Now I think of it

[cornerofmadness]

What I probably should have put in my writerly ways, a miniscule cry for help.

In my YA werewolf/seer story, I was supposed to kill off one of the twins, Ben's girlfriend. There was going to be a few drama llamas between Ben and the main male character, Killian, over this since Killian is inextricably linked to the killings and of course, the drama of killing off a minor character.

However, this was supposed to happen way earlier in the series but didn't. It just didn't work out right. I could do it now but honestly, I could practically end this novel in two more chapters. I'm not sure what to do. Do I give her a pass? Maybe she escapes the evil lifeforce vampire. Maybe she never meets her at all.

Or do I kill her and try to cram all that emotion in at the end. Or does that feel gratitious? Do I overinflate almost final chapters and drag out something that could concievably end in 25 pages or less at this point?

Comments

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

yeah that's probably what I'm going to do. In fact, it might be able to be spun that Killian gets to see what Mairin is doing in time to save Lenore and this allows Mairin to get one final mental hook into him.

[wildrider.livejournal.com]

Sounds like a good plan.

[cornerofmadness.livejournal.com]

oh good