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Interview #709: CNN Interview, Entry #9

Michele Dula Baum

Jordan does have his detractors. Disgruntled fans—and not a few critics—question his verbosity, and many have wondered whether he could be losing control of the story.

Robert Jordan

“No, I never feel that it’s getting away from me,” Jordan said. “I certainly am telling it in more detail, in which case, I think it’s good that I’m telling it in more books than five. Trying to compress it into five would have made it not as readable or enjoyable.”

He insists that he has known what will happen in the last scene of the last book before ever setting down a word. And while he will not speculate on how long it will take to get there, Jordan does have definite plans for life after the “Wheel of Time” has finished turning.

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