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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Brandon To Write Wheel of Time Book 12
« on: April 28, 2009, 08:15:00 AM »
First off, thanks for the forum to impart wisdom that no one else asked for ;^P. I have not read anything B-Sanderson has written (although I am planning on rectifying that soon) but feel compelled to share my story of the WOT rot. To this end I wish to reply to the blog post about splitting the book 3 ways. whether you bare with me or not, here it is for all to read.
I started TEOTW in my junior year at a large high school in Utah after reading the prologue for book 3 of the WOT. I was then told that I shouldn't read any further because I wouldn't know what was happening. . . I have since read every word of every book only 3 times (sad that it is only 3, but I have mouths to feed). I have waited, and waited, and waited for each of the books to be released. I have been patient, impatient, frustrated, angry (at TOR. . . publishers love to wring every last penny out of us poor, overworked, under appreciated, "hooked," students/independent thinkers (again ;^p )). In the end I realized that "Mr. Jordan" was writing the history of a people, not just a book to be devoured. the people may only exist in our imaginations, but history it is, and no one does that over night (we may dream it, but life still interjects as it may, causing delay in putting it to paper). In the mean time, I picked up other series (2-5 years is a long wait for a new book, and I started reading WOT over 15 years ago) and enjoyed Eddings, Brooks, Weiz & Hickman, Paolini, & Skye to name a few, but the gold standard for a complete, complex, and involved history is still the WOT. My biggest fear was that the old man would die before he finished the series, that and large dogs with very sharp teeth. . . but that is neither here or there. He did, and now we have waited, patiently, for the next book (hopefully with better cover art. . . another conversation I believe) to arrive posthumously.
With that being said, I approve of the need to break the book into 3 volumes. I don't agree with the forced removal of the prime title A Memory of Light, because the book store would have a hard time reordering. . . Bah!, if you work in a book store and don't know of the WOT, then you have no business touching anything but the vacuum!!!!! So I say keep the prime title and the subtitles. Of the length, 800k, 900k, 1mil. . . make it as long as the story needs for a full conclusion, otherwise there would be no point other than to SELL books on the NAME of a fantastic story only. If that were to happen, it would confirm my above assessment of the publisher.
Through his clarity of thought and transparency, I believe Brandon (it's okay if i call you that I hope) has given the world at large a glimpse of the daunting task RJ had before him. Brandon is doing the work justice, and being merciful to us by allowing us to see the progress, and WE GET A BOOK THIS YEAR!!!!!
I tip my hat to B-Sanderson for the task at hand and thank you for being candid. I hope all is well with you and yours. And Thank you for taking on this task.
Bstullis
PS if at all possible, think "renegotiation," I have a feeling it is going to have a larger impact than you first dreamed.
I started TEOTW in my junior year at a large high school in Utah after reading the prologue for book 3 of the WOT. I was then told that I shouldn't read any further because I wouldn't know what was happening. . . I have since read every word of every book only 3 times (sad that it is only 3, but I have mouths to feed). I have waited, and waited, and waited for each of the books to be released. I have been patient, impatient, frustrated, angry (at TOR. . . publishers love to wring every last penny out of us poor, overworked, under appreciated, "hooked," students/independent thinkers (again ;^p )). In the end I realized that "Mr. Jordan" was writing the history of a people, not just a book to be devoured. the people may only exist in our imaginations, but history it is, and no one does that over night (we may dream it, but life still interjects as it may, causing delay in putting it to paper). In the mean time, I picked up other series (2-5 years is a long wait for a new book, and I started reading WOT over 15 years ago) and enjoyed Eddings, Brooks, Weiz & Hickman, Paolini, & Skye to name a few, but the gold standard for a complete, complex, and involved history is still the WOT. My biggest fear was that the old man would die before he finished the series, that and large dogs with very sharp teeth. . . but that is neither here or there. He did, and now we have waited, patiently, for the next book (hopefully with better cover art. . . another conversation I believe) to arrive posthumously.
With that being said, I approve of the need to break the book into 3 volumes. I don't agree with the forced removal of the prime title A Memory of Light, because the book store would have a hard time reordering. . . Bah!, if you work in a book store and don't know of the WOT, then you have no business touching anything but the vacuum!!!!! So I say keep the prime title and the subtitles. Of the length, 800k, 900k, 1mil. . . make it as long as the story needs for a full conclusion, otherwise there would be no point other than to SELL books on the NAME of a fantastic story only. If that were to happen, it would confirm my above assessment of the publisher.
Through his clarity of thought and transparency, I believe Brandon (it's okay if i call you that I hope) has given the world at large a glimpse of the daunting task RJ had before him. Brandon is doing the work justice, and being merciful to us by allowing us to see the progress, and WE GET A BOOK THIS YEAR!!!!!
I tip my hat to B-Sanderson for the task at hand and thank you for being candid. I hope all is well with you and yours. And Thank you for taking on this task.
Bstullis
PS if at all possible, think "renegotiation," I have a feeling it is going to have a larger impact than you first dreamed.