Good advice for aspiring writers...

[Athenys]

Plot Coupons: The basic building blocks of the quest-type fantasy plot. The "hero" collects sufficient plot coupons (magic sword, magic book, magic cat) to send off to the author for the ending. Note that "the author" can be substituted for "the Gods" in such a work: "The Gods decreed he would pursue this quest." Right, mate. The author decreed he would pursue this quest until sufficient pages were filled to procure an advance....:lol:...so true, so true.

Read the whole list here:

http://www.sfwa.org/writing/turkeycity.html

and here is another, albeit unrelated, link you might enjoy:

http://www.toostupidtobepresident.co...ily_grail1.htm

[Michael Moorcock]

Hmm. This looks like light work for a retired fantasy geezer...