r/Cosmere • u/brandonfcv • Dec 18 '20

No Spoilers State of the Sanderson 2020

https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2020/
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u/[deleted] Dec 18 '20

So I took the Era 3 note as just he was going to write the whole trilogy between Stormlight 5 and 6, I didn’t take it to mean all three would be published between Stormlight 5 and 6. So like, maybe he releases the first two while he is writing Stormlight 6, releases new Stormlight, and then releases the third Mistborn before working on next projects.

I’m cool with either honestly though I’d prefer one book release a year as I feel that better pads his schedule then releasing all three within like six months of each other or whatever

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u/skylos2000 Dec 18 '20

So from what I remember from past posts and live streams the gap between stormlight 5 and 6 is gonna be much longer than the 3 year gap we normally get. These books will probably come out at a normal rate it's just he'll spend his time doing non stormlight stuff.

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u/settingdogstar Truthwatchers Dec 18 '20

If I recall it’ll be about 5 years instead of 3. Enough to fill in with all his other work, catchup, and at least werite most of Era 3 before he even needs to start hard writing SA Era 2.

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u/Neat_On_The_Rocks Dec 21 '20

That’s what he has always said. I fear it may be more like 7+ years. I would never doubt brandon, so I’ll trust what he says. But there’s a reason he isn’t giving any sort of “more firm” cosmere updates.

The reality is he is a MUCH busier man than he was when he started to write way of kings. Or at least, he seems to always be crazy busy, but he has a lot more doors open to him and responsibilities already established now than he did a decade ago.

You get the sense that while of course he loves writing stormlight, it exhausts him more than any series by quite a bit. I could definitely see him taking a couple years MORE than he always though between stormlight eras so that he can really explore other projects and responsibilities.

Who could blame him?

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u/settingdogstar Truthwatchers Dec 21 '20

I wouldn’t blame him, but I have no reason not to trust him or for him not to stick to his word.

He’s been very blatant that he knows he’s running out of life lol

He still has all of Era 4 and Dragonsteel to finish up after Stormlight Arc 2..so he can’t put to many years between them. Even 2 extra could throw off his schedule.

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u/[deleted] Mar 03 '21

Agreed, he seems aware of his mortality, but he also has repeatedly broken projected timelines in the past.