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○○○○●○○○○ ❛ JUST 𝑺𝑻𝑶𝑷 YOUR CRYING, IT'S A 𝑺𝑰𝑮𝑵 OF THE 𝑻𝑰𝑴𝑬𝑺. ❜
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how to write character deaths!━━ no. 033 ▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃▃
WE'VE PREVIOUSLY DISCUSSED THE REASONS WHY AND WHY NOT TO KILL YOUR CHARACTERS. Now, it's time to discuss how to write character deaths.
Look... characters die. It happens and it's inevitable.
Sometimes you plan it, other times you don't. Either way, you're still left with the task of writing that character's death scene and it needs to be good. What's the point of going through the trouble of killing off a character and all that work if their final scene is going to be shit?
Here's the truth: if you don't care about the character's demise, your readers won't either, and that's not good. You should want and need to care about your characters, especially when one of them dies. But character deaths are also a tricky and fickle thing. It's a task that many writers grapple with because, with the prevalence of death as a theme in the fiction genre, authors feel obligated, to an extent, to include it.
I, myself, struggle with it and often go and watch death scenes from TV shows and movies on YouTube for inspiration. It's difficult to conjure up a death scene that is notable on its own and stands out in a story. I know I'm not the only one who struggles with this and I thought this would be an important topic to discuss.
Without further ado, I present to you, Grayson's Attempt at Teaching Others How to Write Character Deaths in a Way That Isn't Cliché or Underwhelming, As If She Knows What She's Talking About.
ˏˋ°•*⁀➷ 𝐇𝐎𝐖 𝐓𝐎 𝐖𝐑𝐈𝐓𝐄 𝐀𝐍 𝐄𝐅𝐅𝐄𝐂𝐓𝐈𝐕𝐄 𝐀𝐍𝐃 𝐇𝐄𝐀𝐑𝐓𝐁𝐑𝐄𝐀𝐊𝐈𝐍𝐆 𝐂𝐇𝐀𝐑𝐀𝐂𝐓𝐄𝐑 𝐃𝐄𝐀𝐓𝐇 𝐒𝐂𝐄𝐍𝐄, 𝐅𝐑𝐎𝐌 𝐎𝐍𝐄 𝐀𝐔𝐓𝐇𝐎𝐑 𝐓𝐎 𝐀𝐍𝐎𝐓𝐇𝐄𝐑⸝⸝ ⇗ ⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀⠀→ ⺌ This section is inspired by an article from Miranda K. Writes. Credit for this portion goes to them. Disclaimer: I have added my own words, advice, and paraphrased sections of the article.
