I am not saying that there wasn't an abundance of material. I'm saying it was done badly. There's tons of details about the story and world too, but Jordan wrote them down in a repetitive, boring way. His development of the characters is no different. Hell I couldn't stand any of them except Mat, who, while the only one with a likable personality, was still very one-dimensional. Facts and stories and adventures are not alternatives to substance for a character; they are merely parts of it.