[IMPORTANT] Final Plan for the Changes to Patreon Content/Tiers Coming May 1st

Hi everyone!After a process of presenting an initial plan, receiving feedback from Patrons, pitching some new options and receiving more feedback, I've decided on a final plan for the changes to the Patreon coming May 1, 2026. This is now the official post for the upcoming changes, available to everyone. Some of the info below may be redundant to Patrons that have been following this process, but I'm putting it here for any new and potential subscribers!Why the change? I've been making NSFW scripted audios on Patreon for three years now, producing two almost every month for a growing community of listeners, whose support and passion I'm so grateful for. But at a certain point last year, I started to realize just how burnt out I was becoming. The last thing I want is to create or publish audios I'm not personally proud of, or to get to a point where I burn out and walk away entirely. I took some time off, which helped, but this year, I still felt a strong need to put some of my time and capacity towards something new, and to begin moving in a direction that's more sustainable for me. To do that, I'm going to make some changes to the Patreon. What are the changes? My goal for this change is not to put out less content, just different content that leaves me with more capacity to work on new things. A big change is I will no longer be making two scripted NSFW audios per month. I will instead be focusing on making one scripted NSFW audio, supplemented by additional work like unscripted Dirty Talk audios and SFW audios. A major goal of these changes is to give me the time and capacity to work on something new--an erotic romance novella! I'm hoping to get a first draft done by the end of the year, and as a brand new benefit, I will share updates, behind-the-scenes story development and excerpts at the moans tier. Here are the details of the new tiers:

Free/Other Platforms.

It's really important to me to have regular free content. It's how I started out and the most common way new listeners find the Patreon. To replace the monthly free audio, I will be sparingly unlocking some formerly exclusive content for different platforms. Every month, I will unlock either 1 Patreon exclusive scripted audio OR 1 Dirty Talk for release on Reddit and other platforms, likely alternating between the two. This way, only 6 scripted NSFW audios and 6 Dirty Talks will be unlocked every year. That means our library of 60+ audios is always growing, just at a different pace than before. whispers.

$4 / monthThe benefit of this tier is 1 month early access to the following month's free unlock (either a Dirty Talk or a formerly Patreon Exclusive scripted NSFW audio).

1 month early access to next month’s free unlock (Dirty Talk or scripted NSFW)

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$10 / month

This will remain the primary tier for NSFW and relaxing audio content. At this tier, as before you get access to the monthly scripted NSFW audio and an exclusive Dirty Talk audio. You also get something new, one additional audio, either another Dirty Talk or a short (20-30 minute) SFW audio. You also gain access to the full library of prior Patreon exclusives at this tier.

1 exclusive monthly NSFW scripted audio

1 exclusive monthly dirty talk

1 exclusive additional audio, either a Dirty Talk OR SFW audio

Access to the full library of NSFW and Dirty Talk audios (60+ audios!)

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$16 / month

This is the primary tier for SFW, writing, polls and experimental content. As before, you gain all the above benefits, plus an exclusive SFW audio every month. This is typically 30+ minutes and could be relaxing, chatty or narrative. This tier also gets to vote on any polls relating to the NSFW scripted audio, though I may not post a poll every month. New to this tier is a monthly update and behind-the-scenes on my erotic romance writing. This could be excerpts from my novella, writing exercises and short work, or a peek at my story, world and character development. Also new is a regular livestream every second month. This could be gaming, chatty/AMA, reading aloud or doing a quiz/activity with the chat.

1 exclusive monthly SFW audio (relaxing, chatty, narration)

Vote on any polls relating to the NSFW scripted audio

Updates and behind-the-scenes of my erotic romance writing (excerpts, exercises, story/character/world development)

Livestream every other month

Access to the full library of NSFW, Dirty Talk, SFW audios and stream recordings (100+)

Questions / Conclusions

If you have questions, or are curious about some details and my thought process behind them, you can check out the avbove audio. Or if you have access, this audio and post, where I discussed in more detail the motivation behind the changes and the factors I was considering in figuring out the new plan. I made an initial changes post with a plan at the end of last month, but since that plan has been significantly changed, I unpublished that post for the sake of clarity.

As a reminder, these changes will go into place May 1, 2026. If you subscribe now, you'll still get all the usual April content. If you're an annual member and decide the changes aren't for you, you can request a refund on the rest of your year through your billing history. THANK YOU to everyone for your feedback and patience during this process. It was a major learning experience for me and a reminder of all the different skills required to manage a platform like this. I'll be the first to admit my strengths lie in the writing and talking into a mic parts haha.

But I'm so happy with where we ended up and really hopeful it will allow me the capacity and passion to make Patreon and online creation in general sustainable and fun for me again. Any change can spark feelings and questions, and I've definitely have a lot of feelings about the changes too! Mostly I continue to feel so lucky to have such an engaged, passionate and supportive audience and so excited for the future of AugustInTheWinter. Appreciate you all so much and take care,august 🌨️