It has been brought to my attention by a few readers that The Silence She Speaks is seen as somewhat disrespectful to Sam because I took his story and turned it into a bit of a “cliche Wattpad brothers story”.
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First off, I would like to say that I had no intention of “gender-bending” Sam. I created Quinn from my reaction to what happened mixed with Sam’s personality, and the end product came out as a girl. I would also like to add that I came up with the idea for her to have brothers before I discovered Wattpad, so I didn’t mean to make it a cliche. I believe that having Quinn lose her child is important, as it symbolizes how Sam will never get to create a family of his own, so that will not be changed.
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However, I’ve decided that I will be changing the story a bit to insure that Sam’s memory isn’t being twisted into said cliche. As of tomorrow, I will be changing a few of the brothers into sisters. I might lose a few fans of the story, but I think it is the right decision overall to make sure I don’t do Sam wrong. I created this story to bring awareness to these types of situations so kids can get help before it’s too late, and to honor my classmate, so I don’t want to make it blend in with any other Wattpad story. Thank you for your time.