The books certainly had a blocked out narrative...

The three books kinda represent 1) A plan of action 2) Stopping the bleeding and 3) Go on the attack and climax, so yeah, not a step by step plot, but he had to get to certain points at the end of each book.

He even uses the narrative of the twins from Welsh mythology, that is one good twin and the bad twin, where the bad twin (really mischievious twin) doesn't do any good until the final act justifying the good twin's constant kindness. Tolkien puts his own twist on this, but on the other hand maintained that dynamic through most of the story. So, I mean he has these rules which he works by, which I don't think Martin did.

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Posted: 05/15/2019 at 9:17PM

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Reading this Yeah, I agree with this completely. -- `lag 05/15/2019 1:23PM

Tolkien was kind of a pantser, by his own admission -- Baltimore Hokie 05/15/2019 5:41PM

The books certainly had a blocked out narrative... -- `lag 05/15/2019 9:17PM

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It's turned from a character focused drama with shocking twists to a more -- AbsolutVT03 05/15/2019 2:32PM

The books certainly had a blocked out narrative...

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