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<blockquote data-quote="Dire Bare" data-source="post: 5712203" data-attributes="member: 18182">Sorry about misunderstanding . . . but I think I got you now (?).&nbsp; Why would an author who's already tackled a BFE series of his/her own write a D&amp;D novel series using someone else's world?Why indeed.&nbsp; Why not?&nbsp; Why would an established author used to writing &quot;standard-length&quot; fiction choose to write in a shared world?&nbsp; Why would a brand-new author choose to write a D&amp;D novel?&nbsp; Why would anybody?&nbsp; Writing in shared world fiction has a different set of challenges than writing in your own fictional world, so what's your point?&nbsp; WotC could ask an author who's already established in this genre, and maybe that author is a childhood D&amp;D fan and would jump at the chance . . . or not.&nbsp; Maybe WotC could work with an author new to the genre, everybody's got to start somewhere . . . or not.&nbsp; Not seeing any bearing.&nbsp; Is the fact that WotC has very few &quot;chunky&quot; fantasy epics due to the fact nobody wants to write such a book for WotC, or that WotC has never asked, or something else?&nbsp; How likely is it that WotC might choose to do this type of project in the future?&nbsp; Don't really know, of course, but again, that's what I'd love to see!And . . . Tad Williams is the PERFECT example for this discussion!&nbsp; He took on the challenge of writing an original epic fantasy in the tradition of LotR because somebody told him it couldn't be done, or done well.&nbsp; He proved that person wrong with a sprawling epic over four volumes.&nbsp; Who's to say that Williams, or another author, might not look at the challenge of writing an epic D&amp;D fantasy in the same light?&nbsp; &quot;It can't be done, at least not done well.&quot;&nbsp; &quot;Oh, RLY?&quot;&nbsp; <img src="https://cdn.jsdelivr.net/joypixels/assets/8.0/png/unicode/64/1f642.png" class="smilie smilie--emoji" loading="lazy" width="64" height="64" alt=":)" title="Smile&nbsp; &nbsp; :)"&nbsp; data-smilie="1"data-shortname=":)" /></blockquote>

[QUOTE="Dire Bare, post: 5712203, member: 18182"] Sorry about misunderstanding . . . but I think I got you now (?). Why would an author who's already tackled a BFE series of his/her own write a D&D novel series using someone else's world? Why indeed. Why not? Why would an established author used to writing "standard-length" fiction choose to write in a shared world? Why would a brand-new author choose to write a D&D novel? Why would anybody? Writing in shared world fiction has a different set of challenges than writing in your own fictional world, so what's your point? WotC could ask an author who's already established in this genre, and maybe that author is a childhood D&D fan and would jump at the chance . . . or not. Maybe WotC could work with an author new to the genre, everybody's got to start somewhere . . . or not. Not seeing any bearing. Is the fact that WotC has very few "chunky" fantasy epics due to the fact nobody wants to write such a book for WotC, or that WotC has never asked, or something else? How likely is it that WotC might choose to do this type of project in the future? Don't really know, of course, but again, that's what I'd love to see! And . . . Tad Williams is the PERFECT example for this discussion! He took on the challenge of writing an original epic fantasy in the tradition of LotR because somebody told him it couldn't be done, or done well. He proved that person wrong with a sprawling epic over four volumes. Who's to say that Williams, or another author, might not look at the challenge of writing an epic D&D fantasy in the same light? "It can't be done, at least not done well." "Oh, RLY?" :) [/QUOTE]

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