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How Did You Die?
How do you describe death? Humans can tell about the fleeting moments before actual death, but what is death? From all causes, roughly 150,000 people die around the world each day. Death is the end of biological function. There are endless causes for death - malfunction, malnutrition, accidental death or murder. We have names for it - passing on, passed away, or expired. What is left is the body, the remains or the deceased.
What happens next? The beliefs are endless. Some believe in reincarnation and afterlife. Some say the soul "goes toward the light and feels unconditional love" or you climb stairs or go down a tunnel. Some say their life flashes before their eyes. Do your relatives and those dearly departed come to escort you to the afterlife? Those who have had a Near Death Experience are often reluctant to describe their NDE because people consider it a paranormal event. Evidence of NDEs have been traced as far back as the 4th century. An NDE could be a fantastic tool in your story.
Think about the details of death when writing. This is an opportunity to create a unique image in your reader's mind and predispose their thinking about what will happen next in the story. We've killed our characters in a million ways, but have we described death well enough? Only the other characters witnessing the death and the ceremonies chosen to dispose of the remains can show your reader what death is like. So when killing off your next character, give them a proper sending off, don't just tell the reader the character is dead. Write on!
This month's question: What are some of your greatest death scenes?
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Excerpt: I am a Medium of Incorporation; lost and earthbound spirits “use” my body to communicate with the physical world. Images and words appear in my mind as mental impressions. I may enter a trance-like state sometimes, but I am almost always awake during the incorporation of a spiritual presence. I know what they experienced and lived, and my body is theirs for a brief moment. Sometimes, it lasts for a couple of hours. Each spiritual case is different.
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Excerpt: At the funeral home, my parents and I were met by some of the black townsfolk. They appeared surprised that white folk came to Jackson’s funeral. We were the only white folk there. The men politely shook our hands, and the ladies hugged us. Most of the ladies were crying, and the men looked politely sad. Everyone was whispering like they were afraid they’d wake ole Jackson up. I wished with all my might he would wake up.
Excerpt: I’ve almost forgotten how long I’ve been lying in this bed. My memory has become more and more hazy, but I was sure I had been in the room for more than a few weeks now. Weeks. That’s longer than I’ve ever even stayed in the same town. I’ve always been the “see everything” kind of guy, one who just couldn’t seem to rest. Over the more recent years I went to some of my list of places, but that list has been long unfulfilled. I wanted to see the world. I wanted to experience as much as this world has to offer. Kind of interesting how it ended up for me.
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Excerpt: “You’re—the hit man.”
He nodded. He’d never been asked that before, in those terms. “Yes, ma’am. I'm the one you've been waiting for.”
Excerpt: Seething pain courses its way throughout my body. The water surrounding me drains my very life force away. My muscles pulse with excruciating pain. I can barely move. Looking up frantically, I try my very hardest to swim to the surface. With each stroke, I feel my body teeter on the brink of collapse. Long, powerful strokes. The water is so dark, I can barely make out what's in front of me. My lungs are about to explode. I don't know if they'll ever know what air is again. Clawing the water above me, I keep a steady pace. Please, let me get out of this. Please...
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Excerpt: No, Nora wouldn't stand for this. That no-babies clause in their relationship was impossible to accept. No babies and only night life with Tabor? That wouldn't do. Promise or no promise, to give herself a little breathing room away from Tabor, Nora had been taking the late shifts at the hospital with increasing frequency.
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Excerpt: This was Heaven's first time asking questions, a moment I feared because they would tumble out of her mind, innocent and disarming. So much to explain. "I know you heal with your mind, Heaven. I'd rather people believe your tears are special, some chemical mixture that heals. Not your mind."
Excerpt: He wasn't a detective. But they hadn't been the first ones to see her like that, her shirt so crimson he'd sworn it must have been that color to start with, her pale face turned to the side, her blue eyes staring. Had she not felt her end, if the first bullet had been a fatal one? Or had she felt it all, death and everything after?
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This month's question: What are some of your greatest death scenes?
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Last month's question: What emotions do you think are most prevalent in military stories?
Mark Allen Mc Lemore  replied: Fear. I think this is a good one, and I even love reading horror stories set in a military setting just because that fear can be escalated by having an enemy that is supernatural or an alien entity with extremely powerful or horrifying weapons, either as appendages or separate from their beings.
Urgency. In some moments of war there is this extreme urgency playing on the characters; people dropping dead around them, explosions just feet away, pushing on to finally come face to face with the enemy.
BIG BAD WOLF is hopping  answered: Depends on the story: Are they fighting for love, or money? Are two fellow officers in love? Is someone working for the enemy? Are they just training, or are they on the battlefield? Can they win, or are they in deep trouble? These are all factors for the story.
dbssr responded: Any operation begins with a warning order, next comes the operations order with all of its elements. If you have combat arms related experience, you know what all of this entails. It could consume hours or days, with all of the coordination and rehearsals, each members individual part and cross training in the event of contingencies. In my attempt to convey the minutest portion of this, I usually lose my audience. I have to determine my audience first and write to their level of familiarity. For myself, I lose interest very quickly when there is insufficient detail. I stop reading when someone goes on far too long with irrelevant material. It doesn't matter if a person is part of a FIST team if he isn't going to cal for fire (Artillery), why do you have an Engineer if there is no need for that particular skill set? I apologize for digressing, I enjoyed your comments and will put them to good use. Thank you, dbssr
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