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Plots and Subplots
mdodd:
--- Quote from: mithrandirthewhite on January 02, 2012, 04:28:53 AM ---*coughcoughmalazanbookofthefallencough* :)
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^^^^^^ ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D ;D^^^^^^
especially if it falls on you from a passing plane.
BTW love the scene with Thomas in BR. "She was hit by a runaway car, killed instantly."
I shrugged "Don't mean to imply that I don't believe you, but that doesn't sound so odd."
"She was waterskiing at the time."
Some of deaths in BR are pure HitchHikers or Vincent Price depending on your age group.
Sorry to go off thread guys
Aminar:
--- Quote from: mdodd on January 02, 2012, 01:44:44 AM ---The longer the series and the more characters introduced the more the readers shout about their favourite character. There has been a lot of howling about The White Council, particularly Eb, and their lack of visibility in Ghost Story. Look at Calderon and HP as well as Dresden for examples of a series starting with 200-300 pages and ending with about 750 pages. We'll all need to see a chiropractor after we finish carrying the last book of the BAT around with us. The World's Postal Services will go and strike and you will have to collect your copy from the sorting office instead of them bringing it to you.
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Honestly, from some research I did a while back, From about book 4 on The Dresden Files has maintained an almost constant word count, finishing right around 400 pages and I forget the word counts... I think Changes was the longest.
hallowedthings:
--- Quote from: mdodd on January 02, 2012, 05:26:15 AM ---BTW love the scene with Thomas in BR. "She was hit by a runaway car, killed instantly."
I shrugged "Don't mean to imply that I don't believe you, but that doesn't sound so odd."
"She was waterskiing at the time."
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LOL
Thanks btw :) I'm starting to see that there aren't as many plots as I thought, just multiple layers to the ones that are in the books. Maaaan, this deconstruction stuff is hard. I think there are more plots than just the A, B and C plot though, but I'm not going to kill myself trying to figure it out. From now on I'll just use loose plot points and constantly apply Murphy's Law to make things worse :P
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