I just finished writing a long and important section of the script for the first major story route in Aurora\u2019s Nightmare. It\u2019s always nice to write a scene I\u2019ve had in my head for a long time. And it marks a pretty serious amount of progress on the script\u2026at least for the first route (of three). But, before I can continue with the actual writing, I\u2019ve got to take a little time to work some more on the outline.<\/p>\n
As I mentioned way back, I\u2019m making a flow chart of the story in order to keep track of how all the branches fit together. But, since I\u2019m the type of writer who prefers to work without outlines when possible, I\u2019ve basically been creating the flow chart a little bit at a time, rather than doing the entire thing at the beginning. And now I\u2019m totally caught up so it\u2019s time to expand the flowchart a bit further, which means some decisions about how I want the next section of the story to play out.<\/p>\n
Mainly, I\u2019ve been going back and forth on whether to include a particular section a little further ahead in the story (sorry for being vague, but I want to avoid spoilers at this point). On the one hand, it wasn\u2019t part of my original story plan and I\u2019m not sure it adds much to the plot. On the other hand, that original story plan was for a regular novel, not a visual novel, and that extra section would probably make the pacing and progression more appropriate for the interactive format.<\/p>\n
Anyway, figuring that kind of stuff out will likely occupy my next half a day or day of work. Then it\u2019s back to writing. Unfortunately, I\u2019ll likely have a lot less time in the fall to work on Aurora\u2019s Nightmare than I thought I would, so I\u2019m trying to get as much done right now as possible. Well, we\u2019ll see how far I can get\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
I just finished writing a long and important section of the script for the first major story route in Aurora\u2019s Nightmare. It\u2019s always nice to write a scene I\u2019ve had in my head for a long time. And it marks a pretty serious amount of progress on the script\u2026at least for the first route (of … Continue reading Next Up<\/span>