“There's a rule for what makes good fantasy work, and it's as strange as any riddle ever posed in a fairy tale: In fantasy, you can do anything; and therefore, the one thing you must not do is 'just anything.' Why? Because in a story where anything can happen and anything can be true, nothing matters. You have no reason to care what happens. It's all arbitrary, and arbitrary isn't interesting.” MatterReasonStoriesHappensCareCan DoInterestingFantasyOne ThingStrangeTalesBeing TrueFairyNo ReasonFairy TaleArbitraryRiddleAnything Can HappenNothing Matters Author:Teresa Nielsen Hayden
“Don't use metaphors in fantasy; your readers will take them literally. Or they may take them figuratively - but if so, they'll also take your magics and transformations figuratively. Either way, you're in trouble.” IfsWayWritingMayUseFantasyTroubleMagicReaderTransformationMetaphorUsing Me Author:Teresa Nielsen Hayden
