Editing The Winds of Winter (section)

==POV Characters==
George R. R. Martin confirmed the following characters to have [[POV character|POV chapters]] in ''The Winds of Winter'':

* [[Areo Hotah]]<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/487298.html?thread=24429442#t24429442 A Taste of This, A Taste of That (May 10, 2016), reply to a question (May 11, 2016)]</ref><ref name=writing/>
* [[Aeron Greyjoy]]. One chapter from Aeron's POV was removed from ''A Dance with Dragons'' in June 2010,<ref name=dancingincircles /> and read at Balticon 2016.<ref name=Balticon1>reddit.com/asoiaf: [https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4lltk4/spoilers_everything_via_bryndenbfish_grrm_has/ GRRM has decided which chapter to read at Balticon], May 29, 2016</ref>
* [[Arianne Martell]]. Two chapters from Arianne's POV were removed from ''A Dance with Dragons'' in June 2010.<ref name=dancingincircles /> One of them was published on Martin's website in January 2013. The second chapter has been read at WorldCon 2015, and was later released on Martin's website on May 2016.
* [[Arya Stark]]. One chapter from Arya's POV was removed from ''A Dance with Dragons'' in June 2010.<ref name=dancingincircles /> This chapter was released as a preview chapter on Martin's website under the title ''Mercy'' in March 2014.
* [[Asha Greyjoy]].<ref name=writing/> An image shown on John Oliver's Last Week Tonight show in June 2014 showed Martin while writing a chapter for the book, from Asha's point of view.<ref>reddit.com/r/asoiaf: BryndenBFish [ https://www.reddit.com/r/asoiaf/comments/4stcsz/spoilers_twow_enhance_whats_george_rr_martin/(Spoilers TWOW) *Enhance*: What's George RR Martin Writing About in This Image?]</ref>
* [[Barristan Selmy]]. Two chapters from Barristan's POV were read at Boskone in February 2013.<ref>[http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php/topic/81338-twow-spoilers-barristan/ Westeros.org, ''TWoW Spoilers - Barristan''], thread from February 16th, 2013</ref> One of these was published as a sample chapter in the hardcover edition of ''A Dance with Dragons'' in 2013.
* [[Cersei Lannister]]<ref>Twitter: BryndenBFish, May 28, 2016, [https://twitter.com/bryndenbfish/status/736677039722401793 "GRRM working on Cersei for TWOW before coming to Balticon."]</ref><ref name=writing/>
* [[Sansa Stark]]. One chapter from Sansa's POV was removed from ''A Dance with Dragons'' in June 2010.<ref name=dancingincircles /> This chapter was released as a preview chapter on Martin's website in March 2015.
* [[Theon Greyjoy]]. One chapter from Theon's POV appeared on Martin's website in December 2011, and was published as a sample chapter in some paperback versions of ''A Dance with Dragons''.
* [[Tyrion Lannister]]. Two chapters from Tyrion's POV have been confirmed so far. Of these one was read at Miscon 2012 and one was read at Worldcon 2013 and published on ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]'' as of March 21, 2014.
* [[Victarion Greyjoy]]. One chapter from Victarion's POV has been confirmed so far,  portions of which were read at [[w:TIFF Bell Lightbox|TIFF Bell Lightbox]] in March 2012<ref name=tiff3 /> and Miscon in May 2012.<ref>asoiaf.westeros.org: [http://asoiaf.westeros.org/index.php?/topic/67371-twow-spoilers-new-tyrion-chapter-and-the-rest-of-the-new-victarion/ &#91;TWoW Spoilers&#93; New Tyrion Chapter (and the rest of the new Victarion)]</ref> 

While not confirmed as a POV character, [[Bran Stark]] will appear in the novel.<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/415405.html?thread=20554157#t20554157 Conventions and Cancellations (March 27, 2015), reply to a question (April 1, 2015)]</ref> Martin has previously also teased the "Prologue" chapter, revealing the identity of a character who would make an appearance.<ref>[http://www.hypable.com/george-r-r-martin-teases-the-prologue-and-plotlines-of-the-winds-of-winter/ George R.R. Martin teases the prologue and plotlines of ‘The Winds of Winter’ (July 28, 2014)]</ref> And while not specifically naming her as a POV, Martin referenced [[Melisandre]] at the Guadalajara International Book Fair in 2016, when asked whether the city [[Asshai]] would appear in the sixth novel. Martin replied that, although no scenes are planned to take place in the eastern city, more information might be revealed in future books, as Melisandre, who has been to the eastern city, might "''think back on some of her time in Asshai''”.<ref>[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zmJMbDzH_NA JUEGOS DE TRONOS de George R.R Martin en la FIL de Guadalajara 2016]</ref>

===Preview chapters===
The following chapters have been released as previews for ''The Winds of Winter'' (in the order of their release):
* [[Theon I (The Winds of Winter)|Theon I]] (included in ''[[A World of Ice and Fire]]'' under "Excerpts")
* [[Victarion I (The Winds of Winter)|Victarion I]]
* Tyrion I (read at Miscon 2012, but no video or transcription was made)
* [[Arianne I (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne I]] (included in ''A World of Ice and Fire'' under "Excerpts")
* [[Barristan I (The Winds of Winter)|Barristan I]] (included in ''A World of Ice and Fire'' under "Excerpts")
* [[Barristan II (The Winds of Winter)|Barristan II]] (read at Boskone 2013)
* [[Tyrion II (The Winds of Winter)|Tyrion II]] (included in ''A World of Ice and Fire'' under "Excerpts" as "Tyrion I")
* [[Mercy (The Winds of Winter)|Mercy]] (included in ''A World of Ice and Fire'' under "Excerpts")
* [[Alayne I (The Winds of Winter)|Alayne I]]
* [[Arianne II (The Winds of Winter)|Arianne II]]
* [[The Forsaken (The Winds of Winter)|The Forsaken]]

When asked in March 2015 whether more preview chapters might appear on ''A World of Ice and Fire'', Martin replied "yes".<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/415405.html?thread=20547501#t20547501 Conventions and Cancellations (March 27, 2015), reply to a question (March 31, 2015)]</ref> However, in February 2017, Martin stated that he is not likely to read any new sample chapters at conventions, as "''there comes a point when you are simply putting too much of the book out there''".<ref>[[Not a Blog]]: [http://grrm.livejournal.com/519773.html?thread=25704541#t25704541 A Bit More (Fake) History, reply to a question (February 2, 2017)]</ref>