Killing off protagonists?

[beres-ford.livejournal.com]

Hello. :D

I have a quick question, which I suppose is debatable because...well I've been debating for weeks over it.

Should protagonists be killed off?

I have one particular protagonist (there's more than one) in a story I've been writing for almost a year and as the storys developed I've come up with so many different endings for it. And one of which includes this character dying.

Another is that this character dies and then comes back to life, but that's been used so much that I'm wondering if it'd be better if they just stayed dead.

Should I kill off my protagonist?

Comments

[beres-ford.livejournal.com]

Actually that's a really good idea about writing an alernate scene! I think I may well try that! :D It really would get it all out of my head!

We're having trouble deciding about another topic to do with the story as well, but although I tihnk we've finally cracked that one, I may well do the same thing for that one.

[thebonedawg.livejournal.com]

Glad I could help. =D I think the "alternate" scenes not only help get those writing urges out of your system, but they also allow you to see another side to your characters. If you put them into situations you don't actually want in the novel, you will still see how they will react in those situations and it will help you better understand them as characters. And that's always a good thing.