Popular Post NathanielHellman he/him Posted July 1, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Seriously has anyone noticed how prolific this guy is when compared to George R.R. Martin, Robert Jordan, and a ton of other fantasy writers? I mean how many books has this guy written since the last A Song of Ice and Fire Book came out? I'm not complaining or anything I am just really impressed considering his contemporaries. 17 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted July 1, 2015 Report Share Posted July 1, 2015 Nah, no one has ever noticed before. Seriously though, from my understanding it's a result of focus, schedule, and variety. Focus is pretty obvious. Schedule, he's said a number of times that he treats writing like a 9-5 Monday-Friday job. And variety, he job-hops as often as he feels necessary; if job A is stalled, he just puts it aside and works on job D, then returns to A when it's working for him. Obviously I'm super simplifying, but that's the basic answer. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
NathanielHellman he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Author Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Yeah I know I am just amazed by it. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Titan Arum Posted July 2, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Oh, you didn't know? This is actually Brandon's true portrait: In all seriousness, he does an amazing job outlining works and just as LabRat said, he doesn't necessarily power through everything at once. He'll space it out. He's said that if he went from SA2 straight to SA3, he'd probably go crazy and take a while too. Thus he writes other books between them so that when he gets back to a SA book he's excited and completely dedicated to it. I've now reached the point that it's hard to wait even less than a year for a new Sanderson book. I feel like he's not writing fast enough anymore Maybe I am a Sanderson Junky? 24 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post natc Posted July 2, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 He even writes books accidentally at times. Not many do that. 26 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RandomRevival he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 You are all wrong. Brandon Sanderson is an epic. 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Xaladin he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I dunno. Zincminds? Perhaps a few Bronzeminds? Maybe an Essence Mark? 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Popular Post Mistrunner Posted July 2, 2015 Popular Post Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I keep telling people, he's actually Hoid. He's simply transcribing his adventures through the cosmere. And you all know what this means... Reckoners is cosmere. 19 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Young Bard he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Hemalurgic spikes for speed from Pat Rothfuss and GRRM. (Sorry, I know this one's been done to death, but it's true.) 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 (edited) I keep telling people, he's actually Hoid. He's simply transcribing his adventures through the cosmere. And you all know what this means... Reckoners is cosmere. Before I knew about the Cosmere, even though I had read pretty much all of the books, I had my mind blown when Nightblood was introduced in Words of Radiance. I then found out about Hoid and Adonalsium; I was seriously convinced that Calamity was a shard and that Epics had access to a form of investure. And I have always had the suspicion that, even if Hoid is not real, that Brandon was at least writing himself into the books as that character. Edited July 2, 2015 by The Honor Spren 2 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1616 he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Before I knew about the Cosmere, even though I had read pretty much all of the books, I had my mind blown when Nightblood was introduced in Words of Radiance. I then found out about Hoid and Adonalsium; I was seriously convinced that Calamity was a shard and that Epics had access to a form of investure. And I have always had the suspicion that, even if Hoid is not real, that Brandon was at least writing himself into the books as that character. Brandon has said, time and time again, that Hoid is not himself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Curiosity he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Before I knew about the Cosmere, even though I had read pretty much all of the books, I had my mind blown when Nightblood was introduced in Words of Radiance. I then found out about Hoid and Adonalsium; I was seriously convinced that Calamity was a shard and that Epics had access to a form of investure. And I have always had the suspicion that, even if Hoid is not real, that Brandon was at least writing himself into the books as that character. Could we put that in spoilers? Not everyone has read WoR yet. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistrunner Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Brandon has said, time and time again, that Hoid is not himself. That's just what Hoid would say. Deny, deny, deny... 12 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Quiver he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 To be fair, Brandon's writing is a lot different from GRRM or (from what I've heard) Rothfuss. Their writings have a more...poetic style to them, a style where every word choice is careful, deliberate and for a reason. Brandon's prose is more functional and less obtrusive. Not necessarily less powerful- but I imagine not having to agonise over every sentence helps the first draft get done. 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Blaze1616 he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 To be fair, Brandon's writing is a lot different from GRRM or (from what I've heard) Rothfuss. Their writings have a more...poetic style to them, a style where every word choice is careful, deliberate and for a reason. Brandon's prose is more functional and less obtrusive. Not necessarily less powerful- but I imagine not having to agonise over every sentence helps the first draft get done. I also think the process has something to do with it. From listening to Writing Excuses, it seems that even if Brandon were a writer who scrutinized every word choice, he'd still not bother with those things until the first draft were done, instead scrutinizing during the edits. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Honor Spren she/her Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 That's just what Hoid would say. Deny, deny, deny... SO SORRY! Accidental downvote. Someone undo it please please please. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Kestrel she/her Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 SO SORRY! Accidental downvote. Someone undo it please please please. fixed! but um its obvious that he is the lord ruler that is how he has written these books over hundreds of years ago and is slowly releasing them to the public 4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistrunner Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 To be fair, Brandon's writing is a lot different from GRRM or (from what I've heard) Rothfuss. Their writings have a more...poetic style to them, a style where every word choice is careful, deliberate and for a reason. Brandon's prose is more functional and less obtrusive. Not necessarily less powerful- but I imagine not having to agonise over every sentence helps the first draft get done. I agree, and this is one of the reasons I got... don't murder me... bored with Game of Thrones. I have a short attention span, and the writing style, where he describes everything in detail, was likely very beautiful but I found myself skipping entire paragraphs because I was bored. Sanderson's writing feels less like writing and I can get into the story much faster. It's like you said, less obtrusive. Not to mention cleaner. Still scarred from GoT... 6 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Fatebreaker he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 For the answer just check out the Brandon Sanderson Facts thread. 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kaellok he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 To be fair, Brandon's writing is a lot different from GRRM or (from what I've heard) Rothfuss. Their writings have a more...poetic style to them, a style where every word choice is careful, deliberate and for a reason. Brandon's prose is more functional and less obtrusive. Not necessarily less powerful- but I imagine not having to agonise over every sentence helps the first draft get done. This. Also, GRRM is heavily involved in the creation of a moderately popular TV show, as well as an incredibly prolific editor of short story collections. He's had at least three per year the last few years, as recall. Rothfuss, too, has rather more that he is actively involved in (teaching, fund raising, etc. ) So, the slower writers tend to have other full time jobs they are working on, while also focusing on the prose itself being as important a character as any of the protagonists. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Unhinged he/him Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 I've now reached the point that it's hard to wait even less than a year for a new Sanderson book. I feel like he's not writing fast enough anymore Maybe I am a Sanderson Junky? Well good news bad news on that. I'm afraid that the bad news is that you are indeed a sanderson Junky and there is no known cure. The good news is that you're not alone 5 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Mistrunner Posted July 2, 2015 Report Share Posted July 2, 2015 Well good news bad news on that. I'm afraid that the bad news is that you are indeed a sanderson Junky and there is no known cure. The good news is that you're not alone Us junkies should get together once a month, maybe have some pizza, and try to talk about something other than Sanderson books (spoiler: it won't work). 7 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ookla the Absent Posted July 8, 2015 Report Share Posted July 8, 2015 Us junkies should get together once a month, maybe have some pizza, and try to talk about something other than Sanderson books (spoiler: it won't work). Or... we get together hourly online and talk only about Sanderson books (spoiler: sometimes on multiple forums) 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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