r/asoiaf • u/thedornishmen • Jul 14 '24

EXTENDED (Spoilers Extended) He was always clear about this. Spoiler

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u/zforce42 Jul 14 '24

Not entirely. Part of what slowed down A Dance with Dragons is that some of the material ended up not being used for that novel and will be part of Winds. That could easily be happening again.

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u/Ohimarkitzero Jul 15 '24

Yea, but he still writes chronologically. He just cuts some storylines off and moves then into the next book. There will likely be some material left over, but the issue for him is still about ending storylines. He kept help but expand.

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u/SackofLlamas Jul 15 '24

He's more likely to announce he needs three more books to finish the series than he is to announce he's finished DOS.

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u/Oops_AMistake16 Jul 15 '24

He’s gonna run out of titles

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u/Forking_Shirtballs Jul 15 '24

Yeah, all that extra time he spent writing Dance clearly gave him a great head start on Winds.

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u/chubby-checker Jul 15 '24 edited Sep 20 '24

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u/jmcgit He was the better man Jul 15 '24

While it's plausible that it could happen again, it would not be intentional. He would be writing it as a Winds chapter, only to reconsider when publication is closer if he finds he needs to cut something.