First Novel Problems

I think you're supposed to have the whole thing skeleton'd out first, and then fill it out as you go. I thought I was doing that, but some scenes are getting way more detailed than others, some stories have way more depth (or way less depth), and perhaps my initial "outline" was too vague...

I feel like I have enough "content" for 3/4 of the guys, but I'd written two of them into a corner from the start, and I'm having trouble dumping all their lore in an interesting way by the end of their route. 😵 Initially, there were only going to be 4 episodes + an ending per guy, but I've bumped it up to 6-ish. So now I don't have enough for one of them and have to come up with more. 😅 And... I really need to play other slice-of-life VNs to get a better idea of what people actually want to do in an interactive novel. My only real experience is Persona 5. 😅 I wanna spend some time comparing to other VNs, especially indie ones. Hopefully that leads to the same story I wanted to tell in the end, but in a more fun way.

Oh, and I've been playing with a midi maker to see if I can make a couple original songs for the more music oriented scenes. It's uh... going as well as you'd think, for someone who's never composed in their life.

I really just wanted to update to say that yes, this is still in progress!