Claire wrote: Mon Jun 15, 2026 2:14 am
Both Mark as well as the strike-through formatting feel familiar.
I'm curious. Why was it important to you to use Mark for this particular story?
Why Mark (cause I really like the character)
Because he's excellent as the character to incite the incident also I plan to re-edit the first chapter in a way
Or work something out in the following chapter s to make him re-appear, being a bit pissed off for not being able to go one orgasm over his record and particularly triggered about the words "Time's up" which was what claire had said him before he could have his 14th orgasm
I think with any other crazy client the animal imagery(snapping turtle, mosquito,anteater,wolf,werwolf) would fall a bit flat . But I wanted to signify the erratic transformation from one predatory creature to another with Mark
since Mark is a pre-established character with a very particular "code" I was interested in seeing how he would violate it, who he would violate it on,and what would set him off to break his rules,incite the incident that would kick off the plot,also I wanted to play with the going over the time aspect, because of the safety net that would usually provide Sam in an uncomfortable situation and because my "mark" is the one immediately after the events of RC where he is still coping with Claire's words in a way I wanted him to be like a category 5 hurricane ,that would upend everything Sam was used to or knew about her circumstances
I hope that answers this question
I'll be
VERY pleased to take more questions and feedback
I would also love to know how chapter 2 surprised you,what you found interesting and where you'd like to see it go(I have my own plans)