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Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/28094
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
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I have a story I'm writing, and since when I started, it changed many times the route and focus, and in some of these changes, I found two possible paths for the story to advance on, and I already chose which one will be. However, _both_ paths are very good and with great potential, and I don't want to simply pick one and discard the other, and I can't use this other path in another story since it's only that good because it fits perfectly in _this_ story and no other (if I adapt a new story, it would be too similar).

So I thought of writing both paths and releasing them separately, i.e., the same story twice, two separate works with the same story, but with different possibilities. But the difference is not just a choice between two, but the way the protagonist reacts to the main event: one is the path of self-guilt along with a problem and the other is the path of wrath and revenge along with a different problem, and both with very different outcomes, so there are a few differences in the protagonist's mindset. It would basically be a "how would it be if things happened differently".

Now what I ask is: does it make sense to do that? What are other works that do that (if any)? Is it a good idea?

Original score: 3