When this book started it was an experiment of sorts for me. I wanted to see how successfully I could tell a story using shorter chapters and more complex writing.
I also wanted to explore the other side of a toxic relationship, I guess. I wanted to write about how even though the people around the victim aren't in the direct line of abuse, it still has a negative effect on them that can be just as bad or sometimes even worse.
That's why I made the story about Daniel instead of Corbyn and about how he copes and deals with someone he holds so dear going through that, as well as how it negatively impacted their relationship into it ultimately becoming just as toxic as Corbyn's abusive one, just in a different way.
And overall, I'm proud of what this became.
If I had to go back and change anything, I would make the metaphors and similes not as overly complicated as I did. Going back and reading the earlier chapters, they just made everything harder to understand.
And that's saying something since I wrote the story.
It's been a year or so since this started and while I've certainly changed as a writer, I'm still really happy with how this story turned out and I'm glad I finished it.
I don't plan on writing a sequel, this was always supposed to be a one-and-done type of story.
With all that being said, this short tale really does mean a lot to me and I hope you enjoyed reading it.
Bye.
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Crying Out
RomansaInspired by Crying Out For Me by Mario ♤ " Dani... not now. Please." " That's what you always say." ♤ It's so soft, so desperate. No wonder you can't hear it. But... its your heart, crying, begging. Maybe its always been there? Is it why I was drawn...
