Killing characters
- ALynnPowers
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Re: Killing characters
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And Hedwig and Snape!Fred Weasley and Dobby - Wost character deaths!!
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I've killed off various characters in my books (and plenty in my horror short stories!) but most have deserved it or at least led themselves into the raw end by being incautious. But in my newest novel, I killed off a principal character who definitely didn't deserve it and that is the central turning point of my whole novel. So I hope I made the character's death worthwhile.
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I find as a reader that I become attached to certain characters and truly grieve when they must meet their demise. I find this especially true in the romance genre when reading a series. A reader can have followed this character from birth to death, with all matter of adventures in between.
I am reminded especially of The Sky O'Malley series by Bertrice Small. Somewhere around the seventh or eighth book it was time for Sky's passing, the scene was beautifully written. I cried.
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As for myself, I did once kill off a main character in my writing. But it was more because I felt the story needed the death to give a sense of resolution than because I wanted to show I was serious or improve tension or anything like that. And it was in a short story. I'm not strong enough to kill off my darlings in a novel yet.
As for Daisy, if I could have traded her death for Gatsby's I would have done it in a minute. Honestly.
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I totally agree about Weasley, Dobby, and Hedwig. WHY?!?! Their deaths were sooo unnecessary!!! But although I cried like a baby when Snape died, I understand why J.K. Rowling did it. I think he was doomed to a life of unhappiness because of his love for Lily, and death was probably an escape from this endless misery.wordscrafter wrote:And Hedwig and Snape!Fred Weasley and Dobby - Wost character deaths!!
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Characters you were waiting to be killed- Professor Umbridge in Harry Potter!
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