It Could Have Been Different · 2:23am Oct 13th, 2014
For those that don't know, this is a personal review and small chat about my story and how it came to be.
First, I'd like to say that the story idea came after i finished catching up to Sweetie's Shadow. I didn't want to stop reading, and i decided to sit there and look for other stories like it. During my search, I realized I hadn't done anything productive recently, yet I wasn't in the mood to write something. So, at one in the morning I wrote the story. I was going to have the narrator do more, but everything fell into place a little different than I planned. I started dry eyed, but tat quickly changed as the simple sad story took shape in my head and I typed it all out.
Next, I mentioned this already, but what i wanted to write was slowly changing as i typed. It was one in the morning, and my mind tends to wonder during those times. I didn't spend time to proofread it, so I'm sure there's some errors here and there. I'm not going to lie, but i was feeling the story more and more, until I eventually had to pause. You can't wipe away tears with both hands on the keyboard. The reason why i was affected probably more than the readers, was because I was thinking of what was happening for longer time than it takes to read it. The emotions kind of got to me, i admit. Still, one of the alternate endings remains in my notepad becuase i might use the idea another time. I just felt it didn't fit in here.
Finally, I'd like to say that I enjoyed the story just as much as the reader would have. Maybe more, considering I'm proud of writing it. I added in the Sad tag because after I finished writing it, there was no doubt in my mind it needed that tag. Before, the story idea didn't call for a sad tag. The only problem I had with it, is it's shorter than I like. While I would read stories that are short, writing them makes me feel like I didn't put enough thought or detail into a story. Anyways, I still think it's fine.
On another note, I'm trying to get back into writing for some of the older stories. There's something I have planned that I really want to finish, but I'm too lazy sometimes.
Thanks for Reading!
