I'm also old.. and my own gift for writing fantasy grows out of very literal-minded, pragmatic soil: the things I do when I'm not telling stories have always been pretty three-dimensional. I used to say that the only strong attraction reality ever had for me was horses and horseback riding, but I've also been cooking and going for long walks since I was a kid (yes, the two are related), and I'm getting even more three dimensionally biased as I get older – gardening, bell ringing.. piano playing.. And the stories I seem to need to write seem to need that kind of nourishment from me – how you feed your story telling varies from writer to writer. My story-telling faculty needs real-world fresh air and experiences that create calluses (and sometimes bruises). Robin McKinley
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In a way, a writer's gifts are a means of self-expression. But one must be careful not to write from the viewpoint of the writer alone. He or she should write from the viewpoint of the reader as well as from the viewpoint of the writer.

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