Message Forum: Re: Fantasy Novelist's Exam

Re: Fantasy Novelist's Exam

Posted By: Dave, on host 65.116.226.199
Date: Monday, September 12, 2005, at 12:28:58
In Reply To: Re: Fantasy Novelist's Exam posted by Grishny on Saturday, September 10, 2005, at 21:53:31:

> > *sighs* My novel (first book in a trilogy) has a character who
> > started off in the real world and got transported to the fantasy
> > world.
>
> That's not necessarily a bad thing. I thought Stephen Donaldson did that quite well in his Mordant's Need series.

As with the Filmmaker's Exam, it's almost certainly possible to break every single one of those "rules" (although probably not all in the SAME BOOK) and still write a worthy book.

I wouldn't put money on it, though.

-- Dave

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Message:	> > > sighs My novel (first book in a trilogy) has a character who > > > started off in the real world and got transported to the fantasy > > > world. > > > > That's not necessarily a bad thing. I thought Stephen Donaldson did that quite well in his Mordant's Need series. > > As with the Filmmaker's Exam, it's almost certainly possible to break every single one of those "rules" (although probably not all in the SAME BOOK) and still write a worthy book. > > I wouldn't put money on it, though. > > -- Dave
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