So, I've been writing Nerussa's story for... gosh, nearly four years since the first post on Steam. I really like her, and her little group, and I'm pretty happy with a lot of what I've written, but I'm increasingly struggling with the 'journal with the odd long-form entry' format... Okay, I'm increasingly abandoning the journal entries part, let's be honest. And there's various things that I could have done better, things I could have introduced sooner (because I had no clue what I was doing, no idea where a lot of stuff was going, and a lot of things only occurred to me quite far into the writing of it), and I'd like to, well, structure it a bit better and so on. Which leads me to this point - I'm pretty sure I'm going to start over. I'm not quite sure what I'm posting this for, partly just because I want to announce it somewhere (and on the blog itself feels a bit wrong!) and partly because argh, WHAT AM I DOING?
I'll also probably be restarting her playthrough when I get done with sorting a mod list, testing a few things, and such like, and I'm planning to use YASH rather than Requiem, still a pretty tough world, but in a different sort of way, and I want to introduce another follower or two and not have them show up halfway through the whole thing (because new mods have come out!) so it seems like a decent enough time to do this, I think. I may also use Spell Research, and definitely want to use Better Spell Learning (which fits with how I had her learning spells in the early stages of her story, although I somewhat glossed over the process later on, mainly because it can get a little tedious to be reading about someone making notes and whatnot, maybe? But I'd like to maybe keep that aspect a little more in the story.)
So, I've been writing Nerussa's story for... gosh, nearly four years since the first post on Steam. I really like her, and her little group, and I'm pretty happy with a lot of what I've written, but I'm increasingly struggling with the 'journal with the odd long-form entry' format... Okay, I'm increasingly abandoning the journal entries part, let's be honest. And there's various things that I could have done better, things I could have introduced sooner (because I had no clue what I was doing, no idea where a lot of stuff was going, and a lot of things only occurred to me quite far into the writing of it), and I'd like to, well, structure it a bit better and so on. Which leads me to this point - I'm pretty sure I'm going to start over. I'm not quite sure what I'm posting this for, partly just because I want to announce it somewhere (and on the blog itself feels a bit wrong!) and partly because argh, WHAT AM I DOING?
I'll also probably be restarting her playthrough when I get done with sorting a mod list, testing a few things, and such like, and I'm planning to use YASH rather than Requiem, still a pretty tough world, but in a different sort of way, and I want to introduce another follower or two and not have them show up halfway through the whole thing (because new mods have come out!) so it seems like a decent enough time to do this, I think. I may also use Spell Research, and definitely want to use Better Spell Learning (which fits with how I had her learning spells in the early stages of her story, although I somewhat glossed over the process later on, mainly because it can get a little tedious to be reading about someone making notes and whatnot, maybe? But I'd like to maybe keep that aspect a little more in the story.)
Hey gnewna!
Glad to see you're continuing with Nerussa, but I totally undersand the desire to rewrite. I am currently rewriting large portions of Straag. It's hard. If there is something you want to discuss pertaining to plot or structure, just ask on your thread.
Hey gnewna!
Glad to see you're continuing with Nerussa, but I totally undersand the desire to rewrite. I am currently rewriting large portions of Straag. It's hard. If there is something you want to discuss pertaining to plot or structure, just ask on your thread.