The Wayhaven Chronicles—Update+ 09/July/2021 (Patreon)

Not the best week this week as I was really, really ill for a lot of it :/ 

Though it did inspire a fun scene for Patreon, that I hope you guys really enjoyed! :D

My head really wasn't up for anything intense, so once again editing was pushed back. Monday and Tuesday were a bust, even though I tried to push myself on Tuesday and it all went horribly wrong, lol. I read one of the sentences I wrote about 7 times before figuring out the words were all the wrong way round!

So I've been trying my hardest to fit a week's worth of writing into yesterday and today, which is almost impossible, but I'm glad I can just get back to it again! I missed UB so bad!

Though taking some time away, it did force me to think of how it's going. I love how much I'm getting to add in—I'm seriously just going for it—but that also means it takes so much longer. 

I have specific goals in mind, and I'm really good at meeting them, but sometimes when I get carried away or change up scenes, it can start adding up in pushing my schedule back.

And obviously I want to get the game out as soon as I can so I can finally talk to you guys about what's coming! :D

But on the other hand, how I'm writing Book Three is how I want Wayhaven to go. Lots of variety, lots of nuances, completely different versions of chapters, separate side stories, adding those extra moments or details in that really make it personal or draw you in so much you completely forget about the outside world for a while. 

Like Chapter 8 research scenes, have places and moments where you might see get a completely different feel to the romance, just because of how you want to play the game.

I don't want it to be just that you're getting a romance storyline, or a friendship storyline, I want that storyline to actually be affected by what your MC is doing, or what you've done together in previous books/scenes, or how characters are reacting to you based on what you're doing.

If all of that makes sense! :D

But that all takes time. So much time. Wayhaven is already 100,000s of words long but it seems like it's going to be 100,000s of words more yet! I'm not sure where the balance is for speed and content. 

I'm kind of rambling a bit because my head still isn't 100%, but it was definitely on my mind a lot this week.

For now, I'm definitely just still going with it, because I was really encouraged by people's reactions to the demo and the nuances and small details people were loving finding, as well as the bigger moments too!

So yeah, it was an interesting week of a lot of thinking seeing as I couldn't be writing. I'm back to writing now though, and seeing as I've got so far into M's scene, I figure I better finish it before getting that editing of Chapter 7 done, right? ;D

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For Update+ this week, I thought I'd share a little fun snippet that isn't spoilery with M :D

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I arch a brow at ${m_his} casual stance. "Uh, thanks so much for letting me know the change of location."

$!{m_she} doesn't even look up before pointing ${m_his} cigarette at the paper note crumpled in my grasp. "What do you think that is?"

"Poor communication?" I retort.

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This is from a choice, so you'll only get this convo with that choice, but the others are fun too, hehe! :D

Hope you all have a fantastic weekend, and I'll talk to you soon! <3