How to plan episodes and how often to update?

[giulia.episode]

Hii ! I will be releasing an upcoming story in a few weeks and am currently working on my fourth episode. Up until now I never wrote stuff down about the main plot, although I have the main events planned in my head. My approach is by imagining what the main scenes would be (about 4 in each episode depending on the length) and what roughly happens in each one, as well as trying to find the right point to end the episode as an intriguing cliffhanger, lasting from 10-15 minutes.

I was wondering how do you guys prepare for writing new episodes? Do you type/write out everything that happens from start to finish? If so, how? And what thought process do you follow? Do you plan the dialogues word per word?

I also wanted to ask how long does it take you guys to code an episode from start to finish? Including makeup/outfit changes and about two choices per episode, mine can reach up to 2000/3000 lines long and take overall a few hours a day for a week or two to code (if I remain consistent).

I’m still a fairly new author and am willing to try new, efficient ways to plan episodes so I can get the best episode quality in the least amount of time!

[AditiSharma]

I just plan the main events that happen in my story and around which chapters I want it and things that happen between them.

[schittwriter]

@giulia.episode

I was wondering how do you guys prepare for writing new episodes?
I’ve adopted the idea of writing more chapters before releasing the story, so you have plenty “up your sleeve” and don’t have to stress about writing a new episode every week and then updating your story, but instead just focus on writing the next episode you need to write whilst you still have quite a few episodes already written and ready to release to the public at a regular interval to keep your story trending + readers interested.

Do you type/write out everything that happens from start to finish? If so, how?
No, I don’t because a bout half of everything I write is spontaneous / inspired by my mood at the time and whatever soundtrack I may be listening to.

And what thought process do you follow? Do you plan the dialogues word per word?
I only plan dialogues that are very important to the story or the really funny ones. I can’t plan everything word-for-word because my skills improve over time and my mood has to reflect or be on a similar level to the mood of the scene in order for me to write it well.

I also wanted to ask how long does it take you guys to code an episode from start to finish? Including makeup/outfit changes and about two choices per episode, mine can reach up to 2000/3000 lines long and take overall a few hours a day for a week or two to code (if I remain consistent).
It varies, but definitely longer than a week because I’m a perfectionist. I render my own backgrounds, I make my own edits, I’m a bit extra with making helicopter rotors look animated and making wheels turn etc and I tend to code everything as I go (dialogue, narration, filters, bubble placement, spot directing, outfits etc etc). My upcoming horror has a lot of branching though so it easily reaches the thousands even if the read-time isn’t that long (since majority of those lines are for directing). I HATE being so meticulous since it slows me down but I can’t seem to shake it, on the other hand though I love making my content to my own standard.

Don’t know if any of what I said will be particularly useful to you or suit you but good luck to you with regards to writing your story! Feel free to PM me if you need any help with ideas, brainstorming, coding questions here and there, just whatever. (:

Boop.

[giulia.episode]

Thank you so much for your feedback!! And I get you, I’m also very much a perfectionist which is probably why it takes me so long to code