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Jim's stand on fic?
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Morraeon on January 18, 2009, 09:50:35 PM ---
I'd put Merry Gentry ahead of Anita Blake, since she didn't really start out as a Mary Sue, but that's just me saying it.
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Anita always had Mary Sue elements...notice in the first book how she's always better and more right than everyone??
It's just the plot was enough and the writing was good enough to overcome the Mary Sueish elements.....however, as it went on, the plot changed....and the Mary Sue qualities shined through.
Case in point, Anita in book 12 is the same Anita in book 1, she just has kinkier sex.
The character hasn't GROWN.
Infamous as Elle!:
--- Quote from: DragonFire on January 18, 2009, 11:25:13 PM ---Anita always had Mary Sue elements...notice in the first book how she's always better and more right than everyone??
It's just the plot was enough and the writing was good enough to overcome the Mary Sueish elements.....however, as it went on, the plot changed....and the Mary Sue qualities shined through.
Case in point, Anita in book 12 is the same Anita in book 1, she just has kinkier sex.
The character hasn't GROWN.
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You ever think that sometimes, an author does a book as a sort of holding pattern? To appease fans and publishers while they figure out where they are going?
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Elle de Valois on January 18, 2009, 11:29:17 PM ---You ever think that sometimes, an author does a book as a sort of holding pattern? To appease fans and publishers while they figure out where they are going?
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yup, like Robert Jordan's last 3!!
Infamous as Elle!:
That's sad because ultimately, doesn't it seem like empty calories? No substance.
Sometimes that's what scares me about becoming a professional writer. Eventually the demand is greater than the supply and the pressure should be enough to break anyone's creative process.
DragonFire:
--- Quote from: Elle de Valois on January 18, 2009, 11:45:35 PM ---That's sad because ultimately, doesn't it seem like empty calories? No substance.
Sometimes that's what scares me about becoming a professional writer. Eventually the demand is greater than the supply and the pressure should be enough to break anyone's creative process.
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Yeah....I often wonder how Jim hasn't burned out or broken down, with his workload.
Still.... :)
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