AUGH.

[agilebrit]

I know they say "Kill your darlings."

And I know that the Merc&theSnake story is...well, pretty predictable.

But the solution offered for making it not predictable means I have to gut a scene I like quite a bit--and add some gore that I'm not sure is really necessary. And it makes "saving" my protagonists...problematic. Because if they're both dead, then how do they get out?

Argh, I know this isn't making a lot of sense to people who haven't read the thing, but I just needed to vent a little, and the usual people I vent to via YIM aren't online right now. *cries*

Comments

[texanfan.livejournal.com]

Don't know what he suggested in regards to the frame. Did he want to do away with it entirely or change it significantly? But I have faith that you can work this up in a satisfactory manner.

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Change it significantly--like, change the whole premise of it. Which I can do, although doing so within the word count limitation of Cosmos may be tough. But I think it'll be a better story for the change, and I at least want to try.

[mermaidrain.livejournal.com]

Remember, you are the God of your writing universe and ultimately all of those decisions rest with you. ;)

[agilebrit.livejournal.com]

Ah, yes, but if an angel whispers something interesting in my ear, I'd be foolish not to follow up on it... ;)