So do you ever put a page length limit on yourself?
I don’t, but I know by gut generally after I start writing how long a book feels.
Does the publisher ever put any limits on you?
No, they actually haven’t. They do ask me if I’ll write them shorter, but it’s always an ask, and I usually ignore them. In fact, Words of Radiance is the largest book they can physically print with their printer, but the font is not the smallest font they could do yet. So I could actually get about another 100,000 words longer before it gets unreadable.
So by the time we get to Stormlight 6 or 7, they’ll have to go buy a new printer?
Yeah, I’ve warned them. I will write it at the length that feels right.
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