I had to take down the poll and re-do it, as well as temporarily suspend my elf story idea.
The reason for this is because the "bad guy" in the story was based on someone very close to my family (made evil by the wonder that is FICTION), and I just received word that this person was killed in a car accident earlier today. I am honestly in a little bit of shock, it seems so unreal.
I feel that it would be wrong to immortalize this person as someone evil and cruel, because in reality, he was not. He would have thought it humorous to be a bad guy in a book, but given the circumstances... Therefore, I will not work on that story for the time being, in order to honor his memory, and I will re-work the idea later and make him a much more benevolent character.
I am sorry for those of you who might have voted already, please take the time to register your vote again, I have kept track of the results thus far, and will include them in the final decision.
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Oh my gosh. That is truely shocking, and immensely unfortunate. My deepest condolences to you and your families in this difficult time.
x Arido
Thanks for your thoughts, its going to be a rough few days... Let's not everyone freak out if I miss a posting or two, when things settle down, I always do my best work after an emotional spell... Well, maybe not my BEST, but definitely a LOT :)
i don't think you should abandon the idea. here's what i would do:
1. ask yourself, what would that person want you to do if they were still alive? would they have enjoyed being part of your story? if so, then they'd likely want you to continue it.
2. perhaps you can keep going with this character, but somewhere down the road we can see some kind of redeeming quality in this evil character. yes, they may be evil and do evil things, but maybe there can be a motivation that wasn't their fault that's driving them to act in such a way.
Thank you for your suggestions, I don't want to completely abandon the idea, but it definitely needs some adjusting...
Just for now, I am going to leave it out of the voting, it's too sensitive...
That sucks, I'm sorry Kestrel.
On a lighter note though I've linked to you on my blog, and I look forward to seeing how your stories progress ^ ^
All the best.
Thanks for the link to my blog! I wish you the best with the loss of your friend.
Joie
http://somuchtodealwith.blogspot.com
I'm terribly sorry for your loss, and hope you can find the strength to move on...
Thanks for your comment, and for the link, I hope you begin writing soon, every one of your ideas sounds interesting, and though I've voted on one, I wouldn't be any less interested in any of the others :)
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