Turbulence

Author's Note

Yet another story came to an end and marks a half of my writer's journey I've planned so far, so don't worry I'll be here as long you'll be willing to read.

I want to thank you for all your reads, comments, and stars. It gives me energy to write when I see that a story catches your attention ;)

I can't believe that 'Turbulence' lasted for nine months and I managed to put out 27 parts because when I published the prologue of this story, I had planned 16 parts and hoped to stretch it out to 20, but it turned out much longer than I initially thought it would be with many added side plots and characters, especially Elif's friendship with Eda.

I consider this story to be a part of a big 'Trio', which I started to write almost at the same time over a year and a half ago, together with "Hate Game" and "The Boss", and I think you can see some similarities between the first two stories, with Eda acting on her worst instincts and insecurities, breaking up with Serkan, who was completely blindsided by her behavior. What can I say, I like this premise a lot, but every time I'm trying to write this trope differently. And this Eda wasn't like typical 'Edas'.

I must admit, it wasn't easy to write her. Especially the parts where she was feeling insecure and had low self-esteem, as I usually write too sure of themselves female characters. I had to dig deep into myself to write how she felt, and it wasn't pleasant. I tried to portray her and other characters as believable as I could. Still, sometimes I had a feeling that the mother was a bit cartoonish, even if, ironically, her character wasn't a figment of my imagination, but I based her, her lines, and what she was doing to Eda on someone I know.

Nonetheless, I hope I achieved my goal, and Eda's journey of discovering herself, her place in the world, her sexuality, and her womanhood felt real and was enjoyable to read. My stories usually have a main theme, and I would say that this was a self-discovery story about overcoming inner struggles and bad influences from the outside, and of course, finding love, but not the love that changes a person (I don't particularly appreciate seeing the portrayal the role of love in this way), but rather enhances what was already inside and creates a possibility for a person to grow, not changes by itself.

And at the end, I'm curious, how do you find this Serkan among my other Serkans? Which rewriting of his character are your top three so far?

See you in my next stories,

Ola