How do authors manage to update so quickly?
How many hours do you spend working on each chapter? How much time do you spend on the writing/planning part, and the directing part? Which one takes up more time?
How often do you update, and how long are your chapters (like, how many minutes)?
I can barely update 1 chapter every 2 weeks⊠I really want to try to do 1 chapter every week, or maybe 2 chapters a week⊠but a lot of the times, I focus on making everything perfect⊠and thatâs what takes up the most time for me. Itâs not the directing, itâs making the dialogue flowy⊠
Lol, I change it up and rearrange it around soo many times⊠The directing is honestly the easy part for meâŠ
I really wish I could improve my speed and update faster. 
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Not all authors update every week; itâs usually the most popular authors who do, the ones whose stories are 1-10 on trending. They do this to gain reads quickly, keep readers hooked, and get everyoneâs attention. Episode recommends that we update every 1-2 weeks, so youâre already good. (:
If you still really want to update every week, and youâre okay with going through all the stress to do that, you can spend more time writing I guess⊠but you really shouldnât do that. Youâre stressing yourself out; just relax.
EDIT: You should focus more on doing what you enjoy. None of the authors on my favorites list update every week or even every too weeks, more like once a month.
I donât update because my story isnât yet published, but Iâm aiming for 10-15 minute episodes, and update 1-2 times a month.
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It really depends on many factors like motivation, the amount of overlays (takes longer if you render them yourself), art scenes (and whether you do them yourself or not), backgrounds (it takes longer if you render them yourself), your internet connection, whether or not you have other responsibilities to tend to i.e kids, work, school, exams etc and your own emotional state and/or physical state.
When I started writing, I used to be able to write 4K long chapters every day because I was super motivated and I was on holidays at the time so I didnât have anything getting in the way and I was writing for most of the day and night.
Now, I find that I really struggle to manage time constraints since I render a lot of my own stuff now, I use a lot more overlays, I do my own edits and Iâm a mother who has to take her kid to school a couple of days a week so creating and finishing one chapter takes me so much longer. 
Youâre doing a great job already considering youâve also got points and branching within your story. 
But Iâve heard that authors who tend to plan out every single episode and follow a time schedule perform better. Iâve also heard that authors who write dialogues and narrations first and then add in the directing tend to write faster too as opposed to those who direct and write everything as they go (like I do) and I donât know if thatâs necessarily true or not â but itâs worked for some of my friends. 
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okay, idk how to explain but how about u try this:
Create extra chapters beforehand to help you âbuyâ time, ifyk what i mean?
for example youâre making a story, youâve created 6 chapters and you wish to update every friday. Now, donât publish all the chapters at once. Publish the first 3 (becuz itâs required lol) and then start working on the new chapters and finetuning the 3 unpublished chapters. Now, when friday comes, publish the 4th chapter. This way, youâll have time to complete ur next chapters without worrying about updates becuz u can always just publish the remaining unpublished ones. I hope that made sense lol
Itâs okay, take your time. Plan out ur storyline and distribute them into parts first. I did not follow this advice which is why Iâm stuck on first chapter since 3 weeks :"D
I really thought âMy breed different 
I will go with the flowâ but it gets really confusing because my brain keeps getting ideas and my indecisive self canât keep up with it.
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Iâm approaching my 3rd episode for my story, each episode has taken me roughly 40 hours. The dialogue is the easiest part for me because I roughly know what should be said and the personalities of the characters, but the directing is hands down the most time-consuming.
Before starting, I took around a week of planning loosely - itâs nearly impossible to plan everything out event-by-event because as youâre writing, youâll find maybe something doesnât fit right or needs adjustment. Iâd write a draft of things youâre hoping to achieve in each episode but not go into heavy specifics, if that makes sense?
I also wouldnât worry about your update time. Remember, quality over quantity wins every time. Donât overwork yourself of sacrifice the quality of your work to get it out faster, itâs okay to take your time!
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