The Forsaken Inn

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Originally posted by Churl


Some novels give you the sense that the main characters move through the story on "tracks." In other words, the entire fictional reality seems to follow them around, assembling itself like a cheap sitcom soundstage just long enough for them to say their piece there and move on: they never see any place or talk about anything that doesn't have a direct bearing on the linear plot.]

Well, yes, but writers are supposed to concentrate on advancing the plot. Even Tolkien does that - either plot or character is advanced on every page. He just has such a massive plot and interwoven plotlines and so many places involved that it appears more like a real world.