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“Pairends”
― Under the Skin
― Under the Skin
“What have they done to the earth?
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down”
―
What have they done to our fair sister?
Ravaged and plundered and ripped her and bit her
Stuck her with knives in the side of the dawn
And tied her with fences and dragged her down”
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“Stop egoising!”
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
― The Dispossessed: An Ambiguous Utopia
“Agency in fiction has to exist in the context of the worldview. Otherwise agency is not just meaningless or unconvincing, it is often laughable. Unfortunately, agency is often thoughtlessly given to characters who would not have it in reality.”
― Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
― Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
“...your antagonist is a hero in their own mind...”
― Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
― Wonderbook: The Illustrated Guide to Creating Imaginative Fiction
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