The Bottom Line

  This week I took the time to watch a 3 disc set called Stone Cold Steve Austin : The Bottom Line. It has been years since I really cared for wrestling in any way (aside from Undertaker's matches at Wrestlemania), but I took the time for this set dedicated to one of my old favorites. I first saw Austin when I was 19 years old back home in Kentucky when he was in USWA as Stunning Steve Austin, a heel, fighting one of the fan favorites Jeff Jarrett. I had no idea who either one of them were because it was my first time watching this promotion. I spent the match cheering for Austin, not because I liked him, but because it pissed everyone around me off.

  Back to the set, the first disc was a two and a half hour interview with Austin and others highlighting his career. I really enjoy these when they are completely open about backstage and each other. In this instance, we see Austin as more of a joker than a hardcore redneck. The 2nd dis was his personal favorite matches through his career, not his greatest in the eyes of fans. The 3rd disc was my favorite in the set with nearly 4 hours of the trash talking and hell raising throughout his career.

   The thing I enjoy most about these sets is when they discuss the actual injuries and not the TV ones. I will be the first to admit (and always did) that the whole thing is 90% fake. They are highly trained professionals and take risks every time they perform. These are important stories for these kids who try to imitate wrestlers to hear.

  I enjoyed the whole set overall with the trip down memory lane for something I used to enjoy greatly...... And that's the bottom line....... WHAT?

Evolutions of a secondary character

   Along the way doing rewrites for my current project (totally different than any mentioned before), I found one of my secondary characters seemed to scream out for more. Originally she was meant to be a background character only in this volume, but changing her story will make her more important to the overall story in her actions and the part she will play. This change has caused a series of rewrites that will take up a majority of my time working, but the end result will be more important to the development of my lead.

  Coming along for the ride will be a new protaganist or two that should have been there from the beginning, but I was looking at this story as a building stone for the rest of my planned series instead of being a story in itself.

  Just proof that you should never think you know where a story goes, but rather let it take you by the hand the same way you want it to do your readers.