R.I.P.

To my fellow writers, if you have ever written a story where your characters have captivated you in so many ways then you can understand how important killing of those characters can be. I'm curious about what kind of characters are out there that you have written and how have they died. Care to share the experience?

I have many characters that have died in my stories. It is not too hard for me. I would post links to story posts on here that have characters that died, but I'm too lazy right now.

I'll do it tomorrow.

I had always love my characters especially four of them but i had to make sacrifices in order to hasten the story.

One of my favorite characters is a girl name As'ka. She had been a concept character at first and suddenly she bloomed to a major role. Yet, she died a horrible death...by being killed by her best friend through the throat. I was about to spare her life but i change my mind.

It was wee hard because she had reached a part where her personality was almost fixed or having a life to her own.

Eep!

Well, it's funny that this thread came about because I recently killed off my "mentor character," who was the last of my main character's oldest and closest friend in the Continental Army. Historically, the mentor, Dr. Warren, was shot and killed instantly when a musketball entered the back of his skull during the Battle of Bunker Hill.

Took two and a half weeks for me to write his death scene. xD Much more difficult ending a Non-Fiction character's life than fictional in my personal opinion.

Or, maybe I'm just a sap.

One of my favorite characters ever, a librarian, got hit by a bus in my last story. It was tragic.

I'm about to kill off a story character right now. Actually, it's based on a real historical figure.

Good luck. Two two and a half weeks to muster up the courage to kill my Non-fic char.

Funny. Just a few days ago I revived an idea I had based on a subculture that killed people and would try to make their dead bodies into the most perfect art possible... Hm... maybe I am a bit messed up in the head after all XD.

One of my characters was once beheaded by some wet, barbecue-soaked cheese, but this was in a romantic comedy. Perhaps you'd prefer to here about how I killed off a real character, let me tell you...

There was once a bloke called Agent Carter in the book series, Reg Carter: Deep Cover by Ben Franks, and at the end he was shot and Reg took his name. Nothing dramatic, but hell-packed with emotion. As you do.

BenFranks wrote:One of my characters was once beheaded by some wet, barbecue-soaked cheese, but this was in a romantic comedy. Perhaps you'd prefer to here about how I killed off a real character, let me tell you...

There was once a bloke called Agent Carter in the book series, Reg Carter: Deep Cover by Ben Franks, and at the end he was shot and Reg took his name. Nothing dramatic, but hell-packed with emotion. As you do.

That is cool.

Lol, why thankyou.

Characters I've killed... personally I have no problem having horrible things happen to my characters, my friends can verify this. Actually, it's kinda fun... Anyway...

The character I'm thinking of was in one of my favorite stories I ever wrote. His name was Jonathan, and it was the one character that I really liked. He was knocked by a giant rat off a cliff... sniff.

BenFranks wrote:One of my characters was once beheaded by some wet, barbecue-soaked cheese, but this was in a romantic comedy.

Ah, yes. Nothing says 'rom-com' like a piece of wet, barbecued cheese.

Is that sarcasm I sense, dear Amy? Lol.