if I posted it on rasfc someone would think that I was asking them to solve my problem

*Chuckle!*

This sort of reflection is what I think blogs and LJ do really well. It's easy to get fixated on something having to be the way you (generic "you") first envisioned it and, in the worst case scenario, the whole story can stall or fall apart because of that. Seeing another writer make that leap helps remind me that if I'm beating my head against an apparent brick wall, just a small change can sometimes do the trick.

And if you lose some Cool Stuff there will be other Cool Stuff that wasn't possible before.