Update on The Winds Of Winter - George RR Martin

Get the latest update on "A Wind of Winter" by George R.R. Martin, the highly anticipated next chapter in the epic fantasy series. Join Martin as he shares progress, tantalizing plot developments, and the destiny of beloved characters. Prepare for a world of dragons, political intrigue, and mind-bending twists that will leave you yearning for more!
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[@MADLADCOMICS]

George in the afterlife: "Almost done you guys! 3/4!

[@kvothethebloodless3361]

That’s 200 years of purgatory for you

[@carastone3473]

Yes, he’s been saying 3/4 done for quite a while now…

[@horrorvacui3606]

Like you could read lol

[@kinimodsannas1276]

😂😂😂

[@kinimodsannas1276]

​@@horrorvacui3606Well, he can write. LOL

[@dallasmiles4921]

We will see a dream of spring when the sun rises in the west and sets in the east, when the mountains blow like leaves in the wind.

[@lethalus3494]

Underrated 🤣

[@barisyasar7090]

It's been the longest winter

[@louyou6614]

The night is long and full of terrors

[@MK-fd7jp]

A longer summer always means a longer winter

[@benu_bird]

And Phil is gonna see his shadow and jump back in his hole.

[@aamirrazak3467]

Indeed a winter that’s been 14 years now and counting. I hope it ends soon

[@louyou6614]

@@aamirrazak3467 an ice age

[@LucLB01]

The hype around it clearly puts him on a lot of pressure. He keeps rewriting it because he doesn’t think it’s good enough. He doesn’t want to let us down, but the biggest letdown would be to never get it.

[@ultimatekayozz]

The biggest curse of an artist is striving for perfection.

[@oppenheimer6321]

In the end A Dream of Spring will be just that for us fans, a dream

[@pecoliky8793]

maybe the dream of spring is the friends we made along the way?

[@ScienceWinsEveryTime]

My only hope is that he's been writing both books this whole time and will announce that they're both finished at the same time, Dream of Spring releasing a year or two after WoW. But I have to resign myself to the probability that we never get either book, which is the most likely outcome.

[@strawberryblondemilk7249]

People in the comments "oh george dont rush take your time" ITS BEEN 13 YEARS FOR FUCKS SAKE TIME HAS BEEN TOOK!!

[@potayto_potahto732]

i remember when people were shocked because it wasnt gonna come out in 2014 and they would have to wait until 2015...

[@konawalchuk333]

*its been 7 years, he had to completely rewrite it starting in 2017

[@Jamie-ul6ww]

@@konawalchuk333 ... It's been 13 years since the last book came out. Him rewriting it doesn't reset the waiting counter. What a pointless comment

[@thrillcollectors]

For real. 13 years for a single book, what will likely end up being over 15 years at this rate. Who knows we might never get it.

[@theincredible_volk]

​@@thrillcollectorswhether or not you like it, he writes other stories. He's allowed to write what he wants to write when he wants to write them. Saying "it's been 13 years" is a pointless comment, he'll get it done when he has time. He's a big name and a lot of people want to work with him. The sheer amount of sh** he works on and is involved with is astounding. His life is much much more than just GoT. Even if you think he has a responsibility to the fans to finish it fast, he really absolutely does not. He's written 5 books and various novellas for that series over almost 30 years, if there's any "responsibility" to placate the fans, He's gone above and beyond to so. You also glossoer he fact that he had to restart writing book 6 by scratch like it means nothing. Imagine you're playing a hard ass game and your progress gets lost half way through, you're not gonna go right back into level 1. You're probably gonna take a break for your own sanity. It's exponentially worse when it comes to writing. But He's still writing it and is self admittedly 3/4 of the way through. In short, stop bit****, you probably haven't even read any of the books and are looking for clout on KZbin, which you wont get

[@pyrho1]

He should split Winds into two books and release the first one now

[@whitedragoness23]

I wouldn’t dispute that, some fans have waited so long and want to know before they pass away.

