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
I almost always start with setting! I have to know the world before I know how to populate it. I have a tendency to play with doors – between life and death, human and monster, mundane and magic – and with 'ADSOM,' I knew I wanted to play with the physical doors between worlds. Victoria Elizabeth Schwab Death • Doors • Doors Between • Life • Magic • Start • Tendency • World
Magic is the mysteries into which not everyone is so lucky, or unlucky, as to be initiated. It can be affected by belief, the whims of the unseen, harsh language. And it is not. Supposed. To make. Sense. In fact, I think it's coolest when it doesn't. Nora K. Jemisin Belief • Coolest • Everyone • Fact • Language • Lucky • Magic • Mysteries • Think • Unlucky • Unseen Harsh Language • Whims
This is magic we're talking about. It's supposed to go places science can't, defy logic, wink at technology, fill us all with the sensawunda that comes of gazing upon a fictional world and seeing something truly different from our own. Nora K. Jemisin Defy • Logic • Magic • Places • Science • Sensawunda • Supposed • Technology • Us • World
How does one control weight? By not overeating. How does one stay in shape? One plays sports. There are no magic pills here. Vladimir Putin Control • How • Magic • Magic Pills • One Control Weight • Shape • Shape One Plays • Sports • Stay
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