I'm writing this short story about a family of four who takes a short family weekend vacation together and its written first person in the past from the son's view.
It is based on Finagle's Law - if something will go wrong it will (that's murphy's - then goes one step further.) at the most inopportune time.
I was going to start to kill of the other family members, but I didn't want to go horror and don't really want to start killing them off because when the first person dies it would pretty much shock the other family members I don't know how the plot could move forward anymore. I think to be realistic the rest of the family would be to drawn with what just happened.
I need lots of things to go wrong on the vacation but not kill anyone off.
or
how could I kill off the family members without shaking the whole family up?
Maybe with one big disaster? Like an earthquake or a sink hole? Fire, perhaps?
Any advice or guidelines, would be appreciated.
It is based on Finagle's Law - if something will go wrong it will (that's murphy's - then goes one step further.) at the most inopportune time.
I was going to start to kill of the other family members, but I didn't want to go horror and don't really want to start killing them off because when the first person dies it would pretty much shock the other family members I don't know how the plot could move forward anymore. I think to be realistic the rest of the family would be to drawn with what just happened.
I need lots of things to go wrong on the vacation but not kill anyone off.
or
how could I kill off the family members without shaking the whole family up?
Maybe with one big disaster? Like an earthquake or a sink hole? Fire, perhaps?
Any advice or guidelines, would be appreciated.