DragonOfTheAerie
Vala
I'd like to ask everyone: are you a cruel writer? And just how cruel are you?
By that, I mean how do you treat your characters? Are you the kind of writer for whom it's heartbreaking to have to hurt your characters? Or do you glory in piling on the pain, going on killing sprees, making your characters suffer? Do you hurt when your characters hurt and cry all the way through your death scenes or do you pump your fists in the air with glee when you've thought of a horribly cruel, emotionally traumatizing plot twist?
Some writers hate killing people off. Some recognize the necessity. And some, well...NO ONE is safe in the world of some. Some writers can't stand hurting their characters. Some, on the other hand, seem to love it.
How do you decide whether to kill a character? Do you believe in happy endings for your characters? (Do you believe in them in real life?) Are you the sort to scar and handicap and mutilate (mentally or physically), or do your MC's generally escape permanent damage? Would you kill the love interest, the main character, the main character's dog, etc...is anyone safe from your reaper's scythe?
All good questions...so, where do you fall, on a scale of rainbows and puppies to Game of Thrones...
By that, I mean how do you treat your characters? Are you the kind of writer for whom it's heartbreaking to have to hurt your characters? Or do you glory in piling on the pain, going on killing sprees, making your characters suffer? Do you hurt when your characters hurt and cry all the way through your death scenes or do you pump your fists in the air with glee when you've thought of a horribly cruel, emotionally traumatizing plot twist?
Some writers hate killing people off. Some recognize the necessity. And some, well...NO ONE is safe in the world of some. Some writers can't stand hurting their characters. Some, on the other hand, seem to love it.
How do you decide whether to kill a character? Do you believe in happy endings for your characters? (Do you believe in them in real life?) Are you the sort to scar and handicap and mutilate (mentally or physically), or do your MC's generally escape permanent damage? Would you kill the love interest, the main character, the main character's dog, etc...is anyone safe from your reaper's scythe?
All good questions...so, where do you fall, on a scale of rainbows and puppies to Game of Thrones...