[@knightsfb32]

That’s dumb. He clearly has a theme of 7 going on

[@SunDogGod]

Just name it winds of winter part 1 and part 2 bam still 7 books technically lol

[@knightsfb32]

@@SunDogGod no that would be 8 books. I can tell you aren’t great at math

[@ScientificBeatz]

@@knightsfb32you just did 1st grade math and acting like a mathematician. We know that’s 8 books but who cares. 2 parts is a great idea. Gives fans something to read

[@caseyhansen4583]

We will probably never get the dream of spring

[@kylemossi]

That's why its called a dream.

[@YourGraceMyLady]

@@kylemossiexactly. Elio India will have to write it

[@whitedragoness23]

@@YourGraceMyLadywho is that? I thought I read he doesn’t want anyone to finish the books. It’s either Martin finished it or some junkie they pick off from the street who said George came to him in a dream on how the last two books ended….

[@LisaAnn777]

Oh well, it will always exist in our dreams 😊

[@user-sc3or7ys9z]

@@kylemossiyou gotta be asleep to believe it

[@tamaz88]

The dream of spring is a dream yet to come

[@koator]

Winds of winter is just that words on the winds And dream of spring is not even that juat a dream

[@idealsAREisomorphic]

He should release this book one word at a time.

[@megalexantros]

We'd be at word 100 by now...m

[@TrendTrove171]

If he did a word everyday we’d be at roughly a chapter by now

[@psevdhome]

You gotta hand it to Miura. He also started his sprawling epic in the 90s and even though he died he gave his best friend the story and taught his students his art style and we might actually see the end of Berserk even though the creator died before he could finish it. George handed his story to a bunch of incompetent grifters who got bored telling George's story about half way and started making shit up.

[@etteugab8397]

berserk is significantly less convoluted than game of thrones. in fact, game of thrones is one of the longest, most convoluted, most detailed, most intertwined series of book/story literature ever written. berserk is beautifully simple, with only a small handful of characters and an expertly crafted philosophical and moral background in a medieval setting. the entire story of berserk would be less than a single chapter of a single book in got.

[@psevdhome]

@@etteugab8397 I get your point, but I totally disagree that berserk is very simple. Not on the same grand scale as asoiaf of course. But still not as simple. I get that saying it would be less than one chapter is just rhetorical exaggeration but it's still a bit much.

[@etteugab8397]

@@psevdhome berserk achieves beauty with a very small cast of characters, a very tightly knit plotline, and almost no worldbuilding at all. the series is about the internal struggles of one man, and its beautiful. it also tells its story through art, so theres as much detail that you can see. asoiaf tells the story through long, verbose descriptions with as much detail as humanly possible, whilst also including internal struggles of every character they could possibly introduce.

[@psevdhome]

@@etteugab8397 Very well written! I realise I was just personally annoyed by how you phrased things, but that has nothing to do with what you actually say, the content. Very good analysis! I do understand that Asoiaf has vivid descriptions whereas Berserk has amazing art. I wonder is art like berserk even able to be put into words? Could you make an Asoiaf comic that had an artist that could bring the descriptions that Martin gives into a visual medium? Probably not!

[@etteugab8397]

@@psevdhome nice talking with you

[@DaysieRose]

You are absolutely killing me, George 😢

[@chink-xina]

oh hi Rose

[@BramVanhooydonck]

"When will we see a dream of spring?" Should be a phrase said by any of the POV's during the long night. It also makes sense that it gets larger everyday because of the long night.

[@nicholasczech6973]

If George completes Winds of Winter by 2024 at the latest. He will be doing the world one of the greatest fantasy books ever written. The man can write, such a shame that time is running its course. Dream of Spring will probably never come into our hands. It has taken him this long to write winds of winter, another 10 years would defy his mental capacity with age.

[@dominicwyartt3598]

Have you ever thought he might be writing DOS to release both of them together or am I just being naive hahaha

[@lisagaughan7154]

​@@dominicwyartt3598that would be amazing, though it's probably not the case.

[@TheRealDarth_Vader]

​@@dominicwyartt3598 I hope he is doing that and if the quality is there that would be a very pleasant surprise. GOT could even have a remake that would include more run time more characters and alot more of the actual fantasy elements etc D and D cut out alot of content and even mixed characters together including their plotlines whilst completely like cutting out other plot lines like Dorn for example.

[@andreashort310]

Don't know why you're so optimistic. We might see Winds someday, but I doubt it will be this year. And yeah, I also doubt we'll ever see Dream.

