Figuring out what to cut/condense. Kind of like a sculptor with a piece of marble. This is a big job and it takes talent to do it. There doesn't need to be anything "new".
Funny thing about your last comment, WOT is crazy girl-power without woking it up. Agreed, stop wasting time on warders peeing behind a tree and focus on the women literally running the world. LOL!
Dumbass people that have no understanding, experience, or respect for the source material and just do shit because they think it is cool.
These morons need to remember.....Tolkien and RJ are better writers and storytellers than you. Why haven't everyone learned this lesson after watching D&D's Game of Thrones implosion after ditching GRRM.
There is enough material in WOT to leave things out rather than keep shoehorning in new things or changing things without understanding the material. For instance - the warders. If Rafe really wants to tell a feminist story, stop with the warders and focus more on our Aes Sedai.