I am surprised that Harriet, as editor, wasn't more focused on these things as well. I'm sure she had to walk a fine line not to rewrite things the way she thought Jim would have written them (I know I do that in my head, and I only have the other 11 books to go from - she was married to the man!) and in a big way she had to respect Brandon's writing style. Brandon said many times that he was not trying to copy Mr. Jordan's style, but he was trying to adapt his own style to suit the Wheel of Time. I think this is admirable, but to be honest, I wish Harriett had rewritten those damn lines.
I agree. Tempest was completely overused. I think you pretty much summed it up here, and I wish I could just wrap up your post in a package and ship it to Team Jordan verbatim.
I agree. Tempest was completely overused. I think you pretty much summed it up here, and I wish I could just wrap up your post in a package and ship it to Team Jordan verbatim.
I don't blame Brandon so much for this, as 'Team Jordan'. Brandon is (as everyone almost is) a product of his time and experiences. That he writes using more modern (20th/21st century) terms as he's writing Wheel of Time shouldn't be a problem.
He should be able to use those so he can concentrate on the story, not having to stop every 2nd sentence to check if they are too contemporary. That'd be a good recipe for the books taking 3 times as long and him giving up on writing them.
However, once the story has been written and submitted for editing and continuity checking any of these terms should be removed. Continuity for me is not just that person X is left handed up to KOD and Brandon has them right handed by mistake and it needs correcting. It's the language used - both in general and by particular characters.
I'd rather 'Team Jordan'/ TOR had have had TGS/TOM come out a month or two later and they'd gone through a more thorough check. For language, typo's and general continuity issues. It's these highly avoidable flaws that are in the two books, due to the rush to get them to market that are unforgivable to me. Over the years to come as we read or re-read TGS/TOM the memories of waiting for them will have faded, but the flaws will still be there.
You can be late only once, you can be bad forever. Unfortunately there's parts of the later in the rush for the dollar.
p.s. AMOL should have the word tempest banned. TOR - give BS a thesaurus with it nailed open to the page with Storm on it!
He should be able to use those so he can concentrate on the story, not having to stop every 2nd sentence to check if they are too contemporary. That'd be a good recipe for the books taking 3 times as long and him giving up on writing them.
However, once the story has been written and submitted for editing and continuity checking any of these terms should be removed. Continuity for me is not just that person X is left handed up to KOD and Brandon has them right handed by mistake and it needs correcting. It's the language used - both in general and by particular characters.
I'd rather 'Team Jordan'/ TOR had have had TGS/TOM come out a month or two later and they'd gone through a more thorough check. For language, typo's and general continuity issues. It's these highly avoidable flaws that are in the two books, due to the rush to get them to market that are unforgivable to me. Over the years to come as we read or re-read TGS/TOM the memories of waiting for them will have faded, but the flaws will still be there.
You can be late only once, you can be bad forever. Unfortunately there's parts of the later in the rush for the dollar.
p.s. AMOL should have the word tempest banned. TOR - give BS a thesaurus with it nailed open to the page with Storm on it!
I always say, if you must mount the gallows, give a jest to the crowd, a coin to the hangman, and make the drop with a smile on your lips. ~Birgitte
This message last edited by CatherineSedai on 26/11/2010 at 03:05:48 AM
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- 20/11/2010 11:28:51 PM
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There's a tempest of modern terms
- 21/11/2010 06:34:15 AM
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I agree with every word.
- 26/11/2010 03:05:24 AM
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