7 Tips for Writing Great Death Scenes

Here are seven tips for writing death scenes and two scene examples! Thank you to my patrons, Owen and Gloria, for letting me use their scenes.
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[@gloriarussell4622]

haven't even watched the vid but wanted to say simply that i love you

[@HannahLeeKidder]

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[@patriciawilkin1258]

@@HannahLeeKidder it looks so cute tho 👉👈🥺

[@TimbrrWolfe]

@@HannahLeeKidder I mean you could always chalk it up to being pastel goth or something haha. Either way it's definitely cute!

[@micahklassen7151]

God I can’t stop thinking about that feedback Gloria got, how can someone be So Wrong So Confidently

[@HannahLeeKidder]

so Loudly

[@ffstopP]

Very helpful, as always. You have sharp eyes for a weakness and a sharper mind for a fix. Great.

[@HannahLeeKidder]

Thanks for watchin!

[@OwenMJames]

Suddenness was definitely what I was going for! Also this video really shows that I still have tons to learn... But learning's great! Means the writing gets more awesome!

[@HannahLeeKidder]

we all do! you're killin it

[@A_Wee_spook]

YAY!!! THE AUDIOBOOK IS IN PRODUCTION!!!

[@RLDavennor]

Okay but Gloria's piece was everything? And just left my Starlight reviews, hope they help!

[@HannahLeeKidder]

I appreciate it! 💙 Ah dude, her stuff is so good. Absolutely recommend checking out her collections

[@edeedeeward]

Imagine if your dying character’s main goal was to blow up and then act like they don’t know nobody 😢

[@gloriarussell4622]

update i have watched the video i would like to state again for the record that you're excellent and i loveu !

[@HannahLeeKidder]

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[@antinootus561]

I love these editing videos!! 💕

[@HannahLeeKidder]

I'm glad!

[@TimbrrWolfe]

"...the final manOOver. Britain." 😆 I think I've only written one death scene (two if you wanna count the ending of my piece for the Isolation prompt), and these are definitely some good points to have in mind for the future.

[@philsaunter1956]

I know that might be a bit twisted but I am a Fan of when you ignore Rule #1 entirely and have nothing but a murderers perspective. The person dying is completely arbitrary in this case. I agree though in almost all cases make a death count by evoking a response in your reader.

[@HannahLeeKidder]

yep, no rules!

[@tamamawrites79]

Today I learned Brigid is not pronounced like Bridget. I mean, I also learned writing things, but that was mind-blowing, lol

[@HannahLeeKidder]

Never quote me on name pronunciation

[@tamamawrites79]

@@HannahLeeKidder Don't worry~ Totally googled it in my 'omg was everything I knew a lie?' moment and you nailed it XD

[@ragingwitch8875]

I just got your book in the mail and I can't wait to finish work to read it :D

[@HannahLeeKidder]

yay!

[@olivewrites5672]

Hannah: talking about death and murder and the like* Hannah: cute

[@Darkri56789]

PogChamp, Hannah just dropped a video!!!!

[@HannahLeeKidder]

thank u darkri for the energy you have created in the studio today

[@channa6250]

Thanks for the tips! Now can I kill my characters way better! 🗡

[@HannahLeeKidder]

love it

[@beeplk7290]

If you like Hill House you should watch the Bly House follow up. I'm a bit disappointed with it overall but the journey was fun.

[@HannahLeeKidder]

I loved Bly Manor! I think it'll just have the same situation AHS had with season 2 where people are kinda disoriented about it being a different type of story, so different people will prefer different seasons. I reaaaally hope they pick it up for a third.

[@sheunderstandsmuslin8494]

Great help thank you!!! A couple of questions unrelated to this particularly video.... How do you decide what pov to write your story in? Which pov do you most often use?

[@HannahLeeKidder]

Depends on what you want to accomplish, really. Further POVs make storytelling easier, nearer POVs make connecting your reader and characters easier. I don't have a preference. If you've read any of my books, you'll see I use all tenses and POVs 😊

[@sheunderstandsmuslin8494]

Thank you!!

[@nabilamiah3814]

I use close third person past tense

[@nobodyhere6328]

well this is perfect for a story ive been working on for a month now

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[@HannahLeeKidder]

Smooches

[@rofernk4837]

Good ending at 17:36-37 (good time editing) just like a good writing, little details always matters.

[@stgr6669]

Would you kill a POV character? It could be one of several, or maybe, at the end of the book, the one and only.

[@F5ss]

Some of these tips are like: "No shit sherlock" like the one about feeling attatched to the characters, and the one going: show how it affects other characters. Like duh. But others are good. Thanks.

[@HannahLeeKidder]

Google "the curse of knowledge," I think it'll solidify your footing in general conversation. 💜💜

[@theunwantedbookclub8823]

How to write death scenes... *Stabs paper with pen* Done.

[@dianaquituisaca4741]

Your the best

[@davewarrillow7415]

What if the death scenes are my victims?

[@nabilamiah3814]

I would die for you

[@HannahLeeKidder]

thank you! I just need book reviews at the moment tho tbh

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@@HannahLeeKidderI'll buy the book once I have an income 😁 (don't know when that'll be)

[@gretaalander]

is it just me or doesen't she look like Joey King

[@solairable]

Dont worry no fat man on water slides comments from me. Though I think every story and book should somehow jam that phrase in there. Including death scenes, he died like a fat man on a water slide. My gripe with death in books or media or any of it? Not so much the prose or writing. But it all seems like a fad and predestined and cookie cutter. That is, you have to main ways writers go about it. The never dying death defiant hero who may take a scratch or two but since hes the main guy or gal, cant die. And the more popular now a days of kill of every charter because it a shock to the readers that game of thrones ie song of ice and fire made over popular. None of it is real, but you know, there stories. If it was anything like real life, the hero would set out on an adventure, accidentally step on a rusty nail and die of gangrene or diabetes or something. And? The End of that story. All two sentences of it. People die all the time, and theres never any good story behind it, most of it is not even exciting, thats mostly an invention of Hollywood created in the 1950s, maybe sometime an obituary in the newspaper created by a loved one. One day they are there, the next....Gone. But you know that would make a pretty shit and boring and short story. So how to write a great death scene? In an overall arc, don't think it can be done as either way your just pandering to your target audience, how they like there death. But, I suppose you can spice it up a bit.