in my historical fantasynovel, I have eight rounded characters, includig the main character.
I only intend to kill one character off, as I will use the other characters in subsequent novels.
How many of your original charactes will you use in further novels?
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The time invested in rounded-characters should guarantee their longevity. Good characters are pure gold. They are worth keeping.
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I seem to have at least one death per book in my series but they are mainly elderly characters at the end of their lives. I do have one really gory death in book three and she is the girlfriend of one of the main characters, but not someone who had much of a role in the storyline. I don't cull any of the ones I call 'the resident family' until the last book and by then age is a significant factor.