Jul 30 2009
Inspiring the next generation of writers. . . to commit manslaughter
My 13 year old cousin is a budding writer and we were talking shop one day when she mused, “I am totally stuck in this one story. I don’t know what should happen next.”
“Kill someone,” I said.
“Really?” she replied.
“Yeah,” I said, “I read a book on writing once that recommended killing someone if you are stuck.”
She looked down at the ground for a moment and then looked up and shyly asked, completely serious, “But. . . won’t I go to jail?”
“In the story! Kill a character in the story!” I clarified and she said, “Oh!” with genuine relief.
I’m not even sure where to begin with this.
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--Deb