[@marlonthomas8042]

I have always said wow will take more than ados Purely because he has to move all the pieces into place for the last book Doing that without it feeling contrived is time consuming But come on if wow was as long as adwd he would only have to write 90 words a day, or one page every 4 days and it’s be done by now Pity is by the time he does finish them all he’ll have about 5 days to enjoy his success before he keels over

[@JohnTorres1987]

He said it was going to be the biggest book in the series like 7 years ago. Saying it lately doesn’t make me think that he is working any harder or longer on it.

[@jameswitts3793]

Is this back from 2014 or something? 😂

[@ElectrostatiCrow]

These updates are starting to feel the same. I hope he finishes the series.

[@jameswitts3793]

@@ElectrostatiCrow I doubt he'll even finish Winds of Winter let alone the series I think the success and pressure has turned him into a salty nay-sayer of his own fanbase

[@TroubleMakery]

It's like last year

[@CrzYbaDmutha2245]

George is like, I already completed 5 of these books, we good.

[@kirkmcgirk86]

The way he grinds his teeth at the end doesn’t give one hope

[@ModernDayRenaissanceMan]

Who's still waiting in 2134? Take your time Frozen Head GRRM. Nueralink will preserve us all.

[@kylemossi]

He really needs to put his tangents in check. If he doesn't control his garden...well he is in his 70s, and large.

[@MrHemFun]

The garden is probably a rain forest now that is too thick to put in order

[@justinnyugen7015]

The previous book was already bloated with characters. Did Quentyn really need to be introduced as a new POV only to be dragon food?

[@eltoro8166]

We are never ever ever gonna get the Winds of Winter

[@psych0536]

George can absolutely take his time with finishing the book but i would really like if he split it into two parts and released part 1 this year. He's about 75% done so tidy up the first half of the book a bit and release it, then he can say winds part 2 is halfway done. and to be honest if its going to be longer than Storm and Dance it will need to be split into two anyway to prevent issues with binding so you might as well release a part 1

[@Psychoma99]

This was a year ago so maybe 75.0001% done now

[@franingegnieri1831]

I prefer to see him writing rather than having a mental blackout

[@pranushaaa]

It really has been the longest winter 😔

[@a.lionne5257]

Maybe I’m naive but I believe one day he will finish those books. Some part of me hopes he did ages ago and he is just trolling us. But if he is still writing, it’s ok. I read the fifth book eight years ago and I’m waiting since then. I can wait longer. Just keep writing, George. It will be a great book

[@pablosanz427]

its his book, he will finish it if he wants to. fans should not be entitled to tell himn he is taking too long, its his saga, his universe, his characters, he could very well decide he aint going to end it and that would be fine. i get people being eager for it but imagine millions of people asuming you will die before finishing your magnum opus.

[@creightonc8147]

You can tell by the way he’s acting he is disinterested, constantly looking away when he talks about it, like he would like to think about anything but that book.

[@smithical100]

Someone needs to tell this guy, him not finished the books would be like Tolkien only writing half of Return of the King. This guy doesn't owe the book to anyone but it is extremely disrespectful to the fans to work on all these side projects. Side projects he would not have without the success of his initial series. The same series he will never finish. A song of ice and fire will never be finished by this man, I'd place a 5 figure bet on that.

[@cabeleramaster]

My theory is that he has already finished winds of winter but is actually writing the dream of spring. Then he will release winds of winter and put it in his will to have the dream of spring released post mortem

[@TomorrowWeLive]

Next level cope

[@eocha24]

“Hopefully get to it”

[@hoodiesticks]

Remember when A Song of Ice and Fire was supposed to be a trilogy?

[@jovedo27]

I love his elden ring hat

[@BTBAM819]

At least he's giving updates and responds calmly most of the times he gets this question. Not blocking or banning anyone just like Rothfuss does.

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

Have you ever seen him respond to someone worrying he might die before finished the story?

[@GilandersonXD]

@@MrBell-iq3sm what happened lol?

[@MrBell-iq3sm]

@@GilandersonXD He becomes defensive, angry and has even given his middle finger.

