Oct 22 Newsflash

This fortnight I've been carrying on working on Chapter 6 of Royal Affairs, and Chapter 2 and Chapter 3 of The New Thing.

Royal Affairs wordcount: 147,782 words
Royal Affairs average playthrough: 41,463 words
Total Royal Affairs wordcount progress: 4900 words

The New Thing wordcount: 23,494 words
The New Thing average playthrough: 11,117 words
Total New Thing wordcount progress: 12,470 words

I reached some major milestones this fortnight! I sent in The New Thing Chapter 2 for edits and did my revisions, and sent in Chapters 5 and 6 of Royal Affairs in for editing too.

Chapter 2 of The New Thing has been a lot of fun, bringing in a new major character and enabling the MC to get to know them and the others better, with some hints of romantic tension simmering along.

Chapter 6 of Royal Affairs has, as we know from the previous Newsflashes, been a LOT of kisses, romance, friendship... and some hints of where the characters are headed. A lot of Royal Affairs is about figuring out where you stand when things get tough and weird, and helping other characters do the same. Because many of the main characters are at Archambault, which is all about LEADERSHIP and RESPONSIBILITY (though in practice you can be like Dominique and snooze through your classes if you like!), a lot of them are on the edge of making big life decisions and many aren't sure how they're going to handle it. So Chapter 6, around the middle of the game, is a good point for them to come to the fore.

Behind the scenes:

I have been almost entirely off Twitter this fortnight, having blocked it on most of my browsers and given myself a strict time limit (enforced by Leechblock) on the only unblocked one. This was a bit hard because The Game Industry(tm) is extremely online and I'm still in a bit of "must see everything in case I miss something important!" crisis mode from the Layoff Summer... but! it has massively helped my mental health and general calmness which is lovely.

Non writing:

Tonight I'm going (safely) to the ballet! I'm so excited - it's a ballet company I absolutely love, at a theatre I really like going to, with a friend I've seen in person once in the last almost-two-years. I can't wait!

Next up:

I'll be putting up the October bonus content for Bonus Supplement subscribers on October 31, and Chapter 1 of The New Thing on November 1 for Sneak Preview subscribers! All patrons will get to see more about The New Thing on November 5.