I appreciate that about him though. He really wants to leave his books up to interpretation and let the audience decide what they mean, unlike that other big fantasy author lol.
are you people listening? are you paying attention? life and real human history are a mess! there are no neat endings. but yall wont understand this part until youre old and grey. so i guess we got many years of still listening to people whine about the ending.
@@ryanricks3002 That was exactly what I heard in my head as soon as he asked the question! The only people worse than him are Ramsey and maybe Joffrey. He literally murdered two innocent children to look tough in front of his men for losing Bran and Rickon. His sister described him perfectly. Are you the dumbest #%^* that ever lived?
@@gabrielp9646 I wish GRRM could find out who his true fans are so he could S08 the last book(s) for the public (whiney *fans*) then give the true fans the real ending without anyone else knowing.
@@legrandliseurtri7495 Yes, those. Like entitled parents who want their kids to get married and have children before they´re 30, and those bosses at the office who want their employers to follow a certain dress code... It´s none your business. And you don´t even realize how big of a part you play in the fact that he hasn´t finished the books yet.
@@igorchistyakov8876 frankly their ending, was fine. Danaerys had shown many signs of being a "mad queen" and it was even hinted at in the house of the undying. So I truly dont know what most fans are soo upset about.
@@andrewvasquez7872 I never liked Daenerys to begin with, so her going mad was fine with me. With fire and blood, she took it indeed. My problem is with fanboys, lamenting in the comments about how wonderful it would be to lock George in some basement, trading food and empty buckets for new chapters. At this point I can't even tell, how many times I've heard Martin saying, that he is a "gardener", not an "architect". It simply doesn't work like that for him. If he finishes the story in his own way - wonderful. If not... Oh well. As I said, Dan&Dan finished it quickly. Those guys hated that ending. I agree that dialogues did drop in complexity and wits, but that's exactly why they should shut up and leave George in peace already.
I love watching interviews with GRRM, what a wonderful time it would be just to pick his philosophical brain! I especially enjoy the thoughtfulness he puts into every question regardless of how many times he's answered it in past interviews.
For someone in my mid 30's, I hope that a LOT of young fantasy writers (and others) are leaning from this man. I don't know that he have had this much access to a writer who has had this much success. I hope to see many young writers take the lead in this genre. I have my fingers crossed that in 10 years, I have another FANTASTIC series of books to read and another great TV show (or movie) to watch.
Some people get upset that he does interviews instead of writing, but the fact that we get so much insight to a genius mind is so underrated. Like I wish we could get something like that from ancient classic authors
I wasn’t a Wattpad reader, or a fanfic fanatic, but I feel like the access to that writing platform had to have done some thing to encourage people to be writers. George RR Martin is just showing them how to be good writers!
Yeah I’ve learned not to be a pervert and you can reduce the size of your books significantly because you won’t have useless disgusting sex scenes with 8yr old children
Your wish is my command. Working on a novel now. Two years of mapping out timelines and character archs. And two years of writing and im well under a 3rd of the way into writing the first book. And already have a set mind of how to wrap up the series. Hope to be done by next year with the first book and start looking for a publisher. So in ten years, Look out for an Aztec boy named Tobias and his slave girl Savanna to be on HBO. Or read the books on the shelves one day :) Book 1. The Cave Book 2. The Cove Book 3. The Cavern Book 4. The Covenant Ahead of time ..youre welcome ☺️
Ahhhhg. It's so satisfying to hear him talk about how scenes unfold. Having story teller architype is one of the best psychological joys of my life and it's exactly how he explains. I just watch. I'm the first viewer of that unfolding, most perfect in its pure form - an apparition from another realm and you are merely its witness.
I like the way you ask him the questions. You give him plenty of room and don't seem to undermine anything about his process which appears to give him plenty of space to give you information. Well done man!
Omg that part about riding around Chicago looking through the window and having this visions and ideas..that's me, always happens and I learned to enjoy it so much, it was almost like meditation.
Woah, the first interview i've seen in a long time that i haven't seen before. Also coincidentally perhaps one of the best interviews ever, and also done by the most unexpected socal looking dude who also happens to be a great interviewer? What the hell is going on?
I think George's smartest move is being abstract in his answers. If you give a straightforward answer it can be picked apart and being abstract in your answers allows people to view your work as art and see more into it than even you meant to put into it, and by not being rigid in his answers he can lay claim to everyone's analysis of his work.
I've been an amateur writer since I first learned to write, but have never had time to finish a project; What he describes about how his stories come to him and how words are both tools but stubborn and flawed in how they convey the true feelings of the story within the mind is just chilling to me because it's exactly how I form my own stories and how I feel when I try to put them to paper. I couldn't have explained it any more clearly myself.
