tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post5659689063840726170..comments2024-03-28T00:21:29.975-07:00Comments on WTF's - Writing Thrilling Fiction...: Killing Off Characters . . .DRChttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03352970077497112668noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-24233700898659020932011-07-07T07:19:36.013-07:002011-07-07T07:19:36.013-07:00Ah, Ted, basing a character on your son and then k...Ah, Ted, basing a character on your son and then killing them off - that had to be hard to imagine.<br /><br />Michael, I'm gonna be real honest and say that I haven't actually read any of G.R.R Martin (hangs head in shame). I can see what you mean about having no real main character, but does that allow the reader to actually get to know the protagonists? Interesting.<br /><br />And TK Millin, re "Writing is the only profession I know of where you can get away with murder." Very true, but does this mean we're all basically Serial Killers in the world of fiction?? Reminds me in a way of 'The Eyre Affair' by Jasper Fforde, where there's a device allowing people to jump in and out books, and where Jane Eyre is kidnapped. We're just jumping into fictional worlds and picking off characters one by one. (I shouldn't be smiling whilst writing this...lol)<br /><br />Martin, ever considered the fact that your kids are just mini-yous... :DDRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352970077497112668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-12048806161000287342011-07-06T15:36:28.742-07:002011-07-06T15:36:28.742-07:00I don't mind killing my characters, though the...I don't mind killing my characters, though there was one based loosely on my youngest son that had to die at the climax of one book, and that scene always brings tears to my eyes.Ted Crosshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09022309459554237650noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-71641012020018165262011-07-06T12:58:50.367-07:002011-07-06T12:58:50.367-07:00I think George R.R. Martin handles killing of char...I think George R.R. Martin handles killing of characters really well but that would be difficult to do for a debut author. Basically, he has no main character and is a soap-opera-ish type story and cycles through points-of-view per chapter. Then every once in a while, he kills off a point-of-view and replaces it with another. No sweat. No main character...no high stakes to lose, right?Michael Offutt, Phantom Readerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10557969104886174930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-51021632930421096232011-07-06T12:14:45.991-07:002011-07-06T12:14:45.991-07:00Owners become like their pets. I've turned in...Owners become like their pets. I've turned into mu kids.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-49660351108784049952011-07-06T11:26:56.036-07:002011-07-06T11:26:56.036-07:00It is hard to let go of characters we love so much...It is hard to let go of characters we love so much, but it is fun creating ones we can hate just so we can kill them off! I have a saying, "Writing is the only profession I know of where you can get away with murder."-T.K. MillinEfi Loo Publishinghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10344151113479309251noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-44457763061876067012011-07-06T09:06:56.571-07:002011-07-06T09:06:56.571-07:00Well, they do say that owners turn into their pets...Well, they do say that owners turn into their pets...or is it the other way round?DRChttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03352970077497112668noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5996150568062682613.post-34286330112761405152011-07-06T05:20:48.374-07:002011-07-06T05:20:48.374-07:00Oh, you are definitely wicked...I've met your ...Oh, you are definitely wicked...I've met your cat.Martin Willoughbyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05605554706836638988noreply@blogger.com