RAFO

[GenericMastermindAnt]

So, I recently (read: 5 minutes ago) discovered this website and promptly jumped in the deep end. I have no regrets, just one question: what is RAFO and why does it appear everywhere in Sanderson interviews?

[Eerongal he/him]

It stands for "Read and Find out"

[Robot Aztec]

it mean Robot Aztec Found Out and now u shuold ask me about it:):)

[Voidus]

To expand a bit, it it's Brandons usual answer to questions he doesn't want to answer yet, it could literally mean that it will be revealed at a later date or it might just mean that he doesn't plan on answering that particular question.

[IndigoAjah he/him]

It is, I believe, a phrase borrowed from Brandon Sanderson from Robert Jordan

[Stormgate he/him]

It is sometimes more interesting than an actual answer.

[The Sovereign]

If you ask a question at a signing or in a signed/personalized book that gets RAFO'd you will also get one of these business cards:

 

[CarolaDavar she/her]

Man. I got a RAFO card once at a signing for asking somethign about the Stormfather, but I'd dropped it and lost it. . . I is so sad

[Ookla the Absent]

It is, I believe, a phrase borrowed from Brandon Sanderson from Robert Jordan

I think he prefers to say inherited, but no real difference.