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One extremely valuable lesson I learned from Owl House was problem solving. With the shortening came a tidal wave of story problems that needed solutions FAST. Even within writing a single episode something that may work in an outline may pose an unforeseeable issue in script or boards. That's just how it is sometimes! Of course in the case of a TV show that has already aired there's very little you can control, very little you can change, and NO moment where you're allowed to catch your breath and switch gears. "Okay that 20 episode promise turned into 6 so the script I wrote for episode X which is due in two days needs a page one rewrite and the schedule can't be shifted and and and--" You get the point. 

But I can't deny that there were moments of immense satisfaction when we figured out the perfect solution. Or when we came up with something BETTER than what was originally planned. Not everything landed, it happens, but the process became an exciting learning experience and despite the complicated circumstances I grew to enjoy those challenges. 

Because of that I've been interested in doing a Choose Your Own Adventure with you - the patrons! Writing on the fly and taking any challenge you throw my way to make a cohesive and entertaining story featuring my longtime OC - Shark... Girl. Sharky. I'll come up with a name eventually haha. 

Right now I'm thinking I'd upload some comic pages every week till it gets to a "choice" page and post a poll with wildly different ways the story can go. And we can just... See where it goes together! I have some characters and the tone of the story in mind but the journey of it will be a fun discovery. I think. 

I only follow a few accounts on patreon so I'm curious if anyone's done this before. Or if any of you have suggestions on how to make this a smooth process. 

I really wanna treat this as a low-stress, fun experiment, and I think doing it here would be the best option for that (with the eventual public release, after the story is complete or a chapter is complete). 

I'm aiming to start this within the next month, I hope you'll join me! 

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Jackie

This sounds awesome! I don’t think I have heard of this but it sounds like fun. Would only the 5$ tier get a choice or would everyone?

Wayward Ace

Oh my gosh, I used to *love* the Choose Your Own Adventure books! This sounds so fantastic!

TheRealMXG

This sounds like an awesome idea Dana! Can’t wait to see where you go with it! :)

nova

Oh this seems like a great idea!

will the fish

I love this idea!!! Reminds me of the trolly thing that cyanide and happiness did!

Tati

Aaa I don’t think I’ve seen this done before (at least not on Patreon), this is such a cool idea! I love Shark girl / Sharky’s design :)

Polymath

This sounds awesome, Dana! (And Sharky isn’t too bad of a name!)

T Auto

Sounds like it’d be really fun!

Iddstar

This sounds awesome! Can't wait!

Liam Gradwell

Yeah, that sounds amazing. Help making a story is more than exciting and will love to be part of it.

Heck Porter

Ooh, this sounds exciting and like a novel way to recapture that kind of on-the-fly thinking required in creating set serialized work. I’m looking forward to it!

RandyBeans

Oh this sound so cool and fun! Totally down to see how you'll do this

Rancid

This will be so fun! That character is so cool so it will be wonderful to watch their adventures, and even better to know that I have an influence!

TOkun92

That sounds like fun. I remember reading those kind of books in school, especially the Goosebumps ones. I usually died on my first read throughs. Can’t wait to see how this turns out. It’s an interesting experiment.

Daniel

Amazing what a fun idea I love it and I like that you look at the silver linings in a given situation. That’s a thing I try to do myself as well! If not for silver linings, I never would have discovered owl house right when I needed it in my life the most. So thank you 😊

A Big Guy

Oh this sounds like a blast, looking forward to it starting up!

Nemrex Reservations

Let’s fucking gooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo!!!

m0niimon

looking forward to this and the exploration of your OC as well ☺️

AnySphere

This is such a fun idea! I've always wanted to participate in a public choose your own adventure story, so thank you for putting this together. I can't wait!

afb

this sounds amazing! can't wait to participate!

Mikeyyy

am so exited!!^^ this us gonna be fun.

Sylfie Tabai

I'm a software engineer in my day job, I could set something up for you if you'd find it useful. You could also set this up with a Google Forms or Jotform pretty easily, but the trick is that people could vote multiple times or share it with others. If you have the form verify their email, you could then cross reference that with your list of patrons if they give you an email list.

Adriana Luna

YEAAAHHH I'm definitely joining, this sounds great!!

Local Goop Pile

This sounds like a great idea! I haven't heard of something like this before and it sounds really fun. Looking forward to it!

M

Omg this sounds so cute!!!

Kristine Eulalia

Omg I only became a member a few days ago and already I’m seeing something exciting! Can’t wait!!

Sam

This is so cool!! I can’t wait to see this grow 😊♥️

Eves Clawthorne

I follow a lot of self insert web series that are on YouTube, most of them aren't really choosing your own story though just having your own character in a story to follow along. Although one is doing a DnD choose your own adventure where he gives us different parts to vote on what happens next, quite enjoyable.

