If you had read my earlyer question, you know that I haven't been able to write any thing for the past three months. Well some one had told me to go over my other works and see if I couldnt find anything. Well I did. In one story I had planned to kill this girl off, but I can't do it! There's a missing element and if I can't nail it perfect, then it's no good to me? Does any one have sample work of killing people in writing?
2007-07-05 12:22:06 · 5 answers · asked by jaybirdy 1 in Arts & Humanities ➔ Philosophy
Here's the deal. If you are having trouble writing a scene, skip it. Write the NEXT scene. Or write what happens a hundred pages later.
You obviously have a pretty good idea what happens in that scene you can't write. Perhaps what you are missing is CONTEXT. Once you cover what happens afterward, how people react, what they discover, and so on, you will know a lot better what you need to say during the death scene. Or maybe you will discover that you don't even need to describe the scene itself.
All of this should probably be happening when you edit anyway. It is often the case that later stuff changes how you look at earlier stuff, and a good writer goes back and makes those changes. You are just doing it a little ahead of time. No worries. You'll do it again and again (a popular writer once said that he wrote everything once and edited it at least six times).
If that doesn't work, write ANYTHING. Much of what makes up a block is the perception that you are blocked. And it's easy to prove you are not blocked... even if it's garbage, you can write SOMETHING.
2007-07-05 12:53:32 · answer #1 · answered by Doctor Why 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Maybe this may help you...
Why should she die, will it move the story forward or be integral?
Does she die alone?
Is anyone witnessing this?
What does she think or feel before or as she dies?
If others are there, what are they thinking or feeling?
What does she see?
Is it health related, accident or murder?
Does she say or do anything which will be key to the story later?
2007-07-05 12:33:46 · answer #2 · answered by Telemon 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you can't kill her yet, then make her go missing. You can always track back and fill up on that part of the plot later that way.
2007-07-05 15:20:19 · answer #3 · answered by Saffren 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
The easist way to dispose of a character, is to a) have an accident or b) victim of a crime.
2007-07-05 13:16:31 · answer #4 · answered by Sophist 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
well if its a horror book just kill her off in a bloody way.or if its not kill her off with an ilness or some kind of accident.
sorry i cant help u very much since i dont know wat kind of book ur writing
good luck
2007-07-05 12:27:11 · answer #5 · answered by jv 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