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'''''The Winds of Winter''''' is the forthcoming sixth novel in the [[epic fantasy]] series ''[[A Song of Ice and Fire]]'' by American writer [[George R. R. Martin]]. The novelmanuscript is expected to be over 1,500 pages in length.<ref>https://web.archive.org/web/20120515082029/http://www.empireonline.com/interviews/interview.asp?IID=1496</ref> ItIts writing started no later than 2010,<ref name="dancingincircles"/> and it has been delayed several times, such that Martin has refrained from making further hard estimates for the novel's final release date. Martin stated in October 2022 that he had completed approximately three quarters of the novel,<ref name=HollywoodReporter>{{cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter-finished-1235249037/|author=Hibberd, James|magazine=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|title=George R.R. Martin Says 'The Winds of Winter' Is Now Three-Quarters Finished|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=October 26, 2022|access-date=October 26, 2022|archive-date=October 26, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221026225225/https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/tv/tv-news/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter-finished-1235249037/}}</ref><ref name=TheBrag>{{cite web|title=George R. R. Martin confirms he's 3/4 done with 'Winds of Winter'|author=Meaden, Max|url=https://thebrag.com/george-r-r-martin-confirms-hes-3-4-done-with-winds-of-winter/|website=The Brag |language=en-AU|url-status=live|date=October 25, 2022|access-date=October 26, 2022|archive-date=October 25, 2022|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20221025131230/https://thebrag.com/george-r-r-martin-confirms-hes-3-4-done-with-winds-of-winter/}}</ref> estimating that he had written approximately 1,100 to 1,200 pages, and had roughly 400 to 500 pages left.<ref name=Esquire>{{cite web|url=https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a39875481/george-rr-martin-winds-of-winter-finishing-update/|title=George R.R. Martin Has 'Just' 500 Pages to Go On ''The Winds of Winter''|author=Westenfield, Adrienne|language=en-US|url-status=live|magazine=[[Esquire (magazine)|Esquire]]|date=December 8, 2022|access-date=April 28, 2023|archive-date=March 31, 2023|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230331050449/https://www.esquire.com/entertainment/books/a39875481/george-rr-martin-winds-of-winter-finishing-update/}}</ref> He gave a similar estimate in November 2023, saying that he was "struggling" with the manuscript.<ref name=IGN11.20.23>{{cite web|url=https://www.ign.com/articles/george-rr-martin-has-written-1100-pages-of-the-winds-of-winter-the-same-number-as-last-year|publisher=[[IGN]]|title=George R.R. Martin Has Written 1,100 Pages of The Winds of Winter, the Same Number as Last Year|author=Dinsdale, Ryan|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=November 20, 2023|access-date=November 20, 2023|archive-date=November 20, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/mV1p520231120165535/https://www.ign.com/articles/george-rr-martin-has-written-1100-pages-of-the-winds-of-winter-the-same-number-as-last-year}}</ref>
 
==Plot==
Martin stated in a 2012 interview that ''The Winds of Winter'' and the following book ''A Dream of Spring'' will take readers farther north than any of the previous books, and the [[White Walker|Others]] will appear in the book.<ref name="smartertravel"/> The previous installment, ''[[A Dance with Dragons]]'', covered less story than Martin intended, excluding at least one planned large battle sequence and leaving several character threads ending in [[cliffhanger]]s.<ref name="ew_fantasy_king"/> Martin intends to resolve these storylines "very early" in ''The Winds of Winter'', saying "I'm going to open with the two big battles that I was building up to, the battle in the ice and the battle at [[Meereen]]—the battle of Slaver's Bay. And then take it from there."<ref name="smartertravel" /> A [[Victarion Greyjoy]] chapter will begin five minutes after the end of ''A Dance with Dragons'', taking place on the eve of the [[Iron Islands|Ironborn]]'s arrival in Slaver's Bay.<ref name="tiff3" /> [[Arianne Martell]] sample chapters that Martin released on his website showed her heading for Griffin's Roost to see the young man who is calling himself [[Aegon VI Targaryen|Aegon Targaryen]].<ref name="grrm_blog_130108" /> At [[Guadalajara International Book Fair]] 2016, Martin gave some clues about the dark nature of ''The Winds of Winter'': "I've been telling you for 20 years that winter was coming. Winter is the time when things die, and cold and ice and darkness fill the world, so this is not going to be the happy feel-good that people may be hoping for. Some of the characters [are] in very dark places. ....&nbsp;Things get worse before they get better, so things are getting worse for a lot of people."<ref>{{Cite magazine |last=Gettell |first=Oliver |date=December 6, 2016 |title=George RR Martin on Winds of Winter: Things are getting worse |url=https://ew.com/article/2016/12/06/george-rr-martin-teases-winds-of-winter/ |url-status=live |magazine=Entertainment Weekly |publisher=Time Inc. |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161223173130/http://ew.com/article/2016/12/06/george-rr-martin-teases-winds-of-winter/ |archive-date=December 23, 2016 |access-date=December 21, 2016 |quote=Watch Martin’s full Q&A above.}}</ref>
 