Thats not fun when that happens, trying different things get stuck etc. I produced some beats/music, its litterally the same, this beat in my head how to translate it, sometimes you get stuck or this piano note/ or this word doesnt quite fit etc Now i want to be a writer/blog post writer. And im learning that its basically the same. We cant escape translating our creativity in our heads. Is that a hard pill to swallow for you? For me it is
You're most certainly an amateur writer. Your grammar and sentence structuring requires work. When you're writing, the use of, 'comma's' is absolutely essential, as they convey how the sentence and words are meant to be spoken. Using, 'colons' was not needed once in your two sentences. You had 80 words from the beginning of your sentence, until your first period. Yes, I counted the words. Concise, detailed, and expressive words/sentences are all the hallmarks of a good writer. (And proof-reading before submitting) I am extremely grateful that I had the hardest English Teacher during my High School experience, as she taught me how to apply those key hallmarks to my writing style. Starting on your grammar, is a good start to becoming an expressive writer. It's funny, I never finished my Grade 12 as I was a couple credits short. I never felt any need to go back, as there was nothing left for me to gain from that generalized education program. I excelled in all subjects, especially English. Once I got bored and proved to myself I could easily get high marks, I stopped bothering to exert any additional effort. It was a waste of my time. However, I wrote Master-Level University Essays and Papers for a Friend, and they all received an, 'A-Mark'. The closest project I have to writing a story, was when I made the storyline for my, '4-Hour' Fallout 4 Movie. I had a general idea of the storyline on how to begin and end the plot. I filled in the dialogue and all the details as I filmed and edited the project. Intuition is what helped guide me through the story. That was around a 100-page script that I managed to finish in just a little over 1000 hours, and 3 months of 12 hour days to complete. That included building the sets, filming, editing, writing dialogue, voice-acting, etc. That Fallout 4 project was amazing for me, and it was an absolute joy to work on. There is one aspect of writing that is absolutely essential, you need the passion and knowledge to be able to effectively write a story with a compelling plotline. I could very easily write a book or a novel. However, I require something to be passionate and knowledgeable enough about, to be able to write something of significance. If you write for the sake of writing, the end result will never turn out well. Good luck with your future writing endeavors. 😀
@@james8130 All stories already exist. As they say, 'There is nothing new under the Sun.' (Can you find any movie that isn't a repeat of another movie, just with different characters?) That phrase holds absolute truth when you realize history is a farce, and we have discovered technologies time and time again. If you can imagine it, it has already happened. Thank you for the kind words. I am assuming you watched the entire 4 hours of the Movie? Exactly what was the plotline of my story? Why do people feel the need to cut other people down for their own, 'self-gratification'? I offered constructive criticism from someone with an extensive writing background, and what did I receive in return? A biased, defensive response based on only your reactive emotions and nothing on actual fact. Please, I would be more than happy to engage into an intelligent debate with you. However if you're unwilling to act respectfully and with a mature temperament, I cannot indulge in any more replies. Nobody asked Sly Gaming to leave his comment. Nobody asked you to reply to my comment. Nobody asked me for my opinion. Yet, all 3 of us offered our opinion and comments without being asked. Some of us expressing ourselves far more articulate than others. Enjoy the FREEDOM to speak while you still are able, it won't be lasting for very much longer. Is there anything else I am able to entertain you with? It's always a pleasure talking to a faceless account. KEYNOTE: Bullying has no effect on me. Intimidation has no effect on me. Blackmailing has no effect on me. And ESPECIALLY Trolling, has no effect on me. Now, than you for that empty reply. It gave my small, insignificant brain some time to flex it's capacity right after waking up. CHEERS🍻
His recollection about riding the "L" train in Chicago perfectly describes the way inspiration often strikes me. So many times I've been sat on a bus or train for a work commute and a scene or sentence just pops into my head. The lucky thing these days is that we've all got phones with notepads on, so it's easy to get your thoughts down quickly, however dumb they might seem later. I've got 355 notes in my phone at the moment, and that's after purging a lot of it (be it through deletion, combining with other notes, or transferring onto my PC).
A new George RR Martin interview on RUclips!?!? It's been years!! I'm thankful for this... I had watched the same vids about him talking about Gardener and Architect, and talking about Tolkien making Good guys and bad guys not have enough grey and not explaining Aragorn's tax policy, like 100 times each! 😂 Still kind of surprised a question was "What does Ice and Fire mean" though 😳🧐 uhmm, sir
The real question that needs to be asked is when will George give Jeyne Poole a break. She’s done literally nothing wrong and has a life probably worse than Theon. And (SPOILERS for Theon sample chapter) after getting rescued by Theon she still doesn’t get a break!! She gets frostbite and broken ribs. WTF George
Martin is constantly reminding the audience that he's just writing as realistic as possible. It's a fictional universe, but the characters behave as real people and can get unlucky in the same way. In our real world there are maybe millions of people living lives worse than Jeyne Poole's - there's just usually nobody to tell their story.
