Originally posted by boccaccio2000g
In my opinion it is a little tacky to publish the story in installments if it is already completely written and you don't intend to do any major revisions.
Boccaccio
I agree, and I remember being put off by attempting to read a story where it was obvious that the author was doing exactly that--submitting an already completed story in pieces.

Nonetheless, that is exactly what I did and intend to do in the future. This story was unusual for me in that it came to me as a nearly complete idea. In most cases, when I start writing a story, I have no idea where it's going. I make it up as I go. I enjoy this process and I'm often surprised by where it leads. However, it also means that I have to go back to the beginning and clear up inconsistencies as the story evolves, which can be a bit awkward if the beginning of the story is already posted and a bunch of people have read it. Therefore, I don't think I'll ever post a serial story as it is being written.

However, as both you and Curtis pointed out, asking a reader to commit to a 100k plus story may be asking too much. What I'm looking at doing now is posting completed stories in user friendly chunks. The fact that the story is already complete when the first episode is posted will also mean that updates will be forthcoming fairly rapidly.

For those who do post serial stories as they're written, I have a question. Don't you find that limiting? Doesn't your story ever take an unexpected turn that causes you to either have to go back and change an earlier segment or, failing that, abandon the new wrinkle? Just curious.