[Writing and VNs: Life's struggle.]

18 hours ago, Dreamysyu said:

This reminds me, I myself was kind of into writing when I was in high-school. I was really bad at first, got a bit better after a few novels. Though I recently found one of the novels I wrote back then, and it was still pretty awful. But then the uni started, and I started having a lot less free time, so I eventually just stopped. Ever since then I never really got motivation to sit down and actually write something. Probably never will. I still liked making up stories in my head without actually writing them on paper, but a few years ago I stopped doing even that. Though, who knows, just a couple of days ago a had an idea of a story (which, incidentally, is a lot more openly weebish than anything I imagined before), so who knows, maybe I'll get anywhere with it.

You'll find your way back some day. I got into writing because my mind goes so rampant due to my autism and I felt like it would help me expand my horizons a little bit. I lost my way when I started working and when i lost my job, I came back to writing because I was depressed about it. Eventually, you will find your way back to your favorite hobbies somehow.

[Are visual novels being treated fairly?]

3 hours ago, Mr Poltroon said:

If you look at any list that recommends the "best" then the same titles will naturally appear there, because they're the more popular ones, the ones more people like.

If you are looking to find visual novels you do not know about, you will need to venture into recommendation threads with veterans asking about them, or, better still, make one yourself, because I assure you there are people who will know of Visual Novels you may not. You just need to show what you've played or what you like.

Discussion itself mostly takes place about either the big famous titles or the bigger recently released things, so you won't find obscure VNs by reading the discussions that are had, most of the time. So in that sense I can agree (though if you start threads about obscure titles it is likely that people who've played it before will at least browse it).

Do you know about Symphonic Rain? Play that without looking it up any further if it looks like it might interest you (and you haven't already).

I'll take a look into it. thank you for the recommendation. It's just a little frustrating that VNs are not giving the same light like other video games, but I kind of understand it as well. It's just a minor quibble, I'm not going to worry about it too much. I will dig deeper and try to find some veteran novelists and look at there lists. I got into writing because of this medium and I want to make a visual novel in the future, so I will keep looking. Thank you again for your input.

[Reflecting on my Otaku Origins]

Reading this reminds me of my youth. I spent hours watching the original Gundam and wishing for something like this in western media. Great blog man.