It seems pretty clear from this that, had the pandemic not intervened, he would never have finished. He completed three chapters in the space of a week, and yet

It seems pretty clear from this that, had the pandemic not intervened, he would never have finished. He completed three chapters in the space of a week, and yet still doesn't anticipate being finished until next year. Ironic that the jokes fans made about locking him in a cell until he finished the book have sort of come true.