What influenced the creation of the writing system in Warbreaker ?
He’d been writing a lot of kind of grungy books— Mistborn and Elantris are all sort of grimy—and his (editor? agent? one of the two?) pointed that out and suggested he write something colorful.
I think I didn’t phrase my question clearly enough. He answered with an explanation of the magic system’s origins instead, which is interesting but not what you wanted.
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