I'm hoping my man San (The Hound) also heard something in the flames when he got burned, and that somehow established a connection between himself and Rhllor. Which will make him a vital figure in the story going forward. I thought the show was headed in that direction by having him receive/accurately interpret a fire vision on his first attempt, but as usual they squandered good character development. Also, despite The Hound's assault being reason enough to fear the flames, I'd imagine having heard a voice in the fire as it happened would propel those feelings to a whole new stratosphere. PS- I'd say George gave Theon several breaks...😆🤷♀️.
He's either dead or as the grave digger theory goes, the wounds he took crippled him and nearly killed him but he was found and healed by the elder brother of the quiet isle and works as a novice monk atoning for his many sins. The theory has alot of good evidence behind it and I personally believe it.
are yall listening? are you paying attention to his words? life and real human history are a mess! things dont ever wrap up with a smooth sensible ending. people remember things how they want to remember them. history books are written by the winner. honorable ned won that fight in dorne by cheating! there was never meant to be a beautiful ending. life doesnt have that.
The other hard thing about writing is agreeing to do a stage musical and a ton of TV prequels and a spinoff book series instead of finishing the main book series.
When you create something of value that is important to you, that is your profession, see if you turn down an absurd amount of money for people to make other things with it.
I never even considered the lord of light and fire as being anti-winter. Obviously it makes sense, but it's motive would be interesting to explore and why it champions certain characters over others...
I thought that was common knowledge. It's literally what the books are about! (But then again I have watched way too many theories) aka The Many Faced God was called "The Red God" oh the show aka The Lord of Light. So no wonder Arya was chosen to help without knowing. In the books the MFG is all the gods in one. He hates when death is stolen from him. What steals from death? Zombies. The undead. It makes sense that the MFG would send Arya to give a million deaths to him. It's not done well in the show.
As a writer, it's intense for him to be so calm about "well I'll let you find that out yourself" I constantly have the urge to tell people all my reasonings I want to be vague. I'm not good at keeping secrets, but I'm good at being vague 😂
"What did Varys hear in the flames?" "Oh, you know, everyone sees things from their own perspective, what Did Varys hear? Did he really hear Anything?" Translation: "I hadn't thought about it. It made for a creepy scene at the time, but it wasn't important to me what the voice said at the time, if anything....". "When will you give Theon Greyjoy a break?" Gleeful laughter. Somewhere in one of the books, Theon is strapped to a wooden beam being neutered by Ramsey, and hallucinates he's hearing gleeful laughter.....
@@toughmunths it could be a metaphor. When i was a kid i rode over a ramp on my pushbike. I crashed on landing. Hurt and bruised, i looked back at the ramp and i heard a vouce from the ramp....”don’t ride over ramps again...”
Or it could be Varys being schizo. I'm sure a person like George who is very logical to have encounter with something beyond, was it mental deterioration?
Man I can’t get enough of all these George RR Martin interviews on RUclips. Looks like that man talked to everybody. Can we get George RR on with Letterman on that new Netflix show?? Or fucken Joe Rogan? Tyson??? Iunno shit I’ll even take him on The Shop with Lebron...
@Bann me Again nazis Yeah the questions were good, from the bassist of the Sneaker Kings and from Xtina, the barrio honey on the cover of Fresh Donuts. That first question was a lil out there though lol. The full interview is in the description and you can check out more of his channel. I stand by my original comment lol.
I think him for that because I’m working on a television show myself and I just did the first episode and yes it is exactly like he said getting it from your head wanted the paper can be difficult and sometimes they can just write itself
in other words, he wrote that varys heard a voice answer back, but never thought anyone would care what the voice said,and never even cared to write what it said.
I think the point is more to expone Varys' motivation more than set up a plot line about a voice in the fires It simply tells the reader that Varys will do everything he can to prevent followers of the red god to rise to power
If only there was a limitless pill which he can take to finish a novel in a day and then continue to give us a book from from the world of ASOIAF daily. We can have so much lore that we can indulge ourselves daily with a new book.
I always thought a "song of ice and fire" symbolized many things in the story, but one of the biggest things it referred to was the brief *song* of John and Dany's love.
Really? Jon and Dany's love? What love? LMAO. It would make more sense if is about Rhaegar and Lyanna, since the whole conflict is about Jon's true parentage.
It's not about anyone in particular it's about two elements that could've been anyone it's just that rhaegar followed through with it and made it into reality. There is no destiny only clever chest pieces
George is just chillin' while doing an interview in Dorne ...
Classic supervillain trope.
Dorne is Chillville
Watergardens
As he should 👑
Ye he looks well relaxed
The voice in the flames: “Re-Film season 8”
lol
That's fucking hilarious
Start again with a rewrite of season 5, and work from there.
Definitely a more worthy goal then Snyderverse.
More like re-film everything after season 2
Interviewer: “did this thing happen?”
GRRM: “yesn’t”
😂
hahah you have to be an Aussie. Haven't heard yesn't in a long time!
