tsukioni
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I think he did himself in in a few different ways. George has mentioned before that he doesn't like to really prepare his stories too far in advance because it takes him out of it -- he's disinterested in knowing where the story is going at that point once he's thought it all through fully. I mean he has an idea of what's going on with the events, but it's not fully prepared. Problem is, with the HBO series needing these main beats he had to actually think about it definitively. Doing so really screws with the way he writes his books. The story in a sense is set in his mind, it's boring now. It's harder when you're not having fun. Now with everything thought out and brainstormed during those sessions with the showrunners he's lost major interest in his own story because he's lost the excitement aspect that propelled him before.
That's my take on it anyways. I'm a novice writer/screenwriter -- and I use a few of these methods to really get into the mood to write the stories I have planned. I use an outline but most of the time it's very free-form during each chapter. I have an idea what my characters are about and cool events I want to include but it's not super overly prepared. It could be a few things or a combination of things for him. I'm sure he's either burnt out or waiting on that coveted burst of inspiration to pump them out as well.
That's my take on it anyways. I'm a novice writer/screenwriter -- and I use a few of these methods to really get into the mood to write the stories I have planned. I use an outline but most of the time it's very free-form during each chapter. I have an idea what my characters are about and cool events I want to include but it's not super overly prepared. It could be a few things or a combination of things for him. I'm sure he's either burnt out or waiting on that coveted burst of inspiration to pump them out as well.
