Writing stuff

I told myself I wasn't going to write blog posts about writing, but heck, I'm going to break my own rules. From now on, my only rule is that I post about whatever's on my mind, writing included. There. Now that that's out of the way: Fellow writers, do you ever just feel bad about what you're doing to your characters? I'm currently working on Drew's story (the brother of my MC in Living Dead Girl) and I'm thinking, man, this poor guy. He's had to cope with the loss of his sister and best friend, his dad's illness, and now that he's starting to find happiness, THIS has to happen and mess it all up. I suppose if these things didn't happen to him, I wouldn't have much of a story, but still...