Mailnaise she/her Posted November 13, 2018 Posted November 13, 2018 I went to the Skyward book signing in Seattle! It was great, and in Sanderson's presentation, he talked about books he's written that failed. One such book was the 2002 version of WoK. It was so different than what we all know! No spren, no Knights Radiants, and no Bridge Four. Basically, the story starts with Taln stumbling into a town with a shardblade, and saying a disasters coming, and the story goes through trying to figure out whether he's actually a herald, and whether he's telling the truth or not. He said there were too many viewpoint characters at once, and none of there stories got far enough fast enough. According to Brandon, it failed, but he plans to maybe publish it after he's finished the Stormlight series as another thing for fans to enjoy. Some of it is still cannon apparently. The process of revising that old version came the Knights Radiants, and from them came the ideas for spren, and from redoing the viewpoint stuff came Bridge 4. Just thought other fans would want to know. It was really fascinating, and he even read an excerpt from it.
Weltall Posted November 13, 2018 Posted November 13, 2018 We've actually known about WoK Prime for years. Here are (most of) the WoB's on the subject, not yet including all the newest stuff and here are the excerpts he's previously released, mostly from the Altered Perceptions anthology and focusing on the character who became Kaladin. Sounds like you had a great signing experience. xD
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