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Dresden Files Pacing
the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh:
--- Quote from: Aminar on August 29, 2012, 04:07:43 PM ---And GoT... It's much overhyped. So many of PoV characters are uninteresting or obnoxious. There's no hope left in the series. It was great for three books. Then it got old. You're not missing too much.
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Uninteresting or obnoxious I can see as a matter of taste; I am bemused at the thought of any of the POV characters in that series striking anyone as either, but that's just me.
But "no hope left in the series", I seriously can't see where you're getting that from at all.
Aminar:
--- Quote from: the neurovore of Zur-En-Aargh on August 29, 2012, 05:04:16 PM ---Uninteresting or obnoxious I can see as a matter of taste; I am bemused at the thought of any of the POV characters in that series striking anyone as either, but that's just me.
But "no hope left in the series", I seriously can't see where you're getting that from at all.
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Uninteresting is a small number. Both are Stark Women and neither is Arya. Obnoxious-that list just goes on and on and on. Theon. Sansa. Stannis. Littlefinger. Sansa. Caitlin. Sansa. Did I mentions Sansa?
The lack of hope comes from having my hopes crushed by it too many times. Sure, he might finish it well but Mr. Martin killed my interest pretty handily between Feast and Dance.
meg_evonne:
Uhm, back on the original question... :-) I think you've said it well in your initial post. I would add (and you probably are also charting this in your work) these.
Fast pace in the Dresden Verse also follows a basic premise that the tension intensifies over the length of the book. There is an upping of the emotional ante in the plot.
On the Dresden Verse subplots, they fit. None of that, 'why do I have to read about this turkey or spend time on a flabby subplot'. Jim's subplots fit seamlessly, they are intelligent, and they are vital to the major plot.
Good luck with your writing.
FYI, I do not love excel character sheets etc. I hate them, but I do them. I also track every scene for its value (if a scene isn't adding three items to the overall plot, it gets cut or enriched), and I track every scene for its tension level, which I rate. I want to see that tension increasing. I will also balance and note on the sheet what type of tension I've put in there--action, threat level, character arguments, sexual tension etc.
o_O:
--- Quote from: meg_evonne on August 30, 2012, 03:20:04 PM ---FYI, I do not love excel character sheets etc. I hate them, but I do them. I also track every scene for its value (if a scene isn't adding three items to the overall plot, it gets cut or enriched), and I track every scene for its tension level, which I rate. I want to see that tension increasing.
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You make that sound so...Bolero.
meg_evonne:
--- Quote from: o_O on August 30, 2012, 05:18:07 PM ---You make that sound so...Bolero.
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*laughing* Thanks for sticking that song in my head now...
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