I think the slow/long "introduction" part is because I didn't plan enough in the beginning and have had to do some narrative adjusting. That's not to say everything that's happened will be meaningless, I've worked hard on the script to make sure it all has a purpose. It's just if I could do it over again there would be a lot I would change in order to move things along quicker.
I think I've improved as a writer (I definitely feel that I've improved as an artist), and that should
hopefully start becoming evident once I get a few more of these rough edges smoothed over. It isn't gonna be perfect, but so long as it's not horrible I'll be okay with it
I plan a lot more now and think scenes through, instead of just doing one page at a time and hoping it works out. The latter is fun, but I think it ends up tying me in a lot of knots.