I’m going to reveal a plot twist that ALMOST happened in The Legend of Jamie Roberts…
In previous drafts of this story, Basho was going to die in Chapter 14. I even had the fight scene outlined and some rough sketches done!
But then, after everything that’s been happening in my personal life over the last few months (that then culminated into the last few weeks of August), I decided on a different direction.
Now, to me, it’s more important to have a story where family estrangement is necessary. Not only necessary, but healthier. I wanted to see a story where siblings (even twin siblings) become estranged from each other and it’s better that they separated.
In a way, that also reflects in the backstories of Jamie, Thomas, and Daniel, as well! All three of them left their families of origin, banded together, and became pirates. Exploring that may be the subject of a future mini-comic!
And the funny thing is, after deciding on this new narrative direction, the inspiration flowed back. Jamie and friends even started appearing in my sketchbooks again!
I wanted to share this with you to give a peek behind the curtain as to what almost was. But I’m jazzed about this other direction the story is taking!
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