Talk:The Painter/@comment-25021327-20141104223043/@comment-104.179.9.121-20141104235147

Thanks for the review!

Yeah, I kind of expected some people to catch on to the "twist" way before it was revealed, but honestly I don't think that's a bad thing. Like you said, it could add to it. I feel that if you do catch on, then you as the reader sort of switch roles. You can act as the ignored voice of reason to John.

I'm glad that the you thought the gore was well placed, because I was afraid of being one of those cliches. I also regretfully agree with you on the whole paint thing. It was pretty forced, and originally it was just there to be a sort of "shock", and like you said, something to differentiate the story. I did try and make up for it with a couple points about keeping the victims "alive" in a way, but I don't think that was very strong, nor does it necessarily make sense characteristically.

Nonsense about you rambling on! I'll take as much critique as I can get. Thank you for reading, and I'm very glad you liked it. I love writing and the horror genre, so I don't expect this will be my last story posted.