== Potential Viewpointviewpoint characters ==
Martin has confirmed that the following characters have [[Narrative mode|point-of-view]] chapters in ''The Winds of Winter'':
* [[Sansa Stark]]: One chapter was removed from ''A Dance with Dragons'' in June 2010,<ref name="dancingincircles"/> and one sample chapter titled ''Alayne'' appeared on Martin's website in April 2015.<ref name="alayne">{{Cite web |title=Excerpt from the Winds of Winter – George R.R. Martin |url=http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/ |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402163112/http://www.georgerrmartin.com/excerpt-from-the-winds-of-winter/ |archive-date=April 2, 2015 |access-date=October 4, 2022 |website=georgerrmartin.com}}</ref>
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=== Chapters ===
By June 2010, Martin had finished four chapters for ''The Winds of Winter'' from the viewpoints of [[Sansa Stark]], [[Arya Stark]], and [[Arianne Martell]].<ref name="dancingincircles" /> In July 2010, he added an [[Aeron Greyjoy]] chapter that had been moved from ''A Dance with Dragons'' to ''The Winds of Winter'', accumulating around 100 completed manuscript pages.<ref name="grrm_blog_200721" /> Following the publication of ''A Dance with Dragons'' in July 2011, Martin announced his return to writing the series in January 2012,<ref name="ew_fantasy_king" /> having spent the intervening time on his U.S. and overseas book publicity tours and attending various conventions.<ref name="indigo_iv1" />
 
In December 2011, Martin posted a [[Theon Greyjoy]] viewpoint chapter from ''The Winds of Winter''; he also announced that another sample chapter would be included at the end of the North American paperback version of ''A Dance with Dragons'',<ref name="smartertravel" /><ref name="sample chapter" /> which was originally expected to be released in mid-2012,<ref name="smartertravel" /> but was released on October 29, 2013<!--yes, 2013-->.<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Dance with Dragons by George R. R. Martin |url=http://www.randomhouse.com/book/108334/a-dance-with-dragons-by-george-rr-martin |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130126181000/http://www.randomhouse.com/book/108334/a-dance-with-dragons-by-george-rr-martin |archive-date=January 26, 2013 |access-date=February 16, 2013 |publisher=Random House}}</ref> (International paperback editions of ''A Dance with Dragons'' published a year earlier did not include a new, as yet unpublished sample chapter.)<ref name="amazon_pubpp_adwd" /> In the first quarter of 2012, Martin read new chapters of other characters at public events, including the chapters of [[Victarion Greyjoy]] and [[Tyrion Lannister]].<ref name="harpvoy_eastercon" /> Martin continued work editing anthologies and completing a large, highly detailed series [[atlas]] ''[[The Lands of Ice and Fire]]'', which was published in October 2012.<ref name="ustream_eastercon12" /><ref name="randomhouse_lands" /> Martin published another sample chapter from Arianne Martell's POV on his website in January 2013.<ref name="grrm_blog_130108" /> On March 27, ten days before the [[Game of Thrones (season 4)|''Game of Thrones'' season four]] premiere, Martin posted a chapter on his website, titled ''Mercy''. Martin said the new chapter is actually an old one, though never published nor publicly read.<ref name="hollywoodlife">{{Cite web|last=Tierney |first=H.L. |title='Winds Of Winter' Chapter — George RR Martin Releases 'Game Of Thrones' Excerpt – Hollywood Life |url=http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/03/27/winds-of-winter-chapter-george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones/ |url-status=livedead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140328141155/http://hollywoodlife.com/2014/03/27/winds-of-winter-chapter-george-rr-martin-game-of-thrones/ |archive-date=March 28, 2014 |access-date=March 28, 2014 |website=Hollywood Life}}</ref> In April 2015, Martin posted a Sansa Stark viewpoint chapter from ''The Winds of Winter'' titled ''Alayne''.<ref name="alayne" /> In May 2016, Martin replaced this chapter with an Arianne Martell chapter he had read from at Mysticon,<ref name="livejournal.com" /> and an Aeron Greyjoy chapter that was removed from ''A Dance with Dragons'' was read at Balticon.
 
