Well, all right - I exiled him, retroactively from the start of the book. His wife is now the protagonist, since she's an actual person with hopes and dreams and fears and an irrational desire for revenge on her son's killers, whereas he was extremely dull.
Also, Socrates turned up. And some gods. Neither of these was planned.
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Date: 2010-11-17 07:58 pm (UTC)As for me, I killed off my MC yesterday.
Well, all right - I exiled him, retroactively from the start of the book. His wife is now the protagonist, since she's an actual person with hopes and dreams and fears and an irrational desire for revenge on her son's killers, whereas he was extremely dull.
Also, Socrates turned up. And some gods. Neither of these was planned.