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Interview #36: Twitter 2011 (WoT), Entry #193

Felix Pax (13 December 2011)

Regarding the map of WoT, if a place is named, as a reader, at some point I expect that place to be written about.

Brandon Sanderson (13 December 2011)

Actually, I prefer there to be lots of names on my maps that are never mentioned or written about.

BRANDON SANDERSON

If every point on the map is story-related, I feel it makes the map feel contrived.

FELIX PAX

I take that sentence of yours to mean, you don’t care for RJ’s map structure very much at all.

BRANDON SANDERSON

That is not what it means at all, Felix. It means only what I said. “I’m unlikely to explain places RJ didn’t give backstory.”

BRANDON SANDERSON

My reasoning being that he left them with little or no explanation for a reason, in order to be more realistic.

FELIX PAX

Realistic or easy for an author?

BRANDON SANDERSON

I guess we’re looking at it differently. I feel there are many places that haven’t been explored or had more than a mention.

Footnote

Felix’s comments were probably related to this argument . But, since it’s Felix, only tangentially.

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