Why did episode 1.15 take so long?
Spoilers for 1.15 in this report.
The main reason was a rewrite in week 7. I was struggling and struggling to make the first version of this episode work, but as I reported in that week:
I played through it again today and frankly it's just not that sexy. ☹️ I'm not happy with it, especially as a follow up to the previous episode. Frankly...it's kind of boring.
From week 8, the main plot developments stayed, but I totally changed the execution. That improved the episode a lot, but it took more time.
Why did it need a rewrite?
I’ve reflected on this, and I think the main problem was that I didn’t have a clear enough picture in advance of what would make the episode sexy. I think I expected the hotness just to spring up organically when she went back to the club, but that didn’t happen.
In the end I was satisfied with the hotness of 1.15 (especially when compared with the first, unreleased version). I would have liked more time to spice it up, but it had taken too long already.
Ch-ch-changes
To prevent this happening again (🤞🏻), I tried something different this week.
I had a rough framework for the structure of episode 1.16 written out. Normally I just jump straight into writing, because I’m eager to make progress. But this week I forced myself not to.
Instead, I spent a lot longer than I normally do on scene planning. I tried to think through the player experience of each scene, and what would make the scenes hot and novel and interesting.
The details won't come out until the writing, so at this stage it's hard to be sure how helpful this was. But I feel like I have a much clearer idea of how to make the scenes work, so hopefully it won't need any major rewrites this time. 🤞🏻😬🤞🏻
Next steps
The next objective is to create a rough storyboard for the episode. I'll report back on progress next week.
Okay, that's all for this report. Have a lovely weekend, guys, and I'll see y'all on Discord or here next week. 🥰
(More about storyboards: here)
Comments (6)
Take the time to do it right. The problem with writing is that you only really know how a scene plays out when you have it there, and get feedback on it. Storyboards are a great idea because you can easily chop and change with little sunk cost.
Your best two updates ended with great, multi stage sex scenes with spy craft involved: Max and the crime lord. The two updates that ended with Connor sex scenes were not at that level. The best line in the last update was about making the PC wait naked on the sofa whilst he did something more important. Find a way to work in some spy craft whilst in the office, trying to read that notebook or whatever. If you're going to take four months to make an update, surely you can write one top tier extended sex scene with spy craft elements during that time? Why not start with the sexy times at the end and then work your way to that in development?
That's very good, thought-provoking feedback. Thanks!
Don't forget a downloadable version! :)
Already did it! Even though producing them is SO BORING. I did it because I love you all 🥰 Patron version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fa-1-15-1p-to-65772062 Free version: https://www.patreon.com/posts/fa-1-15-1-to-65773139
<p style="color: #008600;">Thank you for reporting your progress, I hope you manage to make the scenes work!</p>