![]() Here are five of my favourite Terry Pratchett novels, and why I think you should read them. And most importantly, he doesn’t just tell stories, he tells stories about stories, and hands you the tools to break rules yourselves. He takes being ridiculous more seriously than every writer I’ve ever read. When he created the Discworld, Pratchett simply couldn’t have foreseen how things would evolve. Terry Pratchett breaks every writing rule in the book. Back in 1983, Terry was working full-time and writing in his spare time. Now that I’m a writer – and my job has become staring off into space, reading books with dragons in and doodling little pictures instead of doing real work – there are still people ready with rules, ready to tell you what you can and can’t do, constraining your choices like a too-tight coat. ![]() Staring off into space, reading books with dragons in, doodling little pictures instead of doing homework… these were all activities typically quite frowned upon if you wanted to be a serious adult.Īnd rules are the kind of things that follow you around. When I was a kid there were people very keen to point out to me what was and what wasn’t a waste of time.
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