Luiglin
Getting worse one day at a time
Hey. Hey. Hey. Don't be including the Alamo. It wasn't a hopeless case.
Neither were the others when you look at the result of the consequences ...well except for the stupidity of Gallipoli (worth a read about if you like historical mess ups) and the Charge of the Light Brigade (see Gallipoli).
Taken out of the greater whole though they were hopeless situations but ones that had to be done at that moment in time. That's how I've always seen them ... maybe I'm just a doomed heroic romantic ;p
Aminar said:That and deaths of characters in books should always have meaning.
Maybe I'm not explaining myself well enough, or maybe we coming to the same point from different angles As they are characters in the story their deaths will always have either a purpose or a consequence. What I'm trying to do is add in that slice of realism where in battles people die, fact. Characters shouldn't be excluded from that happening.
HEX said:I don't read fantasy to be made miserable.
Same here really. I just wanted to go for a story where as a reader you don't feel safe about any of the characters. Hopefully I'll manage to portray the tale for the stupid doomed heroic situation I'm aiming for, maybe not. I'm enjoying writing it all the same and so far the proof reader has enjoyed it.
Cheers for the replies folks. It's always good to get others take on stuff. Sometime I'll take the leap of faith and post an extract in the critique area