George RR Martin on the Importance of Worldbuilding
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A Song of Ice and Fire/Game of Thrones Author George R. R. Martin Interview
Even a small lake at the edge of the world that will be mentioned only once in a little sentence and won't affect the plot in any way is something that can make fantasy more realistic.
Ok, now you're pushing it
(jk)
@@thrillofbattle3801 I m just a believer in attention to detail
I agree
Rhun
i know more about westeros than actual countries
I know all the kings of the Seven Kingdoms... Targaryen dinasty( and Baratheon) is the onlyone I know
@@diegoolivaresgonzalez42 Aegon I
Aenys
Maegor
Jaehaerys I
Viserys I
Aegon II
Aegon III
Daeron I
Baelor I
Viserys II
Aegon IV
Daeron II
Aerys I
Maekar
Aegon V
Jaehaerys II
Aerys II
I know, no one asked.
Timo Cruz I think I kinda needed this. Thank you 🙏
ok kaneki
@@timocruz510 lol anus
Interesting interview, good point about knowing more of Middle-Earth than many real countries
To be fair, I know more about Westeros then I do about most real countries in the same manner
George is such a brilliant writer.
You would say that considering he created you. I still do agree
@Isaiah Adejumo *would of
The first time when i watched Lord of the rings part 1, it felt like I already saw it as a movie and forgot some of it from the memories of reading the book . It was surreal
Can you elaborate what you mean by that? Did you watch the movie for the first time AFTER you read the books, and it felt like you already watched it partially?
MrKrusten Ⓥ I think he means that Tolkien was such a good describer that the picture he painted in his head was very similar to Peter Jackson’s picture.
George succeeded in making places become characters. We care so much for Winterfell, the Wall, and other castles of cities.
Someone should have told Disney what world building is before they released the new Star Wars trilogy
Right!
What is the First Order, how did they rise, where is the Republic?
Instead we just have to fill in the blanks ourselves, ugh
@@TheCoffeeNut711 and when they suddenly threw Exegol at us in TROS with a ton a Sith worshippers having established the Final Order
@@ethandalton6480 It shows what could happen if the foundation of a story is not secure. What bugs me is Disney had unlimited resources for a great script and said "meh"
Not to mention continuation of established canon
Disney had no excuse, they had decades of old canon EU material and mythology to build the sequels off of but didn’t use them.
I like how the table has all this fancy gold cloth, and medieval goblets and candles and fruit bowls... and a can of Coke.
Perfectness
Needs a Starbucks cup to add to that GOT vibe
There are so many mysteries left unknown both in the show and in the books, I just wish we got to know more about dark places like Asshai and Stygai, the Five Forts, if the Ice Dragons in the Shivering Sea are a real thing in the books, Sothoryos, Ulthos, etc. And the Rise and Doom of the Empire of Valyria, the Great Empire of Yi-Ti and the Long Night, the origins and motivations of the Night King, The Age of Heroes, and so many mysterious character like Quaithe, Patchface, the Faceless Men, etc, that we don't know much about. And although Martin said otherwise, I think the theory that Essos and Westeros are connected is totally true, because the Five Forts were obviously fortresses built to protect from the white walkers when they first appeared in Essos... damn, there are so many things left unknown. Hopefully, with the new upcoming series House of the Dragon we get to discover some of these mysteries. I just hope we get to see Asshai on screen, and the Old Valyria. And it would be sooooo awesome to see Ice Dragons on the series.
"I just wish we got to know more . . ."
Indeed. That is the beauty of it.
an animated show based in yi ti is currently in production
@@camerenadkins2209 wait what, what's it called?
@@richardsmall5265 the golden empire of yi ti
You won’t even get the end of the main story so no point wondering about the rest…
If you don't build a world, where would you keep all your stuff?
If you want to bake an apple pie from scratch, you first have to create the universe.
You could keep it in a little box. If you don't have much stuff
I've watched a bunch of shows,and most of them do not have any character development,just cliche stuff that have been used so many times that they are just annoying,and l hate the fact that that's what GOT became
Thats why we are desperately waiting for the last two books to finish so we can finally have some good damn character developement instead of that bullshit 6-7-8 seasons.
Interesting. Well, surprise-surprise he’s a writer... he’s talking about the books. So, you’re watching the wrong interview.
Same pain with the Witcher show. Oh, what happened to it. It suffered the fate of GoT Season 8 :(
@@lang337 Easy now, 5 was pretty bad as well.
Even in a fantasy story the world is round [:
Two exceptions I know of:
1) Discworld by Terry Pratchett
2) Chronicles of Everfall by Shad Brooks
Also noteworthy:
The Riftwar Saga by Raymond E. Feist
The Cosmere by Brandon Sanderson
Not for having differently shaped worlds (as far as I know) but for having a universe with more than one planet.
And finally:
Middle Earth used to be flat until the end of the first age when it was made a sphere.
Halo. The video game created a world shaped like a ring, and it looks very cool.
Not sure if you are sad because flat earther or sad because there are flat earthers
@@Squiggly6942
Sorry my bad
Better ?
