On Writing: Killing Characters! [ Harry Potter | Stephen King | Terabithia ]

On Writing: Killing Characters! [ Harry Potter | Stephen King | Terabithia ]

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00:00 Killing characters is fun
01:08 The Language You Use Matters
3:40 How You Introduce the Death
09:40 Using juxtaposition
12:50 Avoiding mEloDramA
17:20 Leaving the character with something unfinished
20:20 Injustice or Unfairness
24:45 Fates better than death and literary symmetry
29:30 Summary

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