SLASH'S PROFILE

author=Pyramid_Head
Dating sim, so far I'm still drumming up the minor details, but the title will be 'Late in Love', I figured a great deal of dating visual novels are about teenage boys trying to get their end away so I thought "why not do out about an older gentleman."

author=Red_Nova
Have clear start and end points every time you sit down to write. Just throwing words at a paper is a good method to get the gears turning, but it's easy to let it get out of control and your story (and consequentially, you) will lose focus and start drifting all over the place. Don't try to write the entire story out at once unless it's supposed to be really simple.

Reaching few milestones frequently is a great way to keep motivation up too, and it gives your brain a clear bookmark to return to next time you write, which clears up some thought processes to focus on other parts of the game.

The specific process changes depending on how strong your story is and what you want to focus on (character-driven stories vs. lore-driven stories, for example). From my experience with writing character driven stories, I imagine what the character are like at the beginning of a story vs. the end, and create bullet points that detail how the character gets to that endpoint, keeping the general tone and atmosphere of the project in mind.

Hope that helps!

author=Sooz
1) Set up your surroundings for Writing Mode. I usually put on some instrumental music with playlists set up just for writing; once I've got those running, everything keeps going automatically, because my brain's gotten trained into "Writing Mode."

2) Work around your distractions. There are two options here: cut 'em out entirely, or plan for 'em. It's up to you to figure out which one works best for you.

For cutting them out, do something like unplugging your modem or just switching off the wifi on your computer. No more internet!

For working around, put yourself on a timer. Alternate between 25 minutes of work, work, work, and 5 minutes of break time. (You can adjust these to fit how your brain works.)

The main thing is just to get yourself to Do the Thing regularly, then you'll start being habitual about it.

author=kentona
I would have asked what they think of me, but I don't think I would get a truly honest appraisal.