Benioff and Weiss wrote their episodes with each other a single wrote the first half of the script with the other crafting the next 50 percent. Cogman, who wrote at least a single episode for the initially 5 seasons, was the only other writer in the writers' place with Benioff and Weiss. Before Cogman's marketing, Vanessa Taylor-a writer all through the next and third seasons-worked carefully with Benioff and Weiss.