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In bad weather, I spent hours drawing action figures on paper, coloring them, backing them on cardboard, then cutting them out and creating whole stories around their lives.
Terry Brooks
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Testing of self is a regular part of our own lives, so it seems natural to make it a part of the lives of my characters, as well, albeit on a much different level.
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Well, I think that as a country, we've drifted away from appreciating the importance of imagination.
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I think I make better use of language and imagery than when I started out.
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I didn't want readers to have to make allowances for what they couldn't see, but to be able to say to themselves that the fabric of the magic detailed was perfectly believable.
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After all, you put a lot into creating a universe and everything that goes with it, and it seems a shame to use it only once.
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What I want to write about has changed somewhat, and the scope of the storytelling has changed accordingly.
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I might add that you change as a person as you grow older, so you change as a writer, too.
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On the other hand, I still approach each book with the same basic plan in mind - to put some people under severe stress and see how they hold up.
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Anyway, several rewrites later, Del Rey Books did publish my first novel, and it did become the first work of fiction on the New York Times trade paperback bestseller list.
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Even after Sword was published, I was still only thinking about the next book, Elfstones.
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We are constantly being put to the test by trying circumstances and difficult people and problems not necessarily of our own making.
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When I was a kid, we had to rely on our imaginations for entertainment.
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I haven't made up my mind about doing anymore Landover books.
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