#lav-speaks

[lav-garden]

Hiii, welcome to my garden! ~

I'm currently tossing up on whether or not I should try to make an external archive of all my tags, and what each of them mean/are, to make it easier to find stuff here.

Guess we'll see 😌

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Given that this blog is new, expect to see the range of stuff I rb to slowly expand!

[lavender-valentine]

Character Death

An editor once told me to make sure I had a damn good reason for a character death and not take the lazy way out. She felt that if the purpose of the death was to shape/mold the protagonist, the molding should come from the aftermath of the event rather than the event itself. She also encouraged me to create a chain of events other than a death to accomplish the same objective. I'm thinking of this right now as I prepare to begin an entire series with a death. And while it drives the following events, it was the man's life that shaped the protagonist. The death just set a chain of events in motion. I really can't think of a better way to set off the events than killing the dude. Sorry my friend. I tried, but sometimes you gotta bury them.