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The novel is overall very distressing and supposed to elicit emotion from the readers, it's practically dependent on it. A few of the characters in my novel will contain depressed and suicidal thou...
#3: Attribution notice added
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System
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2019-12-08T09:44:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
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#2: Initial revision
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Kyl
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2019-12-08T09:44:01Z (almost 5 years ago)
The novel is overall very distressing and supposed to elicit emotion from the readers, it's practically dependent on it. A few of the characters in my novel will contain depressed and suicidal thoughts. I want to be able to explain and show that without continuously saying they wished they were dead. The characters live in an apocalyptic-type area, meaning there aren't many doctors and such around. How do I deal with the characters illnesses in the novel to ensure it's realistic? I don't want to be too harsh on the characters as people reading may be triggered by some events, but I also need it to be fairly emotional and for readers to feel a connection with them. This question is a little all over the place, I was in a rush.
#1: Imported from external source
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System
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2018-09-03T03:21:04Z (about 6 years ago)
Original score: 4