Uploaded August 2021 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Thank you so much to my patrons, truly. If you want to support this kind of educational content, please consider doing so at patreon.com/hellofutureme (+Discord community access!)

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00:00 Killing characters is fun
01:08 The Language You Use Matters
3:40 How You Introduce the Death
09:40 Using juxtaposition
12:50 Avoiding mEloDramA
17:20 Leaving the character with something unfinished
20:20 Injustice or Unfairness
24:45 Fates better than death and literary symmetry
29:30 Summary

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Tim