Comments on: Game of Thrones: Kill your darlings. http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/ Personal blog of Jessica Zafra, author of The Collected Stories and the Twisted series Wed, 22 May 2013 04:08:17 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=5.4.15 By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95313 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:08:17 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95313 In reply to wangbumaximus21.

wangbumaximus21: In a series full of hot guys, Peter Dinklage is the star through sheer force of personality. That should give hope to everyone who is more Tyrion than Jaime.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95312 Wed, 22 May 2013 04:05:39 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95312 In reply to mmll.

mmll: Just to taunt the readers who worry about his health and tell him to hurry up, the next GRRM book that will come out is NOT volume 6 in A Song of Ice and Fire.

He says he is working on volume 6, The Winds of Winter. He has also assured viewers that the showrunners Benioff and Weiss know how the stories turn out. And since he himself is a producer on the HBO series and he writes an episode each season (this season, The Bear and the Maiden Fair, which we love, although we’re sick of the Theon torture storyline) any changes made to the plots (Talisa who? From Volantis? Where’s Jeyne Westerling?) will probably not significantly alter the outcomes.

Although the young Mrs Stark pregnancy fans the heir to the North theories.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95311 Wed, 22 May 2013 03:58:38 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95311 In reply to wangbumaximus21.

wangbumaximus21: We review other people’s books, right? Well we reviewed our own novel and found it uneven and clunky, and not the sort of work we’d put our name to. So it’s not for publication. Good to get the first novel out of the way, though. We could spend years rewriting it, which would be tedious, or write a new one from scratch, which is more fun.

In any creative venture, brutal self-appraisal will save you from worse pain.

James Salter: “Discard everything that is good enough.”

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By: joyeah http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95291 Wed, 22 May 2013 01:47:51 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95291 Granted there aren’t too many “iconic” scenes in books 4 & 5 but I didn’t find it that boring. They’re the books I re-read the most. I expect they’ll cut down most of the chapters all the same, the way they did ASOS. I wouldn’t mind two seasons if they pile on details and history and Frey pies and Bran eating people. Heh.

I’m watching the latest one right now and Arya’s hopeful face is killing me.

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By: wangbumaximus21 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95235 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:41:03 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95235 Thanks for the journal–very, very readable and accessible! Indeed, winter’s already here! (And speaking of which, Your Grace, when will we enjoy reading Your Grace’s first novel?)

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By: wangbumaximus21 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95229 Tue, 21 May 2013 19:14:43 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95229 Strong women, yes, love that. But, I’m more biased on the likes of Tyrion–downtrodden. I love to see get his ultimate wish by the end of the saga!

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By: CaitlynsMomma http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95196 Tue, 21 May 2013 15:23:16 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95196 Ms JZ – Thanks for the heads up about the cat shirt. I was just wondering about that. I will contact Steph.

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By: mmll http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95189 Tue, 21 May 2013 14:37:36 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95189 I just read the article. the last part was disturbing! George R. R. Martin is 64 years old. I hope he doesn’t go down like a character in his books before he finishes writing the last 2 of the series.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95142 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:21:52 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95142 In reply to CaitlynsMomma.

CaitlynsMomma: Yes, that was a particularly satisfying chapter in A Storm of Swords. Jack Gleeson should get an award, everyone hates his character with a passion.

We haven’t forgotten your cat T-shirt. The shirt styles are limited so if you want one, maybe you could contact Steph and arrange to send her a blank shirt? spalallos@gmail.com.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95141 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:17:13 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95141 In reply to volume-addict.

volume-addict: Thanks for the heads-up, you’ve saved us some pointless fuming and gnashing of teeth. Judging from the title of episode 9 we will need to watch it with a very large drink.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95140 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:15:39 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95140 In reply to PinayTG.

PinayTG: Haha, empathy. Dragon.

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By: jessicazafra http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/2013/05/21/game-of-thrones-kill-your-darlings/comment-page-1/#comment-95138 Tue, 21 May 2013 09:14:35 +0000 http://www.jessicarulestheuniverse.com/?p=23823#comment-95138 In reply to brewhuh23.

brewhuh: Among the oldies’ lines we also like Tywin’s “We could arrange to have you carried.”

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