FACT#⃣7⃣ Benioff and Weiss want to end the series in Season 7 or 8, even if the books are not finished.
Martin has written five novels in what he says will ultimately be a seven-book series. But it took him a whopping 15 years to write those first five. Benioff and Weiss hope Martin pulls through, but are willing to move forward without him, books or not.
