Overview
- The author says the novels will conclude on a grimmer note than the TV adaptation, signaling more major deaths and fewer consolations.
- He confirms roughly 1,100 manuscript pages of The Winds of Winter are completed but offers no publication timetable.
- Martin describes a process of continual rewriting, scrapping sections, and shifting between character viewpoints to find what works.
- He rules out handing the series to another writer, saying the work would remain unfinished if he cannot complete it himself.
- During promotion for A Knight of the Seven Kingdoms, now streaming on HBO Max, he discussed plans for additional Dunk & Egg stories and said he has "material for 100 other shows."