I really don't want to come off as a jerk, but really? WoT has never had good writing.
Ghavrel Send a noteboard - 26/01/2011 07:18:03 AM
By the light, this writing gets ham-fisted right quick. It's little moments, like an Ashaman saying to Ituralde "My lord! I sense channeling!" Wow. That's an amazing bit of dialog. And so natural coming from a battle-trained channeler.
You would prefer something like "there's channeling," I suppose? That's fair.
I very much liked the scenes with the new Rand, though I suspect my favorites were written by Jordan. The book was entertaining. I don't understand the stylistic criticisms, though; Jordan's writing was dreadful at times.
The structural criticism I agree with.
"We feel safe when we read what we recognise, what does not challenge our way of thinking.... a steady acceptance of pre-arranged patterns leads to the inability to question what we are told."
~Camilla
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Just read ToM: Sanderson doesn't know High Chant, only common
23/01/2011 08:03:17 PM
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As someone who's broadly anti-Sanderson
23/01/2011 08:53:52 PM
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LoL - that discredits greatly the main post *NM*
24/01/2011 04:27:45 PM
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No, it doesn't. It "discredits greatly" one of his points, not the main argument. *NM* *NM*
24/01/2011 06:57:38 PM
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Disagree...
25/01/2011 12:36:25 AM
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Or it could be that I read every book 5 times, but like 10 years ago
26/01/2011 05:35:46 AM
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Huh?
23/01/2011 11:51:02 PM
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No, the "misused simile" thing is just a pet peeve
24/01/2011 12:47:04 AM
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Sweated is a word. *NM*
24/01/2011 02:45:57 AM
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Is it? Would you ever write "I had sweated" or "having sweated for an hour?" *NM*
24/01/2011 11:17:04 PM
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Re: Just read ToM: Sanderson doesn't know High Chant, only common
25/01/2011 11:06:24 PM
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I really don't want to come off as a jerk, but really? WoT has never had good writing.
26/01/2011 07:18:03 AM
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If you hate his writing so much then don't read the final book. *NM*
07/02/2011 03:39:43 AM
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