Okay so!!! one of the things I was most bothered about was that three of my secondaries had definitive purposes and agendas, but I had absolutely no idea how to work them into the story and actually make them Relevant rather than extraneous trimmings

BUT this frickin wild horse of a story, which went ENTIRELY out of control in a direction I didn't predict, just....perfectly...folded their roles into the final act of the story and gave them meaning

I feel like the spotlights of heavenly writers, fueled by caffeine and rage, have thrown this down on a platter made of broken keyboards Just For ME

I feel hashtag blessed