Oh, my bad. I didn't think it would be an issue
Oops, I deleted the post before realizing there was a reply. I reasoned myself through it :'D Thank you for your words. I just got done reading...
Seriously. I've spent 2 years planning and writing a novel (I mostly work in short stories, this has been a huge undertaking, not that my...
Yes! That is exactly how the story ends. The last sentence in my draft is: "The beast would never be fully banished, we knew, for we would catch...
I have honestly been telling myself to check out The Babadook for years now but have yet to. Haha. I will make time to watch it! I've been...
I'm really considering your idea. If anyone would "lay with the beast", it would be the mother, who was instrumental in manifesting it in the...
Yes. The idea is ambiguity. The demon is certainly tangible, but it's a manifestation of group trauma. I'm just having trouble figuring out what...
I pondered this myself. Overall, the idea fits well because it is, in a big way, a family drama/tragedy. That's been done a lot of times, so I...
The setting is very early 20th century America. It's a haunted house kind of story *sigh* but to avoid falling into the trap of crucifix-bearing...
The entire 1/3 of the book isn't a dream...it's somewhere in the first 1/3. But thanks for the italics suggestion, I like that idea` :)
Yeah, the realness and consistency of it is a worry of mine. I thought about making him have the dream only once, while he's in the medical wing...
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