Shall we begin?
Game of Thrones, “Dragonstone”
My favourite thing about this gifset is that George R. R. Martin acknowledges both of these methods without insulting or dismissing the other. He is a fantastic writer and I know that some other fantastic writers swear by their methods and discount the others, which can be really disheartening as a young writer. Hearing him describe both of these methods without dismissing the other makes me very, very happy, as I am very much an architect and I always get so sad when every writer I look up to is like “NO PLANNING. PLANNING BAD. WRITERS DONT PLAN.”
So thank you, Mr. Martin.
This is interesting, I would have guessed that George Martin would consider himself the first type.
I don’t really read Martin, but this is a really valuable explanation of how writing works–and I especially like the acknowledgement that even if you are of the ‘gardener’ variety, you have to have some idea what you’re growing. That’s basically what I’ve been saying about outlines all along–even if you think you don’t outline, in some little way you probably kind of do.
valiantnedspreciouslittlegirl:
This is Brandon Stark. Son of Ned Stark. (x)
What do you want that you do not have?
At the moment, peace and quiet.
Leave one wolf alive, and the sheep are never safe. When people ask you what happened here, tell them the North remembers. Tell them winter came for House Frey.
Arya Stark in 7.01
You have to be smarter than father. You need to be smarter than Robb. I loved them, I miss them, but they made stupid mistakes and they both lost their heads for it.
Has she come yet?
Who?
The Dragon Queen. Daenerys Stormborn.