LOL 😆 🤣 😂
Voice in the flames:
BUILD ME AN ARMY WORTHY OF MORRDOOORRR!!
Yes!!!
Voice in the flames to GRRM: "FINISH THE DAMN BOOKS ALREADY!"
Lol
@Georg Tolstoj Very much. Guys not consistent but he's brilliant. It's a big book.
Lmbo
It's nice to see Fred Durst taking time out of his busy schedule to interview Ernest Hemingway.
😂🤣😅
The old man and the drop c
Original comment...
Lmaoooooooo
😂😂😂
Why is the interviewer looking like a 2000's male lead in a skateboarding TV commercial? XD
Facts George RR Martin talks to everybody that’s a nobody and not anybody that’s a somebody
😂😂😂 you've made my day
Man's dressed like dry and silent Bob at the same time
@@jamestaylor841Jay and Silent Bob... And you have a point!!! Lol😂
This man is the master of answering and not answering questions 🙄 love him
I appreciate that about him though. He really wants to leave his books up to interpretation and let the audience decide what they mean, unlike that other big fantasy author lol.
@@t_ylr what other big fantasy author who J.R.R. Tolkien?
@@greenyeti9078 yeah
are you people listening? are you paying attention? life and real human history are a mess! there are no neat endings. but yall wont understand this part until youre old and grey. so i guess we got many years of still listening to people whine about the ending.
@@welcometohell5233 think you are misunderstanding why people hate the ending.
I love how George strokes his beard constantly.
He’s what I imagine a maester would be like
Gandalf in the 21st century...
@@ikik1648 he’s Samuel Tarly dude
Metal Santa
Makes me feel a whole lot better about how much I stroke my beard as well.
Interviewer: “When will you give Theon a break”
GRRM: (laughs maniacally)
Never !
@@ryanricks3002 That was exactly what I heard in my head as soon as he asked the question!
The only people worse than him are Ramsey and maybe Joffrey. He literally murdered two innocent children to look tough in front of his men for losing Bran and Rickon. His sister described him perfectly. Are you the dumbest #%^* that ever lived?
"Well, I don't think in terms of giving people a break." - God
I came here for the same comment. Game of Thrones is frighteningly realistic.
Lol... no bs
He said, "Well, I dont think in terms...." so many damn times...
Voice: "You will never finish the books."
HAHHAHAHHAHAHAHHAHAHAHHA. Sadly that was probably it
Voice: "You will never get rid of whinny fans".
@@gabrielp9646 I wish GRRM could find out who his true fans are so he could S08 the last book(s) for the public (whiney *fans*) then give the true fans the real ending without anyone else knowing.
@@gabrielp9646 Ah yes, those whiny fans expecting the sequel to be done in less than a decade. Such entitlement!
@@legrandliseurtri7495 Yes, those. Like entitled parents who want their kids to get married and have children before they´re 30, and those bosses at the office who want their employers to follow a certain dress code... It´s none your business. And you don´t even realize how big of a part you play in the fact that he hasn´t finished the books yet.
This was the last dude I thought to interview GRRM but this guy did a decent job with it.
He should have mentioned something about the Ambatakum War.
Someone: *asks questions*
*Ten years later*
GRRM: "Well..."
I mean I like how he actually takes a moment to think instead of jumping to the first thing that comes to mind.
like a true thinker
"...there are two types of writers..."
@@magisterofsteam7880 it's a joke about how he hasn't written the next book in a highly anticipated novel.
Whoaaa!! I thought I'd seen all the GRRM interviews on RUclips. This is great to see GRRM just chillin and casually answering questions!
This interviewer is so chill, it's great
Not really. Every minute in an interview is a minute that he could be writing.
@@fatfrankthepeteacher36 with all due respect, D&D gave us a fast ending. What else could you possibly want?
@@igorchistyakov8876 frankly their ending, was fine. Danaerys had shown many signs of being a "mad queen" and it was even hinted at in the house of the undying. So I truly dont know what most fans are soo upset about.
@@andrewvasquez7872 I never liked Daenerys to begin with, so her going mad was fine with me. With fire and blood, she took it indeed.
My problem is with fanboys, lamenting in the comments about how wonderful it would be to lock George in some basement, trading food and empty buckets for new chapters. At this point I can't even tell, how many times I've heard Martin saying, that he is a "gardener", not an "architect". It simply doesn't work like that for him. If he finishes the story in his own way - wonderful. If not... Oh well.
As I said, Dan&Dan finished it quickly. Those guys hated that ending. I agree that dialogues did drop in complexity and wits, but that's exactly why they should shut up and leave George in peace already.
I love him I love him please be happy George
I love watching interviews with GRRM, what a wonderful time it would be just to pick his philosophical brain!
I especially enjoy the thoughtfulness he puts into every question regardless of how many times he's answered it in past interviews.
