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Serial release buffer calculator
Work out how many chapters to bank and when your backlog will run out. No account or API key required.
Target starting backlog
21 chapters
Bank 9 more chapters to cover 8 weeks and keep your reserve.
At this pace, your current backlog runs out in 6 weeks.
Average backlog after 8 weeks: 0 chapters.
A backlog buys time
If you release five chapters a week and finish three, you spend two banked chapters each week. Twelve banked chapters last six weeks at that pace. A reserve gives you time for revision, illness or a missed writing session.
The calculation assumes steady weekly averages. It does not schedule individual release days or predict audience growth.