Does anyone write out of revenge?
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- moderntimes
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Re: Does anyone write out of revenge?
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Of course it's very tenuous as yet and there will be lots of revision.
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Good Luck with your 4th novel!
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Want a good example? Here's a "newspaper story" from my 2nd novel (my protagonist is private detective Mitch King) --
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911 Call Reveals Possible Homicide
EMT technicians arrived at the 11000 block of Mission Vista in Memorial late Wednesday evening, responding to a 911 call, but Houston police were soon dispatched as backup. The nude body of the homeowner, Theresa Bartlett, 24, was found in the outdoor whirlpool spa. She had apparently drowned after being thrown into the water unconscious. Indications were that she had been sexually assaulted and strangled.
Police arrested Bradley Chilton, 27, at the scene. Chilton identified himself as a fitness counselor and Bartlett’s boyfriend and said that he lived with her. Chilton at first denied harming Bartlett but later admitted “grabbing” her and pushing her into the whirlpool after a bout of rough sex and an argument. Harris County prosecutors said that Chilton would be charged with homicide. A quantity of cocaine and marijuana was also seized at the residence.
This is not the first time that violence has visited this address. Last June, police found the body of homeowner Lawrence Trevillian at the same poolside, reportedly shot by an intruder. Theresa Bartlett, Trevillian’s girlfriend at the time, was present at the shooting and briefly considered a suspect, then cleared.
In tabloid-style circumstances, Trevillian’s alleged killer, Victor Allison, was later shot and killed by Houston private investigator Mitchell King. King had been hired to protect Bartlett during the investigation of the Trevillian murder and the two were rumored to be having an affair. Although initially detained for questioning about the Allison shooting, King was released and no charges were filed. When contacted regarding the death of Bartlett, King declined comment.
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But of course, I'm not writing a confessional or exegesis. I'm writing mystery novels. So personal experiences, good and bad, are just occasional mood setters for a scene, perhaps.
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The closest thing I have done is rethinking situations and wishing that they happened differently.
This does give me ideas though.
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Most of my writing is based on what I've thought about doing, but haven't through fear of being caught, and the knowledge that my personal guilt-meter means I would never get over it, even if the "victim" would.
I plan on publishing under a pen name in case anyone from my real life recognises themselves.
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I have also created characters based on certain people from my past and written them into situations that would have the real individual going mad with panic.. an inveterate social climber facing a disastrous, humiliating public social gaffe, for example. How can one not? It is fun, the 'victim' never finds out (and even if you do publish, and they read it, they often won't see themselves in an unlikable character anyway!), and it gives the writer a little peace.
When I was a kid, I'd draw caricatures of the people who tormented me. This is not very different. Just a slightly more grown-up and humorous way to deal with the uncomfortable memories of nasty people.
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The first book that I ever completed was about an ex who ended up getting brutally murdered.
So... yes