Friday, February 15, 2013

Mortality

Read Numbers 31-33

Numbers 31:2 "Avenge the children of Israel of the Midianites: afterward shalt thou be gathered unto thy people."

What if a character knows she is going to die? How might that affect her actions throughout the story?

If it’s a minor character, the subplot can still have an impact on what the other characters face. She might be driven to do things that either help or hinder the other characters.

If it’s the main character who is facing certain death, it will steer the whole plot. It might drive the character to act recklessly, since he is going to die soon, anyway, or it might be a story about that character trying to set right all his wrongs before he dies.

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