Daniel Greene I can’t believe Brandon Sanderson finally got the chance to interview Daniel Greene. Just shows you how far you can come with persistent hard work.

You trying to contain your proud shit eating awesome grin interviewing this author is the best part of this interview. Congrats again! :)

nice dude. I love that Brandon is quite happy to speak to the smaller guys like you and Shadvirsity. Nice one mate. Loving it!!

God

You absolute mad lad

Sakshi Pandit 1st reply hahaha

He has my face if i were to converse with a crush i don't wish him to know how huge of a crush i have, but i wish he would know too coz i think he is deserving of my crush and so deserves to feel flattered..

I mean. Can you blame him?

Daniel is being a great interviewer here. Basically letting Brandon do all the talking :D

@@tranquil_cove4884 Great skill. Professional reporters these days try to control the slant and conversation rather than let it flow.

I wouldn't be so sure of that, we don't see his hands for most of the video.

Jonas Ohlsson this comment is too underrated 😂

@@Jeneric81 You made me laugh, thanks.

Less then a year out now...

@@Jeneric81 lol!

Incredibly well done. Brandon for sure seems like an easy interview, as talkative and genuine as he comes across, but Daniel aced this. Good job by all!

Totally agree, can tell Daniel's questions were well-thought out good representation of the channel's fan-base.

Daniel is an excellent interviewer, all his interviews are a joy to listen

It’s very tough to do and Daniel nailed it

agree. Very well done. Can't imagine how difficult that would be, as a fan. He nailed it.

XD

xDDDDDDDD

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😂😂😂

Storming man! All they want is see the world been stroke by the everstorm!

I listen to Sanderson when I feel I can't write anything decent. Always such a great source of inspiration.

I know what you mean. I mean, I don't think I will ever write a book, but watching his educational series really inspired me and at least let me consider the idea not impossible.

where did you find his creative writing series?

@@TheMidnightKarneval kzfaq.info/sun/PLH3mK1NZn9QqOSj3ObrP3xL8tEJQ12-vL

@@TheMidnightKarneval Hey, I just came across your comment and wanted to link you to his most recent series of videos from this year (the 2016 stuff is still good too). kzfaq.info/get/bejne/Y5x4gsd5qsvTo5c.html

THATS WHAT IM SAYING MAN

@@yoavweiss8779 what do you mean? Sanderson is one of the top selling authors right now.

@@yoavweiss8779 Brandon is one of the best selling authors in the world. Stow your ingorance.

Tunir007 They grow up so fast

@@micah7492 @Matthew Prindle omfg that bloody legend, he edited it it said Terry Goodkind was the one dislike when i made that comment

🤔hide smile🤫hide smile🙂😀

The void. A flame in the void.

@@robertarryn9092 that’s perfect 👌🏻

this had me crackin

You missed one. Brandon: *talks* Daniel: *nods sagely* Also Brandon: *writing his next book with his feet while the interview goes on*

@@adrianvalladares7564 😂

Wouldn't you be the same?!? I would.

Daniel is adorable in this interview, haha

@@myrdraal2001 was lucky enough to meet him face to face. I definitely freaking was

What if Daniel does an interview with Terry Goodkind? Lolol

I'd lose my mind lmao.

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I know! I nearly screamed when he started talking about stake as an example, because I've made the exact same rant with the same example in the past. It makes me so glad and relieved to see someone else out there (especially someone with a lot of listeners) speak sanity to insane everyday occurrences that we take for granted.

Yeah that stood out to me too. He has (and can articulate) well-balanced views on gender, race, and mental health

It was actually the one view he has that sort of annoys me. (And this is as someone who is autistic, in case my opinion would somehow be invalidated if I were not personally affected by the topic.) I greatly respect where Sanderson’s views come from and see him as an amazing individual. However, I believe there are a good too many people trying to force a model on stories as having to reflect real world social issues, having to promote certain views, and needing to portray things in specific ways. This is too constraining. Providing the characters of a story “could” exist in their world, that the story is internally consistent, that story portrays an aspect of truth. All people have their own place in the world. They each possess certain characteristics and experiences making up their view of reality. And that view is true, in that it is an accurate representation of reality from a specific vantage point. There are reasons to conform stories to what is... PC (for lack of a better word). For one, you may avoid people getting annoyed at you. More importantly, if you want to create a specific type of character (especially with mental conditions you lift straight from reality), it helps tons to find out what is a bad representation. If you are trying to create a specific message in your book for the purpose of impacting reality, then in that case it’s more important than ever to understand the reality where your message applies. But fantasy isn’t always an allegory. Sometimes fantasy racism has no real life equivalent. One thing massively different in fantasy is how wildly different sentient species can be. Here, we’re all human. Think of how limiting it would be if all fantasy races had to be tied to humanity so closely. Probably not worth writing this all in a 5 month old KZfaq comment thread, but helps me organize my thoughts. Brandon Sanderson is amazing and I love his books. I also do find his stance on diversity issues mature. But I still think it’s flawed.