As of June 2016, a total of 11 chapters from ''The Winds of Winter'' had been either read publicly or published as a sample chapter. The point of view characters with released material are Victarion, Aeron, Tyrion, Barristan, Arianne, Theon, Mercy (Arya), and Alayne (Sansa).<ref name="NME-release">{{Cite news |date=January 15, 2017 |title=The Winds of Winter: release date, news, plot, chapters and returning characters |language=en-US |work=NME |url=https://www.nme.com/blogs/tv-blogs/the-winds-of-winter-release-date-chapters-1942288 |url-status=live |access-date=January 17, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170115202213/http://www.nme.com/blogs/tv-blogs/the-winds-of-winter-release-date-chapters-1942288 |archive-date=January 15, 2017}}</ref> Several websites, including [[Goodreads]], have dedicated entire discussion panels to any material that has been released from ''The Winds of Winter'', including plot twists, theories, and speculations. In 2018, Martin indicated he would not release any more sample chapters.<ref>{{Cite web |title=FIRE & BLOOD : On The Way|publisher=Not A Blog|url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/#comments |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180425182310/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/#comments |archive-date=April 25, 2018 |access-date=April 25, 2018 |website=georgerrmartin.com}}</ref> In 2020, Martin indicated he had been revising some of the sample chapters.<ref name="Nov2020">{{Cite web |title=Back to Westeros &#124|publisher=Not A Blog|url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/11/08/back-to-westeros/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201109074733/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/11/08/back-to-westeros/ |archive-date=November 9, 2020 |access-date=November 10, 2020}}</ref>
 
=== Writing history ===
In April 2011, shortly before the publication of ''A Dance with Dragons'', which took him six years to write, Martin hoped that "the last two books will go a little quicker than this one has" and estimated that it would take "three years to finish the next one at a good pace".<ref name="guardian_barbarians">{{Cite web |last=Flood |first=Alison |date=April 13, 2011 |title=George RR Martin: Barbarians at the gate |url=https://www.theguardian.com/books/2011/apr/13/george-rr-martin-game-thrones |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120409091731/http://www.guardian.co.uk/books/2011/apr/13/george-rr-martin-game-thrones |archive-date=April 9, 2012 |access-date=January 21, 2012 |publisher=guardian.co.uk}}</ref><ref name="newyorker" /> In a July 2011 interview, Martin acknowledged that his repeated estimating of publication dates that were not subsequently met had angered some of his fan base in the past, and at the time suggested he would not make them going forward.<ref name="ew_fantasy_king" /> By October 2012, 400 pages of the sixth novel had been written, although Martin considered only the first 200 as "really finished", the rest still needing revisions.<ref name="adria_trying" /> In April 2013, Martin estimated that he had written a quarter of the book.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUp_RtzYMhk |title=Game of Thrones&nbsp;– George R. R. Martin Interview |date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015085107/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUp_RtzYMhk |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |url-status=live |work=YouTube}}</ref>
 
