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David Benem

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David Benem Book Two!!! The Wrath of Heroes is on track to be completed by sometime in early 2016.
David Benem Great question! I'd say my trust in the reader, specifically the reduction of character "thoughts" in the book. I believe I was at times too hand-hold…moreGreat question! I'd say my trust in the reader, specifically the reduction of character "thoughts" in the book. I believe I was at times too hand-holding when writing my first book, and used too much inner dialogue as a sort of crutch. In Book Two that's still there, but is used more sparingly and more meaningfully, I think. Also, Book Two is far different from the first one. The first I viewed as a sort of "internal" epic, with characters undergoing fundamental, personal changes through besting inner challenges rather than outer ones. Book Two has all hell breaking loose.

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“The more evil in the world the less good, and the converse. Bale thought differently. He guessed the true goodness in men’s hearts, the kind that kindled self-sacrifice and real courage, only manifested in the face of true evil. At all other times, like now, it sat dormant, smothered beneath layers of ambivalence. Along”
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“I could give two shits about who sits on what throne and what flag rises from Rune’s towers. Whoever it is I have to kneel to is always going to be some vicious swindler who climbed into that throne on the backs of the poor, the broken and the dead.”
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“him: “Character is doing what you don’t want to do, for reasons you cannot avoid.”
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“I could give two shits about who sits on what throne and what flag rises from Rune’s towers. Whoever it is I have to kneel to is always going to be some vicious swindler who climbed into that throne on the backs of the poor, the broken and the dead.”
David Benem, What Remains of Heroes

“The more evil in the world the less good, and the converse. Bale thought differently. He guessed the true goodness in men’s hearts, the kind that kindled self-sacrifice and real courage, only manifested in the face of true evil. At all other times, like now, it sat dormant, smothered beneath layers of ambivalence. Along”
David Benem, What Remains of Heroes

“him: “Character is doing what you don’t want to do, for reasons you cannot avoid.”
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“It is a shameful, corrupting thing when the powerful rule amidst such excess. The”
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