George R.R. Martin Says He's Reached A Point In The Story Where He Has "A Lot More Flexibility For Killing People"

BuzzFeed - About the final two books in the A Song of Ice and Fire series. NO SPOILERS. Speaking at an event at the Freemason's Hall in London, Martin was asked if there were any character he couldn't kill, because they are needed for the plot. HBO / Via media.giphy.com Martin said: "I have a large number of important characters who I switch between to tell the entirety of the story, and that limits who I can kill." HBO / Via media.giphy.com "Sometimes there’s only one character who’s my eye in a particular location, and if I kill that character everything going on in that particular sub plot is going to be lost." HBO / Via giphy.com “The way my books are structured, everyone was together, then they all went their separate ways and the story deltas out like that." HBO / Via media.giphy.com View Entire List ›