By October 2012, 400 pages of the sixth novel had been written, although Martin considered only the first 200 as "really finished", the rest still needing revisions.<ref name="adria_trying" />
 
In April 2013, Martin estimated that he had written a quarter of the book.<ref>{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUp_RtzYMhk |title=Game of Thrones&nbsp;– George R. R. Martin Interview |date=April 1, 2013 |access-date=February 27, 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141015085107/http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BUp_RtzYMhk |archive-date=October 15, 2014 |url-status=live |work=YouTube}}</ref>
 
In April 2015, Martin said he would like to have it published before the [[Game of Thrones (season 6)|sixth season]] of the [[HBO]] series ''[[Game of Thrones]]'' (which was to cover material from the book) aired in 2016;<ref>{{Cite magazine |title='Game of Thrones' author George R.R. Martin determined to finish book by 2016 |url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/04/03/george-rr-martin-winds-date |url-status=live |magazine=[[Entertainment Weekly]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191204034843/https://ew.com/article/2015/04/03/george-rr-martin-winds-date/ |archive-date=December 4, 2019 |access-date=February 18, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Winds of Winter release date: Book to be out before Game of Thrones Season 6 |url=http://www.christiantoday.com/article/winds.of.winter.release.date.news.book.to.be.out.before.game.of.thrones.season.6/55890.htm |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829115223/https://www.christiantoday.com/article/winds.of.winter.release.date.news.book.to.be.out.before.game.of.thrones.season.6/55890.htm |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=June 12, 2015}}</ref> in September 2015, statements made by the Spanish editor and the Polish translator of the novel indicated that it was expected to be published in 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hooton |first=Christopher |date=September 10, 2015 |title=The Winds of Winter release date 2016: George RR Martin's next book might finally be coming |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/the-winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martins-next-book-might-finally-be-coming-10494416.html |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150912151317/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/the-winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martins-next-book-might-finally-be-coming-10494416.html |archive-date=September 12, 2015 |access-date=January 21, 2017 |website=The Independent}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Jesús Baratheon |date=September 9, 2015 |title=Alejo Cuervo (Gigamesh): "Está previsto que Vientos de Invierno salga en 2016 (también en español)" |url=http://lossietereinos.com/alejo-cuervo-gigamesh-esta-previsto-que-vientos-de-invierno-sea-publicado-en-2016-tambien-en-espanol/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150911234456/http://lossietereinos.com/alejo-cuervo-gigamesh-esta-previsto-que-vientos-de-invierno-sea-publicado-en-2016-tambien-en-espanol/ |archive-date=September 11, 2015 |access-date=September 11, 2015 |website=Los Siete Reinos}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |date=October 2015 |title=Relacja z konwentu Kapitularz 2015 |url=http://piesnloduiognia.pl/relacja-z-konwentu-kapitularz-2015/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829040526/http://piesnloduiognia.pl/relacja-z-konwentu-kapitularz-2015/ |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=October 15, 2015 |website=Pieśń lodu i ognia&nbsp;– Gra o tron}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Christopher Hooton |date=October 2, 2015 |title=The Winds of Winter release date news: Polish translator slip suggests late 2015/early 2016 for next George RR Martin book |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/the-winds-of-winter-release-date-news-polish-translator-slip-suggests-late-2015early-2016-for-next-a6677271.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170829040055/http://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/books/news/the-winds-of-winter-release-date-news-polish-translator-slip-suggests-late-2015early-2016-for-next-a6677271.html |archive-date=August 29, 2017 |access-date=September 16, 2017 |website=The Independent}}</ref>
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In 2017, Martin believed that ''The Winds of Winter'' would be released that same year. However, he also noted that he had believed the same thing would occur the previous year,<ref name="NME-release" /><ref name="Martin, George R. R">{{Cite web |last=George R. R. Martin |date=January 9, 2017 |title=Doom, Despair, Defeat |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/515302.html?thread=25552870#t25552870 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170815111548/http://grrm.livejournal.com/515302.html?thread=25552870#t25552870 |archive-date=August 15, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=Not a Blog}}</ref><ref name="Hibberd, James">{{Cite web |last=Hibberd, James |date=January 11, 2017 |title=George R.R. Martin on Winds of Winter release date: 'I think this year' |url=https://ew.com/tv/2017/01/10/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter-release-2017-date/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170111182149/http://ew.com/tv/2017/01/10/george-r-r-martin-winds-of-winter-release-2017-date/ |archive-date=January 11, 2017 |access-date=January 11, 2017 |publisher=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> and later that year he confirmed he was "still months away" from finishing the book, indicating it may not be published until 2018 or later, with ''[[Fire & Blood (book)|Fire & Blood]]'', the book on the history of House Targaryen, possibly preceding it.<ref>{{Cite web |last=grrm |date=July 22, 2017 |title=The Swords Are Drawn |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/544709.html |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170802112916/http://grrm.livejournal.com/544709.html |archive-date=August 2, 2017 |access-date=July 23, 2017}}</ref> <!-- ! Based on "Whether WINDS or the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD will be the first to hit the bookstores is hard to say at this juncture, but I do think you will have a Westeros book from me in 2018... and who knows, maybe two. " AND "No publication date has been set yet, but it's likely that we will get the first volume of FIRE AND BLOOD out in late 2018 or early 2019." -->
