Pulling Punches

 

Terry here with this week's question:
Have you ever pulled punches in a plot? In other words, when it came time to kill someone, you let them live. Or when it came time to find out someone was a villain, you chose someone else? Or if the plot seemed to veer in a dark direction, you pulled back? 
I’ve done every one of these things, so I’ll take them one at a time. I wouldn’t exactly say I’ve pulled punches, but I do have one problem in my first drafts that I always wind up having to address : E...