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So on Election Day (or the day after, rather), I expressed the thought that I may have to scrap my main project because of my villain. I have since decided against that.

I think now more than ever, I need to write this story.

I am going to make some pretty big changes to the story.  I'm taking out some of the fantastical, making it less traditional apocalyptic horror and more occult horror.  My villain will be less of a political ruler, and more of a religious one, that was able to take over the government, and instead of doing it from multiple points of view, I'm picking one character to tell the story from.

However, I still think that this story will be an important one.  I'm separating it from my original idea, because honestly I don't know if I can write it.  It's not that I don't want to, or am too scared to create a political rift, but I just don't think I'm strong enough.  This election is a very emotional one for me, and I'm already harboring a lot of anger and anxiety, and I don't want to put that into my writing. I don't want my writing to be a trigger for me too.

But, I do want to express some truths (Truths) about what happens when bad people take office. And ultimately, I still think that will shine through, maybe even more now that I have a clearer direction.

I'm gonna start the rewrite of Act I in December, and until then, I have been working on my side project (which I am 3,000 words into) and I am enjoying that a lot.

I'm also really digging into my faith.  I'm reading a book right now by Richard Rohr who is a very well known Christian Mystic, and I am enlightened by it a lot so far, but I'll save all that for another post.

Horror genre posts will resume soon.  I promise.

Until Next Time
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