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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 [View all]

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 [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