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Sanderson is a pro in a way a lot of other writers aren't. He considers writing his job and so he writes every day even when he isnt feeling inspired. Its a craftsmans approach to writing. So long as he has time to do other stuff occasionally he wont burn out because he has trained himself to work constantly at a steady pace.
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Dude will smash out 100k words with zero effort, it's amazing. By contrast, I've had to scrape and grind my way to 17k words for nanowrimo so far this month and I'm half-dreading the remaining 30k+. He's a rockstar
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HidaO-Win posted:Sanderson is a pro in a way a lot of other writers aren't. He considers writing his job and so he writes every day even when he isnt feeling inspired. Its a craftsmans approach to writing. So long as he has time to do other stuff occasionally he wont burn out because he has trained himself to work constantly at a steady pace. Yea its crazy what an actual work ethic will accomplish.
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Nov 11, 2019 23:10
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insider posted:Yea its crazy what an actual work ethic will accomplish. Him and Stephen King both treat writing as an actual full time job and it shows with their level of output. It’s crazy compared to a lot of authors who put out maybe one book every two years.
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Wasn't Alloy of Law basically the result of him being bored on a long flight? Sanderson is a printing press wrapped in human form.
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Evil Fluffy posted:Wasn't Alloy of Law basically the result of him being bored on a long flight? Sanderson is a printing press wrapped in human form. Very much so. And at first he only wanted it to be one novella, and then the story grew to be four books long. Not that I'm complaining.
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And then there's the fact that he wrote Bands of Mourning because he didn't know how to end Shadows of Self, and had them both out next to each other.
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I think his actual words were, "I wrote Bands of Mourning as a warm up exercise to finish Shadows of Self". https://www.tor.com/2014/12/18/mistborn-alloy-of-law-sequels/ There are no words to express the amazement I have.
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AND, in the middle of that, wrote Secret History because, huh, better explain a few things in Bands of Mourning.
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https://brandonsanderson.com/warbreaker-leatherbound-preorders/ drat I love that artwork so much. I imagine it'll be a nice deep purple leather too, since Mistborn was red leather / ink, and Elantris was blue. quote:Damage prevention & numbering Fine by me - one of my Mistborn copies came with the spine a little crumpled. Not particularly noticeable, but still for $100 it's a little annoying. Can't wait to see what they do for Way of Kings next year.
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Starsight (Skyward book 2) is out today in the US (not sure about international). I won't have time to get to it until at least tomorrow 
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Just binged Starsight. It went to some unexpected places, but there were some theories confirmed. Doomslug is the hyperdrive And it ended on a cliff hanger! Two year wait for the next one. Sigh.
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After a few failed attempts, I'm finally getting around to reading The Way of Kings, and I just have to laugh at how insanely confident Sanderson is (in a good way). He wanted to write an epic fantasy story and by God he's gonna get as Epic as he can. Every other sentence features some wild made up high fantasy bullshit and it owns.
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Nov 28, 2019 01:23
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Lester Shy posted:After a few failed attempts, I'm finally getting around to reading The Way of Kings, and I just have to laugh at how insanely confident Sanderson is (in a good way). He wanted to write an epic fantasy story and by God he's gonna get as Epic as he can. Every other sentence features some wild made up high fantasy bullshit and it owns. I wanna say that he dials it down after the prologue, but, no. He just drops the super mathematical magical combat in favor of general magical worldbuilding. Eventually the two dovetail, but not for a good long while.
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Nov 28, 2019 01:37
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I believe he said it himself that he was like, "I wanna be extremely self indulgent with Stormlight, and drat it am I ever"
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Sab669 posted:I believe he said it himself that he was like, "I wanna be extremely self indulgent with Stormlight, and drat it am I ever" I can take Sanderson’s self indulgence a lot easier than a fair few other authors. It helps that he’s actually really good at putting details into the world building and magic systems that can become incredibly relevant later, so when he goes and worldbuilds for a while it doesn’t feel like it’s diverting from the plot all that much.
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Leng posted:Just binged Starsight. It went to some unexpected places, but there were some theories confirmed. Started reading this yesterday and ended up going to sleep way too late. So far it's really good and the more I keep reading this series, the more I think it'd make a nice TV show.
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Tahirovic posted:Started reading this yesterday and ended up going to sleep way too late. So far it's really good and the more I keep reading this series, the more I think it'd make a nice TV show. The main characters having CG Mascots they can explain their inner monologue to would help quite a bit with some of the issues that fantasy series usually have going to screen.
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Ugly In The Morning posted:I can take Sanderson’s self indulgence a lot easier than a fair few other authors. It helps that he’s actually really good at putting details into the world building and magic systems that can become incredibly relevant later, so when he goes and worldbuilds for a while it doesn’t feel like it’s diverting from the plot all that much. Yeah, with Sanderson I can trust that all these seemingly irrelevant things he’s thrown in will actually matter and be interesting later and it’s not just filler. It’s amazing what a difference that makes.
