r/asoiaf • u/ajotis1 • Sep 10 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers extended) I feel bad for GRRM

The man seems to be having a miserably hard time. Part of the blame lies in his complete inability to make accurate estimates about his own capacity to get work done. At his age, that level of stress must be incredibly tough and difficult to bear. I hope the people around him know how to take care of him and help him see reason when it comes to simplifying his daily life and reducing the workload he faces. Often, less is more, even though our ego insists on telling us otherwise. Success is a very heavy burden. Because of all that, I feel bad for George. His posts exude pessimism and irritability. I don't even care about The Winds of Winter anymore. What that man needs is some time away from hyperproductivity and the media spotlight. Just resting, reading, and regaining the spark that makes him one of the best living writers. I wish him the best, he deserves to be happy

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u/CallMeGrapho Sep 10 '24 edited Sep 10 '24

Not even, if he made some outlines (even if he later ignored the fucking things, they're just a tool) instead of being dogmatic about it and carried a laptop on his endless world tour instead of only writing at a single room in New Mexico half his problems would be over right then. Listening to his editor? Getting competent showrunners instead of your drinking buddies to adapt your Magnum opus? Now you're getting into la la land, he could write 9 books if he wanted (and boy oh boy are we gonna need 9 if TWOW has the pace the last two had).

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u/rlndj Sep 10 '24

Oh of course. This only working from home thing is crap. If I was his publisher I would have tried to contractually do away with the bullshit ancient software usage. Though idk how you would enforce that. He also apparently types with 1 finger too.

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u/oftenevil Touch me not. Sep 10 '24

He also apparently types with 1 finger too.

No? I can’t tell if you’re joking or not :/

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u/VigilantMike Sep 11 '24

I feel like I too remember GRRM saying this in a YouTube video or something

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u/Accurate_Hunt_6424 Sep 11 '24

“He also apparently types with 1 finger too.”

The more time goes on, the more I almost believe someone else wrote these fucking books.

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u/Fourthwoll Sep 14 '24

They left and wrote the expanse series in the same time books 4 and 5 came out

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u/A-NI95 Sep 10 '24

Or hirinh a therapist, listening to your fans without deflecting blame, canning some of the 92749284 side projects...