tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post6959941461037131692..comments2024-03-28T06:20:48.661-04:00Comments on Jungle Red Writers: Killing your protagonist, is it ever okay? by Jenn McKinlayJungle Red Writershttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16646429819267618412noreply@blogger.comBlogger114125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-57590314016810594232018-01-17T12:16:55.001-05:002018-01-17T12:16:55.001-05:00You've kept me on the edge of my seat a few ti...You've kept me on the edge of my seat a few times...talk about nervous to turn the page! (of course I did anyway, we just have to find out what happens!) What a relief to know that Molly, Georgie & others are safe :) Hillary Ogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00669385158671350274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-51780314943026974172018-01-17T12:14:21.463-05:002018-01-17T12:14:21.463-05:00This comment has been removed by the author.Hillary Ogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00669385158671350274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-39350357171171328642018-01-17T12:10:02.783-05:002018-01-17T12:10:02.783-05:00Scanned the comments to see what you'd say :) ...Scanned the comments to see what you'd say :) Happy to hear they're safe! :)Hillary Ogghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00669385158671350274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-25062837210669012912018-01-16T23:49:17.522-05:002018-01-16T23:49:17.522-05:00Ha! No worries. I understood comlpletely. And I’ve...Ha! No worries. I understood comlpletely. And I’ve done the crying in the car thing, too.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-23420792528307610032018-01-16T23:47:36.715-05:002018-01-16T23:47:36.715-05:00Yay!Yay!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-76682568803603262322018-01-16T23:47:01.886-05:002018-01-16T23:47:01.886-05:00When you’re done, you’re done :)When you’re done, you’re done :)Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-86961041233337731002018-01-16T23:46:18.832-05:002018-01-16T23:46:18.832-05:00Shock value never works for me - there has to be a...Shock value never works for me - there has to be a compelling reason otherwise I feel betrayed.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-61669385384225971062018-01-16T23:45:10.566-05:002018-01-16T23:45:10.566-05:00Sometimes it’s just a deal breaker. I always hope ...Sometimes it’s just a deal breaker. I always hope I’ll forgive the author eventually.Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-3833095271821988772018-01-16T23:43:51.780-05:002018-01-16T23:43:51.780-05:00Funny how we can forgive some but not others. Funny how we can forgive some but not others. Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-64088421143126750962018-01-16T23:43:00.990-05:002018-01-16T23:43:00.990-05:00David - that story is priceless! From gushing to s...David - that story is priceless! From gushing to scorn!Jenn McKinlayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03214926031147370862noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-38708300014105081452018-01-16T21:19:34.344-05:002018-01-16T21:19:34.344-05:00I put in a possible option love interest for Jane....I put in a possible option love interest for Jane...and I still hear from readers who wonder: what happened to the fabulous Peter Hennessey? Hmmmm. Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-55686861143762617242018-01-16T21:17:50.448-05:002018-01-16T21:17:50.448-05:00Yes. I agree! And it makes it seem more real. In a...Yes. I agree! And it makes it seem more real. In a very tender way. xoox<br />Hank Phillippi Ryanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07630366214207785339noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-32034473346031282822018-01-16T19:21:00.020-05:002018-01-16T19:21:00.020-05:00I was thinking about these movies and a British se...I was thinking about these movies and a British series Delicious. Thank you.Bibliophilehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07764234701385787238noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-54708569304197848482018-01-16T18:09:54.355-05:002018-01-16T18:09:54.355-05:00I'm still annoyed about Downton Abbey killing ...I'm still annoyed about Downton Abbey killing off Matthew. It was a soap opera, and soaps often replace an actor with another, so why couldn't they have done that? Gee... I stopped watching Downton at that point. I used to buy the DVDs, too, but stopped and have no desire to rewatch any of them. Maybe I'll donate them to the library.,,<br /><br />And there's a book series that I decided I'm done with. Too many "regulars" die off. I can understand elderly characters dying but not people who are supposedly in the prime of life! I can even understand if that happens to one character in the series but when one after another is killed off, reading that author's books no longer gives me pleasure. <br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7338117554700885342018-01-16T18:08:09.701-05:002018-01-16T18:08:09.701-05:00I think I read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories ...I think I read all of the Sherlock Holmes stories before I was twelve. I don't remember mourning his death so I must have been warned of his death and his being raised to new life. When I was in the sixth grade in elementary school, the teacher asked the class "Has anyone ever cried after reading a book?" I had. And as I remembered it, I thought the title was taken from the Robert Frost poem and was called Miles to Go Before I Sleep. Well. Apparently there was a book called Before I Sleep by a James Monahan about the humanitarian doctor, Tom Dooley. And the teacher was pleased as punch that I was reading such high literature. She gushed over me and my choice of non-fiction and started to explain to the class who Dr. Tom