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I think I’ll do a month of Do I Need to Use a Dragon? (Fantasy Writing Tips) teasers to see what people think.  I can’t put full sections down, so I’m going to grab random introductions.  Hope that works since I would like to showcase this project a little bit.  Enjoy.

Do I Have to Go Medieval?

The original question I was asked was ‘Do I have to use England’ and I was taken aback by it the first time. It never crossed my mind that most fantasy stories take place in a medieval Europe setting. Shows how aware of my literary surroundings I am. The real meaning of this question is about the classical setting of fantasy.

When you think of the genre, you imagine robed wizards, hills rolling into forests, towering castles, roaring dragons, and knights in disturbingly shiny armor. Seriously, what kind of polish…