Now he said... - Edit 1
Before modification by Etzel at 28/07/2010 10:34:17 AM
Update from Sanderson:
"All is coming together. Exchanged emails with Team Jordan. I suspect the final book will end up around 60 chapters, after combining scenes"
"All is coming together. Exchanged emails with Team Jordan. I suspect the final book will end up around 60 chapters, after combining scenes"
"After what may be known as the Great Chapter Melding of 2010, I merged many shorter chapters together. TofM is now 70 chapters long. This feels like the right number to me. It may change by one or two from here, but I think we're close to final."
And
Q: Has the chapter you mentioned earlier (the painful one that is one of your favorites) changed numbers now?"
A: "Yes. It's #60 now."
70 chapters are still some more than any other WoT book has, though some are longer than ToM, IIRC.
And by the way, on gay male characters appearing in the books:
Q: "@BrandonSandrson It'd be nice if some gay male characters would get a little visibility in the last book or 2."
A: "@Semirhage666 Will try. Not a lot of room left."