/lit/ - Literature

>>2914556
You really don't and almost certainly won't and will eventually be immensely grateful you didn't.

>>2914554
What time is it?

>>2914542
Well, ok.

You probably already have a scene or two in your head.

Let them settle there; in the morning and at the going-down of the sun you will remember a thing or two about scene (or the characters therein) that open a pathway to a new scene.

Etc, until.

The key thing is not to rush or force it. Let it flow naturally, if you can. Wait.

>>2914548
Yes.

>>2914536
Yes, he really ties it on.

I really am going to bed in ten minutes.

>>2914515
The meek shall inherit the earth?

They already own it; they just don't make a fuss about it.

The confusion comes when some- within your own frame of reference, I suspect- mainly young women, mistake volume for confidence.

I consider myself unusually (thought NOT supernaturally) empathic: it's the natural gift of the outsider.

So maybe, perhaps, inevitably, yes.

>>2914513
Arya is COG; can't happen.

>>2914510
Not at all. There's a lot to come from Sándor... He's a revolutionary character, in fact.

>>2914499
Fine, as far as I or my PA know.

Must be getting on a bit, though. Aren't we all?

>>2914495
Yes.

>>2914490
Truth is, Tolkien scraped everything out of that barrel. Not to demean him; I just mean he has already done it as well and elegantly as anyone could.

He established a sub-created secondary microcosm that was almost irresistably attractive. Really, every fantasy author since has been writing about their own version of Middle-Earth.

I wanted to write about a world that was accessed through the same doorway but realised in a more contemporaneous fashion and so more accessible to youth born outside the sixties.

Had the beard a long time. Imagine how I'd look without it.

>>2914489
Physically writing-down: 75%, but the thematic flow is established in my head- it's just a tad difficult to translate it onto paper. It's harder than you might think.

I sometimes use google translate to understand Old Norse or Russian; it's like translating from English to Russian to English- it never quite comes out as I feel until I've gone over it many times.

As for POV- read and find out, I'm afraid. But feel free to let me know what you think... I like couplets: dream one up and it'll go in. Yes, I'm sure.

>>2914462
Never, I'm afraid.

>>2914459
I used to have one, I'm sure. Once a chap gets beyond a certain point, such things have no meaning. It must be thirty years since I used it in anger. Maybe others have used it for me.

I'd tell you if I could remember- I promise.

[sorry for delayed replies struggling with security entry]

>>2914457
High praise; I'm thankful.

But you're quite wrong- my PA assures me- I'm only the fifth best, as far as he knows.

We each have a schedule, you know. Stephen was here last week; Joanne next week. Meantime, it's only me.

Say sorry.

I'll be going to bed in 45 minutes.

In the meantime- at the dare of my PA and the express disapproval of my MC- you can ask me anything.

My name is George Martin.

I'm not typing personally but my replies are faithful.

You young people should retain hope; we all felt the same way at your age. Most of us struggled through it and found an understanding of perspective that made it all worthwhile.

I'll be going at 04:20 UK time.