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Personally, Im a bit pissed at Sanderson. He has series he hasnt finished-- including teh Alcatraz which has been abandoned for around 5 years. If he has free t

Personally, Im a bit pissed at Sanderson. He has series he hasnt finished-- including teh Alcatraz which has been abandoned for around 5 years. If he has free time, why doesnt he finish those instead of writing new books??

briangri 5y ago
https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2021/ https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2021..., search for "Alcatraz Series". The final book will be coming out September 20, 2022.
AdmiralAsshat 5y ago
The problem with a creative endeavor is that the quality is often (though not always) tied to the creator's interest/passion towards the project. If he hasn't finished Alcatraz yet, maybe he doesn't want to, or maybe he's hit some kind of writer's block for it. I guess the question would be: if he writes a book solely out of obligation and his heart is no longer in it, do you really want the end product?
epage 5y ago
> If he has free time, why doesnt he finish those instead of writing new books?? Something he has spoken of in the past is he if dropped his side projects, like people sometimes ask, his output is likely to go down because these projects help recharge him so he stays motivated for the mainline projects.
VikingCoder 5y ago
Personally, I'm a bit pissed at shantnutiwari. They have a job to do. If they have free time, why don't they get back to work instead of posting comments on Hacker News? We all have our own ways of balancing work and life, and relieving stress, and trying to master new things. Creativity comes in bursts. We just happen to be spoiled that Sanderson is basically a fire hose that we get to sip from.
akmarinov 5y ago
He specifically explained that in the video. He liked how in the beginning when he started to write he could create new things and work on what he was most excited about, but as he wrote books he started getting shoehorned into writing the sequels to the books, limiting him in what he could do and what he wanted to write. When some unexpected, free writing time opened up - he used it to go back to that and enjoy himself writing books that didn't have any preexisting limitations.

briangri 5y ago

https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2021/ https://www.brandonsanderson.com/state-of-the-sanderson-2021..., search for "Alcatraz Series". The final book will be coming out September 20, 2022.

AdmiralAsshat 5y ago

The problem with a creative endeavor is that the quality is often (though not always) tied to the creator's interest/passion towards the project. If he hasn't finished Alcatraz yet, maybe he doesn't want to, or maybe he's hit some kind of writer's block for it. I guess the question would be: if he writes a book solely out of obligation and his heart is no longer in it, do you really want the end product?

epage 5y ago

> If he has free time, why doesnt he finish those instead of writing new books?? Something he has spoken of in the past is he if dropped his side projects, like people sometimes ask, his output is likely to go down because these projects help recharge him so he stays motivated for the mainline projects.

VikingCoder 5y ago

Personally, I'm a bit pissed at shantnutiwari. They have a job to do. If they have free time, why don't they get back to work instead of posting comments on Hacker News? We all have our own ways of balancing work and life, and relieving stress, and trying to master new things. Creativity comes in bursts. We just happen to be spoiled that Sanderson is basically a fire hose that we get to sip from.

akmarinov 5y ago

He specifically explained that in the video. He liked how in the beginning when he started to write he could create new things and work on what he was most excited about, but as he wrote books he started getting shoehorned into writing the sequels to the books, limiting him in what he could do and what he wanted to write. When some unexpected, free writing time opened up - he used it to go back to that and enjoy himself writing books that didn't have any preexisting limitations.