Why is The Winds Of Winter taking so long?
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A wise man once commented: "King writes like it's his job. George writes like it's a hobby that took off in a way he wasn't prepared for and now that there's so much pressure it's not so fun anymore."
I got my grandmother into ASOIAF after the first season of GoT came on. She re-reads all the books regularly. She is now 92 years old and increasingly frustrated at the prospect that she will never get to read the ending...
I still have hope for Winds. It's the Dream of Spring I'm really worried about.
George may not owe his fans a finished series, but at minimum he does owe us honesty. I'd respect him a lot more if he just came out and admitted that he's having trouble wrapping up the story, that his heart's just not in it anymore, etc. As opposed to what he's doing in real life, going on 12 years with no end in sight while still being like, "Yes of course I'm almost done with Winds of Winter, I'm working on it constantly, why would anyone doubt me?"
George is just breaking the trope of finishing a story, it's the ultimate cliff hanger
The most meta practical joke of all time. “the winds of winter” is literally “the dream of spring”
Can hardly blame George for keeping a VERY close eye on the spin off shows after what happened with Thrones.
Seems insane to work on spinoff projects over finishing the core work.
I’m not a George hater by any means, but I think he misunderstands his legacy. If Tolkien had never finished Return of the King no one today would be saying “but at least he gave us the Silmarrillion”. The main story has got to be wrapped up as he intends it or all the rest will fall by the wayside a few years after his death.
I love that more has probably been written about why winds is taking so long than in the actual book😂
I fully believe he stopped writing the book years ago and has no plans on finishing it.
I think you make a great point about the type of writer George is. Being a "gardener" type of writer is great in the first few novels where George is happily planting seeds and expanding the world, taking his characters on separate journeys and so on. However, at some point, these threads that have spun in different directions need to come back together in a cohesive story and then an ending.
All these issues will just be compounded with the finale book, I find it extremely unlikely he finishes the series.
Let’s not joke ourselves, the only reason George haven’t finished the Winds of Winter is that he doesn’t know how to end it. He have an idea how to wrap up certain plots in the story but on other plots, he is stuck and can’t wrap it up. The book has become too complicated for it’s own good. That’s why we can see him taking up other projects instead of completing the series.
I think that the TV show ending was definitively similar to George's original idea, at least in terms of outline. But the poor reception of it created a huge problem for him to write his final books.
One thing I find interesting is that (according to wikipedia, sourcing his blog) he considered an October 2015 deadline achievable in May 2015. And a year-end deadline achievable in September 2015. So about 8-9 years ago he thought he was almost there. This tells me that he must have thrown out pretty much everything he had written and started over in late 2015 or early 2016. And may have done the same several times since then.
Imo The problem with Grrm is that while he is a gardener, he is bad at pruning unnecessary branches. He gets too carried away by minor plots, characters and elaborate descriptions. It's like a hydra, every time he concludes a plot or character he creates several more in its aftermath. Best example is the red wedding and how that created even more spread out plot in riverlands.
I get the impression that what Martin always truly wanted was to work in television. And now, with the success of his novels, he has the opportunity to work on multiple popular, critically acclaimed tv shows for HBO. This is his dream, and this is what is getting his attention. I don't blame him, but I also don't think the series will ever be finished.
ASOIF will end up like some of Tolkiens final works where Chris his son finished them. With GRRM it will be the editor friends of his.
Thats from G.R.R. Martins latest blog update: "...Parris and I found one just last week; an animated series called BLUE EYE SAMURAI.