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Message: <blockquote data-quote="Lazybones" data-source="post: 1506468" data-attributes="member: 143">I'm currently reading the third volume of Vance's Lyonesse and am struck by the similarities (I'm sure I've made this comparison before).  As an author, I am constantly striving to bring together what I see as the five pillars of a story: rich description, believeable and "real" characters, complex dialogue, deep narrative/plot, and visceral action sequences.  The challenge is accomplishing each of these structures without passing over that invisible line into "too far"; for example, depth of plot needs to be accomplished without drowning the reader in detail and complexity.  Vance and Sep both seem to accomplish a perfect blending of these qualities in a way that seems effortless (but I am sure is not, in reality).  In particular, I find the use of dialogue in this story to be extremely effective at conveying a mood or advancing the plot in a manner that would be excessive or unconvincing were it conducted through third person narrative.  I am left with the impression that Wyre in its various chapters would operate as a work of theatre (where dialogue and character interaction are king) as effectively as, say, a motion picture.  Though the action scenes would be cool to see done in VFX.When I go back and reread my own work, I usually find one or more of those pillars to be lacking in a given segment.  Thus in a sense, reading these updates is both inspiring and depressing (but in a good way).  Thanks, and looking forward to more, as always.LB</blockquote>

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