Mistakes that comic creators are making on Patron that are costing them money. Successful Patreon strategies that work. Unpublishing a Patreon tier.

Nine Patreon Mistakes that are Costing You Money

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We've all heard successful creators complain that younger hopefuls "just don't want to do the hard work." They disregard the complicated nature of achieving their status and dismiss aspiring novices on the basis of one single factor. Survivorship bias is undoubtedly a result of flawed reasoning. ...But is it bad advice?

Survivorship Bias

How did Brad and Dave know when they'd "made it?" ALSO: Now that you have a website with a blog... what do you write??

Are we 'there' yet?

How do you know when you're giving your readers too many details? — or not enough? Where's the sweet spot between action and exposition? We're going deep on storycraft this week! PLUS: Zines, gutters and distribution!

How much story is too much story?

Is it possible to build social media traffic without building an audience for your comic? We'll also discuss recent allegations that the Webtoon contract is predatory

Social media is dead... now what?

Is it possible to build traffic for your comic without building an audience? Also, an anonymous post on Reddit accuses Webtoons of using a predatory contract.

Nine Patreon Mistakes that are Costing You Money

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