Are there any particular aspects of the book that you think will be especially challenging for you?
Last year I mentioned the depth of the worldbuilding, and this really has been a challenge. I know there are some of you out there who can name every single Aes Sedai, their Ajah and relative strength in the Power. But I’ve never been that kind of reader. I’ve loved these books, and I’ve been through them a number of times (currently, I’ve read The Eye of the World nine times.) I know these characters—I know how to write them and how to think as them. But the side characters are a challenge to keep track of. I don’t have a trivia mind. I forget the names of my OWN side characters sometimes. I know who they are, but I can’t name them.
(Fortunately, I now know that Mr. Jordan himself had trouble sometimes keeping track of them all, which is why he had assistants to help him.)
Other than that, there have been a few characters that have been more difficult to get ‘right’ than other characters. The Aiel, for instance, are a challenge to make sound right. They’re such an interesting people, and they see the way in such a peculiar way. I’ve had to spend a lot of time working on making them sound right.
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