Fiction Craft Blog

Long before G.R.R. Martin’s take on dragons fanned the flames of controversy (Are they wyverns? Are they dragons? Do we need to know?), the inner workings of these fire-breathing creatures were already sparking flaming-hot debates. Dragons are a staple of fantasy, but they also represent the genre’s rather finicky nature: they cannot be too over the top, as then the audience will stop suspending their disbelief. But equally, they cannot be too grounded either, because their v