Doing Murder More Than Once

Photo credit: ArtHouse Studio on Pexels.comGet the full show notes out on the blog here.Theme for the dayScary Series: Serial KillersAgendaSCWA Upcoming events and goings-onIt’s October! Let’s Halloween!What’s up with Serial Killers?How to write a convincing serial killerI’m reading You right now which is a thriller about a stalker / serial killer that was made into a Netflix series. It’s crazy good. The narrator is so compelling I’m having a hard time putting it down. And the violence is so matter-of-fact and seemingly the next-logical-step that you don’t even have time to anticipate or dread it.Thing is, I (Kasie) don’t know anything about how to do this. And Rex had done it before, so this might be a “how to” and it might be a general explanation of why a writer would take this on.I googled “Writing Serial Killers” and found this awesome article. So let’s start there. Essential elements:The killer — who is s/he? What do they want?The victim — how do the two know one another? What was the last interaction the two had?The location and condition of the body — direct quote from the blog: Where was the victim killed? Was the body transported and dumped? Was there and attempt to hide the victims identity? Why? How were they killed? Was it overkill? Rage?