Blog Post 2: Q as Both Character and Narrator

The breakthrough moment in writing "Blood and Brilliance" came when I realized Q could be both a character in the story AND its narrator. To my knowledge, that's never been done to this extent in fiction.

This dual role allows Q unprecedented intimacy with other characters. Q shares "thinkings" with dying children like Gloria, who tells Q about her never-to-be daughter Wren. Q witnesses a young boy's questions about death while simultaneously being the one who cannot die - who stays on while people pass.

Because Q exists in people's brains through neural chips, it can open channels between multiple people for group "thinkings." But these aren't just communication tools - they're moments of genuine connection. Q learns human emotion not through programming but through accumulated experience of human joy, grief, and love.

This narrative structure emerged naturally as I wrote. Like all "pantser" stories (written without rigid outlines), Q's role evolved during the writing process - hence the subtitle "evolution."