Comments on: Killing characters http://writer.apocalypseblog.com/killing-characters/ Attempting to write a way through the world Thu, 17 Nov 2011 08:14:18 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 By: Mel http://writer.apocalypseblog.com/killing-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-1079 Mel Wed, 19 Aug 2009 11:16:21 +0000 http://writer.apocalypseblog.com/?p=318#comment-1079 I'm glad you found it helpful! I get so annoyed with writers who throw characters away like trash, disrespecting the importance they might hold for the readers. It's a way of disrespecting your audience. It winds up looking and feeling cheap, and I hate that. It's one of the few things that can really turn me off a story - that, and random sex scenes. Again: cheap! So happy to hear there's another writer who makes the effort to do it right! :) I’m glad you found it helpful! I get so annoyed with writers who throw characters away like trash, disrespecting the importance they might hold for the readers. It’s a way of disrespecting your audience.

It winds up looking and feeling cheap, and I hate that. It’s one of the few things that can really turn me off a story – that, and random sex scenes. Again: cheap!

So happy to hear there’s another writer who makes the effort to do it right! :)

]]> By: Svenja http://writer.apocalypseblog.com/killing-characters/comment-page-1/#comment-1078 Svenja Wed, 19 Aug 2009 10:55:35 +0000 http://writer.apocalypseblog.com/?p=318#comment-1078 Yes! I completely agree with you on this and thank you for saying it. I hate it when writers kill off characters for no discernible purpose other than to "make the story more dark and gritty" or even to give other characters flimsy pretexts for doing stupid out-of-character revenge stuff. And I think some authors don't realise that just because a character isn't the main protagonist, s/he might still have fans, so killing them off in one sentence is going to annoy those fans. I struggle with killing characters off in my stories, so thanks for posting this. You've reaffirmed my own position on the subject and thrown some good arguments into the mix. :D You've got some really good tips on here. Yes! I completely agree with you on this and thank you for saying it. I hate it when writers kill off characters for no discernible purpose other than to “make the story more dark and gritty” or even to give other characters flimsy pretexts for doing stupid out-of-character revenge stuff.

And I think some authors don’t realise that just because a character isn’t the main protagonist, s/he might still have fans, so killing them off in one sentence is going to annoy those fans.

I struggle with killing characters off in my stories, so thanks for posting this. You’ve reaffirmed my own position on the subject and thrown some good arguments into the mix. :D You’ve got some really good tips on here.

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