Or people who take long pauses when they talk and always start talking again when you try to respond because you thought they were done <| sep |> If you bring people in with the promise of something , eventually you need to fulfill that promise . There is some expectation when a consumer buys the first installment of a trilogy that the author will complete the series . It is somewhat similar to Kickstarter in that the author can ' t write a long work if they can ' t support themselves so we as consumers pay in installments so they can do their work . Not saying that I want rushed crap , I don ' t want rushed crap . I do expect Rothfuss and Martin to finish their promise . If enough authors break that expectation of finishing , eventually it will tell consumers that they should not invest in a story until fully completed and I think that scenario would be bad for all of us , especially new authors who don ' t have the capital to front a longterm project .