In April 2018, Martin confirmed that ''Fire & Blood'' would be published before ''The Winds of Winter'', which would not be published in 2018;<ref>{{Cite web |title=Fire Blood on the way |url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324114746/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/04/25/fire-blood-on-the-way/ |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |access-date=March 8, 2019}}</ref> he indicated that ''Fire & Blood'' was the book his publisher wanted next.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Hibberd, James |date=November 19, 2018 |title=George R.R. Martin gets candid about new book: 'What excites me most is I finished it' |url=https://ew.com/author-interviews/2018/11/19/george-rr-martin-interview/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190427192729/https://ew.com/author-interviews/2018/11/19/george-rr-martin-interview/ |archive-date=April 27, 2019 |access-date=April 27, 2019 |magazine=Entertainment Weekly}}</ref> Since then, he has confirmed at least four times in 2018 that he was continuing work on ''The Winds of Winter''.<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 11, 2018 |title=HBO Greenlights Goldman Pilot |url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/06/11/hbo-greenlights-goldman-pilot/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180616203859/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/06/11/hbo-greenlights-goldman-pilot/ |archive-date=June 16, 2018 |access-date=August 15, 2018 |website=georgerrmartin.com}}</ref><ref name="talkvideo">{{Cite web |last=Antonsson |first=Elio M. García and Linda |title=Westeros: News&nbsp;– GRRM at SF in SF |url=http://www.westeros.org/News/Entry/15822 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180827142330/http://www.westeros.org/News/Entry/15822 |archive-date=August 27, 2018 |access-date=August 27, 2018 |website=www.westeros.org}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Football, Fire, and Other Stuff|publisher=Not A Blog|url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/11/05/football-fire-and-other-stuff/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181107185528/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/11/05/football-fire-and-other-stuff/ |archive-date=November 7, 2018 |access-date=2019-03-08 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Two Weeks To Remember |publisher=Not A Blog|url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/12/10/two-weeks-to-remember/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181212173304/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2018/12/10/two-weeks-to-remember/ |archive-date=December 12, 2018 |access-date=2019-03-08 |language=en-US}}</ref> In April 2019, Martin said that the writing "has been going very well lately",<ref>{{Citation|work=[[Entertainment Tonight]]|title=Game of Thrones Season 8: Breaking Down the Best Theories: Theories and Thrones |date=2019-04-10 |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddPmvuTQF0&t=573 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210510182645/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dddPmvuTQF0&t=573 |access-date=2019-04-12 |archive-date=May 10, 2021 |url-status=live}}</ref> and in May he wrote that if he did not have a copy of ''The Winds of Winter'' in hand for [[78th World Science Fiction Convention|2020 Worldcon New Zealand]], [[Air New Zealand]] has his permission to imprison him on New Zealand's [[Whakaari / White Island|White Island]] until he finishes it.<ref name="NotABlog5.21.19">{{Cite web |last=Martin, George R.R. |date=May 21, 2019 |title=Thanks, New Zealand |url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/21/thanks-new-zealand/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190522133955/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/05/21/thanks-new-zealand/ |archive-date=May 22, 2019 |access-date=May 22, 2019 |publisher=Not a Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Gilmer |first=Marcus |date=May 23, 2019 |title=George R.R. Martin says he'll let New Zealand jail him if he doesn't finish 'Winds of Winter' by summer 2020 |url=https://mashable.com/article/george-r-r-martin-new-zealand-jail-winds-of-winter/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190803180050/https://mashable.com/article/george-r-r-martin-new-zealand-jail-winds-of-winter/ |archive-date=August 3, 2019 |access-date=August 24, 2019 |website=[[Mashable]]}}</ref> In October 2019, Martin said he hoped to finish ''The Winds of Winter'' "in the relatively near future",<ref>{{Cite web |title=An Evening with George R. R. Martin [CC] |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IfIpY0eEA84 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211215/IfIpY0eEA84 |archive-date=2021-12-15 |via=www.youtube.com}}{{cbignore}}</ref> and after a ''Game of Thrones'' prequel, ''[[House of the Dragon]]'', of which Martin is one of the executive producers, was announced,<ref>{{Cite web |last=Patten |first=Dominic |last2=Andreeva |first2=Nellie |date=October 29, 2019 |title='Game Of Thrones' Prequel 'House Of The Dragon' Gets Straight To Series Order From HBO |url=https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-new-series-house-of-the-dragons-targaryen-hbo-max-greenlight-1202771886/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191030001009/https://deadline.com/2019/10/game-of-thrones-new-series-house-of-the-dragons-targaryen-hbo-max-greenlight-1202771886/ |archive-date=October 30, 2019 |access-date=October 30, 2019 |website=Deadline}}</ref> he stated that there was a lot of work to be done on the series but that he would not write any scripts for the series before finishing ''The Winds of Winter''.<ref>{{Cite web |title=The Dragons Take Wing &#124;|publisher=Not A Blog|url=http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/10/30/the-dragons-take-wing/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191103212548/http://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2019/10/30/the-dragons-take-wing/ |archive-date=November 3, 2019 |access-date=November 5, 2019}}</ref>
 
