Many times I've seen obvious death flags, that people even comment about it in stories I've read. So I wanna know how to hide a potential character death. Like you won't expect it at all.
Thanks for tips btw :D
I mean...that's notanything hard to do. Just dont do any "see you later"s, you know?Many times I've seen obvious death flags, that people even comment about it in stories I've read. So I wanna know how to hide a potential character death. Like you won't expect it at all.
Thanks for tips btw :D
Deaths flags are not natural. They are not something you avoid, but add intentionally. Just don't go around giving any hints or clues, and you should be fine.Many times I've seen obvious death flags, that people even comment about it in stories I've read. So I wanna know how to hide a potential character death. Like you won't expect it at all.
Thanks for tips btw :D
Is it to give the readers the illusion that no one dies?Save a character once.
It's to give an illusion that this particular character won't die. Save this character once, twice, even thrice, and then kill him\her. By doing this, even if you write the death flags every time, this death would be both foreshadowed and unexpected.Is it to give the readers the illusion that no one dies?
Maybe I've read too many manhwa's but almost always the MC gets revived/reincarnated if he dies :DI mean...that's notanything hard to do. Just dont do any "see you later"s, you know?
I mean sure you can do a few fake outs to trip the readers up. But a real surprise character death is just sudden and unexpected. When you think, "they are a main character, they wont die" and then they trigger a trap and get impaled or get stuck in a mud slide and die.
Give them hope. Then take it away. Let them bask in the comforting balo of the character being a main instead of a random mob.
Not every character death has to be meaningful, my man. Dont be afraid to just kill them due to a misstep and have them die from a big rock on the ground. Readers may rage, but fuck them.
There can be multiple main characters. Sub characters can be part of the main cast. Mobs, extras, those are the ones who arent important.Maybe I've read too many manhwa's but almost always the MC gets revived/reincarnated if he dies :D
Depends on the situation. If the person who will die is seriously and chronically sick or something, you can foreshadow their death. If they are an average person living a non-dangerous life, don’t.Many times I've seen obvious death flags, that people even comment about it in stories I've read. So I wanna know how to hide a potential character death. Like you won't expect it at all.
Thanks for tips btw :D
Instead of that character dying, something bad happens to the main character instead? Or rather than that, specifically call out the death flag to call it into double reverse psychology logic.Many times I've seen obvious death flags, that people even comment about it in stories I've read. So I wanna know how to hide a potential character death. Like you won't expect it at all.
Thanks for tips btw :D
I guess that's true.
Basically, if your audience isn't expecting a character death, it's probably bad writing. Obviously that isn't really true, since death is something that happens in real life. But you as a writer are almost never going to write a death that exists just to be realistic. There's always a meaning to it, even if it's 'I need to show that the story is realistic.'
As long as the death has meaning, there will be indicators that people can notice. If it has no meaning, then nobody will see it coming, but they also either won't care, or they'll rightfully think it's bad writing.
True, but readers can still expect a character to die and still be surprised about THAT character biting the dust instead.Basically, if your audience isn't expecting a character death, it's probably bad writing
Doesn't the last part contradictTrue, but readers can still expect a character to die and still be surprised about THAT character biting the dust instead.
And a death can be meaningless but only if it generates meaning later in the story.
A death can be meaningless for most part of the story and then turn out to have meaning later on. Or that a death turns into a motivation or fuel for growth way later than the actual deathDoesn't the last part contradict
Well, I guess that makes sense. Thanks :DA death can be meaningless for most part of the story and then turn out to have meaning later on. Or that a death turns into a motivation or fuel for growth way later than the actual death