Tuesday, November 12, 2013

Retribution

Read Acts 4-6

Acts 5:5 "And Ananias hearing these words fell down, and gave up the ghost: and great fear came on all them that heard these things."

The right kind of retribution can be very cathartic for a reader. If the antagonist is very violent throughout the story, an arrest might seem a let down to the reader, if that’s where the story ends.

A hint of the kind of punishment the villain faces after being convicted at trial may help soothe the reader’s outrage. Tying up enough loose ends so the reader will know there will be no escape from the antagonist’s fate will also help.

Sometimes a writer might imagine a different way to dole out retribution. An arsonist trapped in his own fire could be one way.

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