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Originally Posted by Sirtel
He has said that once he knows the ending, he loses the will/drive to write. That's what supposedly happened with ASOIAF. He just doesn't want to write the series anymore.
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I don't doubt for a moment, that is also a contributing factor.
And it could well be, that he will now diverge even more from the TV series to make it interesting enough to continue writing.
I have read where he says it won't, but he talks in double-talk sometimes and clearly doesn't mind lying.
His biggest lie of course, being he won't work on anything else until he has finished. 12 months later we got Flesh & Blood. He's made many promises he just never keeps. I take them all with a pinch of salt now, and like he says ... it will be done when it's done. The second half of Flesh & Blood, will no doubt come out first ... maybe in 2020 if we are lucky. Don't expect to see what we really want, until at least 2021.
But you never know in this life, he may yet surprise us.
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In reality, GRRM has to finish his story or enable someone else to. If he doesn't, then he will be laughing stock, look a damn fool, and many will never read his books, certainly that series. The negativity at the end of the TV series hasn't helped either, so he kind of needs to make good. All added stresses no doubt.
It is even more of an imperative for him, than it was for Robert Jordan, who at least had a huge fan base, many of whom act out his characters, belong to clubs and so on.
There are many who persevered and are heavily invested, so if they ultimately get let down, then they won't be promoting or recommending that series, quite the opposite in many cases I reckon. So if he wants his work to live on as more than a fantasy footnote, there will need to be some kind of finalization.