In an interview published in January 2020, Martin said that while he was still working on ''The Winds of Winter'', his primary focus, he also continues<ref>{{Cite web |date=June 11, 2019 |title='Winds of Winter' Release Date Delay: Too Many Projects Keeping Author Busy |url=https://www.ibtimes.com/winds-winter-release-date-delay-too-many-projects-keeping-author-busy-2799623 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190612203640/https://www.ibtimes.com/winds-winter-release-date-delay-too-many-projects-keeping-author-busy-2799623 |archive-date=June 12, 2019 |access-date=January 22, 2020 |website=[[International Business Times]]}}</ref> working with [[Nnedi Okorafor]] on a TV adaptation of her science fantasy novel ''[[Who Fears Death]]'',<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/plus205141110/George-R-R-Martin-Game-Of-Thrones-haette-im-Kino-enden-sollen.html/|title=Die Leute kennen ein Ende – nicht das Ende|author=Scholz, Martin|newspaper=[[Die Welt]]|language=de|url-status=live|date=January 19, 2020|access-date=April 28, 2023|archive-date=September 2, 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220902093613/https://www.welt.de/kultur/literarischewelt/plus205141110/George-R-R-Martin-Game-Of-Thrones-haette-im-Kino-enden-sollen.html}}</ref> for which he agreed to be executive producer in 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|author=[[Martin, George R.R.]]|date=July 11, 2017|access-date=April 28, 2023|title=Who Fears Death? |url=http://grrm.livejournal.com/542263.html|publisher=Not a Blog|via=[[LiveJournal]]|url-status=live|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191121052615/https://grrm.livejournal.com/542263.html |archive-date=November 21, 2019}}</ref> In March and April 2020, Martin stated that he was writing ''The Winds of Winter'' every day.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin, George R.R. |date=March 17, 2020 |title=Strange Days |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/03/17/strange-days/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318123105/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/03/17/strange-days/ |archive-date=March 18, 2020 |access-date=March 18, 2020 |publisher=Not a Blog |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=No Fooling &#124;|publisher=Not A Blog|url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/04/02/no-fooling/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200405221823/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2020/04/02/no-fooling/ |archive-date=April 5, 2020 |access-date=April 6, 2020}}</ref> In February 2021, Martin said he had written "hundreds and hundreds of pages" of ''The Winds of Winter'' in 2020 but that even though it had been the most productive year with regard to ''The Winds of Winter'', he still had hundreds of pages to write; although he was hopeful of finishing in 2021, he did not want to make any predictions.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |author-link=George R. R. Martin |date=February 2, 2021 |title=Reflections on a Bad Year |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/02/02/reflections-on-a-bad-year/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210202155030/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2021/02/02/reflections-on-a-bad-year/ |archive-date=February 2, 2021 |access-date=February 27, 2021|publisher=Not A Blog}}</ref> In March 2022, Martin stated that he had made less progress in 2021 than in 2020, but emphasized that {{"'}}less' is not 'none{{'"}}.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Martin |first=George R. R. |author-link=George R. R. Martin |date=March 9, 2022 |title=Random Updates and Bits o' News |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/ |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220309154502/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2022/03/09/random-updates-and-bits-o-news/ |archive-date=March 9, 2022 |access-date=2022-03-09|publisher=Not A Blog|language=en-US}} </ref>
 
