Inspiring the next generation of writers. . . to commit manslaughter

My 13 year old cousin is a budding writer and we were talking shop one day when she mused, "I am totally stuck in this one story. I don't know what should happen next."

"Kill someone," I said.

"Really?" she replied.

"Yeah," I said, "I read a book on writing once that recommended killing someone if you are stuck."

She looked down at the ground for a moment and then looked up and shyly asked, completely serious, "But. . . won't I go to jail?"

"In the story! Kill a character in the story!" I clarified