>We had a lot of trouble with this one - I may get into more of the why
>and hows of that later on - but one thing that happened was this: When
>we were plotting this thing out, one of the things I wanted to avoid
>doing was ending with the big negative shock - that kind of
>thing often strikes me as kind of a narrative cheap trick - but at the
>same time, I realized as construction went on that I couldn't go
>too deep into the reactions and responses before it started to
>feel a little like padding. The original draft ran into the middle of
>the next day, when people started to get over the shock and grief and
>start picking up the rubble, and it just felt weird that way. I split
>the difference with the version that finally saw release.

Short version - you did "The Empire Strikes Back"-style ending. That's ok.

Jeanne

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