[@SLENDRBOI]

Never. He's prepared to pull the Jordan. He's too afraid to die an author of an underwhelming ending, so he'll die an author of an unfinished masterpiece.

[@NevG27]

I like how he says book

[@SourPatchPuss]

I heard someone say George is really good at creating storylines and growing them and intertwining them naturally but hes not the best at bringing them all to an end. Especially when there are so many characters all interconnected with each other and everyone is hoping and waiting for a satisfying ending. Its a looooot!

[@CarlosGarcia-gm7rk]

well, you know this isn’t supposed to be the final book right?

[@Jadee95]

Either this book will never come out or it will be an absolute banger

[@ianbrittain9575]

He’s going to die before this series is ever finished.

[@ryanbrets7695]

We'll 100% get winds, but not the last one.

[@justinnyugen7015]

@@ryanbrets7695his living relatives will probably have to release his Dream of Spring bullet points posthumously

[@Spacewinterknight]

Nah I think he’ll finish the series and then he would probably die imo as this series is his magnum opus and that alone could add motivation to live for many more years

[@Hepheat75]

We're never seeing the Dream of Spring because Winds of Winter will probably come out by the time George dies.

[@krim7]

He created a Gordian knot that is difficult to untangle if he wants to keep winds as a single volume

[@79klkw]

hoping both books will be released together, or closely. it would take some of the unhappiness from, and with his fans, away...I think

[@michaelpopely4408]

Chat GPT write me the Winds of Winter . 20 minutes later all done

[@billyjreeves]

Winds I’m not worried about too much. Dream of Spring I am 😞

[@HACKTACULAR.]

I’m happy it’s not rushed, but I mean come on man🤷‍♂️

[@Taveren]

Blame game of thrones the show, and a meerenesse knot 2.0

[@aragingbear6466]

I just hope he doesn't eat himself to death before he finishes the last two books

[@jayk8756]

If George had finished winds in 2014 we would have dream by now and if he needed to he’d be writing the 8th

[@Psychoma99]

If we had Winds in 2014, the show would've finished very different

[@addytrolla2535]

I was a young man when I started reading this series. Now I'm an old dude with a heart condition. 2 things I'd like to enjoy before I go: Winds of Winter and another Spurs championship!

[@israelisntreal786]

At this point, we'll all die before George releases a Dream... in the Immortal Words of Martin Luther King Jr - "I have a dream... A Dream of Spring"

[@J_Rossi]

Maybe if *The Winds Of Winter* is ultimately as large as Mr. Martin suggests, something could be done once it's finished. Maybe release it in two volumes so that each one isn't gargantuan in terms of literal book size. I remember getting *A Storm Of Swords* when that first came out and that book was *HUGE*. It was so big and I read it so much it eventually got worn out. Pages started falling out and the spine literally almost split in half. Not because I was rough with the book (I was very careful with it) but the thing was just so large it eventually literally broke.

[@ninaa4192]

Bro should recruit Brandon Sanderson to help him finish this goddamn book

[@rishabhaniket1952]

Sanderson is a pedestrian compared to GRRM. What are you talking about?

[@Tristyn_Waterman]

​@@rishabhaniket1952he finished wheel of time. Though, I don't think sanderson's style fits the best for asoiaf

[@spacegerrit9499]

Sanderson is the King of the fantasy bubble. Releasing another book every 2 secs. Sanderson is the difference between quantity and quality. He's a factory, talking about his books like software that needs patches and patchnotes. Dudes not an artist; he's just is a big name in a bubble of mediocre. Sue me.

[@greyowl3787]

Sanderson already said he wouldn’t do it even if offered because ASOIAF is too different from what he writes. Robin Hobb would be a better fit, she and GRRM are even irl friends. But then he once said in an interview he’d never allow anyone else writing in his universe, and his wife would follow his will after he’s gone. If he doesn’t write a copious amount of notes, we’ll _never_ see a Dream of Spring.

[@ants-in-my-eyesjohnson1271]

That look at the end says it all. Not even George thinks he'll finish ADoS. 😞

[@alphatman8396]

I will believe it when I see it!

[@eocha24]

Looking forward to Dream Of Spring in 2038

[@mrgauth]

Did you catch the phrase, "I've been meaning to get back to it."? Jeez. Means he is not actively even really working that hard on it.

