Intention vs. Perception : Commentary (Patreon)

When writing there is always going to be a bit of a divide between what a writer intends and how the audience perceives it. Most of the time I like to think you and I are pretty much in sync. Occasionally there may be a phrase or a line where I misspeak overlooking something, and I just go back and edit it to bring it back in with what I intended. 

This happens most frequently with Femur edits. Typically it’s when I’m aiming for a very specific message and I’ll get an edit going the other way, my challenge is to come back and drive the dialog to go in the direction I wanted. Honestly these rare moments are always the more fun edits to make, because they are more challenging and creative. 

I’be had really good luck with changing people’s perception on characters. Like Lexi going from the most hated character to a well liked one. But when it came to the current arc, there was no way that I could convince the audience that the record label wasn’t evil. 

Originally, my plan was that this was an error that the corporation had no control over and really the blame is in the hands of the person she traded with, the K-Pop star would be a very minor character we see shortly near the end of Steph’s time in Korea. I kind of underestimated how much people are invested in Stephanie and how protective they are. I tried a couple times to steer blame away from the studio, and I realized I can’t shift that focus away, and more and more people wondering about the K-Pop star.

So to fix that I’m leaning into fleshing out our K-Pop star to see what she is up to. Could I fix this by making the multi-billion dollar corporation more evil? Yeah, I guess. I’m not pro-corporation. Just didn’t feel like making them the bad guy in this story. 

This may be the biggest choice I've made based on your reaction (not counting polls). I know I’ve done small ones here and there elsewhere, but nothing big enough to stick out in my memory. 

There is another item people are still picking at that I wasn’t actually planning to visit. We shall see. Discussing that one may have to go into a commentary post about Abandoned Plot Threads. 

Are there things I’ve ignored that you are dying to still see happen?