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 Dragon • Fantasy • Fantasy Every World • Go • Magic • Many People • People • Realism • Regardless • Sure • Thing • Think • Whether • World • Writing
With epic fantasy, there is a tendency for it to be quintessentially conservative in that its job is to restore what is perceived to be out of whack. Nora K. Jemisin Conservative • Epic • Epic Fantasy • Fantasy • Job • Out • Tendency
A fantasy novel set in something other than medieval Europe, featuring an almost entirely black cast, is considered risky. Nora K. Jemisin Black • Cast • Entirely Black Cast • Europe • Fantasy • Fantasy Novel • Medieval Europe • Risky • Something
Readers seem to really like the fact that what I'm writing is not traditional fantasy. Nora K. Jemisin Fact • Fantasy • Like • Readers • Seem • Traditional • Writing
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. Nora K. Jemisin Art • Believe • Danger • Doing • Fantasy • Fiction • Letting Research • Lot • Meant • Particular • Research • Science • Science Fiction • Textbook • Writers
It's hard out here for a fantasy writer, after all; there's all these 'rules' I'm supposed to follow, or the Fantasy Police might come and make me do hard labor in the Cold Iron Mines. Nora K. Jemisin Cold • Fantasy • Follow • Hard • Labor • Me • Police • Rules • Writer
Victoria Elizabeth Schwab
Nora K. Jemisin
