wraith89

<p><p><p><p><p><p>I certainly gave you that impression. It should, but it needs to be there to add something, not just to dramatize the scenario. If it actually amounts to something and leaves an impact on the character/reader, it's purposeful. In some of these short story assignments... It wasn't like that. And if it's war, that's very acceptable. Hell, I killed off the main character in one of my concepts. Why? because it's war, he tries to help and fight, and even though he accomplishes nothing in the end, the reader (hopefully) would care because he really did try and he was, simply, noble.</p></p></p></p></p></p>

<p><p><p><p><p><p>Death bothers me when it is just in a story, seems confusing and out of place, and leaves no emotional impact on the character or reader. If the reader just says "okay, someone died", then that's a problem. Adding death or violence in a story doesn't make it deep or interesting, it just makes it darker. It has to be serious, thought out...</p></p></p></p></p></p>

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<p><p><p><p><p><p>^reader not caring</p></p></p></p></p></p>