For someone in my mid 30's, I hope that a LOT of young fantasy writers (and others) are leaning from this man. I don't know that he have had this much access to a writer who has had this much success. I hope to see many young writers take the lead in this genre. I have my fingers crossed that in 10 years, I have another FANTASTIC series of books to read and another great TV show (or movie) to watch.
Some people get upset that he does interviews instead of writing, but the fact that we get so much insight to a genius mind is so underrated. Like I wish we could get something like that from ancient classic authors
You want all writers to open mystery boxes that they will never answer.
Sounds stupid to me.
I wasn’t a Wattpad reader, or a fanfic fanatic, but I feel like the access to that writing platform had to have done some thing to encourage people to be writers. George RR Martin is just showing them how to be good writers!
Yeah I’ve learned not to be a pervert and you can reduce the size of your books significantly because you won’t have useless disgusting sex scenes with 8yr old children
Your wish is my command. Working on a novel now. Two years of mapping out timelines and character archs. And two years of writing and im well under a 3rd of the way into writing the first book. And already have a set mind of how to wrap up the series. Hope to be done by next year with the first book and start looking for a publisher. So in ten years, Look out for an Aztec boy named Tobias and his slave girl Savanna to be on HBO. Or read the books on the shelves one day :)
Book 1. The Cave
Book 2. The Cove
Book 3. The Cavern
Book 4. The Covenant
Ahead of time ..youre welcome ☺️
The "How do you get your ideas" question never ceases to repeat itself, disguised, but always there.
Where do you get your ideas from
voice in the flames:
"SEASON EIGHT IS GONNA SUUUUUUUUCK"
"AND OH YEAH MAYBE TRY TO FIND A FIREPROOF CLOAAAAAAK"
_"Maybe take a holiday in X years X months and X weeks"_
_"NO NOT WITH HER"_
Love how he's so laid back in the shade chillin...
Thanks for the continuous great uploads 👍🏾
Ahhhhg. It's so satisfying to hear him talk about how scenes unfold. Having story teller architype is one of the best psychological joys of my life and it's exactly how he explains. I just watch. I'm the first viewer of that unfolding, most perfect in its pure form - an apparition from another realm and you are merely its witness.
I just realised that I needed a video like this one today. Thanks for uploading it.🍸
I like the way you ask him the questions. You give him plenty of room and don't seem to undermine anything about his process which appears to give him plenty of space to give you information. Well done man!
Omg that part about riding around Chicago looking through the window and having this visions and ideas..that's me, always happens and I learned to enjoy it so much, it was almost like meditation.
A truly brilliant man.
*Voice in the flames:* "George, finish the bloody books!" ~
I’m loving that garden set ! 💞👍🏻❤️👍🏻💞
Woah, the first interview i've seen in a long time that i haven't seen before. Also coincidentally perhaps one of the best interviews ever, and also done by the most unexpected socal looking dude who also happens to be a great interviewer? What the hell is going on?
Thanks for these uploads
He wrote a single chapter for winds of winter
😂😂😂😂lost it
You of all people have no business criticizing others.
What's in the video: GRRM answering questions.
What's not in the video: GRRM talking about the voice Varys heard in the fire.
Man ... I love these videos 👌
A great mystery I wanted addressed in the show (more than just having Varys killed by dragon fire). This is awesome!
He won’t address it. Not his style
I like how so much mystery is left to just think about.
I don't think the author himself knows at all what Varys heard....
Drogon heard he got his man parts burned off and wanted to reunite his body lol
I think George's smartest move is being abstract in his answers. If you give a straightforward answer it can be picked apart and being abstract in your answers allows people to view your work as art and see more into it than even you meant to put into it, and by not being rigid in his answers he can lay claim to everyone's analysis of his work.
oh I love him. I love love love grrm
That’s one of my favorite features of his stories
1 on one 1 calm interviews are absolutely the mode of the future.
glad to see that Fred Durst is doing something interesting
i love this man
He is a genus!
As a writer George RR Martin is the only one who's talked about the same things I've felt before I relate to that guy so much it's bonkers
I've been an amateur writer since I first learned to write, but have never had time to finish a project; What he describes about how his stories come to him and how words are both tools but stubborn and flawed in how they convey the true feelings of the story within the mind is just chilling to me because it's exactly how I form my own stories and how I feel when I try to put them to paper. I couldn't have explained it any more clearly myself.
Thats not fun when that happens, trying different things get stuck etc.
I produced some beats/music, its litterally the same, this beat in my head how to translate it, sometimes you get stuck or this piano note/ or this word doesnt quite fit etc
Now i want to be a writer/blog post writer. And im learning that its basically the same. We cant escape translating our creativity in our heads.