[@davealvaor]

So , another 5-7 years 🫶🏻

[@stepheng3985]

Honestly, George, take your time. The amount of in-universe lore and narrative this man has produced while procrastinating the next volume in the series is astonishing.

[@strawberryblondemilk7249]

It's been 13 years!!! time has been took for gods sake .

[@Esauofisaac]

Yeah take your time George you’re 75 you definitely have a lot of time left maybe take a couple years off actually you’re Gucci baby

[@DC-ml6cv]

@@Esauofisaacyeah people don’t understand how age works and what it does to the mind. If anything the stories will get worse. Think he’s having a hard time keeping up now? Ten years from now it’ll be way worse. Whatever he does put out won’t even compare to what it would have been when he was younger. Absolute shit show tbh. It’d be like trying to hold on to a memory from your 20s to 70s but way worse because it’s an entire universe with 100s of characters, places, plots and subplots. It’s honestly sad and even sadder at the people coping that it’ll actually be finished before he passes.

[@skullknight4579]

If George, looks me straight in the eye and say he will write more books after winds, I’ll call him a liar

[@drthespian]

I’ve got a feeling all we’re going to hear as far as progress goes is “3/4” until it’s finished.

[@megalexantros]

At this point he's probably finished the book at around 2018 and just decided to re write the entire thing cause he didn't like it. And I do love how he laughs about ADOS. Like, it's not even part of the equation guys. Forget about that.

[@Thecrimsonking01]

This is the first time ive felt frustrated waiting. George is getting impatient but its been a long time and he has written so much other stuff.

[@rJay0O]

I DREAMT I WAS OLD

[@ImOldGreggg]

Maybe GRRM should enlist Elio Garcia to help. Id hate to have a Robert Jordan and Brandon Sanderson situation happen.

[@Jester1411]

"i am 7/8ths of the way done guys"

[@thomasfevre9515]

Where is this from and how old is it? I feel like he has been saying that for ages.

[@Hoslt]

When was this

[@lordtx90]

Even if the GOD listens to our prayers bless us with Winds of Winter .. there's no way we'll get A Dream of springs ..

[@shobhitmahajan6049]

10 yearsss and you never once given me the book. And why would i do that? Because Im your fan, and the fan blood runs thick

[@emanuelsilva6840]

Is a joke a ironic joke the winds of Winter is a dream of spring

[@mikeman9478]

Wanted to get into reading the entire GoT book series, but i do not want to unless all of the books are done.

[@smithical100]

Shorts need the date added onto the main UI. "Breaking News".... of 9 months ago.

[@OscarSanchez-vd8lq]

He's not gonna finish the series l Unless he give it to Sanderson maybe he can make it 10 books in 5 years 😅

[@Pixtureske]

Bro, then split the bloody book and release as two or three part volume. I can’t believe the publisher didn’t suggest that yet.

[@teoteo6185]

@Pixtureske Because that’s not how it works bro, just because has written 2000 Pages it doesnt mean that page 10 is complete yet. He literally said in this short that he jumps back and rewrites earlier chapters

[@Pixtureske]

@@teoteo6185 don’t spoil my wet fantasies, please

[@iamalegend1999]

Winds of Winter will come when summer comes back again in the song of ice and fire loo

[@bigbrotherau05]

What a pity it would be if he would die before he could finish the last two books. And I’m not going to start reading the books before they’re all available, because the TV show is still great in my mind and I don’t want to spoil that by replacing only about 60% of the story with the so far published books.

[@richardhowe5377]

“The enemy of art is the absence of limitations.” - Orson Welles It’s becoming increasingly clear that Martin is not going to finish ASOIAF bc he is addicted to the creative process of writing it…thereby ruining one of the greatest tv series of all time. Martin is a good writer, but he is stuck in the creative process and in love with the characters and the story so much he can’t finish it. Once the work is finished, it’s no longer part of your artistic journey. As a songwriter, I know how this happens and have seen it. All throughout history, great art became mediocre bc of this flaw.

[@ShindlersFiist]

Do you guys think the show messed him up and started second-guessing himself?

[@willowflowerchild]

So just release half of this big big book and then the release the other half when you decide to write those ideas down to finish it.

