>A while? I still feel weird about it. Contrary to popular belief, I
>don't like to do that kind of thing to characters, at least not
>any more. What happened to Kate reminded me of the kind of thing I
>would have done back in my Black Period (roughly, 1992-1994) just for
>some perverted approximation of "fun", and it disturbed me immensely
>to think I might be going back there, until I realized that there was
>a major difference this time around: I didn't want it to
>happen, and wouldn't have consciously chosen that course. Ironically,
>that indicated to me that it must be the right way to go.
>
Well it didn't feel forced, like some of the darker stuff from previous eras - more like the unpleasant scenes in NXE. Not fun, but part of the plot and character development nonetheless... I'll re-read it again sometime in the next few days to be sure, but I think your gut is right. The fact that it's "real" enough to make it unpleasant and not desirable and yet holds together is a pretty good sign that it's moving in the right direction...

>Writing is a very strange activity sometimes.
>
If it's only very strange sometimes you have an even more warped persoective than I though you did :)

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