During an appearance on the October 25, 2022, episode of ''[[The Late Show with Stephen Colbert]]'', Martin said that approximately three quarters of ''The Winds of Winter'' had been written.<ref name=HollywoodReporter/><ref name=TheBrag/> In an appearance on ''[[Stephen Colbert's Tooning Out the News]]'' later that year, Martin said that he had written approximately 1,100 to 1,200 pages of the book and that roughly 400–500 pages remained to be written.<ref name=Esquire/> In July 2023, Martin said that he was working on the novel "almost every day".<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7|title=Every update George R.R. Martin has given about his long-delayed next novel, 'The Winds of Winter'|author=Haasch, Palmer|magazine=[[Business Insider]]|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=August 3, 2023|access-date=August 8, 2023|archive-date=August 5, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230805194709/https://www.insider.com/winds-of-winter-release-date-george-rr-martin-updates-timeline-2023-7}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/07/22/actors-join-the-strike/|author=[[Martin, George R.R.]]|title=Actors Join the Strike!|publisher=Not a Blog|language=en-US|url-status=live|date=July 22, 2023|access-date=August 9, 2023|archive-date=August 9, 2023|archive-url=https://archive.today/20230809040243/https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/07/22/actors-join-the-strike/}}</ref> In November 2023, Martin indicated that the number of pages written was the same as the year before, stating that he was "struggling with it".<ref name=IGN11.20.23/>
 
On August 14th, 2023, Martin reaffirmed his notion from his ‘''Blog that is Not A Blog’'' post from April 15th, 2014 that no further Dunk and Egg novellas will be written until after finishing ''The Winds of Winter.''<ref>{{Cite web |title=A Knight and a Squire {{!}} Not a Blog |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2023/04/14/a-knight-and-a-squire/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Dunk and Egg {{!}} Not a Blog |url=https://georgerrmartin.com/notablog/2014/04/15/dunk-and-egg/ |access-date=2024-07-25 |language=en-US}}</ref>
 
In November 2023, Martin indicated that the number of pages written was the same as the year before, stating that he was "struggling with it" and doesn't know when it will be finished.<ref name="IGN11.20.23" />
 
==References==
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