[@imnotmark3053]

I hope all of the story lines converge on TWOW because what D&D did to the show was a crime

[@AncientRylanor69]

how old is this interview please.

[@TristanBehrens]

3/4 done? So it'll be finished in approximately 4 years and 4 months given the current pace...

[@kvothethebloodless3361]

I think he’s wrapping up storylines and one way or another we’ll get both books eventually. Obviously that can easily not be the case but I still have faith in my favorite author.

[@Lady-Y]

As it happens, this is what he’s said is the actual reason it’s taking so long. There are a lot of character-arcs he decided to wrap up a book earlier than intended. Otherwise there’d be too many subplots/storylines about other characters going on at the same time as the main story of ADOS, so he decided to end those characters’ stories in TWOW instead (hence him needing to go back and redo earlier chapters, to set up their conclusions).

[@OscarSanchez-vd8lq]

There's so many better book series that is just not worth to wait anymore

[@somefuckstolemynick]

You make it sound like you sit around watching the mailbox. If the book comes out it comes out. You are allowed to read other books in the meantime.

[@WifyWify-cg4vy]

Can you suggest some 😢

[@OscarSanchez-vd8lq]

@@WifyWify-cg4vy stormlight archive my new favorite epic the first law trilogy,the green bone trilogy,farseer trilogy and the sun eater book series amazing space opera to name a few

[@Mrlaneck]

He sounds like Chris chan. I'm working on it

[@noone7724]

Do you realize lemme tell you somthin if the health department of green county finds out you ripped up all them pages they could condem our house and we would have to move out of it

[@jhlbjaaa]

10 more years

[@Lexicoley1826]

Dudes gonna die before he finishes anything at this rate.

[@chriswimer6296]

I blame Dan and Dave. They stole all of his time during the early seasons, and then when they were on their own they tanked the show and probably made George rethink the whole direction of the series.

[@larria1]

Please complete this. Please shed some light on the darkness of terrible theories.

[@Thecrimsonking01]

Ive wamted to believe he has been writing winds and a dream of spring together. So he coudl release them both at once. But ut really doesnt seem soo

[@andrejkrusic372]

I don't understand why if he can't write it, he doesn't hire a ghost writer to help him.

[@josephshirk8276]

Its alright preston jacobs gonna finish

[@INSEIKYU01]

Thank you i would rather wait and get something good then rush and get what we got in the show

[@ScientificBeatz]

Show and book are 2 completely different things. Of course the show runners weren’t able to write a story after source material ran out. They expected him to be done by the time they got to the 6th season. It didn’t work out. That’s not the show runners fault. It’s funny ppl act like they as talented of writers as the actual author of the book.

[@jokeing7]

It's not even about the waiting at this point George has burned a lot of fans with false promises and fake updates any update he mentioned about winds during g.o.t run is fake he literally wrote nothing during the shows run wasted years screen writing for the show and working on other projects its honestly just disrespectful to the fans at this point

[@jokeing7]

​@ScientificBeatz we expect show runners to be able to write original content georeg gave them and outline and the show runners were just lazy I seen fan made scripts for the last season that just makes so much more sense

[@angelafahlenkamp9311]

Great art takes time but damn if I won't be half dead when we finally get there 🫤

[@jamiesalter2987]

When was this?

[@strawberryblondemilk7249]

Does it matter at this point we're never seeing the true end to ASOI&F

[@danilomurillo6312]

Maybe he should split winds of winter in two and call one a dream of spring.

[@jokeing7]

The problem is George we know during the run of game of thrones you weren't working on it bro was to busy doing zombie cameos and screen writing for g.o.t to actually work on the book it's only in the past 6 years did he actually start working on it

[@natas9967]

They'll have to remake the tv series 😂

[@ShiroHimex]

What is he, Robert Jordan?

[@kevinfloyd808]

My guess is he decided at least 10 years ago that he was unable or uninterested in finishing the series..he cant say that because it hurts sise stream revenue from filler books and spin off series.. source? Its a guess..but at this point im becoming sadly confident in the guess..

[@jokeing7]

Dude wants to be a screen writer it seem he rather expand on the song of ice and fire universe than actually complete the main series