Ashe_Hole

This sounds insane, I'm so ready!!!

Andrew

This sounds so cool! Weirdly enough I was just talking to friends about this kind of planning-as-you-go thing with our jobs and how we work within it. Story problem solving is honestly fascinating to me! My brother and I watched the original Mobile Suit Gundam last year, and looking into that production and hearing about how when their run was cut short and their plans had to be rearranged and pushed to work with the cards they were dealt leading to a rushed but satisfying conclusion made me realize this phenomenon is probably the most gripping part of the creative process to me (no less stressful however)! A casual story experiment like this sounds fun! (Apology for wall of text)

enzo__

Can't wait to see what you have in store!

jaceifer _in_spaceifer

that so so fun, I know that that is something that I would really look forward to each week

slightecho

This sounds like such a cool idea!! 😍 I love the thought that we might get to create a story together with you. Can’t wait to see where Shark-Girl/Sharky/TBD goes

Thiago Carvalho

Omg this is a really cool idea, it will be something very fun for you and all of us. Can't wait! Also thanks for all the effort you and your team put making owl house, the result was absolutely fantastic ❤️

P K

Is this going to be an unofficial Snaggle Teeth spin-off? :) Looks like it’ll be a lot of fun!

Drew Cornog

This is exciting! One name that comes to mind is Patience. Doesn’t have to be, just throwing it out there.

Heath Graham

Sounds cool! I've seen similar projects in other places like Twitter using polling. Shen Comix had some it on Patreon as well.

J.M.C.T.

This sounds very interesting and challenging, I really love the short comics you've done in the past and I know this will be no different, I think we all know you are gonna do a great job with this and maybe we can all learn a bit about storytelling and ways to make a story more enjoyable

Animated Chris

That sounds like so much fun! Plus this looks like it would make any amazing 90’s era album cover 😆

Jae

This is going to be awesome!!

A Big Old Skeleton

Oh dang, our very own Dana-led CYOA? I don't know of anyone else on Patreon doing that (there are plenty of examples of people doing it on forums and, you know, that whole MS Paint Adventures thing (Problem Sleuth, Homestuck, others that I am sure I could remember if my brain were inclined to not just retain information but supply it when I needed it instead of the history of Mac Tonight), but I'm very excited! Sharky seems like she can get up to some shenanigans, and I cannot wait to bear witness.

heart

ahhhhh can’t wait!!!!

Bling

Yay I'm really excited for this shark girl story! Sounds like it's going to be a lot of fun with those choice options 😄

Starry

A cool way I’ve seen others do it is through a thing called Twine it’s like a game maker and it lets you make multiple branches. You can insert images and change text and such.

Adam Knight

This sounds so cool! Can't wait to see what kind of story unfolds :D

R-DOLL

A new adventure is going to be fun

weem

sounds incredibly exciting !! I already love shark girl's design, learning about her story will def be a blast !!

J

It’s giving Chimera Ants haha

J

Will you ever be able to discuss what some of the original stories were for the full length S3 or the things that changed?

Psychtaku

Oh this sounds fun! Kind of like those Twitter polls that bring up a couple story ideas and just roll with more polls of story ideas! This'll be fun!

An-Mei

slayyyy so excited!!

Noelle_kloie

Really looking forward to see where this goes!

Tinokel

That sounds very exciting. Are you going to announce this or make this announcement post public? Might be a reason for people to join.

Andrew Murphy

Is there a specific species or family of shark you consider her to be based on/part of? Could help when coming up with a name. She looks sort of like a blue shark, but without the second dorsal fin. Or a mako, but with a different style tail. :)

TidyTimeline

This will be so fun! Excited to learn more! I was already having a little fun to myself coming up with Shark pun names - Sharlie (like Charlie), Sharlotte, or Sharyl. Or if Shark was a last name instead, Sarah Shark. :D So curious to find out the official name...

plane9

I've seen people do polls on patreon about what to draw next but you may be the first person I've seen do a full on choose your own adventure

Phoebe! 🏳️‍🌈🪲

This is very off topic but I was wondering if I could ask a question? I have to choose what art gsce to do and I can choose any theme I want but I’m not sure what I should do, I love character design and meaningful work but I was wondering what u would choose???

Sepublic

THIS IS SO COOL????? I’m so looking forward to this! Sounds really fun and maybe I should try it sometime soon… I’m really happy for you that your experience with the shortening actually proved to be an inspiration in a lot of ways, and I really love how you and the writers made everything fit together the best you could for TOH! You did such an efficient job and and I’m fascinated to see where this goes!

Dave

Mika Mako

Cosmique Aliene

What you just described, with revising The Owl House, sounds very stressful! :( I don't know if I could do that myself.

Emily Wilson

why is this giving snaggleteeth vibes haha!

Drew Cornog

Random question: Is her head a bonnethead or hammerhead?