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Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

It's not what people do that matters, it's why they do it.

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I think a lot of writers are tempted to add complexity by over-complicating things, but always remember that most natural rules/laws are, at their core, simple. Start simple, and build from there, or you risk getting yourself and your readers tangled.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

So many people think that if you're writing fantasy, it means you can just make everything up as you go. Want to add a dragon? Add a dragon! Want some magic? Throw it in. But the thing is, regardless of whether you're dealing with realism or fantasy, every world has rules. Make sure to establish a natural order.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

I'm pagan.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

It's always hard, when introducing readers to a new world/set of rules, not to lay it all out manual-style in the opening chapters but make sure to put the action and the characters at the front. If people don't become invested in them and in the story, the world in which it's set will become a burden.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

Young people like to think they're invincible. They don't like to face any situation where they've gotten weaker instead of stronger.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

I am a firm believer that a good plot makes for a fun enough read, but it's not what binds us. If we don't care about the characters, we won't care – not in a lasting way – about what's happening to them.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

I'd grown up an athletic child, a competitive soccer player since age 4, with stints ranging from months to years in gymnastics, softball, volleyball.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

I like to play with tropes.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

I still get rejections – frequently – and my goal isn't to never fail, to never be turned down, but simply to succeed more often than I don't. And in order to do that, I have to constantly put myself out there, to judgment, critique, and rejection.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

Fencing is a game of living chess, a match where reflexes only work in combination with intent, and mind and body must work together at every moment.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

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A writer is like a bean plant – he has his little day, and then gets stringy.

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Within the sphere of steampunk, there seems to be a rapidly growing subsphere of gadgetless 'neo-Victorian' novels, most of which attempt to recapture the romance of the era without all the sociopolitical ugliness.

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Growing up, I was taught that a man has to defend his family. When the wolf is trying to get in, you gotta stand in the doorway.

I'm pagan.

Victoria Elizabeth Schwab

I think we in the Alpha Band, which was a strange group anyway, weren't dealing with any of these issues. They sneaked up on us and took us over, before we know what was going on.

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