Introduction.
Please note: This is one massive author's note. I put it in a seperate 'chapter' because it's important for me to tell you all these details before you begin to read, but also because I don't want to take away from the story that you're hopefully about to read.
This idea came to me after I'd finished all three books. I guess you could say that I didn't really want them to end. I felt like yes, we'd heard Anastasia's events, everything from her point of view, but Christian - who really was the main character - didn't get his full chance to shine.
Christian Grey was a very complex character to me when I first started reading. I don't dispute the fact that yes, although when EL James wrote him, she was basing him around Edward Cullen, but he became somewhat more than that to me. He was his own individual character. I loved the prospect of there being more to someone than meets the eye. I loved that idea throughout this book that we don't know what anyone's like behind closed doors. I really wanted to explore that.
I researched online one night, and found a couple of sites mentioning that they wanted EL James to write the books from Christian's point of view. I'd already seen interviews when she'd said she'd maybe consider it one day. One day is too far away from me, and that's where this comes in.
I'm not a professional writer/author. I don't do this for a living, it's not my life. It's just a hobby.
So, this is the three books, from Christian's point of view. It's something that I took a lot of time to write. I had to continuously return to the original three books to take the dialogue, the actions and the reactions behind them. Every little facial expression that Anastasia didn't understand with Christian, I had to make a plausible reason for it being there. A train of thought that he was following.
Not to mention, I relate far more to Anastasia than I ever will to Christian. So, I had to do a lot of research into the business world so I sounded halfway realistic. I had to research helicopter controls, and psychiatry and (probably the most interesting of them all), the world of BDSM. I had to sound like I knew what I was talking about - which I think was the biggest struggle for me.
I hope that it pays off.
I really hope that none of you find it too tedious. Because after all, you've already read the books. You know how it goes, and there's no suspense on how it ends. What I do include, however, is scenes that you won't (obviously) see in the original trilogy. Things like, the inside of GEH, the scene where Ana is kidnapped by Jack, but Christian tracks her down, Christian tracking her down on the night when she drunk-dialled him, his conversation with Elena whilst she was in Georgia, etc. Things that not even Anastasia bore witness to. So, I hope that makes it more interesting.
Updates will not be regular. I can only apologise for that. Originally, I planned to write the entire story from Christian's POV before I posted any of it, so I could tweak details and such before it went live. But ... well, I'm too impatient and I want to hear your opinions on it. I'm going to attempt to update as quickly as possible, and write a new chapter before I post one, so I'm always a couple ahead, incase I'm really struggling. But please be patient with me. Please!
I also hope that I play the part of Christian well. I really don't want to ruin a wonderfully interesting character by divulging all his secrets, but after writing this, I can safely say that I love him just that little bit more.
Lastly, a disclaimer. I don't obviously own any of the characters in this book (unless I've made them up, and you guys haven't heard of them before), I don't own the storyline, or the events, or the places. I'm simply flipping the coin on a book (or three, actually) that have already been written. The original belongs to EL James. I just wanted to have a little fun - after all, isn't that the purpose of Fanfiction?
Read on ...