She Who Cannot Be Named she/her Posted March 29, 2017 Posted March 29, 2017 (edited) I listened to the audio again and fixed some small mistakes. Seems like I overheard a he'd or confused it with he's. Sorry And I finally finished the the transcription of the third signing in Leipzig (the first at the book fair). Here you go: Quote Saturday morning: Q+A during the event and signing afterwards (no writing tipps) Q: The visions Dalinar gets in WoK always struck me as odd - you don't just look at the past, you are able to act within this experience. Now we know that Gavilar was also on the way to being a Bondsmith - was he acting in a different way? Were the visions only basically the same but different in the end depending on the personal reactions? Is this something like a test? A: He did see the same visions. They were the same thing. But... I will say that his reaction to them were very different from Dalinar's reactions to them. Anyway it was difficult for the Stormfather without a bond to determine/to tell the difference between very easily. When Spren are bonded, they gain a lot more ability to understand the world around then, so you'll find out soon more stuff about this in the third book. Q: question about humor in books B: say somethin along really liking bad word puns Q: I think I am one of the few people who really like Elhokar. He's a king who actually asks a lowly Darkeyes two times how to be a good ruler. What's your opinion on him? A: I thing Elhokar is maligned by a lot of people. He was put in a hard situation, inheriting from a really great king and having a really domineering uncle. He is a little arrogant, a little full of himself, but thats natural for his position. And I am very fond of Elhokar. Q: You recently compared the Aon Dor to a programming language of some sorts. Could you actually go one step further and build something like a curcuit board? (Like Redstone in Minecraft) A: The difficultiy with all of that is that you have got to remember that the magic as they understand it right now only works based on Elantrian intention and activation. There were basically these sorts of things, but the switch has to be flipped by an Elantrian. Thoase things existed in Elantris. Q: It's just that I think that Elantris itself could be some sort of a really big circuit board. A: That may be a little too far for what Elantris is, but there are places in Elantris which are just what you are describing. Q: Could you spike a Hordling? A: Yes. Spike means getting something out, Spike means get(ting?) something in? I think that both is viable. I think you can, yeah. Q: If you would spike something in, would the whole Aimian get maybe an Allomantic ability? Q: Mostly, this would probably change the Hordling. And they may lose contact to it. It could fiddle with the connection to the point that thez can no longer link. That's gonna be my answer right now, that spiking a Hordling would seeperate it from the group mind. Q: Who's Senna? A: RAFO. Q: When Adolin snapped, I noticed your wording. Those... The term snapping... A: No. Good question. He did not gain Allomantic abilities. Q: Well - Spren bonding abilities...? A: Well no. That was not used magically. Q: Glys, Renarin's Spren, is he a Cultivation Spren? A: RAFO. Q: Could you say that he is equally bonded to a different entitiy/to a different Shard like Sylphrena is bonded to Honor? A: You're asking... Is his like the windspren? Q: I mean allegion to his aspect. A: Are you still talking about Glys? Q: Yes. Sylphrena is like 100% of Honor. Is Glys like 100% anything? A: RAFO. Q: We've been wondering how to exactly pronounce Sazed. A: Inworld people say both. Kelsier says Say-zed, Sayzed says something like Sayzed. (Sorry, I have no idea how to transcribe it ^^ Kelsier's ionation is more on the second syllable, whereas Sayzed himself says it more in a slur?) Q: About the character he enjoys writing the most A: probably Wayne Q: How did you come up with the idea of evil librarians? A: Because I thought it was so funny. I picked the thing I thought was the most ridicilous. They are super crazy. That's the goal. Just do something very different. Q: You have this technical approach to Allomantic powers. But Feruchemy seems to me very different. So it's not very logical that you can store up health. What is health? A: Well. I ffel that it is. But it has its' own definitions. In the Cosmere perception - I don't know if you know... Q: Yeah. A: ... it really affects... It's kind of more like a concept of heallth. The idea of your body's ability to recuperate quickly. The magic system translates to your body's ability to match your spiritual self. When hat is depleted, your body in the Cosmere starts to stray (? a bit indistinctive in the recording). Foreign things can get into it, diseases get into you, and your spirit can get a little more corrupted. Your body getting corruptet, your spirit's not getting