Don't's for Fantasy Novelists

I recently read a list on RinkWorks.com that was geared towards fantasy authors. I found it very refreshing to read an article by someone who shares my views on writing fantasy. I plan to write at least one fantasy novel myself, and I realized this list is in fact a list of things I wish to avoid when writing my novel(s). If you plan to write fantasy, please, for the sake of all serious readers and critics alike:

1. Do not write a novel that can relate to any point in the list I wrote of above.
2. Do not go the way of Christopher Paolini and rip off Tolkien! (Don't get me wrong, Paolini's a great writer, he's just not very original. Hate me if you want, I don't care!)
3. Be original in your writing. Read all the Tolkien and Chronicles of Narnia you can get your hands on so you can say of it, "Oh, this is what I should try not to write like." (I love Tolkien's and Lewis's fantasy novels, that's why I encourage authors to be original and not write carbon copies of The Lord of the Rings and Narnia.)

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