Making of (Writing of?) Layla Part the First: The Only Answers I Have

So Layla. Because making-of posts seem le popular nowadays.

Initial idea taken waaaay too far and probably should never have been a full story?: Guy beats another guy to death.

Way to fill out the middle of the story with random events to sort of drive it to its conclusion?: Shuffle music, space out, tune back in, do homework, browse the Interwebs, hear a good song, decide it's stupid, hear another song, decide it's stupid too, give up, pick interesting lyrics from the one that comes up next.

Okay, so maybe I exaggerated a little.

I still need to figure out for myself exactly what I want the story to mean, which, I suppose, is both good and bad because of its muddled confusingness.

Then characters:

Fun fact - All names but Layla were done by random name generator.

Narrator: Cynical jerk. Based partly on narrator in Atmosphere's Like Today.  Always wanted to play around with writing a detached/disillusioned character. Except somewhere in the process he turned into a creepy shut-in loser as well. Oh, did I also mention that he's delusional? Cause he is.

Layla: First, she was just gonna be an old girlfriend he loved a lot (read: waaaaay too much). Then she became someone else's girlfriend he loved a lot (still waaaay too much) and had an affair with. Then she became someone else's girlfriend he loved a lot (yup, waaaaaay too much) that talked to him once, but found him totally super creepy and kept trying to drive him away but he wouldn't get the hint until she just up and left. Then she became someone who never existed in the first place. Yes, name is based on Clapton's Layla. Because referencing a famous unrequited love song adds meaning. Right? Right?

Jay: Death fodder. Also eternally optimistic Mr. Happy foil in the shallowest sense.

Jay's Girlfriend: Not Layla. Finds Narrator creepy.

Woman on Street: Neither Layla nor Jay's girlfriend.

Dead People on News: Not Layla. Not girlfriend. Totally unrelated.

Edith and Dorothy: Annoying gossipy neighbors are annoying and gossipy. Also I needed some sort of plot device to frame and narrate events because the narrator is such a loser shut-in. Also also they were fun to write because caricatures are fun.

So basically, they're all pretty one-dimensional and were just created to play out their roles. Like sock puppets. Yup.

Possible Endings:
Jay dies: I get to write psychotic murder scene. Also Higurashi. Because no murder is complete without a bat and a healthy dose of crazy.

Narrator dies: Karma ending, death justified. Crazy guy actually gets what's coming to him.

No one dies: Totally lame, never really considered.

Everyone dies: Decided to leave the major trollan to dwoo.