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The problem with killing off a background character is that their very modus operandi eliminates the most effective advice, because they don't have a long "screentime", and we don't know too much a...
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creative-writing
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T07:27:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/31755 License name: CC BY-SA 3.0 License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision
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Mephistopheles
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2019-12-08T07:27:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
The problem with killing off a background character is that their very modus operandi eliminates the most effective advice, because they don't have a long "screentime", and we don't know too much about them. **So, then how could one make the readers care about a background character's death, who they barely know?**
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2017-12-01T19:11:34Z (almost 7 years ago)
Original score: 3