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Re: BS twittered then, though... Cynewulf Send a noteboard - 27/07/2010 05:20:56 PM
"Chapter 82--13% cut. I do think that some of these chapters may be combined before the end. I doubt the final book will have 94 chapters."


I really do hope he collapses more than "some" chapters together before the end. For a projected 320k word length, I would suggest no more than 60 chapters at most. And like DomaA, I hope Sanderson reduces the fragmentary jumping-back-and-forth style that was quite obtrusive in TGS. Is Sanderson aware of any of these criticisms? Given that he communicates so freely with fans as to give away a mini-spoiler, I would think there would be some opportunity to let him know we think this is an issue.

The way I read his twitter-posts earlier, though, was that he is now in the process of editing individual scenes. It could be that these chapters numbers are merely a designation of scenes he has to edit, which would mean that the book really consists of 94 scenes, rather than proper chapters. How would 94 scenes in a 320k word book compare to the number of scenes in a book such as KoD or TFoH?
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tGS: Chapter 81 comment from BS (*spoilers*?) RabidWombat - 27/07/2010 03:57:34 AM 2049 Views
Yeah, I saw that. Gher - 27/07/2010 04:03:34 AM 1166 Views
Well I don't think it was too big of a scene or RJ would have written it I think. RabidWombat - 27/07/2010 04:11:01 AM 1016 Views
Re: Well I don't think it was too big of a scene or RJ would have written it I think. DomA - 27/07/2010 05:17:22 AM 988 Views
Re: Well I don't think it was too big of a scene or RJ would have written it I think. Datakim - 27/07/2010 09:18:54 AM 876 Views
Yeah, BS said on Twitter... Etzel - 27/07/2010 09:47:41 AM 1033 Views
Again! DomA - 27/07/2010 11:41:33 PM 998 Views
You say that as if RJ was able to write all the scenes he wanted to before he died. Terez - 31/07/2010 02:08:51 AM 733 Views
Re: Yeah, I saw that. DomA - 27/07/2010 05:28:53 AM 975 Views
Yeah, I wondered about that... Gher - 27/07/2010 05:02:27 PM 846 Views
Re: Yeah, I wondered about that... scooter - 28/07/2010 04:04:06 AM 787 Views
... and 94 chapters RabidWombat - 27/07/2010 04:04:51 AM 999 Views
Thats a lot of chapters *NM* Ryan - 27/07/2010 05:16:35 AM 398 Views
Ouch.... DomA - 27/07/2010 05:48:13 AM 1014 Views
BS twittered then, though... Etzel - 27/07/2010 08:15:06 AM 929 Views
Re: BS twittered then, though... Cynewulf - 27/07/2010 05:20:56 PM 834 Views
Re: BS twittered then, though... DomA - 28/07/2010 12:01:26 AM 919 Views
Don't you mean aMoL: Ch 81? The Angry Druid - 27/07/2010 08:38:30 PM 874 Views
The next book, Towers of Midnight, is meant. *NM* Etzel - 27/07/2010 10:24:43 PM 402 Views
Re: The next book, Towers of Midnight, is meant. Cynewulf - 27/07/2010 11:28:51 PM 829 Views
Now he said... Etzel - 28/07/2010 08:32:17 AM 949 Views
rock on *NM* nigelgoboom - 27/07/2010 04:05:48 AM 376 Views
Hmm, Lan's death? Etzel - 27/07/2010 08:09:25 AM 905 Views
sure, why not. my only problem is... Deadsy - 27/07/2010 08:58:06 AM 886 Views
I hope you are right. Seriana Sedai - 27/07/2010 09:19:44 AM 908 Views
I don't think he will die Deadsy - 27/07/2010 11:07:27 AM 919 Views
I think if Lan dies... Etzel - 27/07/2010 09:45:05 AM 902 Views
I was thinking Cadsuane *NM* Sidious - 27/07/2010 10:46:26 AM 401 Views
Also possible, of course Etzel - 27/07/2010 10:58:34 AM 871 Views
I don't consider it foreshadowing Deadsy - 27/07/2010 11:15:37 AM 796 Views
Hmm, I doubt it... Etzel - 27/07/2010 11:25:57 AM 811 Views
Re: Hmm, I doubt it... DomA - 28/07/2010 12:47:33 AM 823 Views
Either Lan or Rand, I guess. *NM* Etzel - 28/07/2010 08:02:37 AM 382 Views
Or... DomA - 31/07/2010 02:59:22 AM 780 Views
It sounds a bit early for Lan's death DomA - 28/07/2010 12:25:47 AM 996 Views
Oh, I like this. Sareitha Sedai - 28/07/2010 01:35:48 AM 850 Views
I do too. Elaine - 28/07/2010 01:43:12 PM 773 Views
Perhaps, too early, yes... Etzel - 28/07/2010 07:57:34 AM 797 Views
Re: It sounds a bit early for Lan's death SamJ - 28/07/2010 08:43:31 AM 798 Views
RJ/ Harriet should have picked you, Dom... Mik - 28/07/2010 08:47:34 AM 813 Views
The death of Elayne? Or Min? RugbyPlayingAshaman - 27/07/2010 02:47:11 PM 899 Views
The problem with this idea is... Etzel - 27/07/2010 04:26:33 PM 845 Views
rand's fake death. from a POV that thinks he died for real *NM* nigelgoboom - 27/07/2010 07:07:00 PM 410 Views
this is what i was just thinking *NM* Deadsy - 27/07/2010 10:27:12 PM 367 Views
My bets are on Rand's actual death Terez - 30/07/2010 07:40:06 AM 846 Views
I can resist the urge. It's basically just a survey after all. *NM* Etzel - 30/07/2010 07:46:52 AM 395 Views
Lan's death and Nynaeve's reaction would fit "heart-wrenching", Cadsuane's not so much for most *NM* darius_sedai - 29/07/2010 03:50:34 PM 359 Views
Certainly Etzel - 29/07/2010 05:34:11 PM 795 Views
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