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George R. R. Martin on Writing

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“Ideas are cheap. It's the execution that is all important.”

More from George R. R. Martin

“Nobody is a villain in their own story.”
“I'm happy if I can finish a few pages in a day.”
“Every writer has something to teach you, for good or ill. (And yes, you can learn from bad books as well as good ones — what not to do).”
“The most important thing for any aspiring writer, I think, is to read! And not just the sort of thing you’re trying to write, be that fantasy, SF, comic books, whatever. You need to read everything.”
“I end each chapter with a cliffhanger, resolution, a turn, a reveal, a new wrinkle ... something that will make you want to read the next chapter of that character.”
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