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<blockquote data-quote="Elf Witch" data-source="post: 6202004" data-attributes="member: 9037"><p>Personally I think the rules need to be consistent if not then I lose my ability to suspend disbelief. Now you can make exceptions but you need to make sure the reader understands that this is an exception and why it is happening. </p><p></p><p>Over the years attending various Worldcons and other literary cons I have talked to a lot of fantasy writers. I am friends with several here in the south Florida area and they all agree that they have rules for their worlds they may not have them actually written in the story but the author is are of how they work. </p><p></p><p>Readers for the most part tend to get pissy when writers just pull things out of their butt to solve a plot issue. Just because magic is not real does not mean that you don't need rules or an understanding on how it works in your world. When the writers themselves are not sure of how things works it shows and readers may not be able to exactly pinpoint why they are dissatisfied but they are.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Elf Witch, post: 6202004, member: 9037"] Personally I think the rules need to be consistent if not then I lose my ability to suspend disbelief. Now you can make exceptions but you need to make sure the reader understands that this is an exception and why it is happening. Over the years attending various Worldcons and other literary cons I have talked to a lot of fantasy writers. I am friends with several here in the south Florida area and they all agree that they have rules for their worlds they may not have them actually written in the story but the author is are of how they work. Readers for the most part tend to get pissy when writers just pull things out of their butt to solve a plot issue. Just because magic is not real does not mean that you don't need rules or an understanding on how it works in your world. When the writers themselves are not sure of how things works it shows and readers may not be able to exactly pinpoint why they are dissatisfied but they are. [/QUOTE]
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