Dooley. I had to stop her to explain that the book I was talking about was not about an American doctor in Africa, but rather about a pirate on the high seas who dies at the end of the book. The amount she had gushed was now the amount that she scorned my choice in literature. A few years back, I re-watched most of the episodes of Inspector Morse. When I learned that Jonathan Shaw had died in 2002 at 60 years of age, I was thoroughly chastened about my own mortality. (I am now in the words of the Beatles, 64.) My favorite death is not of a person. In the original Thomas Crown Affair, which ends in a cemetery, Faye Dunaway, can't forego winning and kills the relationship. The remake with Pierce Brosnan of course holds you on the edge of your seat with surprises and everyone lives happily ever after at the end.David Squireshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17144607647071920674noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-73201481920547681112018-01-16T17:57:13.161-05:002018-01-16T17:57:13.161-05:00I keep expecting Ruth to die because she's so ...I keep expecting Ruth to die because she's so old, but I would really miss her. I sort of miss the village resident who died a couple of books back. It was not someone I was fond of, but it was interesting to observe that character's interactions with others. <br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-18962824201451074372018-01-16T17:54:56.326-05:002018-01-16T17:54:56.326-05:00well, I'm with many of the others regarding EG...well, I'm with many of the others regarding EG. Why can't her people Why keep piling on the grief for them? But Peter Lovesey got away with it and he will always be one of my favorites! Melaniehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17946905881136839301noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-71135491003576677002018-01-16T17:53:53.705-05:002018-01-16T17:53:53.705-05:00Karin Slaughter is who came to mind in reference t...Karin Slaughter is who came to mind in reference to an email I started writing to a favorite mystery writer today after finishing her latest this afternoon. I stopped reading Karin Slaughter because she killed off that character and I was also getting sick of all the drama, so the death clinched it for me. On the other hand, there is more than one way to kill off a character and it's not always a physical death. Two things that make for lazy writing in my book -- too much soap opera drama, and "killing" a character. artfoodsoulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08305971744806531535noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-17049465360110493562018-01-16T17:51:56.343-05:002018-01-16T17:51:56.343-05:00Kevin is coming back! Good!
DebRo Kevin is coming back! Good!<br /><br />DebRo Deb Romanohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01650858888197217258noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-7601231216985512242018-01-16T16:44:16.513-05:002018-01-16T16:44:16.513-05:00Whew. I like Gemma and Duncan alive and wellWhew. I like Gemma and Duncan alive and wellAnnhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14187856103924954287noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-68431592539157260032018-01-16T16:43:20.604-05:002018-01-16T16:43:20.604-05:00Yes, Jenn, it did feel like a betrayal of my trust...Yes, Jenn, it did feel like a betrayal of my trust . . . but I think what Julia said is the heart of the issue. It wasn’t a culmination of circumstances that inevitably led to the death, it didn’t move the story forward . . . it was just suddenly there --- and all it did was make everyone sad [and moved a character to a new location]. <br /><br />And, even if it is a daring move for an author, it threw me for a loop. Despite the complexity of the stories told over so many books, the seemingly unjustifiable decision destroyed my involvement with the characters and I could no longer bring myself to return to those stories . . . . Joan Emersonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06810313925049108163noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-52804958759636978612018-01-16T16:41:37.901-05:002018-01-16T16:41:37.901-05:00Julia, I can just see you weeping over your comput...Julia, I can just see you weeping over your computer when killing off your character. Reminds me of the beginning scene of "Romancing the Stone," with Kathleen Turner blowing her nose on post-its because she'd used all the kleenex, toilet tissue and even paper towels as she was writing her latest book.Beverly Fontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753100340758588722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-79335923063864088442018-01-16T16:35:06.684-05:002018-01-16T16:35:06.684-05:00Susan, I feel the same way about Elizabeth George....Susan, I feel the same way about Elizabeth George. I stayed with her for a few more books, but there is never even the semblance of a happy ending. And my life is dark enough these days without reading about others' tragic lives.Beverly Fontainehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07753100340758588722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-69009092958050928542018-01-16T16:30:58.549-05:002018-01-16T16:30:58.549-05:00LOL.. I absolutely do the same thing when the &quo...LOL.. I absolutely do the same thing when the "book" makes me angry.... Like Flora, I get very involved with those characters!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426378532625289878noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1001156153899984046.post-53957067620011236142018-01-16T16:30:46.086-05:002018-01-16T16:30:46.086-05:00LOL.. I absolutely do the same thing when the &quo...LOL.. I absolutely do the same thing when the "book" makes me angry.... Like Flora, I get very involved with those characters!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02426378532625289878noreply@blogger.com