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When Authors Kill: Our Fascination with Murder

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When Authors Kill: Our Fascination with Murder

Link to this episode: http://tinyurl.com/z6v3tvv

In this episode, the Write Pack explores our fascination with murder and authors kill off characters.

  • Why are we fascinated with the act of murder?
  • Explores murder in mythology and theology.
  • Why is murder more fascinating to explore in fiction than theft or other crimes?
  • What is murder ?
  • What does murder do in fiction, what is it really an exploration of?
  • What about self-sacrifice?
  • How does murder/death carry weight in your story?
  • How you kill characters is important—why?
  • What does it mean to fridge a character?
  • What death in a story about war?

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