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Writing Excuses 7.2: World Building Flora and Fauna

Writing Excuses

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The Importance of Evolution in Fantasy

Howard Kurtz: "I cheat all the time, but it's a it's a different sort of cheating" He says fantasy writers have to decide if they're going to look at realistic evolutionary biology or just say what's inside. The author said he felt dragons were overplayed in Way of Kings and wanted giant crab monsters.

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