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Fantasy allows you bend the world and the situation to more clearly focus on the moral aspects of what's happening. In fantasy you can distill life down to the essence of your story.

Terry Goodkind

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Terry Goodkind
Age: 72 †
Born: 1948
Born: January 14
Died: 2020
Died: September 17
Novelist
Writer
Omaha
Nebraska
Terry Lee Goodkind
Focus
Aspects
Situation
Allows
Moral
Clearly
Story
Happenings
Stories
Happening
Life
Fantasy
World
Aspect
Distill
Essence
Bend

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