Death Note is a story about a brilliant student who comes across a notebook. When a name is written in the book, the person dies. The protagonist, Light Yagami, decides to rid the world of evil. Great idea, right? Only, people begin to notice and now he’s being hunted.

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How Would Your Character React?

Using this premise, how would your heroine react if she found a notebook that made people die? What would she do with it and why?

This is a great character development exercise.

And if you don’t have a work in progress, what would you do if you found the death note book?