Patrick Rothfuss' fans recently paid a MILLION dollars to have him read a chapter from Doors of Stone. Rothfuss says he hasn't written it. That's inexcusable.
Aug 10, 2022Liked by Declan Finn, Michael Gallagher
Rothfuss lacks a little thing us professional writers call "PUT YOUR ASS IN THE CHAIR AND WRITE WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT." Another aphorism to live by is "you can't edit a blank page." While I sympathize with his difficulties, It seems he lacks even an ounce of willpower. He deserves no one's patience or goodwill anymore. The only thing keeping me from calling him an utter scumbag is that the money he raised was for charity and he, in theory, did not profit from it himself.
I sympathise with unforeseen delays, but too many Readers have been left dangling by Authors who make their advance and quit mid series. This spoils it for Author and Readers alike. This is the primary reason I've set my goal to FINISH my entire WATCHER of the DAMNED series within the next 3 years. That's 3 arcs and 6-12 books in the next 36 months... not counting the first 6 book WOTD series I ALREADY finished, the associated Audible episodes, illustrations and the TTRPG.
If I can do all this without an advance, the least Rothfuss can do is take that million and buy a lovely studio, sit down and finish his book for his devoted fans.
I may not be Rothfuss, but I'll have an epic series - and if people like it well enough, it will stand as a finished work.
Y'all lost me at the best fantasy novel in past ten years. Over-hyped and making lots of cash - and now not producing... haven't we heard this story before?
This appears a trend some writers. With the time they spend tweeting super threads, they could've written the novels they owe their readers. But they won't or can't. Personally, in Rothfuss' case, he's become complacent thanks to the phenomenal success and then his creativity petered out because he didn't treat writing as his full time job. So he atrophied.
Rothfuss lacks a little thing us professional writers call "PUT YOUR ASS IN THE CHAIR AND WRITE WHETHER YOU WANT TO OR NOT." Another aphorism to live by is "you can't edit a blank page." While I sympathize with his difficulties, It seems he lacks even an ounce of willpower. He deserves no one's patience or goodwill anymore. The only thing keeping me from calling him an utter scumbag is that the money he raised was for charity and he, in theory, did not profit from it himself.
I sympathise with unforeseen delays, but too many Readers have been left dangling by Authors who make their advance and quit mid series. This spoils it for Author and Readers alike. This is the primary reason I've set my goal to FINISH my entire WATCHER of the DAMNED series within the next 3 years. That's 3 arcs and 6-12 books in the next 36 months... not counting the first 6 book WOTD series I ALREADY finished, the associated Audible episodes, illustrations and the TTRPG.
If I can do all this without an advance, the least Rothfuss can do is take that million and buy a lovely studio, sit down and finish his book for his devoted fans.
I may not be Rothfuss, but I'll have an epic series - and if people like it well enough, it will stand as a finished work.
Y'all lost me at the best fantasy novel in past ten years. Over-hyped and making lots of cash - and now not producing... haven't we heard this story before?
This appears a trend some writers. With the time they spend tweeting super threads, they could've written the novels they owe their readers. But they won't or can't. Personally, in Rothfuss' case, he's become complacent thanks to the phenomenal success and then his creativity petered out because he didn't treat writing as his full time job. So he atrophied.
xavier
Two years later and we're still waiting? Well, he read *something* I think.
It's so good though