How To Write Death Scenes
Two points of view
I will talk about two ways or points of view with regards to writing death scenes, the two points of view being the person dying and the dying person’s family and friends. With each death of a character it has to serve the story and with each scenario remember to do as much showing as opposed to telling as possible, here’s a link to my Medium article giving advice on that — https://idworr.medium.com/showing-versus-telling-b8778600bf1d.
Write the person as a basket case, fearful of what awaits for them after they die. The character could be going over in their head wondering if there is an afterlife, is there truly a heaven and hell and if they’ve lived a good enough life to get past the Pearly Gates or will they face damnation. They could also be wondering if there’s simply nothing after they die or does reincarnation happen and will they get a chance to live again.
If the dying person lived according to the teachings of their religion, they might be looking forward to meeting whatever deity they worshipped while alive. But there’s also the other side of that coin, if the person lived an evil life, they might be hopeful that there is no afterlife or fearful that there is one and they will face an eternity of punishment.
