I decided to switch to a weekly patreon publishing schedule in April 2022 for several reasons:
First, my mental health. Publishing daily and seeing people subscribe or unsubscribe based on a single chapter drives you mad. It doesn't matter how big you are, how stable you are. It's a very unpleasant and easily avoidable feeling. March has been crazy. Lots of people subscribed and lots of people unsubscribed. That drove me nuts. I have a long term approach and I don't want to burn myself on this. Plus, we had already tried the 'arc publishing' on Patreon and it felt a bit good. Having a set deadline might not be ideal, but it's the best compromise I have at my disposal to meet the readers needs and mines.
Second, losing the bookmark. I have experienced this first hand with authors who post a lot, almost or literally on a daily basis. It just happens that one day I can't read and I kind of lose my bookmark. It's really frustrating not remembering where I left off and not having a way to easily access that stuff. On Royalroad, it's easy; that's because they have a system for it. Patreon, sadly, doesn't. That means we have to get by through some shenanigans of our own. Mine, in this case, is going to be Microsoft Sway. I believe this will help readers to not lose touch with the story. Plus, I have given a very specific time and day for each week. So, people now know when they can expect the chapter. That gives continuity. I like that.
Third, quality writing. I can only do so much by writing one chapter at the time. I need a longer arc to bring out the goodies. Obviously, arc lengths can vary a lot. So, it's not always a cookie cutter. I expect that some weeks 4 chapters (8-10k words) might come out, and others there might be 10 chapters (20-25k words). It depends. But a week is a reasonable time window to develop ideas and write in the best way possible. I like that.
Plus, it might give me time to get the proofreader to work on them. Probably. Depends on the proofreader speed, not me.
Fourth, money. The previous three reasons are all things that greatly impact my revenue. If I can't stay on top of things, I lose money. If I can't deliver chapters in a palatable way, I lose readers (money). If I don't write well, guess what I lose? So, yeah. I want to give the people reading my stories the best experience possible. And the best way for me to do so is to have a weekly schedule. A previous poll had established that around 70% of people are okay with me publishing in arcs, so I'm confident it shouldn't be too much of a problem.