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I had accidentally tricked Ren'Py into making everything upside down. I have no effing idea how.

But, that's neither here nor there.

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I think it really depends on your mood. If I'm on a roll, I have done also 2,000 word per hour. But if I'm not feeling it, I might only put in 100. And redeyesblackpanda, I don't think you should call yourself slow. You are more like being creative at your own pace.

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You can use a spell-checker in jEdit. To activate it, select Plugins > VoxSpell > Start spell checking. If it isn't installed, do the following to install: open Plugins > Plugin Manager... > Install, then search for VoxSpell in the list, select it, and click Install.

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OP: 1,000 words per hour is what I'm usually able to deliver if I'm not distracted and know what I'm doing. If I don't, my work comes out much slower, though I usually don't have to spend much time editing what I've written. Most of it I consider good enough to publish on the spot.

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I may have just hit average... I've been writing uninterrupted without distractions, and have been able to get a bit over 1k and hour. It's definitely easier to write more in a silent room without distractions. (Maybe I'm also getting better?)

Either way, I feel like partying. This is good stuff for me.

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Most I've done is 2000-2500 per hour, but that's only when I'm on fire.
There are days when I just stare at the monitor for 30 minutes only to end up writing a single line.
Damn... It's awful to get blocked when you are writing and yes, there are lots of times when you feel like you are really slow.
I think my average is 700-1000 per hour.
Of course... having a sudden impulse to play games is always a possible distraction.

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I am now also using my Atlus Online name, AkashanoTenshi. If you prefer to call me that way it's fine.

About 2k words per hour, but then I also have about 30 minutes to spell check and control what I just wrote down, change some small things to make the story better...

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It really depends on what I'm writing. If I'm doing just my own fun stuff I can churn out a few thousand an hour, easy. If it's something more focused and difficult it'll take me longer. I try not to use speed as a metric, but prefer thinking about the quality of what I'm writing.

I am a slow writer cause I always can't focus myself and can't help myself going to the internet, thinking about others thing or just sitting and see the dance in the PV of the music = =

But for the speed.....if it is English I think my speed is 350-600? cause I always keep looking and checking one word and sentence for many times...just too afraid if there has something wrong = =
But if it is my languages that I always used....I think I can type 800-1000 words each hour but without any beautiful words..OTL

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I really think I need to improve my writing skills XD

Also +1, the place where I write is very important ^^

Hm...
I can't name a concrete number, but an example:

I often take the train to visit my mother. That train takes around 1 hour and 45 minutes. In that time I get around 16 pages of script done (Times New Roman, 12). Already written in script language, inserting stuff like commands and everything.
The only problem is that (since this is my first VN, I only did RPGs or novels before) I'm not really used to that sort of writing style I use for it.
So I also often just sit there thinking about "How do I write that?", which takes a lot of time.

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I think I'm probably one of the slowest writers I know. It can take me an hour to churn out 200 words. 1000 words might take me half a day.

It's not like I end up with pristine, polished results either. That same material I'll end up editing, trashing, and re-editing at least three more times before I'm done with it.

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Since english isn't my native langage, I just write 200 words per hour.
Actually, I write the entire plot in french (easier for me ^^) and I just translate it and write it down in renpy.

These days, I'm more of 10 words per hour because I'm too lazy and just make the ui (which is kind of fun to do, I think ^^).

Ah, you reminded me o.o

Of course, my game is in german, my native mother tongue.
I will translate it in english too, but I guess, I will be A LOT slower then, even though I'm pretty good in english (according to the international student from america, I watch after)
Making a game in you own language is always easier (I mean, I only have to remember what the english commands are named and the rest can be easily written in german in my case)

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I agree : it is muuuuuch slower to write it in english when it isn't your native language (^_^)/
Actually, if your english is good, I think you should try and just make the game in english maybe ?
As for me, I really don't have the time to make my game in both language, so I figured I should just make it worldwide by writing in english haha ^^
It doesn't make it easier, though.

Sounds pretty similar to me, speed-wise. I tend to do a lot of changes as I'm writing as well.
Even then, it depends if I'm actually writing. I do spend a decent amount of my time on programming too.
After maybe 3 months, there is only 18,000 words spread across 2,350 screens of dialogue. A little scary knowing that some people here could do that much in a week.

Actually, I'm planning to put an early demo out in July. I'm hoping that some kind people will tear it apart so I can figure out what changes I need to make. With a clearer direction for the writing, I might be able to boost my writing speed a bit.

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