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Q&A How to make a repeating plot "slice" not annoying

In my fantasy novels, I don't want to kill anyone off, I just want to get them injured, like badly. I made up numerous believable excuses for this (low-violence, a genuine will to live on the enemi...

6 answers  ·  posted 6y ago by Mephistopheles‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T09:13:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/37195
License name: CC BY-SA 3.0
License URL: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0/
#2: Initial revision by user avatar Mephistopheles‭ · 2019-12-08T09:13:15Z (almost 5 years ago)
In my fantasy novels, I don't want to kill anyone off, I just want to get them injured, like badly. I made up numerous believable excuses for this (_low-violence, a genuine will to live on the enemies' part, magnetically levitated [trauma plates](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Trauma_plate), long engagement distances and hyper-advanced, widely available medicine_). However, **I don't want to tire the reader** with "Oh no, he's injured, quickly pull him into cover!" It's hard to get emotional about this after the fifth time, I mean it hurts, like a lot, but nobody dies.

**I want to keep this _X gets injured during a fight_ cliche as fresh as possible, for the longest time possible, and I under no circumstance want to make it feel tiring to the reader. How should I do that?**

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2018-06-24T21:37:41Z (over 6 years ago)
Original score: 20