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Eva’s Byte #402 – Demises
From a literary viewpoint:
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” Isaac Asimov
From my perspective as a writer, there’s much ado about transitioning for depicting a character’s demise. In order to fit the framework of my story—timing, method, and staging are crucial.
Premeditation! Premeditation! Premeditation!
Always striving to blur the lines of demarcation between nonfiction and fiction in the lit with grit I pen, research has me veering off the beaten path on the Internet. One such detour which led me where I needed to go, pertained to the stages of rigor mortis.
In previously published works of fiction, my characters have met their demise as a result of: a fatal fall, brain aneurysm, drowning, illness, and accidental shooting. Trust me, I’m contemplating other demises for stories incubating in my mind.
At this point in time, I’ve stopped the press at the end of a scene in chapter 26 of my Contemporary work in progress (817 words thus far) to ferret out facts on carbon monoxide poisoning and hypothermia. Until I homogenize the facts with fiction, my sorry-ass character lives on borrowed time.
*May the end justify ethical means for achieving desired outcomes.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
“Life is pleasant. Death is peaceful. It's the transition that's troublesome.” Isaac Asimov
From my perspective as a writer, there’s much ado about transitioning for depicting a character’s demise. In order to fit the framework of my story—timing, method, and staging are crucial.
Premeditation! Premeditation! Premeditation!
Always striving to blur the lines of demarcation between nonfiction and fiction in the lit with grit I pen, research has me veering off the beaten path on the Internet. One such detour which led me where I needed to go, pertained to the stages of rigor mortis.
In previously published works of fiction, my characters have met their demise as a result of: a fatal fall, brain aneurysm, drowning, illness, and accidental shooting. Trust me, I’m contemplating other demises for stories incubating in my mind.
At this point in time, I’ve stopped the press at the end of a scene in chapter 26 of my Contemporary work in progress (817 words thus far) to ferret out facts on carbon monoxide poisoning and hypothermia. Until I homogenize the facts with fiction, my sorry-ass character lives on borrowed time.
*May the end justify ethical means for achieving desired outcomes.
My sincere appreciation to you for reading this far.
Eva’s Authors Den Page: http://www.authorsden.com/evapasco
