I am pretty convinced, that no matter what he writes, some portion of fans will surely be disappointed as no one can please everyone. It seems like he has been overwhelmed by the pressure these expectations have put on him and that is the curse of being at the top of your field. The poor reception of GOT season 8 surely didn’t help and Martin now knows he can’t do any of that. ASOIF and GOT have been the biggest adult global sensation of the 21st century and there are a lot of hopes and expectations riding on these final 2 novels. In this case though, it looks like Martin has been trapped and blocked by his own awesome world. This condition, as many of you might know, is referred to as writer’s block in which the writer is unable to produce new ideas do to any reason. And I do that for several days and I go to my wife and I say, ‘Where’s my talent? What did you do with my talent? Did you put it somewhere else? I can’t find it anymore.’ Then I have a good day.” Why am I pretending I can do this? This is terrible.’ And I wind up rewriting the whole thing. And I sit down and I read what I wrote yesterday and I say, ‘This is shit. “There are joyful days, when it really comes alive, and the characters come alive and the scene and the words are pouring out of you.
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