Ser Scot A Ellison Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 4 hours ago, Myrddin said: I had a funny/sad thought last night watching the GoT finale: We got to see the end of the Wheel of Time completed through a different author. We got to see the end of A Song of Ice and Fire completed through a television show We'll likely see the end of The Kingkiller Chronicles completed through a video game. I will be deeply bitter if this is the case. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Zorral Posted May 20, 2019 Share Posted May 20, 2019 It's so much the matter that it is easier to start a book or a series than it is to figure out how to finish it. The number of fiction, movies, television, etc. that start with a bang and end with whimper or a shark or even whimpering sharks or -- just stop vastly outnumber the works that end as well as they begin. Particularly if the creators don't actually think through their characters and everything they put on the page. Every time a new character walks on, there has to be backstory and a place where that figure fits, even if we see that character only once. That's why the very satisfactory LOtR endings are so satisfactory. He worked it all out before he published the damned things. He pulled out what wasn't really for the story at hand, pretty much -- Tom Bombadil and Goldberry? -- and put it in appendices and the Silmarilliron. And it was all original with him, or inspired by original content in languages that Tolkien himself could read very well. Not a single fantasy writer since Tolkien has done any of these things; well, maybe some have pulled out characters, that as much as they loved them, scenes they loved and so. But most don't. They just let it all sit there and admire it, and then end up --STUCK. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Myrddin Posted May 22, 2019 Share Posted May 22, 2019 On 5/20/2019 at 4:59 PM, Zorral said: It's so much the matter that it is easier to start a book or a series than it is to figure out how to finish it. As someone who has a trunk novel that hasn't been touched (other than cursory) in years even thought it's 85% through the fourth and final draft, I totally get it. Finishing something is absolutely harder than starting. It's more an observation that we've seen two fantasy opuses (sp?) completed through other means and we'll likely see this one completed in a different way as well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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