The first 9 volumes of Tearmoon Empire were incredible and the witty prose reached at times that of the likes of Prattchett and Adams.
Other than that it depends on the definition of “writing style”. If we include stuff like how thought out things are then I absolutely have to mention Miya Kazuki. It’s very, very seldom that I have the feeling in the light novel space that an author has a detailed idea of how the story will progress. In most cases, I get the impression that each chapter is written as they come. I have that mental image of an author beings pulled along by the story like some scrawny individual being pulled along by a large dog. It’s probably a side effect of the web novel origins of most titles.
So when a series looks like it was planned out in advance, and plot points are introduced in previous volumes instead of paragraphs, it stands out. The Fanbooks Q&A sessions were especially eye-opening when she described how detailed her plot outline from beginning to end was before she even posted the first web novel chapter online.
So when a series looks like it was planned out in advance, and plot points are introduced in previous volumes instead of paragraphs, it stands out.
So true! Like that one Dating Sim thing where I had to go back to book one to see a reference that was in book 9. Or in Harry Potter when you finally learn of the Horcruxes in Book 7 and can go back into the earlier books and find several of them.
The first 9 volumes of Tearmoon Empire were incredible and the witty prose reached at times that of the likes of Prattchett and Adams.
Other than that it depends on the definition of “writing style”. If we include stuff like how thought out things are then I absolutely have to mention Miya Kazuki. It’s very, very seldom that I have the feeling in the light novel space that an author has a detailed idea of how the story will progress. In most cases, I get the impression that each chapter is written as they come. I have that mental image of an author beings pulled along by the story like some scrawny individual being pulled along by a large dog. It’s probably a side effect of the web novel origins of most titles. So when a series looks like it was planned out in advance, and plot points are introduced in previous volumes instead of paragraphs, it stands out. The Fanbooks Q&A sessions were especially eye-opening when she described how detailed her plot outline from beginning to end was before she even posted the first web novel chapter online.
So true! Like that one Dating Sim thing where I had to go back to book one to see a reference that was in book 9. Or in Harry Potter when you finally learn of the Horcruxes in Book 7 and can go back into the earlier books and find several of them.
I call it the “Hodor-Moment”.