Deadline: A Novella Exploring the Causes, Inhibitors, and Recovery of Suicidal Ideation

Authors

  • Felicia Aurelia Petra Christian University
  • Dwi Setiawan Petra Christian University

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.9744/katakita.14.3.%25p

Keywords:

novella, psychological thriller, suicide, suicidal ideation

Abstract

The topic of suicide has been prominent through human history and the numbers of people committing suicide has gone up over the years. Suicide is driven by what is called a suicidal ideation in which can be caused by diverse and complex reasons. With this in mind, we want to bring up suicidal ideation as a topic for our creative work in the form of a novella. To ground this topic more for this creative thesis, we are using the Three Step Theory of Suicide (2015) by E. David Klonsky and Alexis M. May to explain the cause and inhibitor of suicidal ideation, along with Re-Vitalizing Worthiness in Overcoming Suicidality Theory (2011) by Evelyn Gordon, John R. Cutcliff, and Chris Stevenson to explain the recovery of suicidal ideation. This creative work in the genre of psychological thriller will explore the main character's cause of suicidal ideation which is from her pain from being a childhood breadwinner and her guilt as an assassin. She inhibited her attempt out of the connection that she had with her family. In the end, she chose to overcome that ideation by surviving a crisis, getting to the point of no return, and accepting help from her family to earn her life.

Author Biography

  • Dwi Setiawan, Petra Christian University

    Dean for English Department in Faculty of Humanities and Creative Industries

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2026-09-30 — Updated on 2026-09-30

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Vol. 14 No. 3 (2026)

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