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Originally Posted by DiapDealer
Reconsider it all you want. I'm only giving my opinion and the way I see things. I wouldn't dream of implying it that coincides with anyone else's views. 
I don't disagree that a story can take on a life of it's own. I just don't believe when that does happen... that it's automatically goody-goody-gumdrops-and-hooray! for that series. Sometimes yes, most times no. I'm of the opinion that it was 'no' for ASoIaF. But sales numbers tells me I'm in the minority, there. I'm cool with that.
And I never said he should be finished; I said he should "get to the frickin' point." He can write as many books as he wants in his series, but when he (or any author) spins his wheels for two whole books, I'm bailing... period. I have another name for "world-building" that has very little direct impact on the story/plot. I call it "filler." And I'm not interested in it. I like authors who "world- hint" and allow me and my imagination to do the actual building. I don't like my imagination being micro-managed.
More is just more. There's no inherent implication that it always means "better," just because it happened spontaneously. *shrugs* |
OMG, Yes. More is not always better. Sometimes more is not only "just more," sometimes more is too much.