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> Actually, I kind of HATE series works, because they are quite often seat-of-the-pants situations where the author really has no idea where it's all going Oft
by falcolas 5y ago
> Actually, I kind of HATE series works, because they are quite often seat-of-the-pants situations where the author really has no idea where it's all going
Often, authors even start a series as a number of stand-alone books with clearly bounded character-and-plot development (think Star Trek), and then later morph it into an overarching-story-plot style series. See: Dresden Files, Kate Daniels, etc.
- ubermonkey 5y agoDresden is an especially egregious example, since Butcher clearly reached a point a few books in where he just pull unjustified stuff out of his nether regions to push a story along. First couple are fun, though.
- falcolas 5y ago> First couple are fun, though. Amusingly, the first couple are the episodic ones. :D