Aleksiel Posted March 30, 2015 Posted March 30, 2015 Hello friends I have a problem. So I just finished WOR and I was looking at all of the potential spoilers that I couldn't look at before and I found that something is wrong with my book or something. I was on the wikis about the shards and shareholders and whatnot and I found a bunch of info about "the Letters" and I realized that those don't apere in the epigraphs of my book. Some of them do but others I check the chapter and it says something completely different. so I am completely baffled. PLEASE HELP MEEEEEEE!!!!!! Welcome to the forum! We know some things that aren't in the books, some info is based on what Brandon has said during singings for example. Check the sources used in those wiki articles, there likely isn't anything wrong with your books. You can also check online all epigraphs if you like to compare them to what's in your edition. As Blaze said, the Letters aren't called that in the books, it's the term widely used for those epigraphs in the fandom. There are other things that we've figured out and were confirmed by Brandon without being explicitly stated in the books like the sword Nale gave to Szeth and who Zahel is. So I'd say your books are as they should be, you'll catch up with the rest. Unfortunately, while we do have Cosmere 101 thread, there isn't an Stormlight Archive 101. Theoryland is where the majority of Word of Brandon (WoB) are, with different tags depending on what you're interested in reading about.
king of nowhere Posted March 31, 2015 Posted March 31, 2015 the letters appear one phrase at a time, so that they don't make much sense by themselves. go check again your books. Also, you should have made a new thread, sincce this is totally an unrelated argument.
hmmm? Posted April 5, 2015 Posted April 5, 2015 Thank you guys that really does help and sorry about not making a new thread I am new here and am still getting used to the site (Basically I have no idea what's going on yet)
Kaladin al'Thor Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 For real! I have a grand total of two people. You know what's funny, is a few weeks after i posted this topic, we figured out that Sirce Luckweilder was one of my 20 people and we didnt realize who each other was haha! Sorry for bringing this old topic back but I wanted to let you know how it worked out. So he did end up finishing Mistborn. He did not love it it but he did think that the story was interesting and entertaining. He still had his issues with Brandon as a writer repeating information that he thought was unnecessary(thats prolly because he has a crazy memory so things the typical reeader needs repeated, he doesnt and finds it annoying). Part of it was how I presented the books and Brandon as an author. I did over hype it I guess, it didnt meet his expecations of what he thought it would be because of my passion for it. He thought that Well was only filler. It could of been done in a few chapters he said.. which I find ridiculous! part of reading the book attaches you to characters and forming connection and love for them so when they bite the dust, you feel it! And he still has his complaints about the characters being cartoonish and also the tell instead of show way they're thining is presented. Anyways, I let a couple months pass and didnt talk to him about it. Then I had WoK returned to me from another co-worker(im up to 27 people introduced now ), sitting on my desk. And I thought, what the heck, I'll ask him if he wants to try it. So he said sure and took it home. He finished it in two days and I brought him WoR which he also finished in two days! He did still find similar issues and additional problems, but he enjoyed it way more than mistborn and will continue to follow the series over the years. He will probably never read another Sanderson book that is not part of the SA, but hey at least it wasnt a total failure! And who knows, maybe SA will make him more passionate and branch out to other Sanderson books. 4
Shardbearer he/him Posted October 21, 2015 Posted October 21, 2015 I used to participate in a forum for fantasy writers, and one member there posted a thread about how Brandon was the worst writer, ever. A bunch of us jumped on him, of course. You can't say someone is objectively the worst writer so he ended up backing down and saying that he just subjectively didn't like Brandon's works. And I have heard other people who say things like Brandon tells rather than shows too much, or it feels like you're reading through a video game tutorial. I guess it just doesn't work for everyone. 1
Kaladin al'Thor Posted October 21, 2015 Author Posted October 21, 2015 I used to participate in a forum for fantasy writers, and one member there posted a thread about how Brandon was the worst writer, ever. A bunch of us jumped on him, of course. You can't say someone is objectively the worst writer so he ended up backing down and saying that he just subjectively didn't like Brandon's works. And I have heard other people who say things like Brandon tells rather than shows too much, or it feels like you're reading through a video game tutorial. I guess it just doesn't work for everyone. Well I am glad that it works for me!!! 1
king of nowhere Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Part of it was how I presented the books and Brandon as an author. I did over hype it I guess, it didnt meet his expecations of what he thought it would be because of my passion for it. He, I have similar issues on that. If people are enthusiastic towards something, it make me istinctively critic of them. When people are overly enthusiastic, I tend to assume they are biased and distrust their enthusiasm. Plus, I always try to see the good and the bad of all things, so if someone gives a very positive opinion of something, I instinctively try to find flaws in it, just to bring it down to a more reasonable level; and viceversa, if someone express a very negative opinion, I look for the bright sides. Because of that, someone trying to get me to do something with enthusiasm will generally push me in the opposite direction. Even if I agree to try, I will be in hyper critic mode, ready to pounce on every flaw, and I'll likely not enjoy it, whatever "it" is - a book, a movie, a game. At the same time, I am not good at promoting stuff among other people, because my way of doing it is the way that would actually work on me - moderate enthusiasm, never insisting, if possible putting emphasis on trust - and it doesn't seem to work on most other people.
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