: Re: How to make a repeating plot "slice" not annoying In my fantasy novels, I don't want to kill anyone off, I just want to get them injured, like badly. I made up numerous believable excuses

Consider the consequences

If you want the injury to impact the reader, then the injury needs to impact the story. What has changed as a result of the injury? What could have been accomplished, that now cannot be accomplished, or needs to be accomplished differently? What new obstacles stand in the way of the heroes?

Make your readers remember that death is not even close to the worst thing that can happen to a person.

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