Exclusive Interview with Jim Butcher: Unveiling the Magic Behind the Dresden Files

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  • čas přidán 24. 08. 2024
  • Join us as we dive into the mystical world of Jim Butcher, the mastermind behind the best-selling Dresden Files, Codex Alera and The Cinder Spires series. In this rare sit-down, we unravel the secrets of his narrative craft, explore the depths of his characters, and get a sneak peek into what's next.
    📚 What’s Inside:
    A deep dive into the creation of the beloved Dresden Files.
    Jim’s unique approach to building fantastical worlds.
    Behind-the-scenes insights into his writing process.
    🌟 Don’t Miss Out:
    Exclusive anecdotes from Jim’s personal journey as a writer.
    A candid discussion on the evolution of fantasy literature.
    Jim’s perspective on storytelling in the modern era.
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Komentáře • 97

  • @J.R.Carrel
    @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +20

    Thank you all for watching, and thank you Jim for taking time to come on the channel. Come join the discord! discord.com/invite/YfdkAZv9

    • @HourGlassLife
      @HourGlassLife Před 2 měsíci +1

      Ask him if they can use the people that made the trailers. If the show was as done like the trailers for the books it would of been amazing. The trailers are awesome.

  • @lcsantos777
    @lcsantos777 Před 4 měsíci +63

    "There ain't going to be a show unless I am in the charge of the writers room" - Word. Of. Jim.

    • @DD8842
      @DD8842 Před 2 měsíci +3

      Fans of the Witcher and warhammer 40k respect butcher.

  • @chris-zn7pq
    @chris-zn7pq Před 4 měsíci +15

    Jim, Thank you so much for what you do. So many of us, myself included, appreciate you so much!

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +3

      Thank you for watching and hope to have you back for my next video

  • @Juanpa_SC
    @Juanpa_SC Před 4 měsíci +10

    I can watch Jim answering the same questions over and over, BUT WHEN NEW QUESTIONS ARE ASKED AND NEW INFO IS DROPPED MY EXCITEMENT LEVEL GOES OFF THE CHARTS. Great interview, so happy it appeared on my feed.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +2

      Thank you so much I'm glad you enjoyed it. I'm going to try and do more of these if you're into Sandman Slim I also interviewed Richard Kadrey.

  • @readbykyle3082
    @readbykyle3082 Před 4 měsíci +8

    Love that it always looks like Jim is doing the interview in a sauna somewhere

  • @couragew6260
    @couragew6260 Před 4 měsíci +7

    The next question we should ask Jim is “Can you tell when you’re looking at a Jade Court Vampire like the Black Court, or can they disguise themselves?”

  • @LordJakobofHouseBabrick
    @LordJakobofHouseBabrick Před měsícem +1

    This was an excellent interview! He seems so down to earth.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před měsícem

      Thank you for watching yeah Jim is a super cool guy we would love to have you over on the Discord

  • @TheJellicle1
    @TheJellicle1 Před 4 měsíci +10

    This was fantastic, thank you for hosting this and thanks so much to Jim Butcher for being so generous with his time and words.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thank you for the support and watching

  • @theexperience4961
    @theexperience4961 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Thank you Jim for everything you do. Easily my favorite author ever!

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I'm right there with you thanks for watching Hope to bring you more fun interviews

  • @jon_little
    @jon_little Před 4 měsíci +3

    Joe, thank you for making this happen and the great questions. Jim, thank you for your time and for answering those questions. I really enjoyed my time here.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +1

      Thank you so much for watching hope to see you back soon

  • @cheifhughw9349
    @cheifhughw9349 Před 4 měsíci +6

    He’s the GOAT and I love Dragonlance!

  • @Kaminegg
    @Kaminegg Před měsícem +1

    Your answer about planting seeds is the best.
    And yes, I rarely write urban fantasy but it is So much easier to write in the real world.

