DEATH: What a Terrible Day for this Man.

17 Mar 2025 • 82 min • EN
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Death . . . what is it good for? Lots of things! Need to fundamentally alter the way your story functions and your characters interact? A character death might be right for you. In this episode of Prose and Cons, Ally, James and Phoenix analyse various character deaths across a number of stories that got it right. They’ll go into what the authors did well and ultimately why these deaths felt so impactful, and maybe even left us stunned. BIG SPOILER WARNINGS:  Lord of the Rings Lion King Star Wars Trigun Full Metal Alchemist The Stormlight Archive (up to book 4) Jade City Game of Thrones Man of Steel Under the Dome The Terror Harry Potter (We mention some others in the episode at the beginning but don’t actually end up talking about them). STEPHEN KING REFERENCE COUNTER: 1 TOTAL: 113 Send us a message! Contact us at: precipicefiction.com/contact/ ============================================= This is Prose & Cons - a podcast for emerging writers, by emerging writers. Because sometimes we feel like pros, and sometimes we feel like cons. Brought to you by Precipice Fiction. Six Writers. Six Worlds. Alexandria Burnham, Paddy Boylan, Alex Eldridge, Matan Elul, Phoenix Raig and James Healy. The New Mythic: A Sci-Fi & Fantasy Collection - Available now in ebook or paperback: mybook.to/TheNewMythic Website: precipicefiction.com YouTube: youtube.com/@PrecipiceFiction Instagram: instagram.com/precipicefiction/ Twitter: twitter.com/PrecipiceFic Facebook: facebook.com/PrecipiceFiction

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