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Fans are surely hoping they are not waiting for nothing regarding George R.R. Martin’s highly anticipated sixth novelThe Winds of Winter. The manuscript has been in progress since at least 2010, and yet, more than a decade has passed, bookstore shelves still haven’t got it.
What’s taking the author so long to finish the novel? He was able to produce the prequel seriesFire & Bloodin 2018, so he must have had a lot of spare time writing it. One reason that he provided was that he was busy with his television projects, but didn’t he make a promise before that his focus would remain on the book series?
George R.R. Martin Once Promised Fans He Will Focus on His Novel
A 2017 interview withTime MagazinerevealedGeorge R.R. Martin’s sentiment regarding the HBO adaptation ofGame of Thrones. He said that while he’s involved in the project, the show has a life of its own. He has expressed frustration over the changes made by showrunnersDavid BenioffandDan Weiss, but at that point, in the later seasons, the writer hasn’t been hands-on in the direction of the series.
He mentioned that he was giving more attention to the upcoming novel,The Winds of Winter. “I am involved in the show, of course, and have been since the beginning, but my main focus has got to be the books.” Seven years later, he claims he’s still writing the book.
In fact, he provided fans with a very disappointing update last September and told them that he had difficulty making progress. In hisblog, he wrote: “Writing came hard, and though I did produce some new pages” onThe Winds of Winterandpart two of the prequel seriesBlood & Fire, he wished to have written more pages than he was able to finish.
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The reason that he’s taking so long to wrap up the story is that he is so occupied with the numerous screen adaptations of his works. There’sHouse of the DragonSeason 3 andA Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, and then a bunch of projects that are in early development, such asAegon’s ConquestandNine Voyages.
What does not add up is the fact that he said in the same conversation that he has had the story in his mind since the beginning: “I’m just still writing the story that I set out to write in the early 1990s.”
George R.R. Martin No Longer Predicts the Release ofThe Winds of Winter
Two years ago, Martin told fans that the book was already 75% done. He spoke about it in a live stream interview viaRadioTimesand said, “It’s a challenging book. It’s probably gonna be a larger book than any of the previous volumes in the story.”
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Moreover, he said that he has stopped making predictions of when the book will be finished because people press him with questions, and when he makes an estimate and it does not happen, they call him a liar. “I guess I overestimate my ability to get stuff done,” he added.
Ariane Cruz
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Ariane Cruz is a Senior Writer at FandomWire, majorly focusing on TV shows with over 3,000 articles published. Her love for pop culture and the creative arts fuels her passion to deliver engaging and informative stories. Her daily consumption of films, shows, and books keeps her energized for the day, along with her mission to serve as the bridge between fans and their favorite franchises.
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