I was very nervous for my story to be workshopped, and I have always been my own harshest critic; however, I feel as though the workshop went really well! I was really surprised to see how each and every person interacted so differently with my story. I found that him being injured came across as a much bigger deal in the story, as it only seemed like whiplash in my head. I will be going back and dialing that down, as he is definitely not in as intense danger as everyone thinks he may be. I also will be adding an ending in which the relationship between the characters changes. Everyone wants to see them end up together romantically, but being the chaotic writer I am, I think I am going to make them end up hating each other and having a really strained relationship. I’m also going to go more in depth to his perspective and show that he is mentally not ok rather than having him push everything aside as he has been doing throughout the whole story. I actually really enjoyed getting to hear the things that people didn’t like about the story or things that they would change because I know I didn’t like specific parts either, but I didn’t know how to change them. Now I have a better idea of where to go with the story and I am actually excited to see where it goes.
