two July 20th. This is where the kingdom building elements will come into the forefront.
My schedule:
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Publish 1 edited chapter on Royal Road every Friday
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Publish first drafts on Patreon with minimal edits
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You’ll find the drafts in a collection named: DGG Book One First Drafts
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When I edit the weekly chapter, I’ll upload that to the main book one collection
Changes to expect in the rewrite:
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Intro chapters updates and streamlining
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Renzo’s background updates- major
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Kai background updates - minor
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Additional POV chapters
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System changes: e.g. adding skill category to separate active skills from passive attributes
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Name changes: e.g. Serpent Mob becomes Anguivar family
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More worldbuilding exposition - earlier info about ministers, the sectors, other countries, how the system works
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Epigraphs (potentially, but not confirmed. I’d like to add excerpts from authors and scholars in the world, but this might be unnecessary due to expanded exposition. Still a cool idea I wanna implement, but I won’t force it if it takes up too much time.)
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Edits to early chapter writing: prose improvements and dialogue formatting clean up especially
The overall plot will remain 90% the same.
Book Two:
If patrons enjoy the drafts of book one, I’ll release drafts of second book on Patreon. I’m planning to finish book two before posting on Royal Road.
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I’ll finish writing book two by 4th October
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After editing, I’ll launch book two on RR by 4th November
This week, I’ve released the chapter on Thursday instead of Friday. The Friday schedule comes into effect from Jan 30th.
There are currently 2 advanced draft chapters on . This will keep increasing.
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I hope you keep reading and follow me over when I relaunch. The new POVs, exposition, and improved writing will be worth it, I promise!
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