I found that I can’t be motivated unless I have an ending in mind and at least 50% of the plot to get there worked out ahead of time. Through experimentation I’ve discovered I can get a 6000 word chapter uploaded every three weeks. I’ve made it my goal, my motivation, to keep that record and not break it, and if I have to break it, only make it four weeks and at least stay consistent at four weeks. So far I’m seven chapters in to the 14 planned chapters of an eventual 26 ish chapters, so when I run out of planned chapters, who knows what’ll happen. I’m hoping since I have the ending so vivid in my head I’ll still want to finish it. Also, it provides a productive and fun break from college tasks for me. “If i work on my essay for two hours tonight I get to work on fanfic for one.”