  • @BeastyBlerd
    @BeastyBlerd Před 4 měsíci +9

    This was a good interview, didn't spend the majority of it asking the same questions everyone else has like most other interviewers have done in the past, thank you. I've never watched Lodoss War, but looking at it makes SO much sense. I can definitely see why he would have that style in his head when he's writing, especially for the Sidhe. Marsters HAS to voice Harry, and if not, then the only caveat would be him voicing Marcone. Me, personally, I would like the animation to be the same art style for Castlevania or Vox Machina (Arcane is an honorable mention).

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +2

      I know a lot of people say that the style of Castlevania would be perfect. Thank you for watching I'm glad you enjoyed it.

    • @philgagnon275
      @philgagnon275 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Record of Lodos War was my first Anime and got me interested in RPG, Lord of the Rings... And now story telling is an integral part of who I am.
      Used to write for fun, but never had the courage to pursue it seriously.

  • @USAShooting27
    @USAShooting27 Před 12 dny +2

    I would LOVE to see a Dresden Files anime show in Castlevania style! Please make that happen somehow!

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 12 dny

      💯 Would love to have you on the discord discord.com/invite/Zq9SWazH

  • @Mercury_Beetle
    @Mercury_Beetle Před 12 dny +1

    I would read Mr. Jim’s space stories. I hope he gets around to it.

  • @andreamiller3578
    @andreamiller3578 Před 4 měsíci +4

    Love Babylon 5 shout-out. It's such a great show and remains my favorite.

  • @andreamiller3578
    @andreamiller3578 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Ooooh. Black Company-esque novel??? I just wrapped up that series. I would love to read Jim's take on military fantasy.
    His alien/Men in Black story sounds fun too

  • @copster_
    @copster_ Před 4 měsíci +3

    Jim mentioned loving the early Anita Blake books, and I agree the early books in that series were fantastic!

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +1

      I'm definitely going to have to check those out thanks for watching

  • @spidzcats
    @spidzcats Před měsícem +1

    Thanks for the interview! I really can’t wait for the next Dresden files book! I hope the 7-8 year timeline is close to reality! I don’t want Dresden files to end but I need to know how it does. I wonder who the primary villain is in the apocalyptic trilogy.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před měsícem

      Would love to have you on the discord! discord.com/invite/XW4W2yKv

    • @spidzcats
      @spidzcats Před měsícem +1

      @@J.R.Carrel joined! I’ll introduce myself when I’m on computer. My phone typing is close to illiterate.

  • @WhatAMagician
    @WhatAMagician Před 4 měsíci +1

    Oh darn I didn’t know this was happening I’d love to be there live. Excited to watch

  • @Aoshi312
    @Aoshi312 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Thanks for the interview.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you for the support and I'm glad you enjoyed it!

  • @moondaiandtrashpandadeluxe
    @moondaiandtrashpandadeluxe Před 4 měsíci +1

    Love Jim! Such a great interview with him

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you so much for the support

  • @Mercury_Beetle
    @Mercury_Beetle Před 12 dny +2

    Jim wants a recurring role like Stan Lee? Think he could pull off Mac? Is Mac too seasoned a role for Butcher to take on?

  • @copster_
    @copster_ Před 4 měsíci +3

    Awesome interview, thank you!

  • @colonelmayhem8397
    @colonelmayhem8397 Před 4 měsíci +5

    If you want to use James Marsters in the a Dresden Files live action show I'd say he'd be a great Kincaid.
    My opinion.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +2

      Don't know why but I've always thought of him as Vanderung

    • @alyssamiles2909
      @alyssamiles2909 Před měsícem

      You kidding??? He's Mac, all the way.

  • @chriszorander9333
    @chriszorander9333 Před 2 měsíci +1

    Great interview. I really appreciate hearing new stuff and not just the same stuff.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 2 měsíci

      Thanks!.
      discord.com/invite/8XwtcHdq

  • @Noskavian
    @Noskavian Před 4 měsíci +4

    maybe Jim would make a good Mike Atagi.

