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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
Story
Happenings
Stories
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Life
Fantasy
World
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Essence
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Focus
Aspects
Situation
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