The writer (Shafiq) decides to create a character whom he can communicate with. A character with a mind of his own. This character was named Jake. Jake helped Shafiq avoid very... Scary subjects that shall not be repeated in a book sumary... Anyways, avoiding that topic, Jake eventually got out of hand. Jake wanted everything his way and things weren't quite working out. So, Jake decided to kill the writer. After all, he does have a mind of his own and he can write his own book by himself.