Sky Castrum It’s weird because I am on the Autism spectrum as well. I am where Asperger’s was. And I am having the opposite problem. At one point in my life I started to care so much about people’s feelings (which is a good thing) that I crossed the line into worrying about what they think about me. (Something I didn’t use to do and more of a bad thing, I feel) Honestly, I believe it’s a fine line between the two. We each need to find our own balance and it may be different for each person. Who knows for you finding the right balance may be about leaning in the other direction. In the end we all have to live with each other.

@@animalia5554 yall are both really insightful, thank you so much for sharing your thoughts and experiences!

I was wondering that myself. Who would dislike this?

2 people now. The first was Terry Goodkind Official, then he logged into the Terry Goodkind fan page and disliked again.

It was definitely Terry Goodkind

No, it was not I. As a WORLDWIDE best selling author of books that TRANSCEND genre, I'm far too busy to be disliking the content made by video entertainers.

Terry Goodkind 🤣

😂

You're profile pic 👌 how do my weird collage of interests connect with so many people Hahah

I hope I see the day that Tolkien says "y'all"

"Brandon was your most requested author?! What language does his trees speak?"

I loved that this isn't an interview or a Q&A this is a nerd listening to his favorite author talk about his work while keeping the conversation going.

That’s how I feel just watching it.

Katie Marsh Same

“Don’t say something stupid, don’t say something stupid, don’t say something stupid” Would be me

@@TheJordanK I'll say something stupid for you: While I really enjoy Mr. Sanderson's writing, I find him sometimes almost as preachy about his own personal politic as I found Terry Brooks. From the other wing, sure, but preachy nonetheless. Stormlight is AMAZINGLY well written literature. Nonetheless, I found some of the monologues and forced inclusions to be contrived and they felt to me like the author in his ivory tower handing down correct thought from on high.

@@danielzawacki4192 That is pretty stupid.

Marko Popovic #fact

I did!

I totally screamed

I sure did

I totally squealed :D

He was barely holding it in.😂😂 Good for him.

Legend? He is not even good at writing.

Professor Stexy what the hell are you Smoking you obviously haven’t read mistborn you obviously haven’t read warbreaker this guy is the guy who finished wheel of time when another great legend Robert Jordan die that’s just proof alone he’s a legend

@@bookaholicgameaholicvlogah4191 Don't try to educate me, I read a lot more then you do. I read a few books from him like Mistborn and it was incredibly boring and poorly written. Wheel of the Time was also great until Brandon ruined it. I'll rather spend my time reading interesting books like 50 shades of gray or Twilight.

@@wooshbait36 twilight mate! 50 shades of gray seriously😒 Your in the wrong corner man if you like those corny shit I can get your opinion But Brandon is a really good writer..I get the feeling ur just trying to hate for no good reason 💩💩

That's funny. At what time is that part?

Stefan Matic I don’t know the exact time stamp but they’re talking about genre snobbery and he basically QUOTES Goodkind when he says, “I don’t write fantasy, I write literature,” and he says how when authors say that he hates it

And when he’s saying that some authors are like if you don’t like my book then you aren’t smart enough and he’s like I gotta stop or I’ll start naming names😂😂😂

I didn't noticed that. Good point xD

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Just warning you, they are horrible!! *wink* *wink* ;)

I'm with you!

WoT was how I discovered he existed and I knew immediately as well that I’d found a new favourite. His writing is superb

Honestly that's how I started as well.

His the kind of author that when you havent even finished prologue 1 of WoK and he already released ten new novels 💀

He probably knows what we think, but I don't imagine he's the kind of guy to believe it.

@@Sydsourtrout the best kind of people are those that don't take themselves too seriously. He seems very genuine and laid back.

He spends so much time online, I'm sure he sees comments like these every day. And well deserved.

Potion Seller, I'm going into battle, and I need only your strongest potions!

@@ethanalvi2187 My potions are too strong for you, traveler.

And writing excuses.

For real, real down to earth.

Doesn’t make you a freak. Often people who are pragmatic react this way to emotions. I do the same myself. Often it’s a coping mechanism.

Yeah I definitely feel that. Having that sense of knowing there’s something wrong with you but not being able to pinpoint exactly what it is or explain it with words really connects me to Brandon and his work. Just knowing that there are others out there who feel the same as I do helps me feel normal as a person and is honestly the most relieving thing I’ve ever had the pleasure of knowing. Which is why Kaladin is forever going to be my favorite character haha.

Yeah and it's not a problem necessarily, but it's become one for me recently. I had to make a big decision that completely depended on my emotions and what I wanted. These sort of situations can be really hard. There is pros and cons to becoming more connected to one's emotions but I think one can choose to learn.

