Young Bard

Alas... Poor Adolin. I knew him well.

I think it should probably remain where it is. After all - what would you define as a 'stellar object'. Does Braize count? What about Calamity? The current system of placing things by nearest planet makes sense as it is, I think. I would, however, suggest a small amendment, which is to suggest a Category for 'Stellar objects', which I think would make an excellent compromise.

Me too.

All known Worldhoppers, planet of origin, interesting facts, and books they are in: Spoilers for: Elantris, Mistborn 1-3, Stormlight Archive 1-2, Warbreaker. Overboard OCD Spoilers for: White Sand, Untitled Threnody Novel, Dragonsteel.

No, that's Thor's hammer. I couldn't remember this one either.

Alas, poor Reckoners RPG, I knew it not very well. 9 17th Shard Discussion 7 The Coppermind Wiki 12 General Brandon Discussion 10 Events and Signings 5 Interview Database 12 Cosmere Theories 14 Stormlight Archive 13 Mistborn 8 Elantris and Emperor's Soul 10 Warbreaker 5 Cosmere Short Stories 10 The Reckoners 12 The Rithmatist 8 Alcatraz 5 The Wheel of Time 9 Writing Excuses 11 Reading Excuses 11 General Discussion 10 Entertainment Discussion 10 Creator's Corner 10 Role Playing 8 Social Groups, Clans, and Guilds 20 Mistborn: The Inquisition 20 Sanderson Elimination

I'm assuming this is automatically generated? If it's not, then I think you need to reread all of Sanderson's books. HOA Spoiler, Elantris Spoiler + WoB Hoid Spoiler:

Firefight spoiler (I know it's not necessary here, but who cares):

Here's the link I found for the above mentioned dismissal, if anyone's interested. http://mobi-wan-kenobi.kinja.com/that-wheel-of-time-lawsuit-is-over-1715956286

The plot looks awesome. I get the feeling (perhaps from the title Calamity) that there's going to be a face off with Calamity himself at the end, plus some other mysterious Epics we know nothing about yet (Brandon mentioned something on Reddit about a mysterious 'Shrinking Epic'). I'll probably end up with the UK edition, so I won't comment on the cover.

Completely impartial here... 9 17th Shard Discussion 7 Tech Support 7 The Coppermind Wiki 11 General Brandon Discussion 10 Events and Signings 8 Interview Database 11 Cosmere Theories 11 Stormlight Archive 12 Mistborn 9 Elantris and Emperor's Soul 10 Warbreaker 8 Cosmere Short Stories 10 The Reckoners 12 The Rithmatist 8 Alcatraz 7 Other Stories 6 The Wheel of Time 9 Writing Excuses 11 Reading Excuses 11 General Discussion 5 AMAs 10 Entertainment Discussion 10 Creator's Corner 10 Role Playing 8 Sanderson Elimination 10 Reckoners RPG 8 Social Groups, Clans, and Guilds 20 Mistborn: The Inquisition

When no-one dares to question Sanderson in your presence, for fear of swift and dire retaliation. Hence why I don't have many friends.

@Curiosity: Don't we have to keep the immortal ones so we know what they are when the next round begins?

Do you have to give their whole name? If you don't, then my answer is: If it counts, then my question will be, name 4 actors who have played James Bond. If it doesn't, then ignore me and keep guessing.

9 17th Shard Discussion 7 Tech Support 7 The Coppermind Wiki 11 General Brandon Discussion 9 Events and Signings 8 Interview Database 11 Cosmere Theories 11 Stormlight Archive 12 Mistborn 9 Elantris and Emperor's Soul 10 Warbreaker 8 Cosmere Short Stories 10 The Reckoners 12 The Rithmatist 8 Alcatraz 9 Other Stories 8 The Wheel of Time 9 Writing Excuses 11 Reading Excuses 11 General Discussion 5 AMAs 10 Entertainment Discussion 10 Creator's Corner 10 Role Playing 9 Sanderson Elimination 12 Reckoners RPG 8 Social Groups, Clans, and Guilds 20 Mistborn: The Inquisition

Glamdring hasn't responded to this for nearly a month, so I'll try and restart this. WLIU, name 15 Shakespearean plays.

