tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post6028745021363422977..comments2024-03-28T12:01:31.049-04:00Comments on Writers Who Kill: A BLOW TO THE GUTJim Jacksonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15090252530437277145noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-54745701423378011822011-08-18T15:26:06.738-04:002011-08-18T15:26:06.738-04:00That's an interesting question, Pauline, and I...That's an interesting question, Pauline, and I don't remember having read an unusual description of a character's response to violence. <br /><br />In extreme cases a victim might block it out or view it from a distance as if it was happening to someone else but I haven't read books where a character had that reaction.Kara Cerisehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16484336785514235707noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-44775785607727858012011-08-18T09:28:35.176-04:002011-08-18T09:28:35.176-04:00I wonder if the book went into the character's...I wonder if the book went into the character's changing sense of his body, Warren. I think there's a point where a person realizes, this is it.<br /><br />Good point, Elaine, the difference between real and fiction. Sometimes I think people have a problem with that.Pauline Alldredhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00847008019331163905noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-37918992778509926962011-08-18T07:33:43.472-04:002011-08-18T07:33:43.472-04:00Wow, great graphic, Pauline--it epitomizes your po...Wow, great graphic, Pauline--it epitomizes your point by its starkness. <br /><br />"Death Be Not Proud," the book written by the father of a dying little boy describing his death, for me was the most terrifying and sad book I've ever read. But it was real, and I think that is the point, the difference between documentary and fiction. <br /><br />Most cosies don't emphasize the death because the focus isn't on it as much as the sleuthing, which is entertaining.<br /><br />When writing a novel, I think the writer has to be very certain of his motivation and audience. We aren't being insensitive or slighting the violence--we bypass it so as not to make light of those realities. Some writers may include graphics, but those aren't the books I read. <br /><br />Violence and death aren't entertaining--finding out whodunnit is entertaining.E. B. Davishttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16746747050278597888noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-993649290245605005.post-40227288184702564302011-08-18T01:28:48.064-04:002011-08-18T01:28:48.064-04:00I remember reading (sorry I have forgotten the boo...I remember reading (sorry I have forgotten the book title ) a step by step description of a character's changing physiology while he bled to death from a gun shot wound. It was new information for me and I was both fascinated and horrified at the same time.Warren Bullhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07789270258599769915noreply@blogger.com