Mila
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Update — 44.
🕑 Added 2023-10-19 23:42:38 +0000 UTCI'm still chipping away at this new demo. I've added on a few hundred words since my last progress update on here. It's fair to say that I'm disappointed that I haven't been writing faster because I genuinely have everything for this story planned out in my head, but getting it down on paper (a laptop, really) is proving to be a struggle.
It's after midnight as I write this and I have university in a couple of hours, so I think that's now an added factor that sometimes adds to my stress/worry of not getting things written up quickly enough. I think there's also still the instant worry of whether Beyond The Game is a story that people really want to read, writer's block, battling Twine, additionally alongside the fact that other IF authors are great at regularly churning out content.
That all seems very depressing to start an update with, but I think it's good to be candid about this kind of stuff—it just shows that not everything is smooth sailing.
But, from more writing purposes: the mc is in the position of meeting new characters. The first scenes have been with Milan (best friend ro) and N Tallon (rival ro) who they know already, so these first interactions with other cast members will be new and a chance to show their personality—so I'm hoping to add a lot of choices in these bits.
I think the story, so far, has had a lot more slice of life than football, so I'm up to the point where we're slowly creeping into the football factor. I think everything has been relatively easy to understand in terms of if you're someone who picked up this story and didn't know a thing about football, you'd still be able to read it—which is exactly what I want!
After writing up one more scene, the customisation for the mc starts to come in: so far, they've been able to choose their name and their nickname if they have one. We'll be getting into skin colour, height, hairstyles, and personal football stuff like the name and number that appears on the back of your shirt.
As an update, know that I'm still tackling this demo. Additionally, I'm hoping to get another Golden ro drabble posted for you too w/ BTG sneak peeks. With the weekend approaching and a couple of days off next week, I'm hoping that it'll be a good time for writing and a lot less of me feeling anxious about writing. Soo, fingers crossed!
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Skippy Hugo
If George RR Martin can take ages to write a linear story, there's no judgement on taking as long as you need to writing a story that requires coding and multiple storyline.
