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I'm half-way through a tale and am suspecting I may have painted myself into a corner.
The setting is a dystopian society where the government is experimenting with behaviour modification of its 'undesirables' through manipulating their dreams. The dreams get increasingly better but then grow steadily worse, leading the 'subjects' to blame their IRL behaviour for it. That much I am confident I can make work.
My (perceived) problem is that I like to end stories on a high note. The problem here is that, while there is lots of scope for eroticism (hey, it's Lit, right?), the subject's dreams go sour and their relationship with their dream lover ends badly. They eventually wake up 'cured' but all the 'good' sex, all the 'happy' sex is rather in the middle and I don't want them to wind up like Winston Smith (and wasn't that a low-note ending?).
Thoughts? Am I overthinking this? Is there a way out?
Thoughts would be appreciated.
The setting is a dystopian society where the government is experimenting with behaviour modification of its 'undesirables' through manipulating their dreams. The dreams get increasingly better but then grow steadily worse, leading the 'subjects' to blame their IRL behaviour for it. That much I am confident I can make work.
My (perceived) problem is that I like to end stories on a high note. The problem here is that, while there is lots of scope for eroticism (hey, it's Lit, right?), the subject's dreams go sour and their relationship with their dream lover ends badly. They eventually wake up 'cured' but all the 'good' sex, all the 'happy' sex is rather in the middle and I don't want them to wind up like Winston Smith (and wasn't that a low-note ending?).
Thoughts? Am I overthinking this? Is there a way out?
Thoughts would be appreciated.