Video Progress 4/30

Hey everyone,

Wanted to drop in and write a progress update on the upcoming video and to thank all the new Patrons who have subbed recently.

Progress is going well. I've been making daily, steady progress at a pace which feels comfortable and natural. Lately I've been doing a round of revisions on early sections of the video. As I've mentioned previously (I believe), the story takes place within two separate and unique cultures, and attempts to balance them both as the story progresses. I realized recently that I needed a bit more work done on introducing one of these worlds, as the foundation was feeling too unsteady the further into the video I got. Once this is caught up, I expect I'll be back to moving the story toward its conclusion.

I've said previously that I expect the video to be around one and a half hours by the time it's finished. I still think that will be approximately the runtime. But even at that length, the narrative is very densely packed, and I don't want to leave anyone lost or confused throughout the story, so I'm spending a lot of time making sure the trickle of information flows naturally and sensibly, so there's a lot of re-watching, note-taking, re-writing, and re-editing. I've known for a while that my creative process isn't exactly the most efficient, but I believe it is the process that allows me to make my best work.

I'm going to refrain from giving any more release windows until I feel I can give one that won't be missed. I used to think that publicly giving a predicted date would motivate me to work harder, but in reality it just creates stress, and I don't really have a problem working hard without a deadline, so hopefully you'll forgive me for leaving the release date ambiguous at the moment. I said previously that I think it will be out within the Spring season of this year, and as of now, that still feels realistic.

I've also settled on the subject of my following video. It'll be another historical story, something I actually discovered while researching my current topic, and I've begun conceptualizing it with a few notes here and there.

A big thank you to everyone who has supported the channel, either here on Patreon, or by writing kind words of encouragement on my posts, or by simply just watching. It is for you that I keep making videos, so thank you so much for the motivation.

I'll be writing another progress report in a few weeks. These updates serve more as a therapeutic outlet for me than anything else, but to those of you who take the time and interest to read them: thank you.

Til next time,

AG