The man almost comes off as having an actual addiction to writing novels.

It’s so true.

The man is inhuman in the best way

And the different books are all A+ quality on top of that

@@MrRusty103 most career writers do, that's why they are so good at it

Explains why it’s arguably the horniest of his books 😂

The horniest cosmere book jeje

That explains why this book is so horny. Brandon would write a chapter after he and his wife had a discussion about the theology of her breasts. (But jokes aside, this really is a pretty funny bit of trivia.)

Makes sense since he's the "Vacations are a great time to write novels" guy.

I hope Emily knew what she was getting into lmao

Yeah, I think that's why I didn't really enjoy book 2 that much. Too much Spensa, I guess, without her friends to bring her back to earth. I still haven't read book 3 for that reason. I know lots of people love Spensa; she's just a little much for me.

@@crusherven i like the second book, but the first 200 pages of the third book were really hard to get through for me. I'm also glad he brought up ditching the squad, because that really bothered me for the third book. If you had a hard time with the second, I'd recommend reading a plot summary of the third because it'll be super difficult for you to read through otherwise

One thing that makes Sanderson's work so fantastic is that he is very in tune with his audience, and that requires being involved in the community. Being a "nerd" isn't enough to appeal to nerd culture, one must truly embrace and swim in nerd culture, and that's exactly why he knows what works with us. Fantastic author, and while I don't know him personally, he definitely presents as an increadibly likeable and down to earth person

That is the hardest part about books 2 and 3 in the cytoverse. I really missed the original flight. the new guys are great but it was hard needing to emotionally connect to 3 separate flights. i'm excited to get back to the original gang in book 4

Only problem is he might have written a book during the down time if he hadn’t. Just kidding kind of.

I agree. Such an awesome concept.

true. merphy really chose the perfect option. 🥰

Right! Very original idea for a video.

I’m so happy as an author he could hear that ❤️ he works so hard on his characters and I hope Brandon realizes how much we all appreciate it!

He was genuinely so happy with that compliment, very wholesome indeed!

It was such a wonderful reaction.

I love that reaction he gave to that.

@@HarukoZ001 аа

That's the most Sanderson thing Brandon ever did lmfao

The same man who secretly wrote four books behind our backs

The Steelheart and Skyward novels were "break" books. I think Rithmatist was, too. Each of those little side stories ends up becoming a new book series.

Thats what a lot big authors do if they publish a lot of books. What I think is more fascinating is how great all of his books are and how he keeps up the quality!!

It makes sense. It's not that he needs a break from writing books, it's that he needs to be able to step back from the series to come back to it with fresh eyes and mind.

And then Vin did a backflip broke the badguys neck and saved the day

@@queerqueen098 "Oh, beating up disabled people is *tight*!" "What?"

@@Liesmith424 wait who beat up a disabled person?

@@queerqueen098 It's a reference to the Ryan George youtube channel; they have a series called "Pitch Meetings" where they basically make fun of various things (usually movies or shows) by making a mock pitch meeting. There's a few recurring lines that appear in every singe one, like "super easy, barely an inconvenience" and "Oh, _____ is tight!" I can't remember which Pitch Meeting "beating up disabled people is tight" is from though.

@@yf-n7710 no I know that. I was just wondering who beat up a disabled person cuz I don't remember that

learning that A Memory of Light was one of his nightmares checks out, the amount of pressure would be unreal

Seriously. And how many fantasy/Sci-fi authors would be dedicated enough to getting the right feel to actually do this? Though I am sure there is some crossover there probably isn't a lot of people who read both and he easily could have said forget about it. I will just write what I think it is.

@@rriggs6547 Honestly I think you'd be surprised. If you go to any writer's group, even amateurs or people who've just barely been paid to write (like me, this isn't intended as condescension), one of the things those people will almost universally commiserate over is time researching obscure things that are barely relevant to their project. I've lost entire days/weeks over what will end up being a simple referential sentence or paragraph in a science fiction or cyberpunk story. I'm currently reading through enough source material on native and southern/Caribbean black communities and cultures for a southern gothic/western themed fantasy universe it'd make a college curriculum blush. And that's actually not unusual in writer circles. We tend to be the type who really hate getting things wrong, even if they're only important to us.

