Fiction---good fiction, anyway---is dream made flesh, given purpose and drive, and set on a quest to show us the best in us and to give us the power and the tools to dream beyond reality's 'merely good enough' to a vision of what is truly great...and then to give us the stories of men and women of character who in turn inspire those of us who dare to reach for the truly great within ourselves. T H A T is why you write fiction. Holly Lisle
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One of the great things about fiction is that it can take you to places you have never been. It can allow you to live out an adventure you would never have had the chance to experience otherwise. Fables are especially powerful in this way. Many of our most cherished fairy tales are based on the idea that nothing is impossible, that there is always something that can be done or someone who can be helped. A good writer takes these ideas and uses them to show us what it means to be a hero, to live life full of purpose and drive.

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