User blog comment:Fadingsilverstar16/Still not dead!/@comment-1324135-20090920035349

That's a good point, actually. I never really thought of it that way.

I know this really is off topic, but I guess the entire point of the scene was me giving my biggest try to get a reaction from my audience, which I guess I succeeded in doing. It's a game writers often play: if you want your story to be dark, you have to hit your audience where it hurts. Of course, peoples personal feelings are going to affect how they react, and since everyone is different, you can't get too specific because you have a wide audience. So what do I do? First, when I'm still an amateur writer, I dig deep into places that everyone has feelings about. Like the whole parental love thing with Noah and his dad (which will definitely be explored later). Parental love is the first type of love the vast majority of human beings experience, and it plays a big role in shaping who a person will grow up to be. Of course, too many people have daddy and mommy issues to begin with, too. I create a nightmare scenario with parental love as the focus and voila! It's really a process of trial and error, especially when I make the decision to get into less generic topics, but it's going to be interesting.

I could make a long blog post to discuss this topic further and go into a lot (and I mean A LOT) more detail, but I won't unless I really feel like it. xD I actually have to get back to typing up Chapter 13.Where does the time go?