That just isn’t how GRRM writes, though. He doesn’t have an ending of the story. That is derived from where the characters end up as he naturally writes what they would do in the various situations in which they find themselves. He tries to have vague outlines, and then he throws them out when his characters deviate from those outlines.
All of the characters and storylines will affect the ending of the story because the ending of the story is made of those characters and storylines running their course.
Sure, they got George’s vague outlines. Same way as if they had made their adaptation before the fourth book released they would’ve had a huge timeskip based on George’s “plan” that never happened.
That just isn’t how GRRM writes, though. He doesn’t have an ending of the story. That is derived from where the characters end up as he naturally writes what they would do in the various situations in which they find themselves. He tries to have vague outlines, and then he throws them out when his characters deviate from those outlines.
All of the characters and storylines will affect the ending of the story because the ending of the story is made of those characters and storylines running their course.
But isn’t that the entire PR around how D&D got the TV rights? That they knew how the story was going to end?
Sure, they got George’s vague outlines. Same way as if they had made their adaptation before the fourth book released they would’ve had a huge timeskip based on George’s “plan” that never happened.