Review of the story "Splatter-Paint"

Of the four depictions of MHS in our group writing, "Splatter-paint" was the one story that didn't have a morbid ending coming for it. When my group worked on it halfway through, it looked like it could actually be an uplifting, fun story. But for some reason, most people seem to think that something drastic and terrible has to happen for a story to have a deeper, spiritual meaning. This is not the case. I have made many drastic and crazy stories with morbid endings, so I may sound like a hypocrite. But "Splatter-paint" should not have had such a random turn of events. There was no tie to this in the rest of the story, no inkling of any misintent shown by Dashean. THERE WAS NO REASON. Nothing justifies the sudden and pointless killing of the narrator of the story - nothing. It made me cringe to see an idea and plot line with so much rich potential go down the drain

I am being harsh and somewhat hypocritical in this review of "Splatter-paint," and for that I apologize. I will use this experience to further my own writing, for it has helped me to realize as well that people don't have to die for a story to have an important meaning or message.