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○○○○●○○○○ ❛ JUST 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷 YOUR CRYING, IT'S A 𝑺𝑰𝑮𝑵 OF THE 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺. ❜
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reasons to kill a character!━━ no. 028 ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃
I REALLY LIKE KILLING OFF MY CHARACTERS.
Now, before someone calls the cops on me— hear me out. I really like killing off my characters because not only does it free up space in my mind, but it's so much fun to off a character and have their death affect the book and its other characters.
I love it when a noble character— or villain, sidekick, whatever— sacrifices themselves for someone they love or for a larger cause, or is killed unexpectedly. I love tugging at my own heartstrings, and especially the readers'. I love the epicness of a well-placed death in any book and the shock value.
Authors are always being advised, especially by one another, to be mean to their characters, fuck up their lives, and just cause chaos. Oftentimes, this inevitably leads to killing them off. And even though we may cry or mourn over our beloved characters' deaths, most of us tend to gain some sort of satisfaction and fulfillment from it. As authors, we gotta play tough and the bad sometimes, and do whatever best serves our story, right?
But then this begs the question: Is killing off a character really the best way to serve your story? And what are some reasons why we should sometimes kill them off?
Today, we discuss.
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝟏𝟎 𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐒𝐎𝐍𝐒 𝐓𝐎 𝐂𝐎𝐍𝐒𝐈𝐃𝐄𝐑 𝐊𝐈𝐋𝐋𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐘𝐎𝐔𝐑 𝐌𝐀𝐈𝐍 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑⸝⸝ ⇗ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀→ ⺌ This section is inspired by an article from Screencraft. Credit for this portion goes to them. Disclaimer: I have added my own words, advice, and paraphrased sections of the article.
