Currently, I’m in the process of writing my own story. I’d call it more of a fantasy-drama-romance type of thing which I think needs some introduction at the beginning.
I figured, for the prologue (aka the very first chapter) I would let the readers create the main heroine and give them a more detailed narrative introduction to the starting plot (I already feel like description won’t be sufficient to set the general tone of my story). Tbh, I don’t want to start a story yet…
And here’s where the problem arises - how to make it interesting in terms of visualization and directing, so people would come back for the actual chapter 1? I don’t want a dry pop-up narrator box telling everything but I also don’t want to include any of the characters yet.
What can I do? Also, do you find it offputting if the first chapter starts with only an introduction and character creation?
Tbh, the directing itself is not an issue, since I have some experience with it. The problem is how to show it so it will be more interesting to the reader
Hey! I’m kinda an expert when it comes to plots and storytelling ESPECIALLY with fantasy romances (heh I have one published myself if you can’t tell!) and I’d love to help you! DM me, let’s talk about it
Tappable and moving/animated overlays look AMAZING if you have the time and energy to code them. I love seeing them in stories because they demonstrate how hard the author works to create their story. No pressure. Just a tip.
Thank you for your reply! Would you mind if I PMed you in the future when I have some doubts? I feel like my story may be too ambitous for my own little self since, I think, this plot type was never was published on Episode.
Thank you so much! You helped me a lot with this one. I didn’t know that tappables are seen this way and you were right, once I put some, the quality improved so much! I made them quite simple and included some moving overlays but all in all it’s so much better than before
No problem! I know that feeling, especially since mine started off as a script and I had absolutely no idea how to put it onto Episode Feel free to DM me if you have any doubts, anything at all!
Aww, thank you, you’re such an angel <3 Yes, transforming the text into Episode is quite challenging, I agree. So much work to do even if it doesn’t look like it!
Feel free to DM me if you have any doubts, anything at all! 