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Like the other secret projects, ''The Sunlit Man'' was written during the Covid-19 pandemic, as stopping conventions and international travel gave Brandon more time to write.{{url ref|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-k6eaT-jQ|text=Kickstarter Announcement Video|site=YouTube}} Unlike the other three, the story was not written as a gift for Brandon's wife Emily. Rather, it was based on one of the first ideas Brandon had for a cosmere story, and one which he had not had the time for beforehand.{{ref|name=Preview}}
The original idea involved [[Hoid]] -- then called Topaz -- waking up on an
The initial setting was a world that was a sphere eternally rolling on the surface of another planet, forcing its inhabitants to always move. While the idea of a planet rolling on a planet was quickly discarded, Brandon kept the concept of a world where people had to perpetually move or die. This was partially to reinforce the theme of Sigzil/Nomad having to keep moving in order to avoid the Night Brigade.{{ref|name=Preview}}
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