264,102 notes August 24, 2012 English teacher:never kill off your main character it shows poor writing skills Shakespeare:excuse you Steven Moffatt:excuse you Sir Arthur Conan Doyle:excuse you Emily Brontë:excuse you Joss Whedon:excuse you Richard Castle:excuse you JK Rowling:excuse you George R. R. Martin:excuse you Filed under Writer's Relief writing writers authors characters plot storytelling protagonist