evidently , no one is immune to fans ' damaging response toGame of Thrones ’s final season — not evenA Song of Ice and FireauthorGeorge R.R. Martin . In an interview withEntertainment Weekly , Martin speak about the overwhelming might of the internet , and how easily it can influence a writer ’s mental process . The author say :
Because the enticement can be there , Martin said that he does n’t go digging for fan response or theories . " I do n’t read the fan sites , " he said . " I need to drop a line the book I ’ve always intended to write all along . And when it issue forth out they can like it or they can not like it . " For Martin , the same holds reliable for the way hoi polloi felt aboutGame of Thronesas well . While Martin has watched the final season , he is n’t let any of the events of the series modify the way he has always project to conclude his Holy Scripture serial .
" The whole last three class have been foreign since the show got out front of the script , ” Martin said . “ Yes , I told [ showrunners David Benioff and Dan Weiss ] a figure of things yr ago . And some of them they did do . But at the same prison term , it ’s different . I have very posit idea in my read/write head as I ’m writingThe wind of Winterand beyond that in full term of where things are live . It ’s like two alternating realities exist side by side . I have to double down and do my version of it which is what I ’ve been doing . ”
While fan are sustain restless for the final Holy Scripture , Martin is teaching his proofreader an crucial object lesson in patience — one that many people believe HBO ’s showrunners could have benefited from : artistry can not be rushed . permit ’s hope people are happier with Martin ’s close than they were with the television receiver show ’s .
[ h / tEntertainment Weekly ]
