MartyrX Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I made it to the first Interlude of the book, and was wondering what were the point of the interludes? Thanks. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kurkistan he/him Posted January 21, 2012 Report Share Posted January 21, 2012 I made it to the first Interlude of the book, and was wondering what were the point of the interludes? Thanks. Interview The interludes will continue to be what they are, which is that those characters may show up again, but it’s unlikely that there will be many more viewpoints from them. The interludes are there because I wanted to have my cake and eat it too--I wanted to have the big sprawling epic with a lot of major viewpoints that we spend a lot of time on like Robert Jordan did, but I also wanted to have the quick jumps around that George R. R. Martin does, and they’re two masters of the genre. And so I decided on the interludes as a way to jump around and show the world, to give depth and to give rounding to what’s happening--give you little glimpses into important aspects of the world--but those characters are not people you have to remember and follow. Each of the interludes will have one character that you need to pay attention to, but you can take the interludes and read them and without having to focus too much on remembering and keeping track of what their plot is. Then you can jump back into the main characters. And that’s always going to be the case in the books to come. More importantly, I would suggest running away from this section of the boards as quickly as possible. Even the titles of some threads are spoilerific. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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