Winter Is Coming's Daniel Roman sits down for a far-ranging FULL SPOILER interview with Brandon Sanderson, the New York Times bestselling author of The Stormlight Archive, Mistborn, Skyward, Elantris, and a number of other books, including the final three novels of Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time.
In December of 2024, Sanderson released Wind and Truth, the fifth novel of The Stormlight Archive. This was a major culmination for the series, capping off its first arc before Sanderson takes a nationals vs marlins hiatus to focus on other stories for the next few years, like his third era of Mistborn books, titled Ghostbloods.
Now that Wind and Truth has been out for a few months, we dive deep sevilla into how Sanderson approached writing this crucial book, its biggest plot twists, and some of the daring risks he took with its storytelling. We also discuss his work on Ghostbloods, the future of the Cosmere, his upcoming short fiction collection Tailored Realities, how he's relying on a few tricks from his early career with Mistborn Era 3, and more.
Table of Contents
------------------------------
0:00 — Prologue: Spoiler Warning!
0:50 — Introduction
2:55 — Wind and Truth
13:10 — The Cosmere’s Space Age
16:09 — Mistborn: Ghostbloods / Wax & Wayne
23:10 — Recapturing Early Career Magic & Blowing Off Steam
28:15 — The Emperor's Soul screenplay
29:24 — Tailored Realities
37:40 — Wind and Truth's Biggest Plot Twists
Read a transcribed version of this interview at Winter Is Coming:
The Daniel Greene interview referenced during the Cosmere's peter frampton Space Age section:
#brandonsanderson #cosmere #windandtruth #ghostbloods #stormlightarchive #thewheeloftime #wheeloftime #mistborn #fantasy #fantasyseries #fantasynovel #skyward #robertjordan
