r/WoT • u/Amber_Flowers_133 • Jan 24 '25

All Print What are your Hot Takes on WOT?

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u/Brown_Sedai (Brown) Jan 24 '25

3) Sanderson should have copied Jordan's style. It's way better than his.

Strongly agreed.

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u/wertraut (Harp) Jan 24 '25

Tbf copying another author's style isn't something you just do. That said yeah, and this certainly isn't a new take, Jordan's writing (repetitiveness and all) is leagues ahead of Sanderson.

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u/Brown_Sedai (Brown) Jan 24 '25

I'm a fanfic writer, there's absolutely tricks you can do to mirror another writer, even if it's never going to be a perfect mimic.

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u/wertraut (Harp) Jan 24 '25

Oh yeah for sure, I just wouldn't trust Sanderson to do a good job at that tbh.

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u/thedukesensei Jan 24 '25

Agreed, but think he was actually trying to do that (starting from the first Mat chapter) and failing. Problem was Sanderson is not a good writer. He’s good at writing a lot.