3 ms·
He does, but he's also a terrible pointer if we're trying to explain ancient tech is still relevant to writers. GRRM is such a celebrity that he's just riding o
by TheRealPomax 6y ago
He does, but he's also a terrible pointer if we're trying to explain ancient tech is still relevant to writers. GRRM is such a celebrity that he's just riding out the "I'll write some more when I feel like it" money train, making him more of a hobbyist (with very good connections) compared to the vast majority of "there isn't enough time in a human life to write all the things I want to write" people in the fiction writing world.
Having something with very few bells and whistles lets you focus on your writing. Whether that's a "only works in fullscreen, you don't get to multitask" markdown editor, or a 1992 486 running word perfect on DOS basically makes no difference.
- Aloha 6y agoBased on the speed of his previous output, I dont agree, I know a couple scifi authors, and he's not out of the norms for his genre.
- thom 6y agoHe’s written a ton of words for money during this time. He’s clearly a procrastinator of almost mythic proportions, but he’s not lazy.
- organsnyder 6y agoI know a fairly well-known children's author that continues to write using a typewriter out in an outbuilding on his farm. I imagine it's a very effective way to focus (for me, I'd have to make sure I didn't have my phone).
- moonchild 6y agoI have an electric typewriter I use occasionally. It makes for a very different feel than both typing on a computer and hand-writing. (The only reason I don't use it more often is that it has terrible ergonomics, even compared with today's flat keyboards.)
- QuesnayJr 6y agoHe's written 13 novels and lots of shorter works. He's not someone who's written very little. I think his fundamental problem is that he's in a position that few writers end up in -- he became so popular that if he doesn't end the book well he will be hated and reviled by thousands of people on the internet. Most writers never end up in a position where if they let the public down, they will become hated figures.