Bloody me...

I'm putting Misdemeanor aside, for now, and turning back to Darian's Point. I know what I want it to say and do, but it just ain't doin' it. I may have started a story that can't be told in the way I want, and my pretensions won't let me work beyond that.

I think half the reason writing APoS took so many years is because I just wasn't good enough to do it, yet. Still too locked in a commercial, Hollywood-style of storytelling, where there has to be a major event every chapters and shifts in the storyline to keep the reader engaged instead of just following the life the characters are leading.

I needed a willingness to let the story breathe, which was very hard for me because of my pre-conceived notions as to what should happen where. But it led me to an ending I think is far more meaningful and true than my initial one. The one I would have insisted on even 5 years ago.

Darian's Point is a bit like that. Gothic horror is a lot more forgiving when it comes to what a story has to be in order for it to be told. Book 1 will lay it all out. Book 2 will show it closing in on the end. Book three will finalize things. Nice and simple.

Here, again, I know what the story is from A-Z; I just need to write it. Do it well and with some depth, but not to the extent where it's symbolic of anything, really. I mean, there will be some...but not on the surface or even first sub-level. Just...there.

Maybe I think too highly of my ideas and abilities. I dunno. I just know that after a while you need to stop beating your head against a brick wall, because all you'll do is bleed. And that serves no purpose.