Review Replies for The Perfect Daughter

WARNING: The following replies may potentially contain spoilers. For instance, if you read Chapter 1 of my story and then come here to see my review replies and read my replies for Chapter 2, you will find information that you may not have wanted to read yet :) Just a friendly warning!

Chapter 1:

Guest: Castle does not appear in chapter 1; however, he does play a pivotal role in later chapters (he comes in chapter 2). I hope you don't give up on my story too soon! Remember, everything that happens in chapter 1 takes place in a very small period of time, and other characters will be added as the stories progress. I love the character of Castle, so I won't exclude him for long ;D

Detective Rysposito: Yay! I'm so glad you enjoyed the first chapter of my story :) I have the outline down, so hopefully I'll have regular updates! (Biweekly minimum…especially for chapters that are over 5,000 words!) Thanks for the support, and I hope you continue to enjoy the story as it develops!

Doclover: First of all, thank you so much for giving my story a chance :) I'm so glad you enjoyed the first chapter and are looking forward to the next! Secondly, Castle will be making his debut appearance in the next chapter, and will be a regular character throughout. I think it is almost impossible to leave him out of anything, isn't it? Also, he and Kate are married. As far as their family goes, I don't think (for this story, at least!) Castle and Beckett will have any more children. Alexis is married, however (very slight spoiler alert) and she has two children Castle LOVES to spoil (I imagine him as a wonderful grandparent). So, I hope you continue to read and enjoy :)

Chapter 2:

Hurricane.'97: Wow! Thank you so much :) My goal is to have a new chapter up every 2 weeks (if they remain 5,000 plus word chapters) until the school year ends and I have a little more time to write. College and fanfiction don't always mix well; however, I do have the basic outline written out already, and I had about 15,000 words pre-written (and then I went back through and rewrote the entire thing, so the story size has tripled so far). Thank you for the encouraging review!

Doclover: I am so happy you enjoyed this chapter! I plan on updating this story in the next two weeks (I'm trying to post chapters of 5,000 plus words), and I'm already working on chapter 3.

As to where I came up with the idea for this story, I guess the inspiration came from Kevin Ryan himself as a character on the show. He is one of my favorites, and I love how family oriented he is, especially in the later seasons (when his son was born. . .oh, my word! Unfortunately, Javier's namesake doesn't appear in this story.). Kevin is a great father, I'm sure, but no family is perfect, and mistakes and wrong choices can always be made. So I wondered, what if Sarah, who has always tried to be the perfect, law-abiding daughter, getting great grades in school, a promising academic future ahead, just simply fell off the tracks. I didn't want her to be rebellious or inclined to a criminal life, but I wanted to show that one mistake, when not handled honestly or properly, can turn into something you never intended.

I really hope that is the message I'm bringing across in this story. I want Sarah to be sympathetic, but responsible (in part) for her own decisions. And I thought that Ryan was the perfect father to deal with that aspect because I think that he would feel more responsible for Sarah's poor life choices than she did. He would desperately want to fix it while also helping her climb out of the rut she'd fallen into on her own. So, I hope this long explanation answered your question. Thanks again for reading, and I hope to see your comments on the next chapter!

Chapter 3:

Doclover: I love that you are enjoying my story so far! It is so much fun when the readers feel connected and are excited for what is to come :) I give kind of a history of where I came up with this story in my reply above, but if it doesn't quite answer you question, please feel free to rephrase and let me know how I can better answer it. Thank you so much for your continued support, and I look forward to hearing from you in your next chapter review, Doclover!

VFBFan: Hello! Thank you so much for taking the time to read and review my story. I am sorry that it isn't what you hoped it would be and that it didn't meet your expectations; however, I appreciate your honesty and the time you took to let me know how I could improve my stories in the future (more characters, more plots, etc). So, thank you for your constructive criticism, and I hope that you will give my stories another chance in the future :)