I have a question. Please help me out!

[Drasiana]

But why?

[myu]

D:

You shouldn't keep something in your story just because it has a big chunk of writing. I mean, what does it contribute to your story? It doesn't seem like it has anything to do with your plot, other than tell people how old they are (which you can do without actually talking about the school). I feel that, unless one of the characters is really into academics, then the school thing is really just a frivolous detail. I can tell you right now that you're most likely more attached to that detail than your readers are - unless of course some serious stuff goes down at the school.

[TheRedFox8]

Jeezus, if I remove it entirely, then I might as well just trash the whole thing and start over. Removing the school environment entirely would cause a major chain reaction to where I change one thing, and another wouldn't make sense. I try to fix that, and something else wouldn't make sense. It's like making a mistake on a sudoku puzzle. If I take that out, then I would have nothing left but a mostly blank canvas.

[Drasiana]

And that's exactly why you need to plan your stories beforehand instead of waiting until halfway through to figure out how it even ends. Making things up as you go is usually a surefire way of tripping over your own story, and you STILL repeatedly dodge my questions as to what this story is even about; I'm guessing it's because you yourself do not know, which is a pretty fatal flaw.

You are completely right about the cause and effect about story changes, but the same rule applies for every change, and from the beginning you would have had to make several to accomodate the different theoretical endings.

I'm sure you can restart the all of two chapters you have posted online without mass public outrage, if it results in you creating a far better story than what you currently have.

Just remember to do this in the future:

1. Research. Please, please research. Can we live without our stomachs? Which organ would a drug overdose effect the most? Which drug would it be? That kind of thing that you, as it was, overlooked and completely screwed up your original plans for the story.

2. Plan. Even if you have a vague outline, know which direction your story is going. Know which characters are important with justification as to why, and have a clear end-goal in mind.

3. Be able to tell us the point of your story. If you yourself do not know the point, then nobody else has any reason whatsoever to read it.

[TheRedFox8]

I'm just gonna trash it. Thanks for your help, guys. I'll try to do better next time.

[unoservix]

You don't have to trash the entire idea (although I'll be honest, once you mentioned "furries" and "school" my interest plummeted to near-absolute zero). Just plan it out so you know where it's going ahead of time, and don't have to take a poll of prospective readers asking them to decide such fundamental questions about your story as how it should end. That really shouldn't be up to your readers, unless you're writing a choose-your-own-adventure or something.