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posted Nov 25, 2009 by FaltaregoPlus Member
Okay, so I just killed off a character.

She was a good character. She was sassy, she was smart, she was cute, she was sarcastic, and she had an English accent.

And she was a bass player.

I liked her a lot.

And now she is dead. It seemed necessary. It will probably still seem necessary once I've gotten over it and moved on to the rest of the story.

But still... I mean, really... She completely didn't deserve that.

My main character is beyond pissed.

Anyone else grieving over one of their characters?

Come join my support group.
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posted Nov 25, 2009 by Pumpkin201
My character's dad decided it would be okay to beat up his wife, break three ribs and her spine.
Why? He didn't have to. Did he?
*sobs*
So now Meg (my character, she isn't main, but I like her) is grief stricken and needs the support of Indigo (who is my main character), but can't get it because Indi has her own problems. Poor Meg feels depressed and deserted.
Why!?
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posted Nov 25, 2009 by chazpezCommunity Supporter
None of my characters have died yet, but I think Owen will, once I have Michael beat his head in with a brick.

Its a long story. BUT Owen was one of my favourites (incidentally, so is Michael) and all he wants to do is make a life for himself so than he can have his little brother back.

Bless him.
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posted Nov 25, 2009 by FaltaregoPlus Member
I have plenty of boxes of tissues on hand.
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posted Nov 26, 2009 by darkliquidPlus Member
I just killed off my main character, I didn't mean to - it just happened!

He was kind of integral to the plot too, but never mind it gave me some more words and besides, now it's also given my other ideas for a possible sequel too.

It does look like a chair will now be saving the world in my story though...
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posted Nov 26, 2009 by LemonyGood
The villain of my story, Adam, killed his best friend AND his girlfriend, Sophie, because they had an affair behind his back. I'm grieveing for Sophie at the moment because she's a sweet girl and she didn't deserve it. I'm also feeling sorry for my main character Valorie, whom ASdam has captured because he wants people to listen to him, and also partly because Valorie looks exactly like Sophie. They have an arguement and Valorie ended up getting stabbed, which I didn't want. I hope she recovers!
x x x
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posted Nov 26, 2009 by Tasha_Noble
Mine's about a child killer so I had to kill off a dear little three year old girl before I even started, and I had to go back 37 years to do it. I may kill off my antagonist at the end. She's currently on life support but I might have her daughter give them permission to switch it off at the end. I won't be grieving for her though.
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posted Nov 26, 2009 by chazpezCommunity Supporter
Jeez people what are we going to do with ourselves? I breifly contemplated having Owen run over by a car this afternoon, to save him the pain of the brick bashing, but then i thought, "Who's Michael going to hit?" He's going to hurt someone, you see, and I don't want it to be any of the girls. So it has to be either Owen or Evan.

Crap, I just realised that I want Michael to live happy ever after, and he can't, cos he's going to kill someone.

*violins and stuff here*
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posted Nov 26, 2009 by Asheyna
I killed a character last week, sobbed the entire time. I didn't mean to do it, I meant to kill the other one and all of a sudden Anthony's lifeless body was being pulled down the hall by the security guards. It was awful.

Then the next day I wrote the funeral scene... and I lost the will to live write. Seriously, like 3 days I couldn't write anything because every time I started I'd have to write a scene and miss Anthony.

:(
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posted Nov 26, 2009 by moonwalkerPlus Member
I haven't killed off anybody personally, but I did blow up the entire Earth! There were still some people left on it, but most of them were bad guys who destroyed the Earth anyway, so I don't feel sorry for them. There probably are some good magic folk left like Elves and Faeries that I am truly sorry about, but then.. I didn't know them specifically as characters, so I haven't had to mourn yet. I finished NaNo, but the book is no where near finished!
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posted Nov 30, 2009 by Pumpkin201
hmm... Will just died. He got swine flu and just, well, died. He was pretty central to the plot too.
I don't know why it happened, it just did. I couldn't change it - there was no way to get him better.
And now, I'm sad :(
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posted Nov 30, 2009 by bluejay
My poor protagonist sister was murdered before the story even started but lucky for her she is being haunted by her sister, through mirrors and other reflective surfaces.
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posted Dec 9, 2009 by FaltaregoPlus Member
Okay, now I'm sad that the whole thing's over. I really enjoyed popping into this group to see what everyone was up to.

So... *sniff, sniff*
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posted Dec 9, 2009 by chazpezCommunity Supporter
Don't be sad Faltar!

But I'm quite upset about the lack of group activity too haha.
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posted Dec 23, 2009 by Pumpkin201
My NaNo grief: now that it's over, no one really comments anymore.
I just wanted to put the group at the top of my list xD
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posted Dec 25, 2009 by delorfindePro Member
@Pumpkin201

Aww, that's really sweet. :)
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posted Dec 25, 2009 by Pumpkin201
xD
We should meet. I think you're opinion of me would change.
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posted Dec 28, 2009 by Pumpkin201
Okay, I have another grief. Yes, another one.
Someone left the group. That made me said :'(
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posted Dec 31, 2009 by Codswallop
My favourite character, Hans the cow, died a sorry death. He was publicly hung for eating a good part of a man's hair, killing someone by falling onto them, and, later, impersonating a wizard.

Poor, poor Hans...did I mention he hated grass?
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posted Dec 31, 2009 by Pumpkin201
@Codswallop
:O wow.
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