Date: November 19 2015 8:11 PM Title: Chapter 13. Chaos and hope
Now I might be a little "impetuous" to ask, but how are you planning on setting the rest of the story up?
What I mean is... who's perspectives will be be seeing throughout the last seven chapters overall?
Author's Response:
Well, I'm not going to say anything that gives away the rest of the story, but you are going to see points of view for: Casey, Lisa, Kelly, Ron, Mendel, a couple of FSD directors, the Secretary of Defense and a couple more people that will show up later in the story (as supporting characters).
I think you'll like a few of them.
[Report This]Date: November 15 2015 4:21 PM Title: Chapter 13. Chaos and hope
The review section here is starting to get unbearable. I'll still keep reviewing because I like the story, but I used to read the reviews to see what others thought and see where some constructive criticism might be (and there still is a decent amount of that, but the few spoil it for the whole). /rant
This was an interesting chapter. We got a peak of how the world is preparing to deal with the girls and a little more insight on what is going on in our own government. They think they know what can stop the girls, but can they effectively do what they need to do? Is the next chapter going to jump to casey or stay with the current situation? Maybe find out what happened to Lisa?
Author's Response:
I'm glad that you will keep reviewing and doing so in the same tone as always :)
This chapter was long overdue and I know it has created frustration in some readers that it did not come before. The 7 remaining chapters of the story will answer your questions about what was laid out in here ;)
As for the coming chapter: it will be another mixed chapter. It will mostly focus on Casey, but you'll also find out more about what happened to Lisa.
I'm travelling, but I hope I will be able to post it over the weekend in any case.
Cheers!
Date: November 14 2015 6:35 PM Title: Chapter 13. Chaos and hope
Pretty good chapter! And it looks like theres gonna be a change of dynamics soon with that little tidbit at the end! Hopefully the story will have a reasonable opponent for Kelly soon enough, I'm tired of her unstoppable rampage and her "high and mighty" attidude. It's like I wanna build a giant metal hand with a huge ring on it's ring finger to pimp slap her across the face with XD.
Author's Response:
Thank you! There are seven chapters left, so while the story is still in its second act, it's getting closer to its third and final act. Of course, the "discovery" of the cause behind the women's growth and the fact that this opens up the possibility to make them smaller is a very important milestone to allow the story to progress. It was overdue, as a matter of fact (if I started to write the story now I would have included more "material" in the FSD sooner); I understand that for a while it seemed like Kelly would go uncontested in her rampage without anyone to stop her, since there had been no reference to the possibility.
I kind of suspected that you would not stand Kelly and what she has become too much. One of the things I'm feeling happy with in Side Effects is that its characters seem to be meaningful to people. There are people that like Kelly and people who hate her; same happens with Lisa, since some people think she is just too wimpy and annoying while I know for sure that you don't think that. I think that the only character that manages to create consensus is Casey, even if there are also those who hate her but enjoy her and those who "just" hate her. In the end, what I mean is that it seems that the characters were developed enough to generate some sort of reaction from the readers.
I understand that one of the logical reactions is to want to slap some of them in the face with a ring :P
Cheers!