“One of
the big breakthroughs, I think for me, was reading Robert A. Heinlein's four
rules of writing, one of which was, 'You must finish what you write.' I never
had any problem with his first one, 'You must write' - I was writing since I
was a kid.” – George R.R. Martin
Martin, who celebrated his 71st birthday last month, is one of our most prolific and
“busiest” writers immersed in his “Game of Thrones”
series –
both in book form and the recently completed HBO Television programs -- for a
couple decades now.
“The odd thing about being a writer is you do tend to lose yourself in your
books. Sometimes it seems like real life is flickering by and you're hardly a
part of it,” Martin said. “You remember
the events in your books better than you remember the events that actually took
place when you were writing them.” ![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhpUu0woiKfhhBLXPgcjafZ5O-FefrzMAi24ZQHDlDDokSAOM2kHCR_0euJ2OrSwcNYPhXggeH8l2KMBRrfyKNDs32mA88UkhP717ej_8KvPBFvxbpiyHawwM3LxwO-eEc1N2cJqJPRjOwg/s400/th_004.jpg)
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And,
in Martin’s case, we – the readers – vividly remember those “book” events,
too. That's a goal every writer hopes for, but
few achieve. “All fiction,” Martin added,
“has to have a certain amount of truth in it to be powerful.”
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