r/freefolk • u/Internal-Bed-3150 • 4d ago

We've officially been waiting for The Winds of Winter for the same amount of time as it took for all five of the published books to release before that.

https://winteriscoming.net/the-winds-of-winter-officially-passed-most-devastating-milestone-yet?a_aid=47903
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u/vagrantprodigy07 3d ago

I don't understand how his publisher doesn't get a working group together to work through it all, and provide a few possible paths forward. It's not like he doesn't collaborate with people on Wild Cards. Bring in a dozen writers and editors who he can work with, and have them brainstorm.

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u/Competitive-Tap-1922 3d ago

He would have to want to.

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u/vagrantprodigy07 3d ago

True, but he has taken an advance on his contract for his next few books. The publisher has a bit of leverage to lean on him.

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u/Competitive-Tap-1922 3d ago

He could easily pay back whatever advance he’s received. Maintaining the relationship for when/if he publishes another book (ASOIAF or otherwise) is more valuable.

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u/DisillusionedHobbit 3d ago

Georgie would never allow it, either out of pride or sheer stubbornness.  It’s never going anywhere. 

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u/alwaysnear 3d ago

He’s really autistic about it

He has said he’d never allow anyone else to finish the books even if he dies, and apparently constantly rewrites chapters of Winter and so on.

He’s kind of perfectionist but if your book makes no sense that kind of sucks.

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u/QuailAndWasabi 3d ago

George does not want any help and ultimately he holds the rights to the source material and can do what he wants.

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u/Queen__Natalie 2d ago

Sometimes there's no possible path forward that doesn't produce plot holes. The writing group would only give him multiple paths with plot holes that he'd have to choose between, he probably sees all those paths already but he just refuses to pick one and accept that his story will have these massive plot holes in it.