18. The schema of fantasy and mythological epic is not only a matter of gods, demi-gods and supernatural happenstances. Gods alone do not a myth make, and rhymes do not make a poet. What is at stake when a author chooses fantasy or mythological epic over some other form such as novel or poetry?
--Taum Santoski, circa 1984
This is a most excellent question.
ReplyDeleteAnd one I have thought about myself, though I'm not sure I've found an answer. Why chose to tell a story in a world totally made up from my imagination? What can I find only there, and not in a setting from "the fields we know", in one fashion or other?
I suspect the answers might be as varied as there are writers. But the answers would be darned fascinating!