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Originally Posted by gmw
Anything that stands out as a plot device is poorly done, it doesn't really matter what it is.
(snippage)
As a writer I look at this with some curiosity. I wonder what the author first saw. Was it really as we saw in the published book, or did it start out as the heroine's cat and was then later changed to soften the impact on the reader. Maybe the additional (clever, I think) emotional twist was always there. ... One of the downsides of writing is spending far to much time thinking about such things.
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Gotta say...I wouldn't be a crapload relieved no matter whose cat it was. Ok, so, it's not the heroine's cat, presumably, with which the audience had developed an affinity, but, still...how's it so much better if it's some other poor bastard's cat, or some feral cat? YUCK.
There's already so much animal cruelty in the world...I don't know why we have to make it worse by putting it in alleged entertainment, and yes, I say that as someone who once tossed an entire novel's concept, blueprint (outline), etc., because I couldn't get there from here, without including it. But...well, that's my individual choice, and I'm the only one bound by it.
Hitch