61. "RE: (OOTR15) M5 Taken by Storm"
In response to message #34
>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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