  • @dreadknot69
    @dreadknot69 Před 4 měsíci +1

    Thank you for this!

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci

      Thank you for the support and I'll keep bring you great interviews

  • @seidmadr2024
    @seidmadr2024 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Jim should be reminded that there is plenty of romance with monsters as well, and the fandom is very... Dedicated.

  • @alyssamiles2909
    @alyssamiles2909 Před měsícem +2

    He's right! Go read Lois Bujould! Right now! It's amazing!

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před měsícem

      Yes! Would love to have you on the discord

    • @alyssamiles2909
      @alyssamiles2909 Před měsícem

      @@J.R.Carrel I don't know what that is.

  • @tomfinn739
    @tomfinn739 Před 2 měsíci +2

    So has anybody keyed off of "friendly neighborhood writer-man"?
    With great straight lines come great response.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 2 měsíci

      Great lines! Would love to have you on the discord.
      discord.com/invite/TqQzFcDk

  • @couragew6260
    @couragew6260 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Damn! Missed the livestream

  • @amanjudge3607
    @amanjudge3607 Před 2 měsíci

    That's the best thing I heard the whole day.
    Manager: "Do you have some special training."
    Jim: "Well, I am a writer."

  • @daalarthedark
    @daalarthedark Před 5 dny +1

    I really wanna know why his publisher doesn’t want to print hardcovers of his early books

  • @j.harris83
    @j.harris83 Před 3 měsíci +2

    When will Jim tell us his Bigfoot experience?

  • @brianbrinegar6086
    @brianbrinegar6086 Před 4 měsíci +3

    Just purchased Cinder Spires audio book 1

    • @philgagnon275
      @philgagnon275 Před 4 měsíci +1

      I wasn't a fan of steam punk genre... Jim sold me on it. Hope you enjoy it

    • @brianbrinegar6086
      @brianbrinegar6086 Před 4 měsíci

      @@philgagnon275 I bought the Cinder Spires audio book - slow start, my attention isn’t captured yet. I’ll keep at it!

  • @ryancraig8258
    @ryancraig8258 Před měsícem +1

    I'd love to know If future books will address the random prisoner whom says he's where he deserves. I'd be curious the background of the character. Also how they use rehabilitation of the prisoners if that is a thing.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před měsícem

      Can't wait to see who it is. Maybe Merlin?

    • @ryancraig8258
      @ryancraig8258 Před měsícem +1

      @J.R.Carrel a self imprisonment. That's an interesting thought. You think it's because he feels guilty about the thing he created or something else?

  • @spidzcats
    @spidzcats Před měsícem +1

    You mentioned a writer along with him and side characters. (Sukovski? How do I spell it?)

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před měsícem

      Thank you for watching the other author is andrzej sapkowski

  • @Demonreached
    @Demonreached Před 4 měsíci +2

    22:57 A romance with a dragon?? *gestures frantically at Michael and Charity*
    Here's hoping someone asks him to contribute to a Knights in Shining Armor romance anthology

  • @mikeg6361
    @mikeg6361 Před 3 měsíci +1

    Dresden files is the goat

  • @amanjudge3607
    @amanjudge3607 Před měsícem +1

    You know what, I feel like Travis from critical role would make a great Michael Carpenter in the adaptation jim talked about.
    Lol, if there's a way you can put this in jim's head that'd be great 😂

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před měsícem +1

      Lol, subliminal messaging would love to have you join the discord! discord.com/invite/TBveypqG

    • @amanjudge3607
      @amanjudge3607 Před měsícem

      ​@@J.R.Carrel Thanks, I've joined. 🙂

  • @macrosense
    @macrosense Před 4 měsíci +1

    You need some kind of publishing house to collect the money and enforce the copyrights

  • @cheifhughw9349
    @cheifhughw9349 Před 4 měsíci +11

    Dresden Files done in 7-8 years??? And please don't do a live action Dresden. It is so easy to get messed up. Animation is the way to go.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +4

      Jim also said that another patient won't happen unless he's the head of the writer's room. If that is the case I think the live-action will work out

    • @zackmara8796
      @zackmara8796 Před 4 měsíci +3

      I'll be happy with him in charge of the writing room either way. Personally I think animated would be really cool if they did something similar style wise as Castlevania. Feel like they could do a lot more that way.

