Many of us have heard the WOJ about how Dresden File was created as a writing class project. How he came up with 20 plotlines and the BAT idea. Now, let's imagine what we think each of those plotlines were that summarize each book. Here is my initial thoughts:
1. Harry is blamed for a crime commited by an evil sorceror.
2. Harry saves mob boss from rogue werewolf feds.
3. Harry chases ghosts at a vampire party.
4. Ex-girlfriend involves Harry in Fae war.
5. Harry rescues holy relic from demons.
6. Harry discovers unknown brother.
7. Harry saves friend's daughter from Fae. (going with original idea of PG being Book 7)
8. Harry blackmailed into finding god-making book. (going with original idea of DB being Book
9. Harry searches for witch-killer.
10. Harry repays debt by rescuing girl from demons.
11. Harry proves wizard's innocence in murder.
12. Harry saves his unknown daughter from vampires.
13. Harry learns what it is like to be ghost.
14. Harry ordered to kill daughter.
15.Harry steals holy relic for demon.
16.Harry helps his brother and father-to-be. (Guess)
17.Harry becomes prisoner in another world. (Guess)
18. Harry solves the murder of wrestling god. (Guess)
19. Harry loses powers. (Guess)
20. Harry suffers death of family member. (Guess)
BAT1. An allout war starts. (Guess)
BAT2. Good guys are losing war. (Guess)
BAT3. Final battle. (Guess)
I try to be as vague and general as possible since many characters and groups were probably not named until later. Also, my memory of future books is weak. I will try to ammend phrasing with later posts. So, who wants to play?