I'm not a fan of too much gratutitous death in any storylines to begin with, but when I feel it must be done, I have certain rules I try to follow.

Not just in dios, but in anything I write, I'm very careful with who gets killed off. I have to honestly ask myself if I've done everything I can with them... Because if I haven't, I'll regret having killed them later when I come up with a great idea I could have used for them.

Of course, sometimes when you're writing, the story leads to a point where you may have to kill someone off, whether you like it or not. In situations like that, I always try to give myself some sort of an "out" so that the character can be brought back later if necessary.

As for my feelings on other writers killing characters-- I say, if they think it's a good idea for their story, who am I to judge? I may not like it, but I have to believe that they're doing it for a reason.

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