Fat, Drunk and Stupid is No Way to Write a Novel
It seems that a little post about a large man has gone a long way and it's only been a week. Sorry I have not participated in the live journal sooner, but I had to work. That's right, work. Something our 'friend' George R.R. Martin seems to have forgotten about. I'm not asking the guy to plug 10 hour shifts just to finish Dance, but its
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Every writer is different. Comparing how Martin writes to how Erikson writes is like comparing apples to tomatoes.
Writers come in all craft forms. Writing is not something you can just do and expect an outcome. Martin and Erikson craft their stories differently and those differences are what make each unique. Erikson knows where he is going with his story; Martin does not. It's the difference between an outlining writer like Elizabeth George and a writer who sits down at the computer and has no idea where the story is going to take him, like Stephen King. It's stupid to try and make a writer change how he writes merely because you feel slighted for some FUCKING reason.
As I said, fucking pathetic website. You forgot all of those hours of enjoyment George has given you and now you act like a bitch, decrying the very craft of writing that gave you such excellent books. I hope you have the balls to write Martin a long letter apologizing up and down for this disrespectful use of technology when he finishes this story and blows your mind out the back of your fucking head.
Fuck off.
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By the way, I think a more appropriate analogy for Erikson and Martin would be 'comparing apples to rancid puddles of ranch Dorito vomit.
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