Simple little edit. Sometimes, people quote things said pages before. To save yourself the trouble, would it be easier that when you click the 'quote' button, it automatically generates a link back to the original post so you can click to go back to it?

PLEASE NOTE: THE FOLLOWING IS MY WAY OF DEALING WITH THIS ISSUE, AND IS BY NO MEANS THE ONLY WAY OF DOING THINGS. I find that to introduce a new character/plotline, they should be: 1) Memorable. If you find the character dull and indistinct, then your readers will too. The more of a lead role they have, the more estranged, different and distinct from their surroundings they have to be. Think of your favorite character in any novel. They are probably your favorite because something separates them from their surroundings. 2) Able to contribute the overarching story (as a discovery writer, this is difficult, but there are ways around it. You can do this by having someone's weakness be DIRECTLY RELATED to the type of world you're building. E.g. Have someone with a strong disrespect for authority be plunged into a highly autocratic society. (Kelsier, or Kaladin.) 3) Able to produce humor. Again, most characters can produce humour if they are original enough. This can be in different ways. Wit/Hoid in SA has a quick, humor that pokes fun at others. Dalinar, on the other hand, produces humor through his interaction with others, seeing the contrast between the near-comical features of other highprinces and his own military uniform, showing them as ludicrous and strange. In terms of keeping track of characters, again memorability helps. If they are distinct from the other characters in some way, you will remember them. But when it comes to actual writing tips, rather than character building tips, it depends on whether you are an outliner or a discovery writer. Each has there own issues with this sort of thing. Outliners tend to know the nuances of each plotline, including the motivation, the events, and what the character had for breakfast this morning. The problem is, when they try to put it down on paper, it ends up as a huge big blobby mess, which beta readers can't make heads or tails out of. To keep on track here, you need to write bearing in mind that the audience knows nothing of your world at the minute, and you need to explain it to them, rather than assume they know it and gloss over it. Discovery writers are the ones who tend to get more internally confused. They will create a new character that they find interesting, plonk them down in a different part of the world because they don't fit in the society for all the other characters, and then spend several hundred pages trying to get the plotlines to converge. They should probably pay more attention to points like the ones above when creating new characters and plotlines. Ideally, having a boundary line somewhere in the middle is ideal. Look at this great new idea you've got. Think... could this character interact with other characters in my story and create an interesting twist/ development? In other words, does this character have the potential to make this story better further down the track? If the answer is no, then you probably shouldn't add them in.

I find it amusing that people can keep there calm on the religions thread, on of the most controversial topics around, while being unable to keep your calm when someone makes clearly incorrect claims.

Hello everyone. A few of you may have seen my especially pretentious username around from time to time. While I don't deny that I am pretentious, I usually try and back up some of those claims, however feebly. You'll probably see something relating to Camp NaNoWriMo in future, as well as at least one other music project. So, this is something I randomly came up with about a week ago. I haven't really got anything which it relates to, although I have got a Mistborn main theme I'm working on, and am hoping to post sometime in the future. Anyway, here it is. https://soundcloud.com/the-young-bard/adventurous-theme (Sorry, I tried to embed it, and failed miserably.) Bear in mind that I probably will fix some of the problems with it in future and that it is far from perfect in it's current state.

So, how far are you planning on going with this? Are you planning on actually doing a fan film?

Hemalurgic spikes for speed from Pat Rothfuss and GRRM. (Sorry, I know this one's been done to death, but it's true.)

Wait... Is the Unkalaki and Herdazian connection with Parshendi confirmed or speculation? If so, why don't Rock and Lopen go Voidbringer on Bridge 4?

Wait... Chapter 1, too? How did I not see this yesterday when I read the prologue? Did you update it, Chaos?

I'm doing Camp NaNo, but I already have joined a cabin. Sorry. If the offer is still open next April, though...