| Dragon_Master | Obituaries |
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Nov 2, 2009 - 20 18 |
Again, another fun topic I remember. Let's hear the body count and who will no longer be making an appearance in our insane (but awesomely epic) novels. At the moment, I have no deaths, but plenty of corpses since my MC works in a morgue. |
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40,210 / 50,000
Nov 2, 2009 - 21 57
At the beginning of my novel it has been over eight years since the suicide of main character's father. And that's just the start of the body count. I'm just about to add two more to the pile....though I can't mention the one....
40,517 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 07 35
If mechanical monstrosities count I have 1 so far. There'll be blood spilled soon though. Oh yes very soon... Mwahahaha!
Rolard
----------2006 A Hole in Andrellas (winner)
2007 Voyage of the Amadeus (32,111)
2008 Magic of the Highways (11,000)
2009 A Song of Psalms (in progress)
40,053 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 17 18
About thirteen people dead in one story.
Note, I'm writing a bunch of short stories.
----------"He was now a devil without a cause."
39,117 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 18 08
The main character's father figure died a little while ago.
----------Meekrat Entertainment Group (My story from 2008 is somewhere on the site)
39,339 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 19 48
I haven't decided yet if I want my protagonist's love interest to die or to just leave. Other than that, no body count so far.
----------"Keeping up the appearance of having all your marbles is hard work, but important." -Jacob Jankowski
2007 - Ms. Harper (won)
2008 - Perfectly Accidental (won)
2009 - as yet untitled
39,117 / 50,000
Nov 3, 2009 - 21 10
Three more named people are dead by the hands of the antagonist, plus a whole town of people. The antagonist might be dead as well, but the hero isn't too sure about this.
----------Meekrat Entertainment Group (My story from 2008 is somewhere on the site)
51,015 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 05 09
One named dead, plus a whole shuttle-load of people. But there should be about 6 more named by the end of the day. Except that I'm starting to like them! They'll just have to die for the cause.
----------"Writers aren't exactly people.... they're a whole bunch of people trying to be one person." - F. Scott Fitzgerald
40,210 / 50,000
Nov 4, 2009 - 18 49
Okay, the best friend is officially dead, with the main character witnessing it. Or the tail end of it rather. And one other is dead, but no one knows it yet.
38,521 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 05 53
I have my first ?death?. I'm writing a book populated by vampires so I don't know if a vampire dying is technically a death but he isn't getting back up again. In addition, I know it's cliche but a bunch of vampires just threw a production of Sweeney Todd where all the victims were played by humans.
Meat Pies for Everyone!!!
----------"If death meant just leaving the stage long enough to change costume and come back as a new character...Would you slow down? Or speed up?”
Chuck Palahniuk (1961)
14,985 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 06 10
Meat Pies for Everyone!!!
Okay, this totally sounds like something I have to read. LOL
----------Rhonda Stapleton ~ http://www.rhondastapleton.com
Stupid Cupid (book 1) -- December 2009, Simon Pulse
Flirting With Disaster (book 2) -- March 2010, Simon Pulse
Pucker Up (book 3) -- May 2010, Simon Pulse
40,053 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 18 48
A random couple died. Eaten by cannibals.
----------"He was now a devil without a cause."
39,117 / 50,000
Nov 5, 2009 - 23 12
A minor antagonist just got killed by a Hydra, and then a bunch of townsfolk (all humanoid reptiles) decided to eat the Hydra, so it's dead, too.
----------Meekrat Entertainment Group (My story from 2008 is somewhere on the site)
50,629 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 14 48
Yay! First intentional deaths acomplished at the write in. I killed my MCs parents. They're a little all over the place... A little here... A little there... All over her apartment.
40,053 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 18 00
"Kirllin!! Too soon."
Also, I kill my MC's mother off in this story.
----------"He was now a devil without a cause."
