Mark Chadbourn's call-to-action for fantasy writers

Filed by: Darren Turpin on October 5, 2007 at 11:20
Filed under: Writing

Just a quick note (as I'm still up to my eyeballs in work-related stuff) to flag up a very interesting post over on Mark Chadbourn's Jack of Ravens blog. It's about the changing landscape of the imagination, the changing role of fantasy fiction writers, and the challenge that fantasy writers face: of stepping out of the shadow of the RPG industry in all its multi-faceted forms and really pushing the boundaries:

"Fantasy authors need to find a new unique selling point. If they want to maintain their reputation as the elite of this field, they need to work their imaginations harder, start defining new territories, go to places that the gamers wouldn't (yet) dare to go.

"Who is up for that challenge?"

Damn good question. One I wish I had more time than I do right now to have a go at answering... anyone else want to chip in?

Filed on: October 5, 2007
Filed under: Writing
Tagged With: fantasy-fiction | Mark-Chadbourn

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