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Subject: questions for y'all

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Date Posted: 09:36:52 07/26/01 Thu

So I've been thinking about going back and rewriting some of the earlier chapters, preferably to make them a bit funnier, adding a bit more action or at least a tad less confusing. Mostly it's stuff I'd do whenever I get writer's block and can't finish something.

Yes, I know that means actually having to read them, but I'm willing to make that sacrifice.

Needless to say, if I'm going in, I might as well try fixing some of the bits that annoyed you too. Well, I'd like to at least.

The trick is I don't know what they are.

Most of the plot lines have been laid out (there are about four more that I have in progress for later chapters), and obviously none have concluded.

Some of the things I'd like to clean up:

Chris is supposed to be bit of a slacker/whiner at first, but slowly gets more into it. Unfortunately, the transition isn't that clear or well done.
Since all of the characters are reflections of my own personality I find that they all kind of blur together. JB has preferences for weird junk foods, but Chris eats caffinated, sugar laden breakfast cereals. Both Bob and Chris have very cruel, dark sides, Bob's just more open about it. The only character that I think I got right was Krullux because he successfully alternates between genius and blithering idiot (again, a near perfect reflection of myself with the notable exception regarding the genius bit)
JB has a lot of quirks and peculiarities that I never got a chance to highlight (or even introduce).
Believe it or not, I feel I've spent too much time working on the main plots. There are a fair number of additional story-lines about the other superheroes like The Brown Streak, the Salad Barbarian, Fantastic Female and Valet Girl and others that I had every intention of going into, but haven't because I wanted to tell more of the main story. The only way I can do that now is to devote whole chapters to these additional items. I'm not opposed to that, but since my style is pretty fractured already, I figure that would push folks over the edge.

So what changes would you like to see?

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