The Gathering Storm Milford signing

Argent. (paraphrased)

Regarding the Mistbornbooks, do you think you will ever write a prequel trilogy?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

I've considered it, but I don't think it's a good idea. I love the hero's journey, like Rand's journey at the beginning of the Wheel of Time. When writing the Mistborn books, I knew Robert Jordan had done epic fantasy the best it could be done, so I thought,  'what hasn’t been done?' The answer I came to was 'what if the hero lost?' The idea was a good one, but that would make a downer of a book.

Audience Member (paraphrased)

[Star wars prequels reference] *general laughter*

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

*laughter*

I wrote Mistborn a thousand years after the hero lost. I'm thinking of writing a sequel set centuries after Mistborn. 

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Brandon went on to say that he wrote Mistborn as 1000 years after the heroes lost, and he is more strongly considering a sequel trilogy that would take place about 600 years after Mistborn.

Argent. (paraphrased)

 Will there be any sequels to Elantris?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

In 2015, the 10th anniversary of the series, he intends to release Dragonriders, three books based on side characters. They will take place 10 years after events, in the city of Dakhor.

Argent. (paraphrased)

Several fans asked whether there would be a sequel to Warbreaker.

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Nightblood will be released after The Wheel of Time 

Argent. (paraphrased)

Do you have new stuff, or new ideas?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes—one is The Silence Divine, a world like ours where you gain magic by diseases; another is a world where the only superheroes are all evil super villains and a group of regular people called the Executioners [Reckoners] gather to hunt them down and take them out.

Argent. (paraphrased)

Do you have plans to write a longer series?

Brandon Sanderson (paraphrased)

Yes, The Way of Kings will come out next year.