 Originally Posted by Neil
BTW - Does anyone know if "Hold the door" (Hodor) was creative genius and forward plot planning, or just luck?
Not sure. Depends when/how/who came up with it. I assume it was already there from GRRM, and who knows, maybe he did intend to use it that way all along.
Or yeah, it could be something thought of a little later to explain why he's always saying "Hodor". Even if it was thought up later on, they managed to fit it in in a way that felt natural and revelatory, rather than just thumbed-in dry, you know?
You can't have everything planned out in advance, it's just not possible, you have to focus on what you're working on right now mainly for obvious reasons, but you might have certain things you specifically want to do in time or you have something that you have an idea of where it should lead and you'll get there eventually assuming you don't find yourself on a different path. Sometimes you might find an opportunity for something that feels right. I wouldn't call that "luck" necessarily, as the groundworks are there for it. You've got to be alive to a possibility, which isn't as easy as you might think. When writing you sometimes get into a 'can't see the wood for the trees' situation, so you could miss a cracking little juicy opportunity, but you could also happen upon it and really see it and not just walk on by as you try and wrestle all the other story threads and characters into their positions.
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