    • @nazimelmardi
      @nazimelmardi Před 4 měsíci +2

      It’s time to understand the following: a LOT of people don’t like animation. It doesn’t matter what you think personally. One Piece just proved it again. It’s one of the 3 of highest sold manga and best known anime ever. Yet… Netflix just made the LA and based on the numerous reviews on CZcams and everywhere, (comments) still people won’t start it (definitely created a new fan base for anime, but way less than it could. Only a few are successful if there is no big name behind them like MCU, Star Wars in the mass population.

    • @cody7855
      @cody7855 Před 4 měsíci +2

      @@J.R.Carrelas a writer yourself, and let me preface this by saying I am by no means a writer, do you think the novelist skillset directly applies to on screen writing? I kind of cringed a little when Jim said “if you could write a series like this you would have” because in my head I would think writing for tv is different, even when adapting a book. Granted we all want the adaptation to be as true to the books we love, isn’t it a different animal?
      In a book Harry burning down a building has $0 production cost. Doing it on screen takes budget. So I think part of those writers job is to recognize those and work with the showrunners to see what is within budget and not.
      At risk of this being entirely too long of a comment, we all know the Dresden files show was low budget. And there was also bad writing. Neither helped the show. But some things don’t translate well, for instance in the Reacher adaptation he has much more companionship. This relieves the issue of a lot of the story is told as an internal dialogue in the books, something that doesn’t translate to tv well. By having people to talk to, it takes place of that. Is that something you think most novelists, or even specifically successful ones such as Jim, could easily do?

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +1

      @@cody7855 I believe that the skill of being a novelist what absolutely Translate two writing for television. Especially if you are like Jim and you've also wrote a lot of short stories. Because it's all about formatting for TV and if you are adapting Dresden Files you know as a producer what you're getting into with the budget.

  • @natev8986
    @natev8986 Před 4 měsíci +1

    damn Jim is handsome AF lol

  • @joshwilhoyte4453
    @joshwilhoyte4453 Před 4 měsíci +1

    So many ads

  • @workstudy8118
    @workstudy8118 Před 4 měsíci +2

    Bro you’re interviewing the GOAT and you don’t have a microphone or audio cleaned up 😮Jim’s got better audio than you 😅

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +5

      My mic disconnected just as we were about to go live. It must have been the magic

    • @kelseamess6630
      @kelseamess6630 Před 4 měsíci +1

      Maybe when you interview Jim , you can make sure you have a mic 😊

    • @drago6576
      @drago6576 Před 4 měsíci +2

      Did you hear Jim say "Hexus"?

  • @Pollitosh_
    @Pollitosh_ Před 4 měsíci +2

    Good interview, bad interviewer. Interrupts Jim way too much but i suppose its due to him being a fan and not have done many interviews before.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 4 měsíci +2

      Thanks for watching

    • @ronniemaclaine5234
      @ronniemaclaine5234 Před 3 měsíci +1

      ​@@J.R.CarrelWell done. Not only with the interview, but with the response.

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 3 měsíci +1

      @@ronniemaclaine5234 thank you for the support!

  • @amanjudge3607
    @amanjudge3607 Před 2 měsíci +2

    Its funny he says that, I have also always seen Michael as a true paladin. Infact, my PC's father from my all time favourite d&d campaign was modelled after Michael.🫡

    • @J.R.Carrel
      @J.R.Carrel  Před 2 měsíci +1

      Michael Carpenter is a national treasure