That was certainly not the problem with WoT. It may or may not be the problem with ASOIAF or not I don't know. The real problem I think is when a writer doesn'

That was certainly not the problem with WoT. It may or may not be the problem with ASOIAF or not I don't know. The real problem I think is when a writer doesn't know how to get where he wants to go and the story controls him rather than the other way around.