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It really is comforting to know other people feel this way and its not just something wrong with me. I often find myself instinctively faking stronger emotion just so I seem more normal to people. It's something that I developed over my life of always feeling "other." And I feel like others don't understand why I have such a need to read and to play games and to watch things. It just... fulfills something for me that I can't get anywhere else and it makes me feel happy when nothing else can.

BOSS!

They swap bodies

They start to play the stones, blood and bloody ashes!

They see who can give the best rendition of "The Hunt for the Horn" in high chant.

Holden Thom Merrilin: HOLD MY ALE

You guys are all nerds. *pulls braid*

😂😂

Hi

At least your watching it in the same year it was released

Carl Williams I think that’s kredic Shaw from mistborn since vin is in the foreground with her mist cloak

@@lordinquisitordunn336 If you're referring to the painting itself then I would agree with you. However, the black spiky structure on the edge of the screen on Brandon's right is definitely Orthanc.

Did you know he has plans to build a huge fan bunker/cave with his favorite nerdy stuff.

@@LrnecBuma yes, I live near him, his office manager is my good neighbor, my sister and my parents have both seen it and i'm going to eventually see it

@@LrnecBuma I do indeed. I believe, if I'm not mistaken, that he mentioned it in his interview with Shadiversity.

Me toooo

Check out his podcast it’s great! Writing excuses

I spoke with Brandon Sanderson at MizCon, a fantasy con, and he is one of the coolest speaker in front of an audience or one on one. Very kind on dealing with fans.

digitalhunter42 Brandon really is great to listen to.

You should check out his lectures on fantasy writing they are on KZfaq! He's amazing

Do it, it's totally worth it!

I think that is because Wit is also Hoid, who up until Stormlight Archives is more like an author. He's there, he may be directing people from behind, but he is usually just a walk on. Stormlight Archives, puts the story teller on stage more, taking more direct action in the story.

Talenat’Elin. It’s so strange that nearly every name in the stormlight archives are palindromes or very close to one

He can always try to resurrect Tolkien for an interview

I reckon he can do it.

Get Joe Abercrombie on the show!

or he could get jrr martin

@Andy Fritz No, JRR Martin. A clone of Tolkien mixed with GRRM DNA. He's made an entire fictional language, but won't be releasing it any time soon.

Everyone.

The antithesis of someone like Rothfuss.

Allahu akbar

The end of your comment made me think of BIGWINBEER which made me go watch a little z video which got me in the mood to play smash and that video happened to be ganon low gsp to elite smash and now I’m a ganon main thx mate

Wow. Just found out OriginalHuman watches Daniel Greene

@@vladskii9779 only 4 comments on the channel but “watching pretty much from the start” hmm

@@aj2563 Not everyone comments on videos...

Wait until you get to the Cosmere

@@kll90922 I have read every cosmere book too. Brandon is a shard of adonalsium eh one of the gods

book 14 was such a satisfying ending :D it was like all the lotr battles all happening at the same time through one entire book lol. it was absolutely perfect ^^

@@xyr3s I completely agree that was the best battle of any book i have ever read.

Note: He is Hispanic and was SUPER pissed at me for forcing him to realise he was ultimately giving in to the language of the dominant culture that England and the United States created to define his own self worth as being an ethnic, not raciAl disparity.

I know you have no reason to take anything I say seriously. I'm just a random person on KZfaq. But seriously. When people say "it doesn't define me"... It really sounds like you're denying your own qualities. Embrace yourself and how your mind work. It does to a certain extent define who you are, you wouldn't be you without it, its something to be cultivated and mastered not survived and sidestepped - something to live happily, despite of... You're not a "wrong" person, you're not a damaged person. I might just see alot between the lines, and be all kinds of wrong and you're shaking your head at me. But I live in a place where a lot of people have some kind of diagnosis(be it autism/aspergers or personality disorders/schizophrenia etc etc), and my biggest gripe is how everyone think they somehow have to fight their own fundamental mental framework - and I mostly mean those who're just built differently in the mental, not the psychosis(drug induced) people, thats a change that happened, so I get that, its not who they were, its who they became --> so deal with it, be who you are rather than try to become the one you were, its in the past, deal with the present. No. Its how you work, it has its strengths and weaknesses which are just more defined than the average Joe - its not something that happened to you(aspergers), its who you are. Love yourself. Stop victimizing yourself, take control, profit from your strengths rather than lament your weaknesses. I'm sorry if I come off "preachy", but it's close to my heart :) I wish you the best, and I hope you see this comes from a positive place :) (even if it's misguided xD) Addition: I know I'm generalizing ... A LOT... And I'm not saying that every person isn't different and needs their own approach to whatever it is that affects them. I'd love a dialogue though, I don't want to come off as some "know it all", since I don't. But I'm dealing with my own situation, and has had to deal with my own mental vulnerability(thats a conscious distinction I make. I don't feel we're Ill per say, but we have a vulnerability thats atypical to the common experience the average person has to deal with. It's not always something that needs to be treated, as much as it's something we have to deal with, and accept and work with, rather than think some medicine can "cure" us of ourselves. Medication for me, in my case multiple years of depression, medication was a crutch I used to stop kill myself when it was at its worst, but I stopped using medication, since it only helped me deal with the symptoms, it didn't handle the "Cause". A good metaphor I like to use is that, if your leg is broken, you can take painkillers and walk on it, sure. It doesn't make the leg heal though - I'm not downplaying medication, it saved my life - but it's a part in the process its not the end of the journey.)

