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10 quotes by Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson (born December 19, 1975) is an American writer. He is best known for his Mistborn series and his work in finishing Robert Jordan's epic fantasy series The Wheel of Time. In 2010, Sanderson published The Way of Kings, the first book in a ten book series called The Stormlight Archive. Sanderson worked as an editor for the semi-professional magazine Leading Edge while attending school at Brigham Young University, where he now...
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The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because... →

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I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head... →

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I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.

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Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to... →

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When I write my books, actually, I'm known for very logical rule-based magic systems. I write with one foot in fantasy and one foot in science... →

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You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we... →

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Normally, I have a lot of alpha readers on my books. These are people that, once I finish a novel, I let them look at it and give me a reader... →

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My job is not to save 'The Wheel of Time', to fix 'The Wheel of Time', or anything like that. My job is not to screw it up.

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When I do research, I cast my net very widely and then snatch what feels right out of that. Occasionally I'll read a specific book for a specific... →

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I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.

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