Is that a hard pill to swallow for you? For me it is
You're most certainly an amateur writer. Your grammar and sentence structuring requires work. When you're writing, the use of, 'comma's' is absolutely essential, as they convey how the sentence and words are meant to be spoken. Using, 'colons' was not needed once in your two sentences. You had 80 words from the beginning of your sentence, until your first period. Yes, I counted the words. Concise, detailed, and expressive words/sentences are all the hallmarks of a good writer. (And proof-reading before submitting) I am extremely grateful that I had the hardest English Teacher during my High School experience, as she taught me how to apply those key hallmarks to my writing style.
Starting on your grammar, is a good start to becoming an expressive writer. It's funny, I never finished my Grade 12 as I was a couple credits short. I never felt any need to go back, as there was nothing left for me to gain from that generalized education program. I excelled in all subjects, especially English. Once I got bored and proved to myself I could easily get high marks, I stopped bothering to exert any additional effort. It was a waste of my time. However, I wrote Master-Level University Essays and Papers for a Friend, and they all received an, 'A-Mark'.
The closest project I have to writing a story, was when I made the storyline for my, '4-Hour' Fallout 4 Movie. I had a general idea of the storyline on how to begin and end the plot. I filled in the dialogue and all the details as I filmed and edited the project. Intuition is what helped guide me through the story. That was around a 100-page script that I managed to finish in just a little over 1000 hours, and 3 months of 12 hour days to complete. That included building the sets, filming, editing, writing dialogue, voice-acting, etc.
That Fallout 4 project was amazing for me, and it was an absolute joy to work on. There is one aspect of writing that is absolutely essential, you need the passion and knowledge to be able to effectively write a story with a compelling plotline. I could very easily write a book or a novel. However, I require something to be passionate and knowledgeable enough about, to be able to write something of significance. If you write for the sake of writing, the end result will never turn out well.
Good luck with your future writing endeavors. 😀
@@theshadowsovereign8914 nobody asked, and congratulations on writing a story that already exists
@@james8130 All stories already exist. As they say, 'There is nothing new under the Sun.' (Can you find any movie that isn't a repeat of another movie, just with different characters?)
That phrase holds absolute truth when you realize history is a farce, and we have discovered technologies time and time again.
If you can imagine it, it has already happened.
Thank you for the kind words. I am assuming you watched the entire 4 hours of the Movie?
Exactly what was the plotline of my story?
Why do people feel the need to cut other people down for their own, 'self-gratification'? I offered constructive criticism from someone with an extensive writing background, and what did I receive in return? A biased, defensive response based on only your reactive emotions and nothing on actual fact.
Please, I would be more than happy to engage into an intelligent debate with you. However if you're unwilling to act respectfully and with a mature temperament, I cannot indulge in any more replies.
Nobody asked Sly Gaming to leave his comment. Nobody asked you to reply to my comment. Nobody asked me for my opinion. Yet, all 3 of us offered our opinion and comments without being asked. Some of us expressing ourselves far more articulate than others. Enjoy the FREEDOM to speak while you still are able, it won't be lasting for very much longer.
Is there anything else I am able to entertain you with? It's always a pleasure talking to a faceless account.
KEYNOTE: Bullying has no effect on me. Intimidation has no effect on me. Blackmailing has no effect on me. And ESPECIALLY Trolling, has no effect on me.
Now, than you for that empty reply. It gave my small, insignificant brain some time to flex it's capacity right after waking up.
CHEERS🍻
From the many interviews I've watched of George I realized he's one of the most relatable famous writers I've seen, for better or for worse
It takes between 2 days to 10 years to write a chapter. This is why GRRM is so great. He japes at everyone.
His recollection about riding the "L" train in Chicago perfectly describes the way inspiration often strikes me. So many times I've been sat on a bus or train for a work commute and a scene or sentence just pops into my head. The lucky thing these days is that we've all got phones with notepads on, so it's easy to get your thoughts down quickly, however dumb they might seem later. I've got 355 notes in my phone at the moment, and that's after purging a lot of it (be it through deletion, combining with other notes, or transferring onto my PC).
Absolutely! I carry around a little notebook just for jotting things down! But when I don't have that with me a phone sure comes handy!
I totally understand, but instead of the train, I get my inspiration while thinking on the porcelain throne.
@@1023ares Can't say it strikes me there very often, but aside from commuting I do often get ideas while taking a shower.
Rekt, how do you transfer notes to the PC ?
Ooh hayy ! I'm digging the question!
This interview is great 😂😂
Interviewer: how long does it take you to write a chapter?
George: I really don’t know cause I don’t write anymore.
A new George RR Martin interview on RUclips!?!? It's been years!! I'm thankful for this... I had watched the same vids about him talking about Gardener and Architect, and talking about Tolkien making Good guys and bad guys not have enough grey and not explaining Aragorn's tax policy, like 100 times each! 😂
Still kind of surprised a question was "What does Ice and Fire mean" though 😳🧐 uhmm, sir
The source video he linked in the video info says 2016. It was new to me too though.
