"A Song of Ice and Fire" author George R.R. Martin has just given arguably the biggest update on his long-awaited book "The Winds of Winter "that we've gotten in years. The wait for "Winds" may not be over quite yet, but it just got a whole lot more interesting.
Taking to his trusty Not A Blog, Martin began by outlining a very important thing about his writing process: he is a "gardener," not an "architect." If this is the first time you're hearing those phrases, basically what it amounts to is that Martin believes there are two types of writers: those who plan everything out and know every minute detail of their stories before they put pen to paper (architects), and those who follow the ebb and flow of the story, letting it pull them in unexpected directions (gardeners). Martin has always said he considers himself more of a gardener; he knows the large benchmarks for his series, but he won't discover the details until writing them.
