Throwback Post: These Are Not Rules of Fantasy

Originally posted on Legends of Windemere:

I���m drawing out a popular post from July 4, 2014.�� I���m still standing by this, but a year hasn���t even passed.�� As usual, I don���t edit these when I put them back up for another look.�� I might be doing this more because I���m tired and my brain can���t think of anything else to talk about.�� Feel free to do this for your own genre or writing style or whatever.

A big headache for genre writing is that nearly every reader has their own set of rules about how that genre should work.�� They have their favorite authors and all others get compared to those ���elite���.�� Any deviation is met with disagreement or outright rage because god forbid you have two fantasy authors who take different approaches to the genre.�� So I���m going to have a little fun here and go over a few rules that have been hurled���

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