corrupted. You get it, and it makes you extra connected to your spiritual sense. Your body moves to match it closely and better. Q: So the same about speed and ... A: Those are a little different. But each has their little behind the scenes explanation for myself. The problem is... The physics of it is very Cosmere-physics for Feruchemy, whereas for Allomancy it's a lot more out world physics with a different power source. We're changing that. But the physics do work for me. But obviously it's magic, so I'm breaking them anyway. Q: And how does Copper compounding work? Memories can't really get (indistinct...) A: Let's just say that some sorts of compounding are more effective than others. Q: You said that there were some things in the Cosmere that happened accidentally. What was one of them? A: Shard pools is a good example. So when I started writing Elantris I knew I would have these concentrations of power. But I didn't know how I'm going to use them exactly. Like what's the connection... This was way at the beginning. By the time I had Mistborn, I knew all this. I knew I had a well of power there. What does it do? Shardpools are a good example of writing into the story and figuring out ow the magic works bei actually playing with it. Sixth of the Dusk: he's planning a sequel and he has an outline SPOILER SECRET HISTORY Spoiler Q: Do you have any plans on showing what's happened to Kelsier after Secret History? A: I do have plans. I cannot guarantee it, it's a side project, but I do have plans. About next season of Writing Excuses: next year should be about characters and after that world-building Q: Would Kelsier approve of what Taravangian is doing? A: No. He would not. He would understand it, but he would disapprove. Q: Will we see any more of David and Megan in the future? A: It is likely that you will. If I write another book directly following, it will be about Mizzy. So she would be the main viewpoint character, and you would see the others in relation but it would be her story. Q: In the later eras of Scadrial, will there be Metal music and will Hoid like it? A: Yes and yes. I am planning a protagonist who's a metalhead for a book, not a Cosmere book. We'll see if I ever get around to doing that. Q: There's a scene where you can see from the perspective of Nan Balat, Shallan's brother, where he's maiming an insect. It's described as soothing his aches. Is that in any way related to how Kaladin feels depressed and down during the Weeping even in his early childhood? A: What's happening to Nan Balat is magically enhanced. What's happening to Kaladin is mostly just chemical depression. Be he is really to young to be diagnosed with depression during some of these events, but he's got the seeds in there. So Kaladin is not magically depressed. Kaladin is just legitimatly a person with depression. Nan Balat... What's up with him is... ah... being exxagerated by certain forces moving in on Roshar. (last bit is a bit indistinctive) Q: (...) like Hoid saying he got his life as words on a page. A: It can be taken both ways, but it is actually literal. I'm not sure how much I can say about this, but... Let's say that it's referencing where he got his nickname/pseudonym. Q: I thought he maybe stole a character from a book and (hid himself? indistinctive...) A: It is something like that. People think it's like a big wink breaking the 4th wall, but at the time I was just looking back at his past and wanted something I could say that is esoteric and referenced his past. Oathbringer is at 520.000 words right now Q:In Warbreaker: the magic system is really visual, and when heightened people are around, the colours get really saturated and I was wondering about blind people or colour blind people. How can they percieve the effects of Investiture? A: Their minds would interpret it in a way that works for them. Thei brain would come up with some way to interpret the sensory their getting. And so the colour blind... The colours are still going to saturate, but saturate in a way that they can tell. Not being colour blind it is really hard for me to describe. But I read about it, and at least that's the rule I have for myself in the head. For an actual blind person this is going to be a magic system that's harder to use. Just having a disability, unfortunatly. But it also gives perfect pitch, and I think that partially their auditory senses would compensate to a degree, but it's going to be a harder magic system to use. I'm sure they could find a way to work around it. Edited March 31, 2017 by She Who Cannot Be Named inserted WoBs from the signing session 15
What's a Seawolf? Posted April 2, 2017 Posted April 2, 2017 I am so irrationally excited that Sixth of the Dusk is getting a sequel. Has the idea that Nan Balat's tendencies being magically enhanced come up before? I'm not sure what exactly this means. Some external force (Odium?) making him act as he did/does?
