Today, I talk about...

[seawasp]

... Why I Write the Way I Do, an exploration of some of the motives and foci of my writing!

Comments

[xander-opal.livejournal.com]

I'm glad you write the way you do. You heroes are examples of ideals to live up to.

What good darkness, if there is no light? What use a grim grit, without innocent hope?

Your heroes are active, and happen to the villains after the villains' plans and activities impinge on the awareness of the heroes. To borrow from game terms, the heroes are not in a static dungeon where taking out the goblins in Room A means the heroes can rest a few hours after closing the door, then go to the orks in Room B. Your scenario is, '... and this guy does this, and something else happens over there... okay, what do you want to do next?'

Your writing also delivers a certain element of 'Wow... WHOA. That... is... AWESOME.' You share a certain... relish? Panache? for revealing and sharing a truly epic, incredible vista, concept, or structure. To the point that when the reader (this one, at least!) reads the work again, they eagerly anticipate that moment of revelation.

I'd also like to note that though you don't go for a grand conspiracy that would collapse in seconds, an antagonist's attempt to create such a thing is a major plot element in a story where it is shown that the antagonists are heroes of their own story, and to them, the protagonist is the villain. I do enjoy how you poke tropes and turn them in interesting ways.