General Twitter 2016

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Leinton

I think a lot about the fact that [Brandon] decided that Roshar needed 10 evenly spaced gas giants in its system.

Peter Ahlstrom

The spacing is not to scale...and the uninhabited planets are very hard to detect from Shadesmar.

Also few of these would be visible from Roshar. So...

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Argent

17th Shard user Treamayne made an interesting observation re: Surge glyphs - Can you comment? :3

Isaac Stewart

No comment yet on this specifically, tho I'll respond to something in that thread regarding names and "screw yous" within glyphs.

Isaac Stewart

Readers are trying to pronounce glyphs by reading them. Glyphs aren't read. They're memorized. Sounds might be found in glyphs.

Isaac Stewart

Glyphs have evolved from the early days. Just like the Chinese character for "tree" doesn't look like a tree anymore.

Isaac Stewart

Alethi glyphs are recognized by overall shape, not by the shapes/sounds that might be found within.

Isaac Stewart

For example, the Bridge 4 glyph is still recognizable even if the component shapes are changed.

Isaac Stewart

Hope this helps!

Argent

So let's see if I got it. The "kholin" glyphpair could, given enough time, no longer look like "khokh" & "linil"...

Argent

... but still be recognizable as "kholin" due to its overall shape?

Isaac Stewart

That is correct. More ancient glyphs will have slowly morphed away from the original sounds found inside.

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TheQuentisentialYou

Why does Marasi's memory of the voice of "Death" or Marsh, change? From Alloy of Law to Bands of Mourning chapter 15?

Brandon Sanderson (Part 1/Part 2/Part 3)

This is a thing that drives Peter crazy. My research tells me that people change memories based on expectations and environment.

On occasion, you'll see me having characters miss-quote themselves, or remember events clearly wrong. I do this for realism.

(Though on occasion, it's just a mistake or lapse on my part. Those we fix. The rest drive my editors crazy.)

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Silverstars

Every time Shallan thinks about Jasnah it's so gay which is #relatable, @BrandSanderson did you realize how bi you wrote her?? Either way, thank you.

Brandon Sanderson

This wasn't directly on my mind while writing, but looking back, I think it was in my subconscious. I'm flattered to hear it.

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