The real question that needs to be asked is when will George give Jeyne Poole a break. She’s done literally nothing wrong and has a life probably worse than Theon. And (SPOILERS for Theon sample chapter) after getting rescued by Theon she still doesn’t get a break!! She gets frostbite and broken ribs. WTF George
Poor Jeyne indeed. Poole and Westerling, at that. Tho Jeyne definitely has had it worse.
@Not Alfie Yeah I know it's just did he really have to make her get frostbite though :(
Martin is constantly reminding the audience that he's just writing as realistic as possible. It's a fictional universe, but the characters behave as real people and can get unlucky in the same way. In our real world there are maybe millions of people living lives worse than Jeyne Poole's - there's just usually nobody to tell their story.
Names matter to George enough to represent who they are. Jeyne Poole, Gene Pool; not sure what that has to do with her poor treatment tho
She probably be queen of the North not Sansa. Sansa never even meet Ramsay and dont like North and Winterfell
This guy is so cool
"I'll let you figure out what ice and fire is about in the book."
I certainly will George...when you finish the goddamn books.
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I'm hoping my man San (The Hound) also heard something in the flames when he got burned, and that somehow established a connection between himself and Rhllor. Which will make him a vital figure in the story going forward. I thought the show was headed in that direction by having him receive/accurately interpret a fire vision on his first attempt, but as usual they squandered good character development. Also, despite The Hound's assault being reason enough to fear the flames, I'd imagine having heard a voice in the fire as it happened would propel those feelings to a whole new stratosphere.
PS- I'd say George gave Theon several breaks...😆🤷♀️.
He's either dead or as the grave digger theory goes, the wounds he took crippled him and nearly killed him but he was found and healed by the elder brother of the quiet isle and works as a novice monk atoning for his many sins. The theory has alot of good evidence behind it and I personally believe it.
@@nibsthefroggirl8205 And was foreshadowed by his returning Mycah's corpse to castle Darry😉.
I really think Sandor is done in the books. He got a peaceful end.
are yall listening? are you paying attention to his words? life and real human history are a mess! things dont ever wrap up with a smooth sensible ending. people remember things how they want to remember them. history books are written by the winner. honorable ned won that fight in dorne by cheating! there was never meant to be a beautiful ending. life doesnt have that.
@@nibsthefroggirl8205 He's the one who saves Brien of tarth who is a fire wight Brien hears a dark barking and there are hints the hound is a warg
'the hard work is translating that to the screen. Without accidentally showing emelia's Starbucks coffee on the table'
The other hard thing about writing is agreeing to do a stage musical and a ton of TV prequels and a spinoff book series instead of finishing the main book series.
A fking musical...
And videogames too.
When you create something of value that is important to you, that is your profession, see if you turn down an absurd amount of money for people to make other things with it.
Why do i get the feeling that this interview was filmed in 2006?! Loved this video ♥️
Probably because of the interviewer's outfit and speech...maybe
Because the interviewer is dressed in the fashion of the 2000s
- the voice in the fire: " save martha"
The voice: "Bring me more ballssssssss"
The word analogy is perfect.
Listening to this man talk is really enjoyable. I need to read the damn books already lol
I never even considered the lord of light and fire as being anti-winter. Obviously it makes sense, but it's motive would be interesting to explore and why it champions certain characters over others...
I thought that was common knowledge. It's literally what the books are about! (But then again I have watched way too many theories)
aka The Many Faced God was called "The Red God" oh the show aka The Lord of Light. So no wonder Arya was chosen to help without knowing.
In the books the MFG is all the gods in one. He hates when death is stolen from him. What steals from death? Zombies. The undead. It makes sense that the MFG would send Arya to give a million deaths to him.
It's not done well in the show.
My heart sunk when he said 2days-10years for a chapter
As a writer, it's intense for him to be so calm about "well I'll let you find that out yourself" I constantly have the urge to tell people all my reasonings I want to be vague. I'm not good at keeping secrets, but I'm good at being vague 😂
Wow! I had no idea Fred Durst was such a ASOIAF fan!
... That's not Craig Kilborn?
GRRM just chillin’ 😂. Thank you for creating ASOIAF!!
@ 00:10 when it cuts to him just chilling in the water gardens lmao
Another author I love is Roger Zelazny who is known for his series Nine Princes in Amber.
"What did Varys hear in the flames?"
"Oh, you know, everyone sees things from their own perspective, what Did Varys hear? Did he really hear Anything?"
Translation: "I hadn't thought about it. It made for a creepy scene at the time, but it wasn't important to me what the voice said at the time, if anything....".
"When will you give Theon Greyjoy a break?"
Gleeful laughter.
Somewhere in one of the books, Theon is strapped to a wooden beam being neutered by Ramsey, and hallucinates he's hearing gleeful laughter.....
That Varys part was really suspect to me as well, what could possibly be up for interpretation in that scene. Either a voice spoke back or it didn't.
@@toughmunths Or The Spider is, you know, lying.
