: Re: Is killing a character to further the plot necessarily a bad thing? I've heard quite a few complaints about character deaths being used to further the plot. They say it's boring and overdone

This wasn't a "death," but a resignation, that had a similar effect.

I once had a boss who people expected to go to the top. He left for a better job, and just about everyone in his "sector" was sorry to him go. We all felt that he had very big shoes to fill.

That was in fact the case. But his departure created opportunities for no less than five people under him, one of which actually did rise to the top (he had stopped at roughly the executive vice president level).

Sometimes you need a character to "die," not because the character is "bad," but because s/he has fulfilled a mission in the novel, and is now standing in the way of a bunch of other characters that need a chance to grow.

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