2011

[Miyabi]

Eragon was a hard book to read, in my opinion. Not comprehension-wise, but because of its wordiness. It read about how my first novel did--poorly.

I am still stuck on the story though.  It's kind of sad to say.  I mean as poorly as he writes he puts together a nice story.  =/

lol

When you think awbout average drafts though you also have to think that there comes a point where if you keep revising it you end up screwing it up by over fixing it.

[libraloco]

Eragon was a hard book to read, in my opinion. Not comprehension-wise, but because of its wordiness. It read about how my first novel did--poorly.

I am still stuck on the story though. It's kind of sad to say. I mean as poorly as he writes he puts together a nice story. =/

lol

When you think awbout average drafts though you also have to think that there comes a point where if you keep revising it you end up screwing it up by over fixing it.

Yeah. I'll keep reading them to find out what happens, but there are some sections that are just too...much. And I agree--there does come a point where you end up just mutilating your work instead of fixing it.

[happyman]

I'm determined to believe some authors throw a bunch of cut up words at a page, glue them down and publish it without any revision what so ever. (i.e. Paolini.) xD

Eragon was a hard book to read, in my opinion. Not comprehension-wise, but because of its wordiness. It read about how my first novel did--poorly.

I agree.  I found the story kind of entertaining, but I could not stand the prose.  I was interested in the language-based magic system; I kind of liked the feel of it.  Then I read the first Earthsea book, which had a superficially similar language system, but which was actually well-written and threw my hands up as far as finding anything really new to like in Eragon.

[libraloco]

Hey, I know this is a little random--especially to post on this thread--but what is The Silence Divine? I've heard it mentioned a couple of times here and there, but nothing specific. Is it a new book that Brandon intends to write/publish after he finishes The Wheel of Time?

[firstRainbowRose]

Silence Divine is a book he has outlined (I think it's at that point).  It's a shard world, and from what I understand of the plot, the magic system is... well, it's based around sickness.  The way it was explained to me once was you get a cold, but at the same time you would be able to breath fire.  Or else you get an ear infection and you'll also be able to fly.

[libraloco]

Shards...is there a name for the one in Elantris, like the Mistborn trilogy's Ruin and Preservation and Warbreaker's Endowment? From what I can tell it has no name at this point, but I'm not sure if it's been mentioned here on the forums or not.

[firstRainbowRose]

Yes, those are shards.  The point behind them... well, go check out the shard thread.  It's too hard to summarize.

[libraloco]

Ha. Which one? Is it the "**SPOILERS** Shards of Adonalsium" one?

[Chaos]

Though, there is no name for any Shard other than Ruin, Preservation, or Endowment.

[Wolfstar]

Though, there is no name for any Shard other than Ruin, Preservation, or Endowment.

At least none that we, the general readers, have been told.  I'm sure Brandon has them all named =P

[Chaos]

Well, I should hope so.

[libraloco]

I think that what he's doing is so cool--with the worlds that could be their own, but are connected by the fact that they have Shards. I can't wait to see what he does with this.

[firstRainbowRose]

There are three confirmed shards and their names.  He told the fans that stuck around at one of the signings about the shard that will be in WoK.  And since I'm not sure if it is okay or not to share, I won't say what the shard is, or what attribute is attached to it, but I feel safe in saying that Brandon said it is the most dangerous shard we will meet.  (Or at the very least have met so far.  We are of two minds about which it is.)

[Raphael]

There are three confirmed shards and their names.  He told the fans that stuck around at one of the signings about the shard that will be in WoK.  And since I'm not sure if it is okay or not to share, I won't say what the shard is, or what attribute is attached to it, but I feel safe in saying that Brandon said it is the most dangerous shard we will meet.  (Or at the very least have met so far.  We are of two minds about which it is.)

Well, if Brandon shared it with you, you should be able to share it with us.

[Miyabi]

LOL.  It should be pretty easy to tell once you can read it what the Shard is.  The others were.