Tyler, on Authenticity
Paraphrased from conversation this weekend, posted because I want to remember:
'No, no, you can't have indoor plumbing in a fantasy novel. It's one of the rules, if you want it to be gritty and authentic. That and sexism. You can have wizards and dragons and made-up worlds, but everyone has to be be mean to the ladies and poop in a hole, otherwise it's just not believable. That's the line.'
'No, no, you can't have indoor plumbing in a fantasy novel. It's one of the rules, if you want it to be gritty and authentic. That and sexism. You can have wizards and dragons and made-up worlds, but everyone has to be be mean to the ladies and poop in a hole, otherwise it's just not believable. That's the line.'