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Post by Brighitta on Jul 4, 2006 16:18:29 GMT -5
My characters are currently in the middle of a war. I am aware no war goes without casualties, and that someone has to die - but who? The heroine? I can't kill her! Her lover? That would certinaly add drama. Her parents?
The idea I am toying with now is killing her lover, but making it that he does not die in the end. Just gets badly wounded, or that he such a powerful Mage that he finds a way to come back. *shrug*
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Post by Katrina on Jul 4, 2006 17:26:58 GMT -5
I think your second idea sounds the best. Perhaps you could leave him for dead, but actually in a coma.
If her parents are close to her and important, then perhaps killing one of them would be the best option.
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Post by Catherine on Jul 4, 2006 23:01:08 GMT -5
perhaps theres a way to kill him, but have him come back from the dead somehow...if thats not too weird...
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Post by Nadia on Jul 5, 2006 8:54:51 GMT -5
Pretend to kill him, but make it so that he somehow revives himself?
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Post by Brighitta on Jul 5, 2006 9:35:41 GMT -5
Yes, I think that will be the besr route to take...
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Post by MaskedNicci on Jul 26, 2006 12:45:31 GMT -5
Have him badly wounded, and if possible, have her there to see him, lots of emotion, have them both think he'll die. Then, she leaves him, maybe...not able to stand seeing him dead. He'll pass out, and....hm...you can bring in another character to find him, and tend to him. You can do that without spending too much time developing another character. Mayhap a hermit, or such, who lives alone in the woods. And at the end, you can bring him back into play, where he will explain what happened.
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Post by *Hanani Aya|~· on Sept 11, 2006 13:45:36 GMT -5
I think the idea of ^^^ is really good. A really good way to do it would be to leave the "death" on a sort of cliffhanger. Like... just say that she walks away leaving his lifeless body... etc. Then, later on he suddenly turns up, when the reader assumes he's dead. It's always more interesting for the reader when they don't know everything. Then with the help of flash backs, or just him narrating, tell of how he survived.  |
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Post by Liz on Sept 11, 2006 20:09:05 GMT -5
That's a really good idea Hanani...I dunno though. Some of this seems a bit cliche or something.  Although I'm not really one to talk...I'm Queen Cliche herself, lol. Actually, now that I think about it a bit more, I really like the idea of having him left for dead, and then sort of randomly appear in the story and freak out the reader. Muahaha. I'd try a few different options and see which flows the best for you. |
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Post by zaphoria197 on Nov 25, 2006 12:36:11 GMT -5
I'm having a problem a bit like that myself. I've decided to plan out exactly what happens in the trilogy i'm working on (not sure what it's called yet) so that I won't get stuck and not know where to go with the story. My story has three main characters and I think (well four - er - six actually) that one of them (two - kinda) will die at the end of the second book. Is this a bad ending? Too morbid?  |
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Post by Catherine on Nov 25, 2006 12:55:45 GMT -5
Please only kill one. Well that's what I think, anyway. Two out of three or four or six is too many.
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Post by zaphoria197 on Nov 25, 2006 15:24:18 GMT -5
Well, if the character (or two) dies there will be another character (or two) to replace them, and I felt four (or eight depending on how you look at it) main characters would be a bit much. That way there would be an element of drama added to the story and the trilogy would end with the same amount of main characters. Besides, I want to have a girl main character too (there is one already, but she's not human).
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Post by Catherine on Nov 25, 2006 16:38:36 GMT -5
Ok, now I'm just confused. I think you seem to know what you're doing, however: trust your instinct.
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Post by subtlecollision on Nov 25, 2006 17:08:16 GMT -5
Unless your story is really dreary, I would try to limit the deaths to one. It's difficult to pull off even one death; I tend to, as a reader, get annoyed when there are multiple deaths... or at least make sure the deaths don't happen all at once.
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Post by zaphoria197 on Nov 25, 2006 19:24:24 GMT -5
Well, if the character (or two) dies there will be another person (sort of) to replace them as a main character, and so far in my story there aren't very many major deaths.
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Post by Brighitta on Nov 26, 2006 5:22:11 GMT -5
Thanks guys... Mmm... I still haven't decided who should die, I added the drama by making Aimee (the heroine) pregnant, but yes, someone WILL have to die at one point, and I'm leading strongly to her fiance. Don't know how 'permananet' that death will be, I've been thinking about it, and making him just pop up would be too cliched. Perhaps... Perhaps she sees someone die from far away and assumes its him, when its actually a decoy of some sort? |
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Although I'm not really one to talk...I'm Queen Cliche herself, lol. Actually, now that I think about it a bit more, I really like the idea of having him left for dead, and then sort of randomly appear in the story and freak out the reader. Muahaha. I'd try a few different options and see which flows the best for you.
