Do you intend to kill your characters off?

by Adrian Sroka
30th September 2013

A would-be author who intends to write a series of novels might have a better chance of hooking an agent or publisher.

Why kill off good characters when you can leave them in the ether to be recycled.

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Victoria, I took that American Indian saying from the novel, 'Walk Two Moons' by Sharon Creech.

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01/10/2013

I like that American Indian, whoever he was.

I made it as far as page 73 of Bridget Jones' Diary before I lost the will to live. I had an assignment to write in the style of Bridget Jones so I thought I should make the effort, but that was as much as I could muster. I have seen the films and quite liked the first one, but the writing style gets on my nerves.

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01/10/2013

Hi all,

Thanks for your comments on what - once again - was a very interesting question posed.

Can we remind you that we do monitor conversations and have the ability to remove users who are not posting within the rules and regulations of our site. Ritesh,we appreciate you have made the effort to stick to the original question.

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The W&A Team

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