Saturday Update June 20

Well I did miss last Saturday, but until I actually have something out I doubt anyone will read this until a future date. So I may not be as worried about that schedule, but once I have something out I will be sure to keep up with at least a weekly update.

I really feel I am advancing in this endeavor. I created a template for building scripts for visual novels in Scrivener. There are a lot of templates out there, but none that I could find that are really designed for a visual novel. I even searched for templates using multiple search terms. I ran into a person who wrote about writing nonlinear, but it referred to his process of writing with OCD, not writing something that is nonlinear. 

I am fairly certain that my template will be altered over time, but since the story can be organized in folders, or even pages can be turned into folders and store other pages, you can easily take a story down multiple paths. The only issue here is if and when the story reconnects to the rest of the story. There is no real way that I am aware of that can directly connect those elements. (There might be, and I haven't found it yet.) But here I believe that all I have to do is to name where the story continues.

It also has a section for notes. Both notes for each page, and folder, as well as for the whole project. I will be making notes of things that are going on, and things I need to work on. Then I simply need to make sure all notes are taken care of before I am done with the script. I will probably also have a notation that tells me what the note is related to. I may take a note for something that I won't need to worry about until the next update, so put it off until I am ready to write those scripts.


But this isn't all I have done. I found out how to make my renders better, I practiced with posing characters so I can move them more effortlessly, I fixed an issue with my main character in the first project, and just created my first character for my next. At least the face is done. The body will take more work. (And maybe the hair.)
I spent time on tutorials on all the software I am using. Although one of them, Photoshop, I really have been learning new skills on the fly. I want to do something, I look up a video, and follow along until I have achieved my goal. 

There's more, but I will cut it off here. Just know that this has been a 7 day a week job for me. I do force myself to take breaks, as do other people, and life in general, but I am still putting in over 10 hours a day, usually more.