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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...
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2020-02-13T22:45:37Z (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.
- 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.
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System
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2019-12-12T23:01:19Z (about 5 years ago)
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System
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2019-12-08T07:46:41Z (about 5 years ago)
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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.
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System
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2018-01-26T09:42:12Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 6