Friday, April 27, 2012

Sunday, April 15, 2012

The Wanna-be Fantasy Writers Exam

"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 a question results in failure and means that the se tion in question should be re-examined"

The Exam(link to the original thread here)