Ī short story of 14,000 words excerpted from the novel, titled "The Road to Levinshire", won the Writers of the Future Second Quarter competititon in 2002. He submitted the completed novel to several publishing companies but was rejected. He drew inspiration from the range of college courses he explored, and from his personal interests and hobbies. Rothfuss wrote the trilogy as an extremely long fantasy novel, titled The Song of Flame and Thunder, during his nine-year advance toward his bachelors degree in English. They have been translated into more than thirty languages worldwide. The novels in the Kingkiller Chronicle series are first published in hardcover and are later re-released as paperback editions. Editions and translations Main article: Editions of The Kingkiller Chronicle
Rothfuss worked on The Tale of Laniel Young-Again, a novel of 100,000-120,000 words, before shelving the book to continue working on The Doors of Stone. In October 2014, the first stand-alone novella of the series, The Slow Regard of Silent Things, featuring Auri, was released. The novella The Lightning Tree, featuring Bast, was published in the anthology Rogues in June 2014. Written in a chant-like rhythm, the story takes place centuries before The Name of the Wind, and is told from the perspective of a tree. The short story " How Old Holly Came to Be" was published in the anthology Unfettered in June 2013. Rothfuss has written several short pieces taking place within the setting of the world of The Kingkiller Chronicle, with more expected to be published at some point. The series also contains many metafictional stories-within-stories from varying perspectives, which are described within the context of the narration.
The present-day interludes are in the third person, alternating from an omniscient perspective to that of several characters, while the story of Kvothe's life is told entirely in the first person from his own perspective. The series alternates between the third and first person perspective. The narration, which comprises the story of Kote's past as Kvothe and makes up the majority of the books.The frame story, where Kote tells the story of his life to Chronicler in the Waystone Inn.The plot is divided into two different action threads: The Kingkiller Chronicle is presented as the autobiography of Kvothe, an adventurer and famous musician, legendary throughout the Four Corners of Civilization.
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