Stand-alone novels are a rare occurrence is the Fantasy genre, an area of literature that is typically filled with epic, multi-book series. What prompted you to begin your writing career with a stand-alone, Elantris and why the change to a trilogy with Mistborn?
Two things influenced my decision to write Elantris as a stand-alone novel. The first is the aspect that as a new author, I didn’t have a proven track record. I’d grown a little frustrated with new authors releasing first books in a trilogy when I didn’t know their writing well enough to trust whether or not I wanted to get bogged down in a huge series. So, I decided that I wanted my first book to be a stand-alone—a self-contained epic fantasy story that could show off what I could do without expecting people to wait years and years to see if I could finish a story or not.
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