@@bramvandenheuvel4049 Middle Earth was made into a sphere at the end of the Second Age, to thwart Numenor's invasion of the Undying Lands
World building is something I always had problems with pulling off
I have all the info but trying to fit it all in organically is extremely difficult
Making a good map is usually a good place to start. Gives you somewhere to put your ideas
@@KieranIsWriting I drew up my city in excruciating detail and filled it with denizens, both in this plane and at least two others
The problem is I have enough exposition, backstory, characters, and branching plotlines to fill thirty books
Trying to sort through all that and setting it in for just one book
That is the problem I'm having
What not to include
What is essential, and what can wait until later
And then setting it into one consistent dramatic, funny, action packed and exciting book
With everything in the right place, so not too much backstory in one place ect
This is where I find myself
Although I do appreciate the advice
Drawing up the map was a bitch considering I can't draw
I had to knock up a rough version on the computer and fill in the details by hand, piece by piece
Took me months 😅
@SpinazFou since watching a jim butcher interview last night on his story questions (I highly recommend it) I put everything I had aside as a kind of annex, all 300 pages I had so far, using the same characters, city ect but starting the story from scratch to make it so much more of a struggle, not only for the characters to gain an inch, but also to limit the backstory and information available
I'm also tossing up what kind of pov to do , first person, multi point of view, third person
I have a team as main characters, 4 of them, so I was looking at doing it from multi pov each chapter a different one ect, although that presents its own problems
So maybe third person?
Thank you for the advice
Keeping the day to day events happening, the silmarillion technique is something I hadn't considered
I'm going to have to look into it in more detail
@SpinazFou
Jim Butcher writing seminars
ua-cam.com/video/oiKmP-tL4vo/v-deo.html
ua-cam.com/video/XzqNXHXiPas/v-deo.html
Each link has a second part
Worth the watch
@world leader
using real historical events is an interesting concept, thankyou
That table covered with food looks like how they bribed GRRM to come to this talk.
HindsightPOV tho there is no meat and wine :/
Jacob Wood
We must have the same interests. Do you still want the responses you asked for earlier?
He's right. I know more about the world of his creation than the place that i live. I plan to make the effort to know more about my place
I'm glad me and GRRM agree that setting is the most important part. I'm no writer but I've very keenly noticed that I have little to no interest in media that lacks an interesting and fleshed out setting. It's something sorely missed in anime (because, you know, I'm clearly a weeb.) or the setting is really bland and generic even if fantastical. If I ever make something relevant, it will be highly focused on world building.
Him saying “keep your heaven, I want to go to middle earth” is me about Westeros/Essos
Thank you!
Brilliant just brilliant
Hi George, I am also writing my own fiction. My inspiration are many and asoiaf is one of them.
in fact we need to know Dorne inspiration
Dang.
World Building
Customs
History
Languages
Create setting that is almost like a character on it's own way
Setting is important, but I think the issue for me with his style of storytelling is that you can bog down the story with the need to over explain and info dump. He’s probably more of an exception than most, but I don’t want the plot to stop dead for pages while the characters are standing around being gobsmacked by perfectly ordinary things to them. Bilbo knows what pipeweed is. The wizards know about magic. The ships engineer knows how everything works. There needs to be a balance between building a cool world and not stopping the action every time there’s something new.
🤙🏾
2:32 He says about the importance of worldbuilding and the says "Westeros", like there's no other continents or islands. Just like Western people in real life he thinks about his world revolving around Europe-like region.
Jar Jar Abrams should have watched this before making TFA.
Bruh TFA is considered the 2nd best Star Wars movie.
Besides Kreia in KOTOR 2, Kylo Ren is the best Star Wars character ever made. TFA has to atleast be respected for that.
@@MalrickEQ2 Considered by who man.It's not even close to second place in my opinion.Was there a poll where it was voted the second best?Or a poll about Kylo?
@@gromhellscream4487 kylo got hoed for Rey lol; that man is trash.
@@sobversion3 I know bro.The sequels were pretty bullshit...
I'm from Uruguay hahaha
This lady may have done some bad things to the comic book world, but she is one of GRRM's better interviewers.
mmm, Bacon who is she?
Please explain
After hearing some trivial and boring questions regurgitated from her, I am not shocked by the fact she’s ruining them too.
@@TAAF619 She's a writer who is pushing SJW culture into comics. She is part of the writer team on Marvel's new comic title: Ironheart which, replaced Tony Stark, being an inconvenient white male, with a black girl.
mitomen2000 ahhhh ... okay , explains her whole look
What about the importance of finishing a book that is over a decade past deadline? I guess he doesn’t care about his legacy…
Second
Finish your damn books man! Just write that shit. It’s not that hard. Just finish the books!
If he rushes and deliveres an unfinished book you would be the one too hate on him. Let him take his time
@@michaeljohn6357, why can’t he just split the book into two parts and release one
What is with all these interviews of GRRM with all of these “cool” vapid females? Sorry, not buying it
Oh, shut up man.