The Anatomy of Desire

The storytelling felt fresh and immersive, but I'm curious if this was a spontaneous choice or something planned from the start. Did it influence how the plot unfolded?

The characters' desires felt so intense and tangled—was that intentional to mirror real-life obsession, or did it evolve during writing?

The mood was so tense and immersive; I wonder if the setting was based on a real place or purely imagined to heighten the suspense.