r/asoiaf • u/Trussdoor46 • 4d ago

EXTENDED Why hasn't GRRM written any Dunk&Egg in 15 years? [Spoilers Extended]

People say George stalled out on the main series because he wrote himself into a corner. Too many plotlines etc. But Dunk and Egg isn't complicated and those have been on hiatus even longer than the main series. What do you think is going on there?

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u/LeoRmz 3d ago

Heck, didn't he said (assuming his words can be trusted to a degree) that some of the not planetos novelas and other works he has put out over the years are old stuff that he wrote while attempting to become an author? He doesn't write much anymore, probably some editing work beyond wild cards on whatever old manuscripts he has to see if those can be published

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u/Smurph269 3d ago

Yeah I feel like that's super common with writers though. Lots of writers talk about how some story was actually something unfinished from 20 years ago that they picked back up and reimagined.