Thursday, June 9, 2016

Me, A Song of Ice and Fire, and a Monumental Task



I have made the decision to blog about George R.R. Martin’s ‘A Song of Ice and Fire’ series as well as the HBO series based on the novels. My dilemma is what approach do I want to take? 

  • Do I do book to show comparisons or do I blog about them separately?

  • Do I do a synopsis of the 1st 5 seasons of the show to save time and then individually review each episode of season 6 since it is still on?

  • Do I evaluate theories as they  relate to each novel or do I evaluate the theories separately since in many cases they tie the story together and give clues to what will be coming in future novels?

  • How do I best summarize and review without being contrite to the wheels within wheels of the books?

  •  Do I do individual character analysis of certain characters whose arcs are much more complicated to generalize?

These are just some of the questions I am asking myself as I commit to take this on.
I want to challenge myself to step out of my comfort zone, to commit to something big. I used to write in journals every day. It was important to me to explore my interests, my days, my conflicts. I am going to make exploring those things important again.

Since my MO has always been to start then abandon my previous blogs, I am looking to make myself accountable for the continuity of this one.  Even though my lack of consistent writing over the years has left me a bit choppy and struggling to find my voice again, I feel proud of what the blog is so far.


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