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Hi guys. I'm new. I found the CYOA genre about two months ago and absolutely cannot stop! I joined the site because of the option to create my own. Read through some of the games here and I'm like "wow that's cool writing". Anyway, I'm making my own story right now as a sort of trial to get my "CYOA-creator legs". Oh, I'd love if someone could proof read it when I make a lil progress. Thanks!

I will :)

Thank you! :)

Welcome, and good luck.

Thanks a lot.

Also, I've been wondering; when creating a story with multiple options, do people find it better to complete an entire branch first (up until some reasonable checkpoint), then come back and write the other options, or is it best to write all the options progressively, layer by layer? Don't know if that's been asked before, sorry, new... lol

Well you shouldn't publish a storygame before it's done so it doesn't matter which way you do it, as long as it's packed with hard work and ambition. I'd do them progressively, as it would be less lopsided. Many people finish one big branch and throw in the others with hardly an effort because they put everything into that one and got bored with the rest.

Oh ok I see, yes I think boredom would be a factor... ty

Just try not to give up. I'll be available if you need some assistance.

I will try lol. thnx a lot.

Questions like this will get more attention in the Writing Workshop just fyi, but writing one branch at a time is the way Endmaster's always done it, and it's my preferred method now. Makes it much easier to focus and keep things organized when you're essentially writing one complete story with minor offshoots at a time instead of spastically jumping all over the place trying to remember what information the reader has or hasn't already encountered each time.

Yes I'm quickly realising that lol. I have to keep track of timelines that shift sooo dramatically between choices. I want the story to have persistent events that happen wether or not the player is involved so yh that is a big deal. Thanks for the info!

Welcome to the site, I do hope you continue to have fun here!

Thanks, I really am. Thing is, I'm a programming major and I love to write, so this just fits so perfectly!

Welcome.

I hope you succeed in your endeavors.

Thanks man!

hellO

HELLo

Hey. Read through Dead man walking... was pretty cool :)

Thanks for reading~ :)