Sanderson oathbringer6/5/2023 ![]() ![]() ![]() In some of Brandon’s books, there are a few main characters who spend most of their time together in the same place. I have a massive spreadsheet called the Master Cosmere Timeline (I can hear some of you salivating right now, and no, I won’t let you peek at certain corners of it). There’s so much more to it than that, but it gives you an idea of the level of detail I try to be on top of.Īnother thing I track is the timeline of each book. The next time a person appears, I make sure they have the right eye color and eat the right kind of food. ![]() I keep records of every character, place, spren, and piece of clothing to name just a few. ![]() You may know that I’m Brandon’s continuity editor. The timeline is one small part of the reason, but it will give you a small glimpse of what is going on at a frantic pace here at Dragonsteel trying to get the book ready to go to press. I asked it myself years ago when I heard similar news about a Harry Potter book. Why do we have to wait until November before it’s on the shelf at the bookstore?” This is a natural question. I know that some of you think, “Brandon posted that he had finished writing Oathbringer months ago. (Spoiler warning: There may be tidbits of information in this article about the plot of Oathbringer, but I have specifically made up many of the examples I use, so you can’t count on any of it as fact.) I just finished the timeline for Oathbringer, and thought you might like to hear about the process. ![]()
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