Board Thread:Writer's Workshop/@comment-24841732-20140512185733/@comment-24304936-20140512191648

Yikes.

Plenty to play with, with that idea. Just make sure that you don't rush the story. Just my opinion here, but make sure there is plenty of build-up. Make sure you make the reader care about this family before (if any) violent happenings start. I find that the more each character has their own personality that I can relate to in some way, the more emotion I feel when something awful happens to them. And that makes for a fucking killer read. Also see "most characters in the Game of Thrones books". :)