madelinemasoch
Masoch's 2nd Cumming
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People praised Eleanor Winter Part I on the grounds of its subtlety in regards to the way I handled the humiliation scenes. (If this aspect didn't read as subtle to you, then compare it to my other work, and those comments will start to make a lot of sense). There's more going on there that's subtle that I don't really want to speak of out loud at this time because that would obviously spoil said subtlety.
When it comes to Part II, I sort of don't know what to do. Full disclosure: today has been my first day writing it since Part I came out. I fell into a strange depression after it dropped and couldn't approach the story in the correct way until today, because a flood of Part II ideas came to mind last night's walk. However, I am stultified by several concerns in regards to the story. The new ideas I'm now equipped with I can really only half-remember, but the centrality of it is there, clear as day. The dilemma is that they're no longer as subtle as Part I... this does make sense, because Part I is actually a buildup to something that happens which changes the trajectory of the story within Part II, so logically it follows that Part II would be more "extreme" and brutal.
The buildup is all there in the story as planned and penned so far, but I wonder if the plot point would hit harder if it came "out of nowhere." Truth be told, it kind of doesn't. Maybe for some of the more gullible readers it still will, regardless of how I handle it... And I know for a fact if I do what I'm planning on now, the nuance by the absolute end of the story will be fully lost on most readers.
However! Part II will make Part I a lot better either way. I just don't know what to do because the ideas are a little bit skewed in the extreme direction; more extreme than I have ever been emotionally. I can't tell if people like the subtlety because it's a tone down from prior stories or because it's just more emotional. Can I pull off the balancing act of the story? Can she???
I don't know. All I know is I don't really know what to do.
When it comes to Part II, I sort of don't know what to do. Full disclosure: today has been my first day writing it since Part I came out. I fell into a strange depression after it dropped and couldn't approach the story in the correct way until today, because a flood of Part II ideas came to mind last night's walk. However, I am stultified by several concerns in regards to the story. The new ideas I'm now equipped with I can really only half-remember, but the centrality of it is there, clear as day. The dilemma is that they're no longer as subtle as Part I... this does make sense, because Part I is actually a buildup to something that happens which changes the trajectory of the story within Part II, so logically it follows that Part II would be more "extreme" and brutal.
The buildup is all there in the story as planned and penned so far, but I wonder if the plot point would hit harder if it came "out of nowhere." Truth be told, it kind of doesn't. Maybe for some of the more gullible readers it still will, regardless of how I handle it... And I know for a fact if I do what I'm planning on now, the nuance by the absolute end of the story will be fully lost on most readers.
However! Part II will make Part I a lot better either way. I just don't know what to do because the ideas are a little bit skewed in the extreme direction; more extreme than I have ever been emotionally. I can't tell if people like the subtlety because it's a tone down from prior stories or because it's just more emotional. Can I pull off the balancing act of the story? Can she???
I don't know. All I know is I don't really know what to do.