“Using Emotion in Figures of Speech:” What Writers can Learn from Terry Pratchett’s “Equal Rites”

It can’t be stressed, enough: Terry Pratchett was ahead of his time. In Equal Rites (the third novel in the Discworld series), Terry Pratchett uses his wit, humor, and grand…

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“Commitment to the bit:” What Writers and Worldbuilders can learn from Terry Pratchett’s “The Light Fantastic”

(Quick heads-up before we start: this article contains some light spoilers for the endings to both The Light Fantastic and The Color of Magic.) The Light Fantastic is the second…

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