Board Thread:General Discussion/@comment-26259483-20150504092325/@comment-24674051-20150505163804

Utter solitude wrote: The question is, can anyone use the ink and quill, or does one need to be a "chosen" or "fated" author? XD That's a really good question. I get the impression that not everybody can use the pen and ink. Otherwise, why would Rumple want the Author, when he already had the pen (apparently) and knew how to generate the ink? And why wouldn't Regina just take the Pen from the author after she produced the ink? And why wouldn't either one of them rip out the Author's heart and control him?

Of course, maybe there is a limitation that the Author can not write anything first person, but is limited to third person, and maybe not even necessarily third person omniscient. and can not include himself in the story.