I did research and took a long hard look at what I wanted to do with my life.
In the USA you are no longer covered by your family's insurance at 26, I'm 22, so I am on a time table.
I don't want to work under someone which is one of the reason I sought self employment and writing so I could make enough money before I'm 26 and move out of my family's house before 25.
However I ran the numbers after doing research and looking at current trends, it does not look good.
It's too high risk with my current route.
I want to write, and I want to program so I can build worlds/game worlds.
I've always loved telling stories, and I want to write, but I know if I don't learn programming now I won't ever really take the time to learn.
What little I accomplished while learning the little programming I did was the most satisfaction I've ever felt I think.
I don't want to be unable to build game worlds with programming on my own.
I want to be able to learn how to program so I can do that.
Getting a part time job while pursuing writing long term in order to support myself is not something I'm willing to do.
However I am willing to do so in order to pursue programming long term.
I'm willing to do what I need in order to learn programming so I can build worlds/game worlds.
I then asked myself, at the end of my life will it have been worth it to pursue writing and not programming?
The answer is no.
I want to program and make games.
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Hence from now I will only write when I have the time and energy to do so.
The schedule going forward is going to be irregular, and I don't know when I'll have the time for the next chapter.
I compiled data before all of this happened so will be sharing it with you all below, because you deserve to see it.
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Web Novels Data
Anonymous 1 Business Numbers
11,781 Followers
583 Patrons
Primary Monthly Pledge Cost $10
$4,901 Income Monthly
$58,812 Income Annually
Anonymous 2 Business Numbers
6,337 Followers
Primary Income from Book Sales
667- 1,000 Book Sales Monthly
2,000 – 3,000 Income Monthly
24,000 – 36,000 Income Monthly
Percentage of Followers Who Buy Anonymous 2’s E-books Monthly.
11% - 16%
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Current Personal Data
• Word Count - 30,442
• Chapter Count – 25
• Page Count – 149
• Allotted Time – 3 Months
[Webnovel.com Platform]
-Current Followers 24
-Current Views 53K
-Every 2,203 views = 1 follower
Note: Royalroad.com releases Predate Webnovel.com releases by 20 days of Allotted Time.
[Royalroad.com Platform]
-Current Followers 23
-Current Views 7,437
- Every 323 views = 1 Follower
[Current Collective Total]
-Followers 47
-Views 60K
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Personal Data-based Estimates
Important: Estimations Calculated from Current Data and Current Trends.
According to Collected Data I get 15 Followers a Month in Total.
If I sell my E-book’s first Volume for $3
Calculated Number of Followers by 1/1/2020
-210
Note: Based on 1 chapter released weekly. I have Currently increased that to 3 chapter released weekly as of 10/29/18 a spike in followers has been noticed since then.
Calculated Number of Book Sales
-monthly sales
23 (11%)
33 (16%)
Calculated Income from by 1/1/2020
Monthly Royalties – $46 - $66
Annually Royalties - $552 - $792
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If we assume that 3 releases a week triple the amount of followers we end up with.
Followers - 630
Monthly Sales – 69 - 100
Monthly Profit - $138 - $200
Annual Profit - $1,656 - $2,400
Amazon consumer data has not been researched, followers will likely not be the only ones buying books. Follower will however very likely spark interest and help promote series to Amazon Consumer that are not followers.
Implications of this unknown.
Increase in sales assumed.
Putting out a single volume and seeing how it will do is recommended.
Continuing to learn programming recommended.
Reducing overall workload with both programming and writing recommended.
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Obviously I chose to instead put out irregular updates and pursue programming instead.