A
bay
who
up as a pe;asa:nt, spending
all
his
life on a ha!f-acre
of
ground,
is
not going
to the same
way that
a
American
suburbanite
he's
to
be constantly
aware
the
weather and
the
seasons,
alert
to
birds
and
wildlife (they
cail
damage
desperately-needed
crops),
hut
n.o
clear
what
a
mountain or
an
ocean migbt
for
example, no
idea
might
lie beyond
the
horizon, even as
to
whether
laws
mrt:ure are ihe same
elsewhere
as at home.
Since
is fantasy,
they
might
not
was
brought
up in
a
religion
wiih
a
is Ml of
magic,
will
accept
magic
as an everyday
part life.
Fifth: Magic,
like everything
else, has rules
A writer
needs
to
let
the
reader
know
what
the situation is. mag ©
everywhere, fairies
under
every bush,
dryads
every
tree nixies
in
every brook?
Can
anybody work
just
by
rhymes
together?
Or
is
magic
rare
and
valuable?
Can
only a
han<Lihl
of wizards
cast
s>,iJe!ls? The rules
to be cons:stent.
If it
is established
peasoot hero
heals his dying friend's
WCiiiD:i,
you
to a throne somewhere,
or
well
better
explain
that
feel cheated.
is
actually a
long-
Yon also
better
work
out how this mag ©
into
the
world
you
have
invented.
If
the
gods
appear
regularly
at
their
worship
services,
for
example,
your
he;-o
really can't be
an atl:,ei ;t
unless he
is
an
idiot or
blind.
If alchemists
can tum
enti.."e
mountains
to
gold
with
no the m.(mey cannot be
on
a
gold
standard-at
least,
not
unless
the alchemists
control
the economy
and
maintain
the currency
artificially.
If
vvizsrds cru: rom
people
i:;to
wru-:fare
is
not
going
to
a
matter
swords and
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