@@ungoyone Theres no point in lying. Nothing could ever possibly be gained by lying about this
@@toughmunths it could be a metaphor. When i was a kid i rode over a ramp on my pushbike. I crashed on landing. Hurt and bruised, i looked back at the ramp and i heard a vouce from the ramp....”don’t ride over ramps again...”
Or it could be Varys being schizo. I'm sure a person like George who is very logical to have encounter with something beyond, was it mental deterioration?
I love George just chilling like a Dwarven Sage stroking his beard and reflecting.
Wow I had no idea Fred Durst was an Ice and Fire fan..
Man I can’t get enough of all these George RR Martin interviews on RUclips. Looks like that man talked to everybody. Can we get George RR on with Letterman on that new Netflix show?? Or fucken Joe Rogan? Tyson??? Iunno shit I’ll even take him on The Shop with Lebron...
I still think “a song of ice and fire” means simply the story of jon snow or the story of his parents love affair
Probably a reference to the Robert Frost anti-war poem
The dude asking the question has smoked himself foolish. It's like GRRM is being interviewed by Juggalo Nation.
It's probably more than one thing. Seems unlikely it would only be Jon's parents since he's only one character in a very complex, sprawling story.
Ice = Jon Snow | Fire = Daenerys Targaryen
@Bann me Again nazis Yeah the questions were good, from the bassist of the Sneaker Kings and from Xtina, the barrio honey on the cover of Fresh Donuts. That first question was a lil out there though lol. The full interview is in the description and you can check out more of his channel. I stand by my original comment lol.
I think him for that because I’m working on a television show myself and I just did the first episode and yes it is exactly like he said getting it from your head wanted the paper can be difficult and sometimes they can just write itself
George is just stroking his beard throughout this entire interview
Hes literally always stroking it lmao, must release nicotine in his system or something
IKR
He is a wizard now
Love the interviewer reminds me of the Chris Farley nervous interview guy skits if u don’t kno look it up
I highly resonate with the topic of translating scenes onto a paper with clunky words to describe it
in other words, he wrote that varys heard a voice answer back, but never thought anyone would care what the voice said,and never even cared to write what it said.
I think the point is more to expone Varys' motivation more than set up a plot line about a voice in the fires
It simply tells the reader that Varys will do everything he can to prevent followers of the red god to rise to power
*GR:* "It was me."
I day dream and ideas that will not let go of my imagination ,that is how I often write.There is no wrong way to get inspired .
If only there was a limitless pill which he can take to finish a novel in a day and then continue to give us a book from from the world of ASOIAF daily. We can have so much lore that we can indulge ourselves daily with a new book.
Varys better not betray me
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Great interviewer with great in depth questions
I feel like a character would remember hearing a fire voice talking 😂
that´s something i loved about the show at the start, that it was unclear if this world was full of magic or full of superstition
2 days to 10 years. Well, i guess he's only written one chapter since DoD
I love that GRRM is getting interviewed by this guy from the skate park who constantly mentions in what kind of band random people are in :D
The Bulge Of Ice And Fire.
Ill let you figure it out. Oh, that's a satisfying response.
Wir lieben Lebensmittel!
I'm just glad he didn't stick the mic in GRRM's eye because that would make it even harder for him to write the rest of the series
Did Georgie just hint he’s been stuck on one chapter this last 10 years? Hahaha because I’ve never noticed another 10 year gap between soiaf releases
I’m happy to see I wasn’t the only one who caught that
I always thought a "song of ice and fire" symbolized many things in the story, but one of the biggest things it referred to was the brief *song* of John and Dany's love.
Really? Jon and Dany's love? What love? LMAO. It would make more sense if is about Rhaegar and Lyanna, since the whole conflict is about Jon's true parentage.
The Song of Ice and Fire is the Union of Ice and Fire. AKA Jon Snow. The union of the Ice and Fire blood lines
@@luxintenebris1776 agree, and also John Sno, who had zero impact on the story (according to D and D)
@@denisdaly1708 Well Arya would have felt bad if her favorite brother wasn't there to celebrate her killing the Night King.
It's not about anyone in particular it's about two elements that could've been anyone it's just that rhaegar followed through with it and made it into reality. There is no destiny only clever chest pieces
Ice looks blue and fire looks red to me.
Imagine George running a game, how fuckin awesome would that be
This guy looks like he’s about to ask me for my tickets
George’s face after the guy asks the stupidest question. Fire=dragons ice=night king you ingrate.
Yep, that was an idiotic interview. GRRM handled it well considering. The interviewer seemed about as experienced as a frat boy
Hard to believe the books are taking forever.
We will not get the final books of the series. I have accepted this.
Now I need the black and white Bran clip edit
"Ooooooold enough to understaaaaaaaaand. Ooooooold enough to understaaaand"
The worst thing you can do if you like an author's work is to listen to them talk about it.