Paolini Quote

[edward9]

This quote is from 2019. Thought you all might enjoy it.

"World-building is as important as ever. In fact, I’m more of a stickler for internal consistency than I was back at 17. No matter what you’re writing about, whether it’s fantasy or not, you can’t go around breaking the rules of your fictional world. That’s the fastest way to lose the trust of your readers."
Christopher Paolini

Edit:
Christopher Paolini explains why he returned to the world of Eragon with The Fork, the Witch, and the Worm
The author tells EW about collaborating with his sister, giving a different take on dragons, and returning to the fictional land he created as a teenager.
By Christian Holub
January 16, 2019 at 03:54 PM EST
From christopher-paolini-the-fork-the-witch-and-the-worm

Comments

[epistler]

Jesus Christ, he sounds so completely self-deluded you'd think he was an anti-vaxxer.
Which could it be, though? Is he deluded, or just a liar?

[torylltales]

2019? So, well after Inheritance was published. I can sort of give him a half-point of credit for almost putting a toe in the general vicinity of admitting the Inheritance Cycle isn't exactly always internally consistent, but I just wish he'd be a bit more open and honest about it. I've said this a few times, if he was capable of honest critical self-reflection (ironic typo: I nearly wrote 'elf-reflection') and admitting every now and then that the IC has a lot of flaws that he has since learned from and improved as a writer, I would be one of the first people to stand up and applaud him. I want him to be better. I want him to be honest, self-aware, and constructively critical about his skills and weaknesses. I hope against hope that his new partner inspires or pushes him to be better.

I doubt it, but I'm an optimist.

[edward9]

What I like about this quote is Paolini establishes a standard for his writing.

No matter what you’re writing about, whether it’s fantasy or not, you can’t go around breaking the rules of your fictional world.

So if we can show there is no internal consistency in Inheritance Cycle we demonstrate the Inheritance Cycle is bad according to the author.

He even provides a harm.

That’s the fastest way to lose the trust of your readers." Christopher Paolini

[littlecaity]

And he's already proven himself a liar with the star brick, of which we have seen two chapters wherein nothing is internally consistent, let alone scientificially accurate.