Second Guessing or Simply Proper Reflection? from James W. Ziskin

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 don’t believe I’ve ever pulled any punches in one of my plots, at least not consciously. Unless maybe you count some word choices. I have, at times, decided against using a particular word or phrase out of concern for how it might be percei...