Ngo-Okthobha, uGeorge RR Martin wayengumamkeli we-Carl Sandburg Literary Award kwi-gala yonyaka exhaswa yiChicago Public Library Foundation. Emva kokufumana ibhaso kunye nokukhwaza kwi-alma mater yakhe, eMntla-ntshona, uthathe inxaxheba kwimibuzo ebanzi kunye neseshoni yokuphendula kunye nomgcini we-NPR ngoMgqibelo uScott Simon.
Udliwanondlebe lujikeleze malunga nemizuzu engamashumi amane kwaye lugubungela yonke into ukusukela ngexesha likaMartin eMntla-ntshona, kunye nothando lobuntwana bakhe ngeencwadi ezihlekisayo kunye neenoveli zamaphepha ezesayensi, ukuze aququzelele iitumente zechess ukuze ongeze umvuzo wakhe. (Khawufane ucinge ngokuhlala kwiminyaka elishumi apho uququzelela itumente yechess ikwenzele imali eyaneleyo yokuhlawula irente!)
Uye wathetha ngokubaluleka kokugqiba Ingoma ye-Ice noMlilo , uqaphele ukuba akafuni ukuba ibe yeyakhe Imfihlakalo kaEdwin Drood (Inoveli engagqitywanga kaCharles Dickens) kwaye ufuna ukuyigqiba yomelele, ke abantu bayayijonga kwaye bathi, 'Yonke le nto ngumsebenzi obalulekileyo, ayingomsebenzi ogqityiweyo okanye owaphukileyo.' Ndiyazazi ezinye abantu phaya abayikholelwa loo nto, kodwa iyinyani.
Kwaye emva koko, utatomkhulu olungileyo uGeorge kwafuneka aqhubekeke ngokufeketha, kuba asinakuba nezinto ezintle. Uqale ngokuchaza ukuba waqala njengombhali omncinci ngokubhala ifanitshala yokubhala kumacandelo amahlaya awathandayo kunye neemagazini, kwaye kubalulekile uqeqesho kwilizwi lakhe kuba oko kumnika ukuzithemba okuyimfuneko ukuze amasebe Phuma kwaye ubhale imisebenzi engaphezulu.
Nangona kunjalo, ucacisile ukuba, ebutsheni bakhe, ukuthanda izinto-ngelixa zisabhalwa ngababhali be-amateur-kwakuthetha into eyahlukileyo kancinci kunanamhlanje. Wayeyithatha njengeyinyani ebhalwe ngabalandeli abaza kuzenzela abalinganiswa babo (nokuba bachukunyiswe kakhulu okanye bakhuthazwa ziifafa zabo) ngokuchasene noko ikuthethayo namhlanje: intsomi esebenzisa abalinganiswa kunye nehlabathi eliqulunqwe ngabanye ababhali.
Emva koko waphosa:
Andiqondi ukuba yindlela elungileyo yokuziqeqeshela ukuba ube ngumbhali oqeqeshiweyo xa uboleka wonke umntu kunye nabalinganiswa. Oko kufana nokukhwela ibhayisekile enamavili oqeqesho. Kwaye xa ndithatha iivili zoqeqesho, ndawela kakhulu, kodwa ngaxa lithile kuya kufuneka ususe iivili zoqeqesho apha. Kuya kufuneka uziqambele abalinganiswa bakho, kuya kufuneka wenze owakho wokwakha umhlaba, awunakho ukuboleka nje kuGene Roddenberry okanye uGeorge Lucas okanye mna okanye nabani na.
Ibhayisekile ekhwele umlinganiso yeyona nto indibhidayo. Umntu ufunda njani ukukhwela ibhayisekile NGAPHANDLE koqeqesho lwamavili? Ngaba abayonxalenye yenkqubo? Kwaye ayikokuhanahanisa ukuqala kwakho ukuchaza imbali yakho yokubhala ubushushu (nokuba uyatyhwatyhwa kwinkcazo) njengenxalenye ebalulekileyo yophuhliso lwakho njengombhali ukuze ujike uthi abanye abantu akufuneki balandele inkqubo efanayo? Ndiyavuma ukuba ukuba umntu othile ufuna ukukhe aphume kwi-fanfic ukuya ekubhaleni ngobungcali (uninzi lwababhali be-fic abanomdla wokukwenza) amavili oqeqesho kuya kufuneka aphume, kodwa oko kubonakala kucace gca.
Nwabisa: Ewe Ngorhatya uqobo — uE. Ubungqongqo bukaJames obudume ngokuba yiyo Amashumi amahlanu eeShad uthotho-inokuthathwa njenge fanfic, kuba uStephanie Meyers uthe incwadi nganye yayiyitoliki yakhe yoncwadi lwakudala ( Ngorhatya wayenjalo Ikratshi nomkhethe , Inyanga entsha wayenjalo URomeo noJuliet , njl). Isihogo, uninzi lweentsomi njengoko siyazi ukuba inokuthathwa njenge fanfic yeTolkien's INkosi yeeRingi uthotho! Ngaba yintoni eyahlula iintsomi kwimbonakalo yamabali kuphela ngamagama abalinganiswa kunye neendawo ebalini? Kuthekani ngokusebenzisa imigca efanayo yesiqwenga kunye nezinto ezingumxholo? (Ngokwenyani ndinomdla onyanisekileyo malunga noku kuchazwa.)
Mhlawumbi nguMartin ukuba yingqushu endala kunye ne-cantankerous coot (uneminyaka engama-71, emva kwayo yonke loo nto) oziva uxinzelelo lwabalandeli bakhe ukuba bagqibezele Ingoma yoMkhenkce noMlilo. Mhlawumbi unomona nje ngesantya apho ababhali abanobukrwada banokuwakhupha amabali abo. Ngalo naliphi na ixesha, uziva ehanahanisa ngaye ukuba agwebe inkqubo ekhokelele ekubeni abe ngomnye wababhali abaphumeleleyo ngalo lonke ixesha.
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