In 2018, he revealed that some of his publishers had suggested splitting The Winds of Winter into two books but that he was "resisting that notion". But, as he stated in a 2011 interview, "Three years from now when I'm sitting on 1,800 pages of manuscript with no end in sight, who the hell knows". He does not intend to separate characters by geography again, as he was forced to do because of the unpublishable length of A Feast for Crows ' original manuscript.
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Martin believes the last two volumes of the series will be massive works of more than 1,500 manuscript pages each. Following his expansion of the series, Martin eventually concluded it would be succeeded by one final novel, A Dream of Spring. The Winds of Winter was originally intended, in the very early stages of the series, to be the final installment of A Song of Ice and Fire (then conceived as a trilogy). In addition, he teased at the 2014 San Diego Comic-Con that Jeyne Westerling, Robb Stark's widow, will appear in the prologue chapter, but did not reveal who will be the POV character. He also stated that Bran Stark, Samwell Tarly and Cersei Lannister will appear in the novel, but did not elaborate if as viewpoint characters. Martin confirmed that Areo Hotah and Melisandre will return as viewpoints but did not state which novel their chapters will appear in. Martin confirmed that there are no new viewpoint characters intended for The Winds of Winter. In 2013 Martin read from a second chapter at Boskone. paperback edition of A Dance with Dragons.