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Q&A Should I describe a character deeply before killing it?

So, I have this little story I would like to tell. It's about a girl and how she's forced to take a journey with the man who has just killed her father. I'll skip the details. The point is I'm no...

4 answers  ·  posted 5y ago by Andrea Panda Zen‭  ·  last activity 5y ago by System‭

#3: Attribution notice added by user avatar System‭ · 2019-12-08T12:33:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
Source: https://writers.stackexchange.com/q/46883
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#2: Initial revision by user avatar Andrea Panda Zen‭ · 2019-12-08T12:33:12Z (almost 5 years ago)
So, I have this little story I would like to tell.

It's about a girl and how she's forced to take a journey with the man who has just killed her father.

I'll skip the details. The point is I'm not interested in the figure of her father; for what I would like to tell this is not important. So I've considered starting exactly from the moment when the poor man is killed. Or even after that, when the two are forced to "join" for a while.

My fear is that the reader won't feel invested about the situation, and I would like to create a tension between this two, and most importantly a sense of hate. But why should I hate someone that has killed a stranger?

Should I have some scene where the protagonist interacts with this father before he's killed?

#1: Imported from external source by user avatar System‭ · 2019-07-24T20:15:44Z (over 5 years ago)
Original score: 13