update 71.

week of july 10th-16th.

i always feel like i do so much more until i look at the word count. don't get me wrong, i know that numbers aren't everything and progress is sometimes made without writing at all, blah blah blah, but huh. i truly did think... oh well.

i decided on a whim to start with Blane for this chapter. well, i actually started with [A], but i got stuck on a certain bit and didn't know how to move forward, so naturally, i moved on to Blane and created the exact same problem. yay me. to be fair, i am in the middle of trying to fix it. as easy as writing dialogue can be for me, it can also be the bane of my existence. sometimes it'll flow and sometimes it won't. right now, it's Blane's mood change that is causing the problem. what begins as a relatively relaxed conversation turns tense after the hunter makes a certain comment, which, would be fine usually, but i need Blane to say one more thing before the scene ends. doesn't exactly make sense to speak up again just when they shut the hunter out a moment ago, at least, not for Blane. they're a complicated one. 

it's true that all the branches are unique, but i still have to make sure they all share the same information to the reader. there are certain goals i have for this particular scene that i want to hit. characters like [A] and [N] usually make this easy, since they're so open to begin with. Blane and [K], on the other hand? not so much. Rylan wavers somewhere in-between. but i like having the variety. the way Blane asks the hunter how they're doing is so different from how [A] would do it, which makes it all the more fun.

the plan for this week is to sort out Blane's branch and have it done, before moving on to someone else's. not sure who's yet, but it'll be someone's. i also think i'm going to make the choice of who to go to your choice, rather than something reliant on stats. though we're close to the romance lock, we haven't reached it yet—i'll give you a couple of more chances to feel out who you want to pursue (if applicable).

stats.

425,896 words (+3704)

sneak peek.

I let out a quiet hum, placing my head on the table. My cheek is pressed to one arm, allowing me to face the window.