@@kaedeyutani9197 Yeah you are completely right! I don't really like using that phrase either but it's what describes my message the most. To elaborate, I meant that I've worked hard to get to where I am today, and I'm still struggling with some parts of it. I have accepted that I have a diagnosis that I need to live with, but I don't like putting labels on stuff because everyone and their experiences are so different! I see how passionate you are about this and I love how supportive you are! It did take a long time for me to come to accept my diagnosis and figure out how I wanted to view it.

​@@emiloberg2110 Phew.. I'm so happy your response was a positive one x'D (Always super scared someone wants to fight when I say something online :P) .... I think I edited the comment 10 times since I wasn't happy with how little I said on such a vast topic xD ( only added stuff though, I'm no revisionist :P ) !!! I'm so happy to hear where you are on your approach to it all :D And GO YOU for having gotten to that point, and having fought to get there :D I also see how I must've misinterpreted your comment, I took the phrase out of context it seems, and wrote that whole wall of text from that --> I understand it now though, sorry for that! :) :P --> I kinda replied to your comment before I had reached the point in the video where Brandon talked about it :s woopsie.

Kaede Yutani you’re a wholesome human being. Thank you for talking about your journey. It’s encouraging for someone right in the middle of all what you’ve said.

@@jessicavanrooyen9887 I wish you all the best! It's a hard road to walk, and it feels lonely. I'm not entirely sure why, but there's this poem by Sabrina Benaim - "Explaining My Depression to My Mother" that I regularly come back to and rewatch(here on youtube) - its sad, but it reminds me that there are people who gets it, maybe not identical in reason and cause, but the feelings they produce are universal and it helps me sometimes - it's also good, if it reasonates with you, for provoking tears. I have a hard time crying, even if it's all I feel like doing - so its a kind of release for me. Take care of yourself! And lets bump into each other on the youtube comments ten years from now - and say we made it this far :)

Now you need to watch the Shad and Daniel interview and complete the trifecta

Yes!

Excellent comparison! Big Yes!

One Piece guy? Did he do anything else?

@@williamturner6192 One Piece is huge that alone is gonna put his name in history

William Turner One Piece is as big in Japan as Star Wars is in the US or Harry Potter is in the UK. It’s also ridiculously long and complex so saying “anything else?” seems to be diminishing the absolute insanity that is One Piece

Hmm i never noticed issues. Is there anything daniel used to do bad that he's doing better now? just curious as i never notice these things!

@troglodyto he was just new at a point and was pretty niche. When I started watching him he was starting the wheel of time summaries because I wanted a quick recap of the books. And followed him since. He has tried things that don't get much views and then tried things that did. And refined it and is pretty successful now. I mean, it's brandon sanderson. I have a manceush on the guy ever since he finished the books of wheel of time.

His brain will overheat otherwise. It's how he writes so much.

Sure, but note that it was still all ice near the end =D Lots of ice works if you dont want to dilute your drink too much,

That glass is making me thirsty

@@AtticsTV this

David Patterson the more ice, the better the water.

Thats sweet :)

That's so cool :3

The time investment is more than I generally like to give to a KZfaq video, but this one is well worth it. I'm glad I started it, because there was no stopping me from watching once I started. Daniel, great interview. I expected nothing less. Brandon, thanks for playing along and giving your time and self to your fans. My copy of Startsight has long since been ordered and I can't wait to rub shoulders with other fans and to see you on Tuesday.

Same lmao. I was like no way I’m watching this whole thing but let’s get like 10 min in. Then .... welp I watched the whole thing. Damn

Collin Mulcahy yes since George seems to be stuck one of the longest cases of writers block ever

We call him the Sanderson bot

Funny af

@@lordinquisitordunn336 one of. There's always Rothfuss.

I litteraly said this to my wife 20 minutes ago

So much this!

me too!

YASSSSS my youngest is named Garion. 😍

😂i felt it after coming out of terry goodkind controversy he was like “YES finally one of my favorite authors finally took a jab at an author that I despise”.