Killing Characters

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How to Kill a Character

All writers become murderous sooner or later, but it’s important to kill your character in the right way, at the right time and for the right reason. I hope this worksheet will help you premeditate the perfect coup de grâce.

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"Writing has never been work to me, even when it c

"Writing has never been work to me, even when it comes out badly, I like the action, the sound of the typer, a way to go. And even when I write badly and it comes back, I look at it and I don't mind too much: I've got a chance to improve. There's the matter of staying with it, tapping away, it seems to keep mending together; the mistakes and the good luck until it sounds and reads and feels better. Not that it's important or not important. Just tap tap tap. Of course, in the typing it's good if something comes along that is interesting to say, and such things don't arrive every day. You've got to wait a couple of days sometimes. And you've got to know that the big boys who have been doing it for centuries really haven't done it too well, even though you have copied from them, couldn't have started at any beginning without them, there's still nothing to owe. So, tap tap tap..." - Charles Bukowski to John Martin (January 3, 1982) I bought this book for a writer friend, but couldn't resist flipping through it myself. It's a collection of letters that Bukowski sent out over the years, mostly in response to submissions & rejections & (heaven help the recipient) requests for bios to accompany his publications. I don't know that it will teach you much about writing, but it's definitely a fun insight if you like Bukowski. 📚 Do you have any writing books you'd recommend? .
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I have begun making lists, every day, in a little

I have begun making lists, every day, in a little notebook, of the things that please me, that I love & appreciate. I stamp the date at the top, and add to my list every time I sit down at my desk. Here is a random sampling:
- Thunderstorms
- Fast deliveries
- Black - the colour & the character (in my novel)
- My students 🖤
- My family
- Mum's cooking
- Colombian coffee with crushed cardamom
- Penguin Classics
- @lilithatious
- Finding a stash of pink blotting paper & thin typewriter paper in a box of my grandfather's stuff in the basement 📦
- My elliptical machine
- Stopping to listen to the nightingales
- My skill at categorising & deciding what to keep & what to give away
- Goodnotes
- F O C U S & F L O W
- Scholasticism
- Typing on this Magic Keyboard 🙌🏻
- Håkan Hellström
- The lovely things that are still winging their way towards me
- My Zettelkasten
- The accumulation of words 📚
- The fact that there are services that allow me to read & listen to books INSTANTLY 🤯
- Haribo snakes
- Dark mode
- The feeling of progress 📖 Try it for yourself today & let me know what you think! 😊 .
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prosopopoeia: "A rhetorical device by which an ima

prosopopoeia: "A rhetorical device by which an imaginary, absent, or dead person is represented as speaking or acting; the introduction of a pretended speaker; an instance of this." (OED)⁠
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"The Greek word prósopon means a face or mask and from those core meanings derive subsidiary meanings of a dramatic part or character, a character in a philosophical dialogue or other book, even the character of an author." - Gavin Alexander⁠
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Words, words, words.⁠ ⁠ .⁠ .⁠ .⁠ ⁠ #sh

Words, words, words.⁠
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My darling, beautiful Dad passed away suddenly las

My darling, beautiful Dad passed away suddenly last month. He would have been 66 today.⁠
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It isn't hyperbole to say that I can't imagine a better, more loving, more patient, or more absolutely adorable father.⁠
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My earliest memory is of him. He had taken me down to the playground on campus, and I had insisted on climbing the BIG slide. I spent some time, in two-year-old terms, convincing him to let me do it alone. He stood back, and allowed me the laborious exercise. I was very near the top when I lost my foothold and began to fall, thinking, in that fleeting moment, that Dad had been right, and that it was over for me... But of course he had stayed behind me all along, and he caught me, and helped me up the last few rungs.⁠
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I have always felt that support, and I know I always, always will, no matter how far apart we may be cast.⁠
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🖤 Happy Birthday, Dad!⁠

✒️ a new offering awaits you: writing meditati

✒️ a new offering awaits you: writing meditations!⁠
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What are ⁠"writing meditations"?⁠
- ⁠Audio recordings (& accompanying worksheets) with prompts for you to write along to.⁠
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5 prompts⁠
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= 15min writing sessions!⁠
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- Simple, but sooo much fun! You can totally work through your writer's block with one of these.⁠
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- If you're a Lady Writers League member, you can find all 19 meditations in your course downloads section.⁠ There are meditations for CHARACTER, WORLDBUILDING & PLOT.⁠
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- There's also a free sample of 2 meditations in the Coterie.⁠
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I hope they inspire you to write today! 🖤⁠
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