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Why does nobody talk about killing off your favorite character?
I spent 3 months on a story set in Portland and refused to kill off the mentor figure. Kept writing him into corners. Finally realized he was blocking every plot point. A beta reader asked me straight up, "Why is he still alive?" I deleted him in one sitting and the whole draft opened up. Anyone else had a character they were too attached to that hurt the story?
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elizabeth_barnes29d ago
Have you ever read about how Sir Arthur Conan Doyle tried to kill off Sherlock Holmes and people freaked out so much he brought him back? Letting a character go when the story needs it is way harder than it sounds.
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