Create a Schedule

Hi there!

As an aspiring mangaka, I came to a realization about something when it comes to western mangaka trying to break into Japan and it makes me sad: the concept or lack of schedule.

Now what I mean by schedule is this; most mangaka I've seen are trying to make the next Naruto, the next One Piece or the next Chainsaw Man and trying to get into Weekly Shonen Jump and let me just day this: With the time you take, it will be impossible. It's unrealistic.

My advice to y'all is to work within a schedule as if you were writing for a magazine and the most basic one being a monthly magazine.

What I mean is: a schedule of releasing a chapter of about 30 pages every month should be the basic for a westerner otherwise those dreams of creating the next big thing will never be realized if you're releasing 10 chapters over 3 years like a mangaka with hiatus issues.

Start writing and releasing with a schedule of at least 1 month and see how far you'll go. That way, if you eventually get published, the deadlines won't be hard to get used to.