Re: WoT Interview with Red Eagle Entertainment
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Going out in a blaze of glory is preferable to just fizzling. Epic failure has its own draw.
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Re: WoT Interview with Red Eagle Entertainment
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Ahh, in the comments of the Joystiq post that linked to that article, one of the commenters linked to this blog entry from the late Robert Jordan from August of last year in which he has unkind words to share about Red Eagle Entertainment. http://www.dragonmount.com/RobertJordan/?p=88
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Just a little more news on the final book from the writer who's trying to fill Jordan's shoes with two feet worth of words: Brandon Sanderson update on A Memory of Light
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My vote is that the publisher will absolutely split it into two books. It's almost a surefire cash cow for them.
I wonder what it would be like to write someone else's story? Would it be somewhat easier because the plot is already laid out and your own personal investment, or emotional connection with the characters somewhat tempered?
I'd imagine it would be a frightening and daunting task to finish up such a huge piece of literary work.
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Yeah, there's no way I'd ever be comfortable trying to step in and take the reins, especially not at the end of the other person's master work. I mean, even being assured that Jordan wrote the ending, look at how big the books are. That's a lot of sounding like Jordan to do, even if a lot of it is completed. I imagine whatever exhaustive notes exist must be hard to keep in mind when writing, too. How do you keep an encyclopedia up there while you're writing?
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My vote is that the publisher will absolutely split it into two books. Sean, you weren't thinking big enough! A MEMORY OF LIGHT to be released in 3 volumes. + Release date
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Holy smokes!! Is each novel 100 pages? Cuz that's just wrong!
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Re: Splitting AMoL
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After reading Brandon Sanderson's blog post about the reasoning behind the decision, I'm satisfied. What an insane amount of work.
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Re: Splitting AMoL
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I'm happy. We get WoT this year, then even more to come! Woo!
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Re: Splitting AMoL
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Ack, I just wickied to see how many novels I have to re-read before the new one comes out. ELEVEN !!!!!! Plus a prequel which, I'm pretty sure I never did read.
maybe I'll just dive in to the new one when it arrives and hope stuff comes back to me but it was such a crazy series for detail and I can barely remember the main characters, much less the gabillion minor characters. I enjoyed them but in hind sight I think Mr Jordan took the whole 'epic' thing a little too seriously.
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