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The Fantasy Novelist’s Exam

fantasayfiction.jpgDavid J. Parker and Samuel Stoddard tell it like it is at RinkWorks: “Ever since J.R.R. Tolkien and C.S. Lewis created the worlds of Middle Earth and Narnia, it seems like every windbag off the street thinks he can write great, original fantasy, too. The problem is that most of this “great, original fantasy” is actually poor, derivative fantasy. Frankly, we’re sick of it, so we’ve compiled a list of rip-off tip-offs in the form of an exam. We think anybody considering writing a fantasy novel should be required to take this exam first. Answering yes to any one question results in failure and means that the prospective novel should be abandoned at once.”

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