Like most writers, I love talking about writing, so it's not as if it were a hardship. But you're welcome. :)
And it sounds to me as if part of what's throwing you off is that, while the question of what happens to a hero when he's finished Being A Hero is a really good one, it's also one that is imposed externally on your character. But the other question, the one about faith, is intrinsic to who this character is--and therefore is a lodestone for attention from the moment the character is introduced. The actual Hero-type doesn't really get to the interesting bits (since we all know the dynamic of -You must save the world!- -But I just want to be normal!- We've seen it a thousand times, and while you can still ring changes on it, it's not got a lot to it to be intriguing) until rather later in his character arc.
I don't know. That may not be the problem at all. But I know that if I were writing the sort of book you describe, that would be an issue I would have to deal with. So I throw it out fwiw.
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And it sounds to me as if part of what's throwing you off is that, while the question of what happens to a hero when he's finished Being A Hero is a really good one, it's also one that is imposed externally on your character. But the other question, the one about faith, is intrinsic to who this character is--and therefore is a lodestone for attention from the moment the character is introduced. The actual Hero-type doesn't really get to the interesting bits (since we all know the dynamic of -You must save the world!- -But I just want to be normal!- We've seen it a thousand times, and while you can still ring changes on it, it's not got a lot to it to be intriguing) until rather later in his character arc.
I don't know. That may not be the problem at all. But I know that if I were writing the sort of book you describe, that would be an issue I would have to deal with. So I throw it out fwiw.