My neighbor's kid made me rethink my whole 'no magic' rule for stories.

I was telling him my fantasy idea needed to be 'realistic' and he just said 'but your guy has a sword, that's already pretend'. It made me realize I was limiting my own ideas before they even started. Do you ever have a hard rule for your writing that you later realized was just holding you back?

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xena8863d ago

Got stuck on "no magic" once too. Wanted my pirate story to be super serious. Then realized talking parrots aren't exactly realistic either. Kid's got a point. Sometimes you just need to let the story be fun.

willow_king3d ago

That pirate story sounds like it found its way. @xena886, did you end up keeping the parrot or writing it out?