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I tried my hand at making a VN. Got really obsessed with an idea for a couple of weeks in January, filled my Obsidian with all sorts of notes.
Observation #1: Messing around with Ren'Py is more fun than writing. I had to stop and force myself to write.
Observation #2: I have no idea how long a single scene should be. I have an idea how long something should be in prose, I have an idea how long a "words-words-words" VN scene should be when I'm playing it, but now when I'm writing one.
Observation #3: I hate editing. I love well-edited prose, but I hate editing. It's like doing a complex Katamino puzzle and having to remove multiple pieces, except worse, because I'm a shape rotator, not a wordcel at all. Editing when I can't just eyeball the text is even harder.
Observation #4: I have no idea what goes in the middle. After editing the first few scenes I realized I have a very good idea what the first act will look like, what the third act will look like, but only a vague idea of what will happen in the second act.
The VN is now on hold. I'll keep it running in the background, jotting down more act 2 ideas until they start coalescing into an actual plot. In the meanwhile, I'll switch to another idea of mine, which is just pure prose. Hopefully, I'll find it easier to edit.
In case anybody else got really confused: VNs are probably "visual novels". If you're still confused, you're not alone, so link. Ren'Py is an engine runs the text/visuals/buttons and helps construct scenes.
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