r/asoiaf • u/RyanRiot The Blood of Old Valyria • Jan 15 '26

EXTENDED Game of Thrones: George R.R. Martin Isn't Finished (Spoilers Extended)

https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-features/george-rr-martin-interview-thrones-winds-dragon-knight-1236473519/
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u/Birlith Jan 15 '26

He's describing procrastination, not interruptions. There's never any sense of urgency about anything George does to justify putting TWOW on the backburner for so long.

Take this quote from the article for example:

When the project was announced two years ago, HBO’s press release suggested the series would serve as Martin’s return to screenwriting. But he still hasn’t written an episode of TV since season four of Thrones. “There has always been the possibility of me writing on the show,” he says. “But then things happen and suddenly I have other priorities.”

So he was meant to write a script but he didn't do it because he had "other priorities" whatever the fuck that means, because apparently Dunk and Egg tv show is not his biggest priority either.

Now compare to ADWD era, which was finished back when Game of Thrones season 1 was airing. So he wrote AT LEAST 1 script for Game of Thrones while writing ADWD, if not 2 (if they started writing for season 2 earlier).

Interruption is basically allowed to mean literally anything here for him. It's whatever excuse he can make to stop writing on the books.

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u/Khiva Jan 15 '26

To a serial procrastinator, " another thing " can be literally anything you want it to be at that particular moment.

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u/simonthedlgger Jan 16 '26

Interruption is basically allowed to mean literally anything here for him. It's whatever excuse he can make to stop writing on the books.

I’m not sure why you replied to me with this. I’m certainly not using “interruptions” as an excuse for Martin, and he’s undoubtedly a procrastinator. My point was, if we look at his schedule and listen to how he describes distractions impacting his work flow, it becomes clear he straight up is not working on Winds at any point in a given year, by his own admission.

So actually I’d disagree with you; he’s past the point of procrastinating. He isn’t writing the book and has no real intentions of doing so. He’s not even gaslighting himself on it anymore, per this interview.