I don't like the strictly objective viewpoint [in which all of the characters' actions are described in the third person, but we never hear what any of them are thinking.] Which is much more of a cinematic technique. Something written in third person objective is what the camera sees. Because unless you're doing a voiceover, which is tremendously clumsy, you can't hear the ideas of characters. For that, we depend on subtle clues that the directors put in and that the actors supply. I can actually write, "'Yes you can trust me,' he lied." [But it's better to get inside the characters' heads.]

That night the wind was howling almost like a wolf and there were some real wolves off to the west giving it lessons.

The man who passes the sentence should swing the sword.

I have always been a dark writer.

In real life, the hardest aspect of the battle between good and evil is determining which is which.

Mothers." The man made a word sound like a curse. "I think birthing does something to your minds. You are all mad.

The apples stewed with prunes are excellent, except for the prunes, I won't eat prunes myself. Well, there was one time when Hobb chopped them up with chesnuts and carrots and hid them in a hen. Never trust a cook, my lord. They'll prune you when you least expect it.