Thursday, February 20, 2014

When the story writes itself...

It isn't always the best thing.

I sat down a couple of months back and finished the first third of Confrontations. The second and third parts are about halfway done but I'm actually concerned about that first third, not because it's poorly done but because it wrote itself out to a natural conclusion. A conclusion I'm not comfortable with.

Here's what happens...


For the rest of the series, I had planned on Vincent carrying around a severed head (and practically abusing it whenever he's in a foul mood) and, originally, it was going to be a lot more light-hearted. As it stands, what happened to the injured person isn't something I like. However, I'm still in the "story writes itself" mindset and I don't want to break the flow or change what has "already" happened.

That said, currently, I'm attempting to prevent the story (and thus, the series) from taking a very "GRIMDARK" turn and treading lightly not with WHAT I'm writing but with HOW it's being written...