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Deleted Scenes from PERSONAL DEMONS for your reading pleasure:
First Call
Deleted Scene from PERSONAL DEMONS
I knew I wanted the book to start with Megan’s first caller, but originally planned to show more of the show’s content before we got to Regina. This version also gave a bit more of Megan’s backstory and motivations. After sticking with it for a while, though, I decided it didn’t jump into the action enough, so discarded it.
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Foreshadowing Don Tremblay
Deleted Scene from PERSONAL DEMONS
The first scene here was intended to make the Jeff Howard/Don Tremblay connection stronger, and to set Tremblay up as a stronger villain. When Howard’s role in the book diminished so did Tremblay’s. The second was actually another Yezer vignette, so disappeared when the others did.
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Megan Suspended
Deleted Scene from PERSONAL DEMONS
This was just about the last major edit I made. I’d originally planned to use the Partners a lot more, but as often happens, the story took on a life of its own and focused elsewhere. So we really didn’t need this much information about them all, and the basic outcome of the scene could be handled easily with simple exposition.
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Partners meet the boys
Deleted Scene from PERSONAL DEMONS
I never finished this scene, deciding to skip the office entirely. But I think it’s kind of cute. Mostly it’s here because of the phrase “private bone” which is basically a joke for some of the readers of the December Quinn work. See guys? I did have it in there!
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Vignettes
Deleted Scenes from PERSONAL DEMONS
I wrote these as I went along, thinking they might add to the sense of impending danger and by showing the Yezer at work in people’s eeryday lives. But…um, I forgot about them, basically, and realized at one point I hadn’t put one in for over 20k words, so obviously they weren’t that useful or interesting. Still think they’re kind of fun for the above purposes, though, so enjoy.
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