Tetriona she/her Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 (edited) *sigh* Ok... so, forgive my extreme ignorance but... I was just reading the Q&A with Brandon Sanderson and I realized that I have no idea what "RAFO" stands for.... somebody please tell me! This thread is for people like me who occasionally have to ask some painfully obvious questions regarding anything Brandon Sanderson related! (I'm kind of hoping other people will post here as well so that I don't feel like a complete idiot...) Edited December 22, 2016 by Tetriona Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Argent he/him Posted December 22, 2016 Report Share Posted December 22, 2016 I would actually prefer if people asked their questions in dedicated threads (or found the answers without having to ask a question, but that's not always an option). It makes it easier for future questioners to find answers to their own questions. But that's a personal preference. Anyway, to answer your question, RAFO stands for "read and find out." It's a term coined by Robert Jordan (author of The Wheel of Time series), and one that Brandon kind of inherited from him - though he uses it differently. While it can sometimes literally mean "I will write about this in the future, so you will have to wait, read, and find out" (e.g. a literal RAFO), Brandon usually uses it as a non-answer, so to speak. It's a way for him to neither confirm nor deny any suppositions made by the question being asked. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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