pameladlloyd: Alya, an original character by Ian L. Powell (perchance to dream)
I've been reading The Midnight Disease: The Drive to Write, Writer's Block, and the Creative Brain, by Alice W. Flaherty. There's lots of food for thought in there, but the morsel I want to consider for the moment is creativity. What is it, and must it produce something of value?

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Aug. 8th, 2008 01:34 am
pameladlloyd: Alya, an original character by Ian L. Powell (lady of shalot)
While searching for definitions of the term "Urban Fantasy" I came across The Christian Guide to Fantasy. The definitions are . . . slightly skewed, in my opinion.

For example:

Urban Fantasy - A subgenre of Fantasy; the action takes place in this world at this time, with no change in Earth's history, but rather in its dynamics (i.e., physics: usually magic is possible). Another area most often under the influence of secular paganism. [Emphasis mine]


In addition to the statement I highlighted, what bothers me about this "definition" is that it is so vague, it doesn't actually define.

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