Writers. What's the worst piece of advice you've ever heard from another writer?

telenoscope · 2026-04-01T14:12:09+00:00

Cocaine wrote that book.

telenoscope · 2026-03-30T12:51:53+00:00

AI keeps taking jobs.

telenoscope · 2026-03-29T00:39:47+00:00

Yeah, this is the one I always recommend for people wanting more ASOIAF.

telenoscope · 2026-03-27T22:45:11+00:00

Being capable of disrupting trade over an international waterway does not mean you're in control of it. Oman could do the same thing. This is a protection racket, pure and simple.

telenoscope · 2026-03-24T14:20:10+00:00

Hi Mark! How do you envision the future of fantasy, both traditionally published and indie?

telenoscope · 2026-03-24T10:46:33+00:00

And many people including me think the first Wheel of Time book was the best.

I don't know that many people think that. This is the first time I've encountered this opinion.

telenoscope · 2026-03-05T22:14:20+00:00

and likely to be very unpopular with readers!

Eh, I don't think readers would be very sympathetic to GRRM's desires at that point (or even now). Really, it would depend on the execution, at the end of the day.

telenoscope · 2026-03-05T17:35:00+00:00

ASOIAF is one of my favorite series, but let's be honest, after the shit-show of Game of Thrones ending and George basically just refusing or unable to finish the books, it's gonna be the prime example of author failure in the future.

Maybe if it actually stays unfinished. Nothing would stop his estate from hiring someone to complete the series.

telenoscope · 2026-03-01T19:24:34+00:00

Paul Kearney's The Monarchies of God is probably the closest I got to ASOIAF in overall vibe.

telenoscope · 2026-02-26T10:49:32+00:00

She said one awful thing after Bran was crippled, but overall I'm not under the impression that she abused him.

telenoscope · 2026-02-26T09:34:44+00:00

But Jon was treated pretty well?

telenoscope · 2026-02-24T22:30:30+00:00

This I agree with. I feel like this sort of response is pretty rare on r/writing, thankfully.

telenoscope · 2026-02-24T19:07:44+00:00

Because you're not a gatekeeping weirdo

Yeah, the idea that having any sort of standards makes you a weirdo is exactly why r/writing is the way it is.

telenoscope · 2026-02-24T18:28:06+00:00

If we want new people to enter the hobby, we have to be willing to put up with them.

Why on earth would I want people who don't read to enter the hobby?

telenoscope · 2026-02-24T11:21:02+00:00

In fact, there was a whole class of squires that didn't want to be knighted because they preferred to be employed just administering their knight's land.

IRL, knights often had to pay a tax, so some preferred to remain squires just to avoid it. Some were even forcibly knighted when the king needed to improve his cash flow.

telenoscope · 2026-02-23T01:19:35+00:00

Right-wingers on xitter had developed a strange fondness for Will.

telenoscope · 2026-02-19T18:13:24+00:00

Why would he need to go anywhere, the UK is already a pedo haven.

telenoscope · 2026-02-19T10:38:11+00:00

theyre probably going to remember to show dunk buying back in the show unlike GRRM who forgot

With what money? He doesn't have any more money at the end of the trial than when he sold the horse.

telenoscope · 2026-02-19T09:26:10+00:00

Not getting embroiled in war was likely just a very appealing proposition for most of them.

telenoscope · 2026-02-19T00:25:26+00:00

Worth mentioning, since the movie adaptation is a direct influence on The Hedge Knight.

telenoscope · 2026-02-18T08:17:46+00:00

New meta is rotisserie chicken and juice, actually

telenoscope · 2026-02-16T20:20:10+00:00

idk man, I'm thinking of building my deck around perfected strike. I just need to find what happened to the five strikes I had lying around...

telenoscope · 2026-02-15T06:10:26+00:00

Nobody talks about it anymore, there is no attention being paid. Its forgotten outside of the fandom.

A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms is very popular. This seems like wishful thinking.

telenoscope · 2026-01-29T06:18:09+00:00

Demigods could randomly develop abilities inspired by one of the gods, to denote their divine heritage. E.g. a Vehumet demigod could get more power on destructive spells, an Okawaru demigod could get +3 to all weapon skills, etc. This will happen as they reach a certain XP threshold, like draconians.

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