39,117 / 50,000
Nov 7, 2009 - 22 42
Here's my latest list of deaths:
-----------A carnivorous buffalo-type creature
-A bunch of pygmies, who were responsible for the buffalo's death
-Some giant terrible birds, who were responsible for the pygmy deaths
Meekrat Entertainment Group (My story from 2008 is somewhere on the site)
40,210 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 20 48
Okay, another bit the dust in my novel. The guy responsible for the MC's best friend's death was just killed....by the MC and a ghost.
40,053 / 50,000
Nov 10, 2009 - 21 02
One of the last stories I did the MMC killed a soldier type guy. And stole his armor to
My MC in the latest story killed four guards and one normal man. He also stole the guard's clothes then stole the normal man's clothes.
----------"He was now a devil without a cause."
25,564 / 50,000
Nov 11, 2009 - 07 45
I have a number of characters who are scheduled to die, but I haven't written any of their death scenes yet.
----------I have had one character find his (former) boss' severed foot, though.
When your inner editor says that your writing stinks, tell it: "Yeah, so?"
Of course it stinks. That's why it's called a FIRST draft.
40,210 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 20 47
At the write-in tonight, during one of the 15 writing sprints, I killed off four more characters. Granted, three of them didn't even have names...The MC's boss was killed in a robbery, and that did not make the MC happy. So um...yeah, he killed the three robbers.
51,000 / 50,000
Nov 12, 2009 - 21 28
Hmmm...the first body to show up in my novel was about four pages in (it IS a murder mystery, though), and my MC found the second about twenty pages ago. A few more will probably bite the proverbial dust before I'm through, though. And my MC's love interest MAY go...but I don't think so. I want him around for future books, ha ha ;)
See what about a week with no internet will do (other than make my word count graphs look crazy!)? ha ha!
----------"No power in the Verse can stop me." - River Tam, Joss Whedon's Firefly
"And remember the truth that once was spoken: To love another person is to see the face of God."
-Les Miserables, the Musical
39,117 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2009 - 02 38
The only thing I've killed in recent days is a robot. I'm counting him among the dead, though I'm not entirely sure an artificial being counts. Also, that Hydra I said that was killed turned up alive. Granted, it may have lost a few heads (which would only cause it to gain more heads).
----------Meekrat Entertainment Group (My story from 2008 is somewhere on the site)
40,517 / 50,000
Nov 13, 2009 - 05 15
I have my first death.... well murder really. But it hasn't been investigated yet, I had a flashback to get through first. But today I think we get our first look at the remains.
Rolard
----------2006 A Hole in Andrellas (winner)
2007 Voyage of the Amadeus (32,111)
2008 Magic of the Highways (11,000)
2009 A Song of Psalms (in progress)
39,117 / 50,000
Nov 16, 2009 - 22 03
Since the write-in, one of my antagonists has gone insane and has decided to kill and eat people to gain their power. So far, he's eaten the other antagonist, a random guard, and a science officer.
----------Meekrat Entertainment Group (My story from 2008 is somewhere on the site)
35,904 / 50,000
Nov 17, 2009 - 01 56
Twenty-eight die in one flashback, fully half the crew of the 'Seven Sisters' out of Pleadies Station.
All of this was accomplished to establish the Captain's reputation as having no mercy when it comes to mutineers and pirates.
I'm especially proud of the twenty-three that died after sealing themselves in the engine room, and threatening to blow up the ship. Concussive charges tore a hole in the hull outside their chamber, bludgeoning some and asphyxiating the rest.
I'm still trying to decide which of the Main Characters will die... if I didn't have source material that I'm trying to 'bend', as opposed to starting from scratch, my MC would be high on the list. As it is, he'll probably have to live...I don't plan on writing a sequel, though, so there's still a chance.
50,629 / 50,000
Nov 21, 2009 - 17 07
Another death! My MC went a little antagonistic/anti-hero and killed one of the lower ranking villians in my story.
..... Seriously. I would read your story. xD It just sounds SO interesting.