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The concept of this story is phenomenal for a short, quick VN. I find it kind of funny that it came to you in a dream, sometimes eureka moments come to you in the strangest places!

However, as for execution, my biggest gripe with this story is a total lack of narration. There's not a single line where someone isn't talking, and I think this hurts the story as it tries to go for the more emotional beats. A moment to just simmer down and bask in the tragedy of a situation, or really analyze what's going on in this video store, could've seriously helped elevate the tone and mood of the writing. A lot of moments where it's just exposition feels rather awkward, since it's just our MC going on a long winded rant out loud, and I think it could have benefitted from these moments being thought rather than spoken.

It's a very cute story despite this flaw, and I'm again impressed you could do it in such a short amount of time. Congrats! ♡

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I agree, the biggest takeaway I have about my writing is the lack of using narration.  It made it extremely difficult for me to portray the story.  I was told by a teacher back in high school that I relied on narration too much in my creative writing, and that I needed to stop.  I took that critique way too literally, and it hurt all of my stories in the jam as a result.  This is exactly why I wanted to take part, so I can know my biggest pitfalls before I go any further with my other project.

That, plus not doing any creative writing for over twenty years is not a good combination 😕  When the jam is over, I plan to temporarily disable my stories so I can go back and rehash them a bit.  I may delete the second one entirely, as, while it is a fun premise, I executed it so poorly that I would probably be better off doing it from scratch.

I'm the kind of person who hesitates and never gets anything done, or I jump in with both feet to get baptized by fire, there's no in between!