Pattern he/him Posted April 2, 2017 Author Posted April 2, 2017 @She Who Cannot Be Named: Thanks for transscribing! I'll add it with the other transcriptions in the OP. Will there be more transcriptions? If that's all I can stop checking up this thread daily ;-) 1
Guest Posted April 2, 2017 Posted April 2, 2017 (edited) Great questions. Ah I guess we won't be having antagonist Elhokar, Brandon is fond of him... I really didn't want another from zero to hero story, we had so many already. The Adolin question was something we did discuss a long, long, long time ago. I don't think anybody truly though the "snapping" meant he gained surgebinding abilities within the scene, but I have argued it meant something broke in him. Nothing magic more like when you suddenly loose all inhibitions, all control much like when your survivor's instinct kicks in. It seems to confirm Nan Balat is influenced by Odium, that's what I am getting out of this WoB which means having Shallan's family move to Urithiru will create friction. Edited April 2, 2017 by maxal
Blightsong he/him Posted April 2, 2017 Posted April 2, 2017 1 hour ago, maxal said: Great questions. Ah I guess we won't be having antagonist Elhokar, Brandon is fond of him... I really didn't want another from zero to hero story, we had so many already. The Adolin question was something we did discuss a long, long, long time ago. I don't think anybody truly though the "snapping" meant he gained surgebinding abilities within the scene, but I have argued it meant something broke in him. Nothing magic more like when you suddenly loose all inhibitions, all control much like when your survivor's instinct kicks in. It seems to confirm Nan Balat is influenced by Odium, that's what I am getting out of this WoB which means having Shallan's family move to Urithiru will create friction. With Nan Balat, I'm pretty sure it's an unmade that is influencing him. Moving him to Uritheru might actually get him away from its influence.
manavortex she/her Posted April 2, 2017 Posted April 2, 2017 5 hours ago, maxal said: The Adolin question was something we did discuss a long, long, long time ago. I don't think anybody truly though the "snapping" meant he gained surgebinding abilities within the scene, but I have argued it meant something broke in him. Nothing magic more like when you suddenly loose all inhibitions, all control much like when your survivor's instinct kicks in. Yeah, and we kept discussing it, and it kept nagging at me... now I know. We learned so much! I'm so excited now :s Thanks, @She Who Cannot Be Named, for the transcript and the talk. Was a blast o/
Guest Posted April 2, 2017 Posted April 2, 2017 1 hour ago, manavortex said: Yeah, and we kept discussing it, and it kept nagging at me... now I know. We learned so much! I'm so excited now :s Thanks, @She Who Cannot Be Named, for the transcript and the talk. Was a blast o/ It is good to have this one tossed out of the way. At least if other people start arguing about it, I can throw them the WoB and end all discussions.
mr42 he/him Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 16 hours ago, Pattern said: @She Who Cannot Be Named: Thanks for transscribing! I'll add it with the other transcriptions in the OP. Will there be more transcriptions? If that's all I can stop checking up this thread daily ;-) As far as I know there aren't any more transcriptions to do. I think nobody recorded the first signing in Friday, so we won't get any answers there and everything else is done. Thank you for managing this thread
She Who Cannot Be Named she/her Posted April 3, 2017 Posted April 3, 2017 I'm done too, the moderated questions were more in the direction of writing tipps, introduction of the Cosmere (*surprise surprise*) and what motivated him to start writing. Those questions and answers are very probably all around already
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