This is just a note from me. I'm sorry if the ending of the Aftermath chapter killed some of you guys while reading it, because, you know, Daniel is now dead, after his entire journey alongside the Assassins. I don't know how you felt reading the last chapter, because I know that I am not good enough of a writer to evoke enough feelings.
But that is okay, because I believe that there has been improvement from my first two books (which you can check out by clicking on my profile to see my other works ;) ) and I hope that by now, when you read, you feel a little bit for the characters. It's hard to empathize with people you never know, and situations you have never been in. That's my job, to make sure that you can relate to them, to make you understand them. Of course, I'm not of a skillful level yet. But I'm trying, and I think that's okay.
Being a writer is not the easiest task in the world, especially when we write about things and situations we have never been in. We have to simultaneously be all the characters at the same time, betraying Finn, courageous Elle, even a cat. I have only been exposed to a real gun once in my life, so writing about the firearms required some research. The facts here are not extensive enough, nor the tattoo recovery stages. Even how the Assassins survive gunshots is not realistic, and I apologize for having such uncreative plot twists.
This journey so far, has been one of my favorites. I genuinely enjoyed writing this book, much more than my second, Lips Don't Lie. There were so many possibilities to stretch this plot and idea line, and I could experiment writing deaths. Truly enriching for me. I like action stories, because they keep me on my toes. Not that this book would be able to do the same for you, because clearly, my writing kind of sucks, but that is why I try to make my books have deaths. As sadistic as it may seem, I enjoy writing deaths. It allows me to expand on emotions, and it drives other characters insane, bringing out another side of them.
When I write deaths, I have to put on the right type of music for it. Sometimes, I rush through the scenes, because of me mentally going through exactly what I need to fork out by the end of this chapter. I tend to rush, and having appropriate music with me slows me down a little bit more. With the scenes requiring more depth, I tend to write them for the first time, and then have to revise it again later, because of my rushing tendency. But overall, I still enjoy it.
I have never had to kill this many characters in a long time. More than ten people. Crazy. Although some deaths consisted of only one line. Plus, almost all of the Ferraris were murdered in the end. Sorry Pentatonix, I wiped out your entire group in this story. It just makes me happy to be mentally unstable while forcing myself to write out deaths. I like the experimental stages it gives me for the story, to evoke emotions in characters, but all the same, I love my characters. Plus, most of them here are based off actual human beings that I admire, making it all the more painful.
Anyways, that was a little insight to what it is like writing this book. The chapter before this is not the final one, I have another in my drafts for months now, to give this story a better closure. I hope to be able to post it soon.
Stay safe,
Kay
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