For novel writing, I wonder if serials with short-ish chapters would be something likely to appeal to shorter attention spans. Fanfic web sites have all manner of readers reading chapter by chapter - many of whom seem to prefer the 1000 to 2000 word length at a time and would not want to sit down and read an entire book, yet follow novel-length stories. I wonder if a broader availability of quality original fiction using such a format to publish online at first, then wrap it up into a single book (ebook, paperback, whatever) at the end - much as Stephen King did with The Green Mile, though his serial was paperback rather than online - might draw more people into longer works a chapter at a time. The thing is, you probably wouldn’t be able to charge a whole lot for the serial versions, if you’re hoping to draw in people who would otherwise be reading fanfic or looking at TikTok.
Serials haven’t - at least, to my knowledge - been terribly mainstream in recent times. Do you know if there are publishers or online magazines or other sites doing such things, or if anyone is thinking about bringing serialized publishing more into the mainstream? (Or if it already is and I just completely missed it? :-D)
Don’t know if this kind of thing is even feasible - just thinking out loud…
For novel writing, I wonder if serials with short-ish chapters would be something likely to appeal to shorter attention spans. Fanfic web sites have all manner of readers reading chapter by chapter - many of whom seem to prefer the 1000 to 2000 word length at a time and would not want to sit down and read an entire book, yet follow novel-length stories. I wonder if a broader availability of quality original fiction using such a format to publish online at first, then wrap it up into a single book (ebook, paperback, whatever) at the end - much as Stephen King did with The Green Mile, though his serial was paperback rather than online - might draw more people into longer works a chapter at a time. The thing is, you probably wouldn’t be able to charge a whole lot for the serial versions, if you’re hoping to draw in people who would otherwise be reading fanfic or looking at TikTok.
Serials haven’t - at least, to my knowledge - been terribly mainstream in recent times. Do you know if there are publishers or online magazines or other sites doing such things, or if anyone is thinking about bringing serialized publishing more into the mainstream? (Or if it already is and I just completely missed it? :-D)
Don’t know if this kind of thing is even feasible - just thinking out loud…