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KanzarisKelshen posted...

OK. So. Dresden Files breakdown. I've been writing an UF novel on and off, a lot of which was a reaction to DF and thinking I could do better alongside a very close friend, so let me see if I can offer you a detailed perspective...

All very good points. I failed to mention that the action is written very well. It's something I expect from an author, and I've very annoyed when they can't manage that. If there's one thing that I thought these books had going for them, it was that.

KanzarisKelshen posted...

-Building up on the previous point, something you should learn from these books (like, actively learn and confront, not just mention in passing) is that Urban Fantasy never slows down.

I can't say I completely agree with this, or at least not to the extent that we see it in DF. If I'm reading Patricia Briggs, Ilona Andrews, Seanan Maguire, Chloe Neill, whoever...the protagonist has times to stop and catch their breath a pinch. They regroup, they consider, they discuss the situation with the rest of the cast and/or they get pulled aside in a B plot. There's never a dull chapter, but there's an ebb and flow to their pace. With DF, everything's so hopped up all the time that this cycle is completely absent. I can't notice the highs if everything is a high.

Corrik7 posted...

Has everyone here read azu's book?

The only person I can remember sharing it with is Drakeryn.
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