Fiction

raccoon

(31,517 posts) Wed Jun 13, 2012, 10:52 AM Jun 2012

I don't know about you but I'm so sick of serial killers in literature, movies, and TV, that

I'd write a story about somebody whose life purpose was to hunt out and extinguish serial killers, if I were not too lazy to write it.

If the idea appeals to you, take it and run with it.

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I don't know about you but I'm so sick of serial killers in literature, movies, and TV, that (Original Post) 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

dmallind

(10,437 posts)

1. "Jeff? Mr. Lindsay? Is that you? Showtime is on line 1".....nt

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:12 AM

Jun 2012

raccoon

(31,517 posts)

2. This is a character who does that...right? nt

Reply to dmallind (Reply #1)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 11:33 AM

Jun 2012

dmallind

(10,437 posts)

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

Reply to raccoon (Reply #2)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 01:38 PM

Jun 2012

Lindsay is the author. Dexter Morgan the character.

Dr. Strange

(26,005 posts)

4. I wasn't terribly pleased with the last two books.

Reply to dmallind (Reply #3)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 03:56 PM

Jun 2012

Hopefully, future books will be better.

fe6252fes

(50 posts)

5. i'm with you totally

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 05:46 PM

Jun 2012

Curmudgeoness

(18,219 posts)

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

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Wed Jun 13, 2012, 05:47 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.

Little Star

(17,055 posts)

7. I read ton's of true crime and...

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 08:58 AM

Jun 2012

besides this is one of my favorite TV shows:

Criminal Minds

Criminal Minds is an American police procedural TV show. The series follows a team of profilers from the FBI's Behavioral Analysis Unit (BAU) based in Quantico, Virginia. They specialize in catching serial killers.

ZombieHorde

(29,047 posts)

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

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Thu Jun 14, 2012, 06:47 PM

Jun 2012

The TV show Dexter has this basic plot.

SheilaT

(23,156 posts)

9. I've sort of wanted to write a series of books

Reply to raccoon (Original post)

Sun Jun 17, 2012, 11:13 PM

Jun 2012

about someone who goes around killing people, but is "justified" in doing so, because it's bad guys who are being killed.

I am definitely not the one who could write them, however.