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Nora K. Jemisin Quotes

Nora K. Jemisin

It takes practice to do anything unique within this field, period, in writing, practice doing anything unique in writing.

Anything Unique Doing Field Period Practice Unique Within Writing

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Any writer kind of who knows what they're doing goes forth and grabs a copy of an issue of something that they want to be published in, or they skim it online. They read what that market has been doing. They see a particular flavor of fiction.

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I don't really understand why so many fantasy writers choose to focus on worlds that just seem strangely denuded. But to them, I guess it doesn't seem strange. And I guess that's their privilege. It isn't mine.

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It's the way the human brain works: when enough events occur in a pattern, we stop thinking and go into macro mode.

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Reconciliation is a part of the healing process, but how can there be healing when the wounds are still being inflicted?

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Reconciliations are for after the violence has ended.

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A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky.

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Fantasy is fantasy. It's fiction. It's not meant to be a textbook. I don't believe in letting research overwhelm the fiction. That's a danger of science fiction in particular, as opposed to fantasy. A lot of writers forget that what they're doing is supposed to be art.

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It's human nature that we come in our own flavours, and it doesn't make any sense to write a monochromatic or monocultural story unless you're doing something extremely small – a locked room-style story.

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I write what feels real. I write things that are informed both by my own experience and by actual history.

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I tend to like writing characters that are not typical heroes.

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