Rhythm of War Editorial Team Discussion

I can't even imagine the attention to detail that Karen has in making the timeline :o

Karen: I have a wiki for everything. 17th Shard: (jealous)

Timestamps! 0:00 - Introdutions 1:55 - Seven Drafts 2:32 - How do editors approach the second draft? 4:00 - Different process for longer books? 4:01 - No Shoes; no problem! 6:10 - How do you ignore details to focus on the wider scope of the book? 8:05 - What's up with the wiki? 9:30 - How do you keep track of changes and edits? 10:30 - What is an editorial letter? 12:30 - The Notes File 14:37 - Third Draft 15:47 - How do you handle Author-Editor disagreements? 18:04 - Who is Harriet? 20:11 - How do you help writers recognize problems they need to fix? 26:14 - Do most writers use Beta readers? 27:12 - Sanderson's Beta reader set-up? 31:22 - Rhythm of War has the most changes? 32:30 - What do editors look for in an early manuscript? 35:49 - Continuity draft 44:20 - Final Polish; Line Editors 47:50 - Copyedit explanation 52:20 - Gamma readers 55:12 - Seven Errors and the Proofread Spreadsheet 56:12 - Which editorial draft is most fun? 58:02 - The danger in reading a Sanderson book 1:01:30 - How often does Sanderson push back on the editorial process? 1:05:44 - Collaboration versus Committee 1:07:25 - What is the funniest or most interesting error? 1:09:35 - Cut scenes you wanted to include but couldn't 1:10:57 - How much of the structure of the book changed from 1.0 to 5.0? 1:13:20 - Any unexpected hurdles in editing RoW? Hey all! Shameless plug time. For the cost of a Big Mac, you can help out a struggling writer. My new book is out on Amazon: Seven Points. It is a short story collection of mine. Do me a favor? Skip McDonalds today (its not good for you anyways) and give my book a chance. I'd REALLY appreciate it! https://www.amazon.com/Seven-Points-Stories-William-Quill-ebook/dp/B08N5KWMJQ/ref=sr_1_1?dchild=1&keywords=seven+points+william+quill&qid=1605222807&s=books&sr=1-1 Also, you can read Kindle books without a Kindle through a Kindle app you can download. I just thought it was something interesting to share: https://www.amazon.com/b?node=16571048011&tag=efly01-20

From a business perspective it seems like Brandon does a great job delegating and empowering a team to help him assist in his creation process. In a sense the books are a product of all of them, though the original vision obviously comes from Brandon. The teamwork is impressive.

Brandon, please stop. This is the third time today. I'm trying to write.

I don’t know if he thought we would see his socks, but we did.

"I am a stick" shirt for the win

I love these videos. Thank you Brandon Sanderson for being so open about your process and providing this information for us.

I actually feel better about my writing after hearing you have someone completely focused on timeline. Thanks for the great videos!

Really love the commitment to the themes of transparency and collaboration. Both in the books particularly with Navani’s POV, and in real life with your open YouTube lectures. You enrich us all.

I honestly love these people for their dedication and hard work to produce this massive project. Ever so epic.

It amuses me that you wear a suit jacket, but no shoes. Lol, keep up the good work!

My word you guys are amazing. Thanks for all that your team does for us fans.

This was extremely, extremely interesting. We've heard about some of it on a livestream before but it's fascinating how much of a process it is. I appreciate everyone's work on this book, author, editors, beta-readers, and all. I can't wait to receive my copy. I've had it on pre-order since the end of Jan.

Shallan's hair is waving. It's storming waving!

I feel like Sanderson was really smart in the way he incorporated the the spren, so that he could easily use spren to show in stead of tell emotions and character's reactions.

I have a lot of respect to Peter and Karen now, don't envy either of them at all. But Peter is sharp

So what I am hearing is that Brandon is an incredibly fast, good writer, who loves big ideas and tiny details. Then his team takes those abilities and turns him into the best fantasy author since Tolkien. To paraphrase Words of Radiance, "He had always known how to hire the right people, that was his strength."

I would pay good money to get to read Karen's notes on continuity! Heck, that's kickstarter material right there!

Daniel Greene, the cover artist, and now your editorial team I can’t I—