1. A Magic System That Brings the Rest of the World to Life

2. Geography That Encourages Imagination

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3. Characters that evolve dramatically throughout the series

4. Economic prose
5. Don't feel compelled to define your stories by tragedy

Ursula K. Le Guin and Harlan Ellison at Westercon, Portland, Oregon, 1984.
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