: Re: Is it important to research the topic of your novel/story before writing it? Let's say you're writing a story about magic. Does it have to be based on real facts and real magic or can you

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You can make up absolutely anything you want.

If you have a need to subvert the laws of nature, time, space and anything else you can think of - you can do this. No-one can prevent you from making up your own system of magic from scratch. Nothing that you write needs to conform to any existing system, whether it be factual or fictional.

When you start a story you have a blank cheque, a tabula rasa, a blank cheque, carte blanche and unlimited discretionary power to act on any and all of those things.

It might be wise to make the systems within your story self-consistent - just to avoid confusing your readers too much, but that doesn't mean that they have to fit in with anything else currently in existence.

Just a quick word of warning: practically, this might not be the easiest thing to do.

Good luck.

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