I'm somewhat jealous of your and kateelliott's ability to generate more and more extra plot with even trying--that things always seem to spin outwards rather than twining inwards every chance they get ...
I think it's a function of characters, viewpoints, their ages, and the breadth of the world. One character can only ever see so much - that's how I keep the CAST novels down to a 140k length.
But with characters of various ages, cultures, and political affiliations, the overlap, and the reactions ripple outward. It's easier in some ways because you don't have to try to figure out how a single character can stumble across all the necessary information so that the reader has it as well, since you've now got viewpoints with a wide range of event-accessibility; it's harder because each viewpoint has, and demands, its own emotional weight.
Personally? I'm still jealous of the incredible economy of Bones, which I am almost finished now, and which is fabulous.
But then again, I think we're often impressed by things we don't or can't do naturally *wry g*
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Date: 2009-05-03 08:05 pm (UTC)I think it's a function of characters, viewpoints, their ages, and the breadth of the world. One character can only ever see so much - that's how I keep the CAST novels down to a 140k length.
But with characters of various ages, cultures, and political affiliations, the overlap, and the reactions ripple outward. It's easier in some ways because you don't have to try to figure out how a single character can stumble across all the necessary information so that the reader has it as well, since you've now got viewpoints with a wide range of event-accessibility; it's harder because each viewpoint has, and demands, its own emotional weight.
Personally? I'm still jealous of the incredible economy of Bones, which I am almost finished now, and which is fabulous.
But then again, I think we're often impressed by things we don't or can't do naturally *wry g*