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["nBSG" RPG] Said the Joker to the Thief

Started by Koltar, March 26, 2007, 01:12:50 AM

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James J Skach

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April 02, 2007, 03:33:19 PM
Quote from: Hastur T. FannonEven in comics there's only three guys who've ever pulled it off: Alan Moore (Promethea), Garth Ennis (Preacher) and Neil Gaiman (Sandman) and even Neil lost his way during "Fables and Reflections".  And in comics you've got almost complete control over your characters
Almost?

I'm not being facetious (completely).  I'm interested in what you mean by almost complete control.  I can think of one or two things, but I'm curious...
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Hastur T. Fannon

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April 03, 2007, 02:45:08 AM
Quote from: James J SkachAlmost?

I'm not being facetious (completely).  I'm interested in what you mean by almost complete control.  I can think of one or two things, but I'm curious...

Firstly there's always editorial oversight, but that isn't quite what I mean

Any serious writer will tell you that the story isn't entirely under your control.  You find out things about your characters that you didn't know when you started (Dean Koontz once wrote a book that just didn't work unless the lead character was Vietnamese-American and, reading it now, I can't imagine him being anything else) or do things to the plot that you didn't intend when you started it (Terry Pratchett comments on this in the intro to "Equal Rites").  Alan Moore still doesn't know how he wrote Promethea #12
 
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