“How the f-k do you write so many books so fast?” asked Martin when King prompted him to pose a question he’d always wanted to know the answer to. One of which is the emergence of characters, who were already dead in the “Game of Thrones”.
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As with the similarly named tenth and final episode of the sixth season of HBO’s “Game of Thrones”, the upcoming sixth installment of the “A Song of Ice and Fire” series, “The Winds of Winter”, is extremely hyped, with news that author George R.R. Martin is reportedly done with writing the book. As early as 2012, reports are coming out that George R.R. Martin is being encouraged to write faster for A Song of Ice and Fire, and consequently, Game of Thrones. During a recent chat with another famed author, Stephen King, Martin had to ask-how does he do it?
When I’m there and working, I just kind of fall through my computer screen and I forget the world, I forget deadlines, I forget the TV show, and the emails, and all of that stuff.
Marveled Martin: “I think, ‘Oh, I’ve had a really good six months – I’ve written three chapters!’ and you’ve finished three books in that time”.
King responded that he writes on a daily basis, and he is compelled to write at least six pages per day.
It’s 2016 and we have yet to see The Winds of Winter.
“So if the manuscript is say, 360 pages long, that’s basically two months’ work – but that’s assuming it goes well”, King said. Martin references at his own issues of writer’s block and self-doubt, discussing a scenario where he writes one sentence, is unsatisfied, and then spends time checking emails while wondering if he ever had any talent. But mostly, i try to get the six pages in.
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Stephen King and George RR Martin in conversation on stage in Albuquerque, New Mexico recently. Given uproar over the “Game Of Thrones” Season 6 finale largely brought on by Arya Stark (Maisie Williams), Cersei Lannister (Lena Headey) and Jon Snow (Kit Harington), refreshing the experience with “The Winds Of Winter” launch is only fitting.
