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Curmudgeoness

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6. But if you write about someone who hunts down serial killers,

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 06:47 PM

Jun 2012

won't you also have to be writing about serial killers....and won't that just keep this trend going?

Sounds like you have to shift gears on what you are reading if you don't want to run into serial killers at every turn.

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I don't know about you but I'm so sick of serial killers in literature, movies, and TV, that [View all] raccoon Jun 2012 OP

"Jeff? Mr. Lindsay? Is that you? Showtime is on line 1".....nt dmallind Jun 2012 #1

This is a character who does that...right? nt raccoon Jun 2012 #2

Yes. There may be others, but this one has 6 books and a well known premium cable series dmallind Jun 2012 #3

I wasn't terribly pleased with the last two books. Dr. Strange Jun 2012 #4

i'm with you totally fe6252fes Jun 2012 #5

But if you write about someone who hunts down serial killers, Curmudgeoness Jun 2012 #6

I read ton's of true crime and... Little Star Jun 2012 #7

"I'd write a story about somebody whose life purpose was to hunt out and extinguish serial killers" ZombieHorde Jun 2012 #8

I've sort of wanted to write a series of books SheilaT Jun 2012 #9

How about a book about a serial killer who hunts down pscot Jul 2012 #10

Now its own meme... Dr. Strange Jul 2012 #11

i'm with you demguy_5692 Jul 2012 #12

That sort of plot wears thin real fast. nt bemildred Jul 2012 #13

It's been done, at least in a way. HuckleB Jul 2012 #14

Dosen't the advent of the Dexter books show that the idea is played out now? Moe Shinola Aug 2012 #15