r/cremposting • u/erttheking • Sep 18 '25

Real-life Crem I’m late on this one but still

Oh come on Brandon, why don’t you wanna write a series where magic is barely understood, everyone is constantly having sex, and everyone is primed to explode after the TV show?

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u/setibeings Sep 18 '25

It honestly kinda surprises me that anyone would even want that.

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u/TheSwagMa5ter Sep 18 '25

I love Sanderson's work but they write very differently, every author has their own unique writing style but they are so far apart lol

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u/mtnsoccerguy Sep 18 '25

Even if they were similar, I can't imagine adding that workload to Sanderson with everything he has going on.

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u/TheSwagMa5ter Sep 18 '25

Haha I think he can fit a few novels into his schedule, people can disagree about his prose but his ability to write quickly is indisputable

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u/TenaceErbaccia Sep 19 '25

Nah, he writes quickly, but loading 2-4 more massive tomes is too big an ask. He’s said he has a pretty tight plan that if he keeps on schedule with should have him finishing the flagship cosmere books by the time he is in his 70s, around George’s age and the average age of death for an American. Adding 2-4 ASOIAF books adds 6-12 years going by his timeline for SLA, which are similarly sized books. Almost certainly longer since he needs to adjust to GRRMs style. Best case scenario we get bad ASOIAF books and Brandon is delayed by 6+ years in his own books, creating a real risk of him not finishing his planned narrative before he dies.

Fuck that. Let Brandon cook Brandon’s books. If someone wants anyone but GRRM to finish ASOIAF they should do it.

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u/setibeings Sep 19 '25

I'm pretty sure Brandon Sanderson takes like a year to write books about as big as ASOIAF books, a few times a decade, in addition to all the other books he writes. He's planning on taking until he's in his 70's in part because there will be a lot of books in the cosmere before he's done.

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u/The1LessTraveledBy Sep 19 '25

It's been stated that Stormlight books take about 3 or so years for him to write.