What, Another Tavern? The Use of Setting in Fantasy
Before I go into this discussion of setting in narrative structure, it’s time for some caveats. Mostly by accident I was perusing some threads on Reddit Fantasy the other day and I stumbled on one that was discussing my Facebook-based essays on characterization and dialogue. This particular thread was something of a hate-fest. Apparently I came across in that essay as arrogant and my two examples of dialogue (the ones set in the bar) were equally vile and poorly done. Now, granted, these p...
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Oct 16, 2018 11:05PM
Reddit can be pretty negative sometimes. Love your Book's of the Fallen, Steven! They are one of the big inspirations for my writing.
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I don't read a lot but ever since I was a kid the only genre that really interested me was fantasy. (Very young = Harry Potter, etc) in high school it was WoT but it got so boring I had to let it go. Someone mentioned your Malazan series about 2 months ago and now I'm 2.5 books through and can't put it down. You've reinvigorated my love of reading in a way that I can't find words to express. So, if you ever read hate-fest stuff regarding you OR your books/writing style, rest assured that I am not one reader in a sea full of readers that have been impacted by your writing. The way you write is perfect, please don't ever change Mr. Erikson!
