tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post4763686143838510539..comments2024-03-25T05:17:05.202-05:00Comments on Writing In The Crosshairs: HOW TO KILLRoland D. Yeomanshttp://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comBlogger12125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-36283233049034130702012-10-14T11:29:18.574-05:002012-10-14T11:29:18.574-05:00Denise:
Weather is always problematic here. It mak...Denise:<br />Weather is always problematic here. It makes blood runs ... interesting. :-)<br /><br />Matthew Reilly, if chosen to speak at a writers' conference, must be successful. Yet, I can't help but think that death impacts the reader more if the character was made appealing.<br /><br />D.G. was exceptionally gracious to review my book on her site, wasn't she?<br /><br />Thanks for being glad for me for being accepted in the Anthology. I hesitate to write of it since I haven't been given a "go ahead" by Wendy Tyler Ryan.<br /><br />I am looking forward to Friday's HOUSE OF HORROR challenge.<br /><br />Milo:<br />Joss also killed one of my favorite characters in THE AVENGERS this summer! Aaaargh! I get the feeling he would killed Captain America if he had been allowed.<br /><br />When you challenge the darkness, there is always a cost. Lives are impacted, never left the same. Still, like you, I feel death should have a point in fiction. Thanks for visiting, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2418718022316657132012-10-14T08:33:23.568-05:002012-10-14T08:33:23.568-05:00Joss Whedon is another one known for killing our d...Joss Whedon is another one known for killing our darlings -- in <i>Serenity</i>, he gave us a 2fer! In my stories and novels, a character's death must have a point to it. I don't believe that anyone's death, real or imagined, is in vain.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-32520907344793143932012-10-14T03:19:30.583-05:002012-10-14T03:19:30.583-05:00And was lovely to see a review of your book at D G...And was lovely to see a review of your book at D G Hudson's site.Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-35534045353872697062012-10-14T03:16:03.496-05:002012-10-14T03:16:03.496-05:00Roland, I hope storms have calmed down in your nec...Roland, I hope storms have calmed down in your neck of the woods. Stay safe on the roads.<br />One very popular Australian author Matthew Reilly, when asked at a writer's conference about how to make characters appealing, said why bother? I just kill them off.<br /><br />Congratulations on getting your story accepted in the anthology! So excited for you!Denise Covey https://www.blogger.com/profile/07106490051555233439noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-84403081251999207952012-10-13T17:57:44.911-05:002012-10-13T17:57:44.911-05:00D.G.:
Everyone's childhood contains challenges...D.G.:<br />Everyone's childhood contains challenges of some kind or other. The school environment is cruel in so many ways. Sigh.<br /><br />Elise:<br />Sometimes the death of one of your characters becomes necessary to the flow of the story, but, like you, I think to kill just to shock is a cheap way to titilate the reader. <br /><br />Yahoo put your friend request in my spam account for some odd reason. But I found it while trolling for a reply from an anthology. Our friendship is now official. ;-)Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-58408962028941970902012-10-13T16:18:28.208-05:002012-10-13T16:18:28.208-05:00I haven't killed any one of my characters but ...I haven't killed any one of my characters but I'm not against it IF it strengthens the story. Killing off characters for shock value isn't really my thing. Elise Fallsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14734537117333738468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-13996788297629150062012-10-13T15:14:20.413-05:002012-10-13T15:14:20.413-05:00Sorry to hear that, Roland. One of my kids had to...Sorry to hear that, Roland. One of my kids had to put up with bullying in high school. <br /><br />I'm not kind when my kids are attacked. Mother Bear comes out. D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-11810626945550723952012-10-13T11:51:48.440-05:002012-10-13T11:51:48.440-05:00D.G.:
Bullying has been ever-present in our school...D.G.:<br />Bullying has been ever-present in our schools. You can read of it in the essays of Mark Twain. I was bullied in Lafayette (one fight gave me broken ribs, broken fingers, and a broken nose.) Lake Charles High School had me pushed down a flight of stairs ... and then, the bullies got nasty. Moral: A lone Lakota student cast among whites does not fare well. The different never do. Remember LORD OF THE FLIES?<br /><br />It is no coincidence that Victor Standish tweaks the nose of every bully he meets in my novels. Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-40924753854334698902012-10-13T11:21:24.942-05:002012-10-13T11:21:24.942-05:00Death is ever present, in several ways in my novel...Death is ever present, in several ways in my novels. As in life, we never know what's around the corner. I try to incorporate that into my stories.<br /><br />Speaking of Death: during the anti-bullying posts that have been showing on the internet, we had the sad case of a 15yr old girl who committed suicide here in Vancouver. Coerced by a pedophile and subsequently bullied by her peers at school. When did this type of mind set become popular among the kids in our education system? What are our governments and education systems doing about it? (I'm talking US and Canada)<br /><br />Nothing makes me as angry as bullying by those who consider themselves judges of others.D.G. Hudsonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06213237734772028645noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-2581596187301944112012-10-13T11:15:33.694-05:002012-10-13T11:15:33.694-05:00Alex:
It should never feel good to have a reader c...Alex:<br />It should never feel good to have a reader cry -- though I feel that some authors callously aim for that.<br /><br />Think of any classic movie or book: the mentor usually dies in it.<br /><br />SPOILER BELOW:<br /><br /><br /><br />In my END OF DAYS, it is the Twilight of the Gods ... and heroes, leaving only one major character still alive out of all my heroes.Roland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-8682209473183152332012-10-13T11:05:27.896-05:002012-10-13T11:05:27.896-05:00All good points.
Spoiler - I killed a main charact...All good points.<br />Spoiler - I killed a main character in one of my books. Hated doing it, but neither the story nor the other character could advance if I didn't. Readers seemed to accept it even as I made a lot of them cry. (And still feels bad to make a woman cry...)Alex J. Cavanaughhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09770065693345181702noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8681132888977525688.post-25172354673664244402012-10-13T10:57:05.070-05:002012-10-13T10:57:05.070-05:00Speaking of death ...
My internet provider was ki...Speaking of death ...<br /><br />My internet provider was killed for most of yesterday and most of this morning by terrible weather.<br /><br />I am just back on and, of course, have been called back to the roads!<br /><br />Thank all of you for being my friends, RolandRoland D. Yeomanshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00338410857990551352noreply@blogger.com