Game Of Thrones author George RR Martin has explained where his inspiration for ‘winter is coming’ came from.
When they’re not scheming and plotting, the characters of Game Of Thrones are pretty worried about the treacherous winter that will unleash all hell on Westeros.
Speaking at a panel at Medill School of Journalism, Media, Integrated Marketing Communication (via EW.com), Martin talked about a seriously cold winter he experienced that could have inspired the oft-quoted phrase ‘winter is coming’.