15 Feb 2010

Why Do They Have to Die?

As the number of thinking readers in Malaysia is growing rapidly, sadistic writers are going to have a very tough future unless they start thinking of good reasons for killing their characters.
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That’s what I wrote in an article published in New Straits Times on 2 June 2001.

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I was counseling young writers against killing off their characters gratuitously in their short stories.

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After nearly nine years, the article might still be useful for some. Kindly CLICK HERE to take a look.