New Drop Chapter Three

[123Chikadee]

Yeah, esp since he's gotta be so secretive if he doesn't want to give away major spoilers.

[morriswalters]

I never gave much value to the WoJ, as he is entitled to change his opinion

As the writer Jim doesn't have an opinion.  He establishes canon. 

My personal canon, that I'm creating since I won't outlive the series, is that Bonea will become the Archive in the distant past.

[Dina]

Ok, let's say to change his idea, instead of opinion. You know what I mean, like when he said that we will be seeing a soulgaze in book 15 (I believe he said 15, it could have been another number. It was a book that ended not having a soulgaze).

You were not here for the Ms. Duck "Molly is Mab" theory, right?

[Arjan]

Ok, let's say to change his idea, instead of opinion. You know what I mean, like when he said that we will be seeing a soulgaze in book 15 (I believe he said 15, it could have been another number. It was a book that ended not having a soulgaze).

You were not here for the Ms. Duck "Molly is Mab" theory, right?

No but Mab will die at the start of the apocalyse, Molly will be queen and gets a nice litter of changelings with Ramirez 

[morriswalters]

Ok, let's say to change his idea, instead of opinion. You know what I mean, like when he said that we will be seeing a soulgaze in book 15 (I believe he said 15, it could have been another number. It was a book that ended not having a soulgaze).

You were not here for the Ms. Duck "Molly is Mab" theory, right?

No, I missed Ms. Duck.

[Mira]

You would have to ask him.  But if his word is unreliable then what is the point of WOJ's.

  Authors always have the option to change their minds, it is their prerogative. 

[Arjan]

  Authors always have the option to change their minds, it is their prerogative.

Especially if it produces a better book.

[Regenbogen]

Especially if it produces a better book.

I definitely prefer a better book to a reliable WOJ.

[morriswalters]

I definitely prefer a better book to a reliable WOJ.

What has one got to do with the other?

[Regenbogen]

What has one got to do with the other?

If something he said does not occur in the book because he decided something else would have been better. So I wouldn't mind, if what he said didn't occur. Don't know how else to phrase it, sorry.

[morriswalters]

No, that's fine.  But the point is that Jim said that the Oblivion War wouldn't come up in the main story line.  And I can't imagine the case where the absence of the Oblivion War would make the story line a stinker.

[Arjan]

No, that's fine.  But the point is that Jim said that the Oblivion War wouldn't come up in the main story line.  And I can't imagine the case where the absence of the Oblivion War would make the story line a stinker.

The oblivion war is there in the background and it influences the decisions of other characters in the book. The part of the world we see is always only the tip of the iceberg. Sometimes it is just nice if Jim reveals something more in a woj. And maybe a few books later Jim suddenly gets an awesome idea and needs the oblivion war for it. I am not going to tell him that he promised not to use it.

[Regenbogen]

The oblivion war is there in the background and it influences the decisions of other characters in the book. The part of the world we see is always only the tip of the iceberg. Sometimes it is just nice if Jim reveals something more in a woj. And maybe a few books later Jim suddenly gets an awesome idea and needs the oblivion war for it. I am not going to tell him that he promised not to use it.

Exactly.

[morriswalters]

OK.  WOJ's are off the table for arguments.

[Mira]

What has one got to do with the other?

  A lot actually,  when writing a book, especially a series, characters and events sometimes take
on a life of their own in spite of the best written outline or goals of the author.  Some of the best ideas just do not work out on paper as planned so a good author learns to be flexible.