RJ writing style would never have combined the wind with recaps of multiple places i.e the wind stars at Tar Valon, we get descriptions of it and of the Rebel Camp before the wind moves west to Arad Doman.
It's exactly what he has done for instance in TPOD. The winds start on Tremalking, we get descriptions of the Amayar etc. and it travels the Sea, and we get a SF trade recap, and we end in Altara.
What RJ has not ever done is spend so much time at the starting location before moving on to the end location, but it's fairly obvious this meant to tie and contrast the largest city and a very remote place in a natural setting, the book's two main locations, maybe. This is very RJ-like. It is not terribly different from the way RJ linked the Sea Folk Islands and Altara before a scene dealing with the Sea Folk Bargain. What is different is that RJ rarely spent long on the wind sequence. RJ's Tar Valon recap would probably have been more succint.
Incidentally, the sequence is probably RJ's own. Brandon said long ago that he had to add to this chapter the classic first paragraph, because RJ didn't put it in his outline/telling of the scene. The idea to do a TV recap and move to Arad Doman is probably not Brandon's own idea - he wrote it following the outlline would be my guess.
This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers)
05/09/2009 03:46:26 AM
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How long is it? I kinda wanna read it now, but I'm at work, so I'm not sure if I have time. *NM*
05/09/2009 03:55:02 AM
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Bah, so am I. 4.5 pages on Microsoft Word. Single space, no margin, Arial font, size 9.
05/09/2009 04:02:13 AM
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Yeah, it was actually a fairly quick read..no trouble at all reading it at work. *NM*
05/09/2009 05:00:17 AM
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It isn't supposed to be.
05/09/2009 04:08:46 AM
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Re: This is not RJ's writing. (No Spoilers)
05/09/2009 04:13:48 AM
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Absolutely not.
05/09/2009 04:18:51 AM
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Re: Absolutely not.
05/09/2009 04:25:16 AM
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That's what I meant by absolutely not.
05/09/2009 04:31:26 AM
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Could it be rough draft that Sanderson kept, and Jordan never polished? *NM*
05/09/2009 05:14:59 AM
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I doubt it
05/09/2009 05:17:09 AM
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Yeah, I just finished reading it....and it was pretty obvious that it wasn't RJ
05/09/2009 04:55:30 AM
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Re: Yeah, I just finished reading it....and it was pretty obvious that it wasn't RJ
05/09/2009 07:41:51 AM
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Becareful of what you wish for
05/09/2009 08:29:52 AM
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Agree fully. Art and paiting have rarely even been mentioned! It feels like a fan's writing...
05/09/2009 09:59:15 AM
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Are you pre-ordering the book?
05/09/2009 10:48:44 AM
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No. It was never meant to be, it never could be and Sanderson never pretended otherwise.
05/09/2009 07:40:37 PM
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It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan
05/09/2009 11:11:58 PM
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Re: It sounds more like Anderson than Jordan
06/09/2009 12:19:11 AM
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It isn't but I thought BS said he wasn't trying to be exactly like RJ
08/09/2009 08:12:24 PM
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