Every writer with half a brain knows to surround himself or herself with editors who are smarter, far more articulate, and infinitely better looking.

On one level, all of the characters in 'Game of Thrones' grow out of George R.R. Martin's imagination. Therefore they are his. As long as they are in the novels they are his. But the moment they step forth onto the TV screen, they become filtered through the showrunners. In a business sense, it's the same way with comics.

All good communal storytelling comes from the sagas and arguments within the writers room.

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