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SAT0725 OP t1_iydqz36 wrote

Reply to comment by yallscrazy in People give George R.R. Martin grief for the delay of "The Winds of Winter," but imagine trying to write a continuation of your series after HBO already wrote their own ending to it... by SAT0725

Because he went from creating something entirely new to now having to write a story that someone else already told to all his fans. As a writer I can tell you that gets tricky.

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yallscrazy t1_iydw312 wrote

As a writer I can tell you that the TV show and Books are so different that a writer of GRRMs skill can still write a final book in under 8 years even if the show's ending had the same main plot points as the book's. You can make a triangle that looks entirely different from another triangle, it's not difficult, Shakespeare and every other Renaissance writer didnt seem to have any trouble with it. Furthermore...... he knew this was happening so should have, or did, plan for this exact thing.

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SAT0725 OP t1_iydy3un wrote

> it's not difficult

Sure, it's easy! That's why there are millions of writers out there as successful as George R.R. Martin, right?

If a fraction of the fans who complain about Martin had been writing on their own these past eight years we'd have a lot more to read.

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