Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-26326346-20150430062138/@comment-25975226-20150502080449

Sorry for not getting back to you earlier. Yes, I believe telling the story without revealing the main character's fate could certainly help. There are definitely small black venomous snakes out there. I live in Australia, and if my knowledge is correct, a baby red-belly-black snake would be a small black venomous snake. It's also said that baby snakes can be more ferocious because they are unsure how to control their venom. Using the example of a baby red-bellied black snake would also be good, if you live in and set this story in America, because you don't have those snakes there so the snake would've had to have been brought in somehow. I actually liked leaving the snake's species ambiguous though because it makes you wonder....was it actually even a snake?