Communities

Writing
Writing
Codidact Meta
Codidact Meta
The Great Outdoors
The Great Outdoors
Photography & Video
Photography & Video
Scientific Speculation
Scientific Speculation
Cooking
Cooking
Electrical Engineering
Electrical Engineering
Judaism
Judaism
Languages & Linguistics
Languages & Linguistics
Software Development
Software Development
Mathematics
Mathematics
Christianity
Christianity
Code Golf
Code Golf
Music
Music
Physics
Physics
Linux Systems
Linux Systems
Power Users
Power Users
Tabletop RPGs
Tabletop RPGs
Community Proposals
Community Proposals
tag:snake search within a tag
answers:0 unanswered questions
user:xxxx search by author id
score:0.5 posts with 0.5+ score
"snake oil" exact phrase
votes:4 posts with 4+ votes
created:<1w created < 1 week ago
post_type:xxxx type of post
Search help
Notifications
Mark all as read See all your notifications »
Q&A

Post History

50%
+0 −0
Q&A Where can I find online resources about writing a visual novel?

I have read/played quite a few visual novels and am interested in the process of creating one. Where can I find (preferrably free) online resources, such as How-To-Write or styleguide articles and...

1 answer  ·  posted 7y ago by Secespitus‭  ·  edited 4y ago by Secespitus‭

#5: Post edited by user avatar Secespitus‭ · 2020-02-13T22:45:37Z (over 4 years ago)
  • I have read/played quite a few visual novels and am interested in the process of creating one.
  • **Where can I find (preferrably free) online resources, such as _How-To-Write_ or styleguide articles and blogs, about writing a visual novel?**
  • The main reason for asking specifically about a _visual_ novel is that I am having problems with the idea of creating a [branched storyline](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/32467/are-there-tools-that-can-aid-an-author-in-writing-a-branching-storyline) and would like to see what common ways are for creating such a story.
  • Furthermore the way of presenting the story has always reminded me of theater and I would like to see whether visual novel authors use different formatting or descriptions when writing than text-only novel authors.
  • The fact that players can choose a path and that I have seen different ways of presenting these options is also fascinating, because some visual novels were giving the complete text a character would say while others would summarize the main content and I am not sure whether there are guidelines for what way should be preferred.
  • I have read/played quite a few visual novels and am interested in the process of creating one.
  • **Where can I find (preferrably free) online resources, such as _How-To-Write_ or styleguide articles and blogs, about writing a visual novel?**
  • The main reason for asking specifically about a _visual_ novel is that I am having problems with the idea of creating a [branched storyline](https://writing.codidact.com/questions/25378) and would like to see what common ways are for creating such a story.
  • Furthermore the way of presenting the story has always reminded me of theater and I would like to see whether visual novel authors use different formatting or descriptions when writing than text-only novel authors.
  • The fact that players can choose a path and that I have seen different ways of presenting these options is also fascinating, because some visual novels were giving the complete text a character would say while others would summarize the main content and I am not sure whether there are guidelines for what way should be preferred.
#4: Attribution notice removed by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-12T23:01:19Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/32808
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T07:46:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/32808
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by (deleted user) · 2019-12-08T07:46:41Z (almost 5 years ago)
I have read/played quite a few visual novels and am interested in the process of creating one.

**Where can I find (preferrably free) online resources, such as _How-To-Write_ or styleguide articles and blogs, about writing a visual novel?**

The main reason for asking specifically about a _visual_ novel is that I am having problems with the idea of creating a [branched storyline](https://writing.stackexchange.com/questions/32467/are-there-tools-that-can-aid-an-author-in-writing-a-branching-storyline) and would like to see what common ways are for creating such a story.

Furthermore the way of presenting the story has always reminded me of theater and I would like to see whether visual novel authors use different formatting or descriptions when writing than text-only novel authors.

The fact that players can choose a path and that I have seen different ways of presenting these options is also fascinating, because some visual novels were giving the complete text a character would say while others would summarize the main content and I am not sure whether there are guidelines for what way should be preferred.

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-01-26T09:42:12Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 6