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Halloween Short

So I think I've figured out why this chapter is so hard for me. Part of the reason is because I want it to end well. I want it to be true to the tone and the characters that I've created while being realistic based on the situation, but the other reason is because I've been overthinking it and focused only on this story. When I was reaching the end of WDC, I was already starting to work on IWOAK, and with one of the other novels I finished (it wasn't posted on FP, at lest not the finished product) I had been working on WDC and it alternately whenever I got stuck on one. And when that didn't work I drew or painted or had some other form of creative outlet. This time around I've been working only on IWOAK and sometimes FFYT or trying to work on CHOICES with all other stories being put on the backburner or I haven't been writing at all, not seriously. I haven't even really drawn/painted anything in a while.  I've decided to just write the short ...

Hmmm

So, next update will most likely be next week, I have to do some reshuffling and I'm really hoping I'll be hit with that 'bing!' moment and I can rewrite everything so you can get that moment of excitement throughout because I feel that moment has been missing for a while. This whole story needs a rewrite, the earlier chapters just need to be tightened and fixed to match my current style but some of the newer chapters need to be written to capture the moments of the older ones better. Like, you know when you read a cute scene and you get that little thrum and it's just awesome? I want to be able to write that back. Sigh, but this story ends in two chapters, three if we count the epilogue and I'm not too sure I'll get back into the groove but it will be fixed in the rewrite. Anyway, to make up for not being able to update today, I thought it would be fun to show you guys one of the alternate openings for this story . I think I like this opening a bit be...