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By the way... Etzel Send a noteboard - 13/01/2010 02:42:18 PM
Brandon Sanderson Q: Why has the TofM progress bar been stuck at the same number for so long? A: Been doing revisions. Plan to do a blog post soon.

Brandon Sanderson Problem: I want the book to work on its own, and not feel like "All of the stuf that didn't go in TGS thrown together."


I would say that makes it further unlikely that we will get a Graendal PoV from before her death in ToM, as some people like to suggest (e.g. Graendal chatting with Aran'gar about something), because it's stuff that could have been in TGS and apparently BS wants to avoid this.

I also found the following statements from BS in his Mistborn annotations, which IMO further support that it's unlikely that BS would basically jump back in Graendal's plotline:

"I like to avoid flashbacks when I can - they're usually more of a hassle and an annoyance than they are useful."

"I generally follow a straight chronology in my books — meaning that page 22 is almost always later in time than page 21, no matter which characters happen to be on the different pages."

Of course, BS has to jump back in the overall timeline to those characters in ToM, who are behind Rand and Egwene at the end of TGS. But considering what BS says above, it seems most unlikely that he would do something - also RJ never did - namely giving a character, who died in his/her timeline, a PoV from before the death in the next book, especially if other characters could simply reveal more about Graendal as well, if it is necessary (like BS said, Graendal's name will be mentioned a few times in ToM).
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The latest from Sanderson about why his progress bar hasn't moved: - 13/01/2010 03:33:49 AM 1095 Views
I don't mind a long book... - 13/01/2010 04:19:43 AM 682 Views
TGS had alot of progress. *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:25:49 AM 262 Views
I rather wonder... - 13/01/2010 08:12:04 AM 672 Views
By the way... - 13/01/2010 02:42:18 PM 654 Views
you are funny - 13/01/2010 07:58:18 PM 521 Views
Well, if you also think it's doubtful, we agree. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:53:00 PM 249 Views
I just don't see why you are so adamant about it is all - 13/01/2010 11:45:58 PM 486 Views
Actually - 14/01/2010 11:09:55 AM 527 Views
Re: The latest from Sanderson about why his progress bar hasn't moved: - 13/01/2010 05:09:40 PM 712 Views
Does that last sentence read long "till the book comes out" or long book? *NM* - 13/01/2010 05:13:38 PM 247 Views
Both actually. *NM* - 13/01/2010 08:10:00 PM 224 Views

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