I was writing really well yesterday. I was flying through scenes and words, creating some beautiful work, when I reached a heated moment. As I wrote it, realizing where it was going, I suddenly noted I was backed into a corner. Only 12000 words in I had given a ultimatum to myself: kill main character a or b. There was no way around it. Two very determined individuals were stuck in a pit with a knife. And in that moment I was torn. It wasn’t how do I write myself out of this. It was, who do I kill?
I picked. There’s nothing to be done for it. I need to just move on now and accept the tragedy at hand. Life is a cruel mistress, just in novels it’s more a reflection of a writer’s issues. Did I mention a character was castrated? Lots of issues. Reek!
How do you handle character death? Have you ever back peddled or explained it away? Or do you chase down death?
Plan the deaths, and find a logical way to achieve them. Slightly macabre, but stories need emotional impact…
Yeah. Planned deaths are good.
Who says anyone has to die? It’s your fantasy Mr. Davis. 🙂
~~~~★Felicia
Well my fantasy is pretty dark. I think the phrase is valore morghus? All men must die 😛 Do you generally keep them alive?
Nawww… I side with the darkness as well, but since we are the mad creators we can do as we please. No rules is the best rule. You have a white tie on….so there must be a ray of light in there somewhere?! HaHa…. Symbolically of course!!
~~~~~★Felicia
I have not written fiction in a couple years but man…. I killed people all over the place. I always wondered if there was something else going on inside haha.. But yeah– death, it’s part of life, riiiiight?!
Ha maybe that’s the view I need. I just didn’t expect it to happen so soon.
What’s that they say..? “Kill your darlings” If you take it literally, maybe it’ll ease the blow…
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