Will Martin
Will Martin
Will Martinis a New Zealand-born classical crossover singer...
fear night readers scared scary soldier turn war
If I was a soldier going to war, I'd be pretty scared the night before a battle. It's a scary thing. And I want my readers to feel that fear as they turn the page.
identify individual seen tight
I write from this tight third-person viewpoint, where each chapter is seen through the eyes of one individual character. When I'm writing that character, I become that character and identify with that character.
crap days producing wrote
Boy, there are days where I get up and say 'Where the hell did my talent go? Look at this crap that I'm producing here. This is terrible. Look, I wrote this yesterday. I hate this, I hate this.'
work
Writing is hard. I mean, I sit there and work at it.
There has to be a level of joy of what you're doing.
modern success tolkien
The success that the Tolkien books had redefined modern fantasy.
great
One of the great things about books is you can afford to do anything.
I'm one of those writers who say, 'I've enjoy having written.'
spent
I spent a whole summer working on what proved to be 'A Game of Thrones'.
accursed buff epic fantasy game history ice love original song turning whether
Whether you're a history buff or a fantasy fan, Druon's epic will keep you turning pages. This was the original game of thrones. If you like 'A Song of Ice and Fire', you will love 'The Accursed Kings'.
child matter needs point
I think in television and film, it's not usually the child's point of view. It's the story of an adult. If there's a child in a drama or an action-adventure movie, they're someone who needs to be saved, someone who needs to be protected, or if they're killed, someone who needs to be avenged. Their character doesn't matter much.
believe religion
I find religion and spirituality fascinating. I would like to believe this isn't the end and there's something more, but I can't convince the rational part of me that that makes any sense whatsoever.
coming left liked tolkien
I never liked Gandalf the White as much as Gandalf the Grey, and I never liked him coming back. I think it would have been an even stronger story if Tolkien had left him dead.
aspect body changed characters death spirit worse
My characters who come back from death are worse for wear. In some ways, they're not even the same characters anymore. The body may be moving, but some aspect of the spirit is changed or transformed, and they've lost something.