update 72.

july 17th-23rd.

you know how people manifest things into existence? i feel like i do the opposite. like how last week i said i'd start someone else's route. did i intend to? absolutely. did i get around to it? no. because once again, i underestimated how many words i write for choices. i could write two sentences and call it a day but nooo, i have to write nearly 300 words for each one. times that by 5 or 6 and well, it's time-consuming, to say the least. not that i don't like it, it's just. damn.

on that note, i'm sure you can guess i've finished Blane's route. i think i'll be doing N's next, so it'll be their sneak peeks that will be featured in upcoming updates and posts. i recently have felt so much fondness toward them (not that i didn't before, it's just, heightened i guess) so i'll have to see if that seeps into their scene. if anything, it'll make it better. this is already meant to be a sort of soft, relaxing scene—and with N's nature and lack of angst with the hunter, it'll be even more so. add their dog into the mix and well, it'll be very cute, let's just say that. in this house we love radar.

i don't really have much else to update on other than that writing is going relatively smoothly. i had a few days last week where i knocked out before i wrote anything for the night, but despite having no outline for this chapter, it's going a lot better than i thought it would. for context, i usually make a rough mindmap of what potential branches i might include and where they'll eventually lead to. this time, it's mostly engrained in my head. still, regardless of if i need them or not, i can't deny that the maps are fun to look back on. i have one from chapter six and it's fun to see how things changed from paper to, well, word doc. if anything, i think i'll have to make a sketch of the second half of the chapter so at least i'll have something i can store in my files. maybe i'll post some of my old ones on here for fun hehe.

hope you're all doing well and taking care of yourselves <3

stats.

429,453 words (+3557)

sneak peek.

"You noticed all of that?" I hear myself ask.

Blane tilts their head further to the left. "I doubt there's anyone who hasn't noticed."