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Starsight was a lot of fun. Whoever said this would make a good tv show is right.
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Also enjoyed star sight a lot. I was happily surprised by the excellent use of the Epilogue chapter card
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Chapter 1 of Stormlight 4 is in the latest Sanderson newsletter.
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I finished the first Mistborn book almost seven years ago now, and I've begun reading again in earnest, so I've considered picking up the series again. That said, the way people talking about Mistborn's writing aging, and reading fantasy that has wowed me more in the interim (like the first 3 Malazan books) makes me worried that I will enjoy it significantly less. Part of the reason I am considering it, though, is the number of people that have said that I would love the next two because of Sazed. As someone who studies religions, many friends have said that I remind them of him, at least a when it comes to obsessive discussions on obscure religious practices. Is that enough to warrant the time cost of these books in your mind? Or would I be better reading something else or Sanderson's more recent, polished work?
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Sazed is frankly the best character in the original mistborn trilogy
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Mistborn is pretty decent, some people think the second book is sloggy
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The second is not as strong as the first but is still equal to or better than a lot of other books I’ve read over the years. Definitely read the Mistborn books if only to get to Secret History and the Wax & Wayne books.
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If nothing else read the Wax and Wayne books (Mistborn era 2). You can legitimately jump right into them without having read mistborn with the understanding that some major plot twists in the original are in world religious mythology now and you will be spoiled.
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Sweet, thanks.
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Sazed is rad. His religious doubts definitely come from Sandererson's own.
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Hiro Protagonist posted:like the first 3 Malazan books) I'm still amazed that people can read those books. I slogged through 7 or 8 books before I admitted I had no idea what the gently caress was going on or why anything was happening and stopped. I don't need a blatant exposition dump that explains everything, but I do need some sort of exposition.
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The last few got very philosophical but I definitely wanted to see where the story went and even now, I still get a little adrenaline spike thinking back to some of the events throughout the books (like everything involving Quick Ben).
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New Yorp New Yorp posted:I'm still amazed that people can read those books. I slogged through 7 or 8 books before I admitted I had no idea what the gently caress was going on or why anything was happening and stopped. I don't need a blatant exposition dump that explains everything, but I do need some sort of exposition. i respect how committed Erikson is to not only explaining practically nothing, but making sure nearly anyone in-universe who DOES try to explain things is wrong, lying, or both
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Daric posted:The last few got very philosophical but I definitely wanted to see where the story went and even now, I still get a little adrenaline spike thinking back to some of the events throughout the books (like everything involving Quick Ben). And I read 7+ books and the only detail I remember about that character is his name because I was totally unable to build a mental framework with which to contextualize and understand any of the characters' actions. [edit] Don't worry I'll stop the Malazan derail here. New Yorp New Yorp fucked around with this message at 20:07 on Dec 3, 2019 |
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Honestly, I prefer Erikson's ambiguous mythology to Sanderson's obsessive continuity, but as I've said before in this thread, the Malazan books are perfect for my taste. It feels more real to me when nobody knows the answers and all the narrators are unreliable. That's how history works in real life, too. It's a harder read because it doesn't hold your hand, but I respect maintaining the artistic vision that way over making it more accessible.
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Infinite Karma posted:Honestly, I prefer Erikson's ambiguous mythology to Sanderson's obsessive continuity, but as I've said before in this thread, the Malazan books are perfect for my taste. It feels more real to me when nobody knows the answers and all the narrators are unreliable. That's how history works in real life, too. It's a harder read because it doesn't hold your hand, but I respect maintaining the artistic vision that way over making it more accessible. yeah, it's no coincidence that he writes extremely like an anthropologist who made up a setting for his dnd game
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Why does Syl scream out so horrifically in WoR when the bridge collapses?
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Sab669 posted:Why does Syl scream out so horrifically in WoR when the bridge collapses? Kaladin lost his powers as a Windrunner because he was willing to assassinate Elkohar, which meant he wasn't protecting people anymore. Syl sacrificed herself to give him back enough of his powers to survive the fall into the chasm.
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Yea I knew she was fading away since he made up his mind RE: Elhokar, but otherwise...
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Sab669 posted:Why does Syl scream out so horrifically in WoR when the bridge collapses? Out of pain (as much as a force of nature can feel pain). Syl broke the rules that gods and spren by association have to follow to rekindle enough of a nahel bond for Kalidin to survive. From the way Sanderson puts it seems like its like trying to get fire to stop being hot for a moment.
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Sab669 posted:Why does Syl scream out so horrifically in WoR when the bridge collapses? Kaladin’s ability to use magic and draw in healing stormlight is limited by the strength of his bond with Syl. Him taking mutually conflicting oaths regarding protecting Elhokar and not reporting Moash results in their bond being almost completely gone (Syl is an honorspren, keeping the spirit of oaths is her main focus). Kaladin should have died when he fell into the cavern. Syl basically killed herself in Kaladin’s place by forcing enough stormlight into Kaladin to heal him, despite their bond being too weak to do so naturally.
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