Killing Your Characters

Things with OPHELIA have been getting pretty heavy. As a result, I recently had to do something I've never done before...kill off one of my absolute favorite characters. *tear* It was harder than I expected it to be. I mean, I've killed plenty of characters before, but not one I was this close to.

I actually had to take a small break after that scene.

Does that make me weird? Am I too attached to my characters? Should the deaths of fictional people really get to me that much?

Personally, I think I'm just the right amount of attached. While it did really upset me, I still did it. Had I chickened out and reworked the story so he could live, then yes, I would say I've become too attached. But I let him die for the good of the story. (That sounds so cold.)

And it's not like I'm the only one who gets upset over fictional death. Hell, I remember people that cried during those last few Harry Potter books because one (or a few) of their favorites died. I've never done that, but I can understand why those people were so upset. Those characters were like real people to them. Knowing they'd never read about them again was pretty upsetting.

Knowing I'd never be writing that character again...well, it hurt a little.

Wanna know what hurts even more? The fact that I know most (if not all) my other favorites in OPHELIA will suffer a very similar fate before all this is over. *big tear* But who knows? Maybe by the end, I'll be so desensitized I won't care anymore. Lol.

Does killing off your characters upset you?

Are you attached to your characters?

Has the death of a fictional person ever affected you?

Were you one of those people who cried during the last few Harry Potter books?

HAPPY WRITING, LOVELIES!