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Game of thrones transcript6/7/2023 ![]() Publicly, Martin has said that he stopped writing for Game of Thrones in order to focus on completing the next, long-anticipated book in his A Song of Ice and Fire series, The Winds of Winter: “Writing a script takes me three weeks, minimum, and longer when it is not a straight adaptation from the novels. A close reading of this draft may help explain why Martin stopped writing for the show. Changes from page to screen are not at all uncommon, this is just a particularly extreme case. ![]() An early version of the last script Martin wrote is available to the public, along with many others, at the Writers Guild of America Library in Los Angeles, though-and unlike the versions of his earlier scripts in the archive there, this Martin draft of “The Lion and the Rose” differs wildly from what ended up airing on HBO. Those episodes-Season 1’s Lannister coup “The Pointy End,” Season 2’s battle episode “Blackwater,” Season 3’s Jaime and Brienne showstopper “The Bear and the Maiden Fair,” and Season 4’s deadly royal wedding, “The Lion and the Rose”-all marked relatively important moments in the series, and were well-regarded by book-lovers and show-watchers alike.īut that last episode aired in 2014, at the halfway mark of the series-and Martin hasn’t penned an episode since. Martin had a writing credit on one episode each season. ![]() For the first four years of HBO’s Game of Thrones, author George R.R.
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