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So, you other writer types out there. Have you ever gotten all the way through a story, working on the last scene, and suddenly realized you don't like your antagonist?
I don't mean dislike him as a person--his personality or his actions--but in the sense that you think he's wrong for the part. I think this choice of antagonist made the ending muddled. I have a "complete" story now. But, I'm torn about going back and re-writing the whole thing with a new antagonist. I all ready did that with the protagonist. I'm happier with the new leading lady. Dumped about eight pages to start over. I don't know that this second rewrite would require quite so much slashing as the one for the protagonist did.
Early on it felt like this was going to be a nice 4K or less story. The draft I printed crept up to 5750. Sigh. I know I can pare that down in the edit. I've been doing a fair job of that recently on other stories. I just hoped that I had kept this tighter during the first draft, so it wouldn't need such extensive edits. I guess that might be moot in any case if I do make a casting change this late in the game.
Ah well. At least I can call it a first draft.
I don't mean dislike him as a person--his personality or his actions--but in the sense that you think he's wrong for the part. I think this choice of antagonist made the ending muddled. I have a "complete" story now. But, I'm torn about going back and re-writing the whole thing with a new antagonist. I all ready did that with the protagonist. I'm happier with the new leading lady. Dumped about eight pages to start over. I don't know that this second rewrite would require quite so much slashing as the one for the protagonist did.
Early on it felt like this was going to be a nice 4K or less story. The draft I printed crept up to 5750. Sigh. I know I can pare that down in the edit. I've been doing a fair job of that recently on other stories. I just hoped that I had kept this tighter during the first draft, so it wouldn't need such extensive edits. I guess that might be moot in any case if I do make a casting change this late in the game.
Ah well. At least I can call it a first draft.
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