@@Slipfish Then you get the worldbuilders like me who get so lost in the research hole that the realization that there was supposed to be a story taking place somewhere in this project is a realization that happens years down the road.

@@Slipfish And as someone who is detail oriented, I appreciate that. It is often that one paragraph that rips me out of the story by getting something wrong (remembering the difference in scale between nitrogen molecules and cells negates a major plot point in a certain popular Hard Sci-Fi book) or makes me an instant fan of the author by getting something fun but obscure right.

I think you're picturing him borroqing Harlequin-novels - gothic romance is Austen and Brontë and the likes!

I totally agree with you, I never liked the idea of artists not being approachable. Sanderson demystifies writing, and I think that's a very good thing

@@JM-tj5qm He actually has said he appreciates having a group of people that really cares about the canon to proofread and make sure he doesn't contradict himself.

Well he enjoys it. If someone doesn't I would not like if they felt forced to

That would be hilarious but he would be hard pressed to top Daniel on that font.

Thankfully for Merphy's sanity, I cannot recall a single instance he used the term "undulate" 5×0=0

Diaphanous stood out to me in Oathbringer. He only used it like 2 or 3 times but it just jumped at me everytime I read it lol

@@longshot9757 then you havnt read tress yet! thats most likely why she was wearing the shirt - the came together to discuss Tress of the emerald sea.

I'll take "undulating" over "maladroitly".

Vin is one of my favorite characters

Vin is so good, there has to be a 2 hour analisis on her somewhere in KZfaq

Totally agree. That's how you do strong female protagonists. I loved how she didn't start being the strongest but had to learn and fail along the way and she still keep her flaws. Hollywood should learn from Sanderson.

I read the first sentence of Vin's POV and my brain immediately went "this one, this is our favorite character of all time, this is the one we will be emotionally connected to the most from now on" and I want to mention that this position was a 3 way tie since I was 11 which was ten years ago. Like Vin is such an awesome character and woman that I could not help but love her as a character and be in complete awe of who she was, it was the first time in a long time that I full heartedly wished the best for a character I was reading about. This made Hero of Ages hard to read cuz I read the first El chapter and imminently knew how the arcs for him and Vin ended so I proceeded to drop it for like 2 months until my friend told me that the ending made sense for their characters and that it was amazing and well he was right, Vin's character arc is absolutely amazing from start to finish and it left me happy. Anyways sorry for the mini rant.

Mistborn was an incredible read. So glad I happened upon it.

His eyes! He was super elated. I bet that makes him glow all day.

Oh when does this happen? Probably missed this because I've skipped around to hear his thoughts about the books I've already read.

@@Sara_Vin it's at 16:54. I just noticed the thumbnail has a screenshot of the moment too haha

I wonder if Ryan knows?

He did watch some Pitch Meetings, he referenced them on a podcast at least once.

@@thejustinwestra Whoopsie

I’ve also seen him reference Sarah Z and I believe Jenny Nicholson in his podcast or livestreams. It’s so wild to me that my favorite author also watches a lot of my favorite KZfaq channels!

Referencing other youtubers is tight!

Agreed! I loved how he described the Alloy of Law series because how he felt about writing it definitely explains how I felt about them. I had a hard time with the first two, but now I know it's because he did too, or at least how he approached them was harder for me to jive with.

Agreed. He’s self aware without the self consciousness. Takes a level of self confidence most people (not just writers) don’t have.

The video isn’t out yet. And Skyward is middling, uncreative and written as if by a teenager.

@@Kujakuseki01she most likely watched it through the Patreon. Why do you feel the need to attack someone else’s opinion on books they like?

@@Kujakuseki01 I know this video isn’t out yet, I’m not sure why you're pointing that out??? As for Skyward, apart from Cytonic I’ve really enjoyed the books. Each to their own.

My guess is that patrons get early access. Also it's cool if you aren't into skyward, but maybe you can phrase it in a way that's a bit less rude?

@@Kujakuseki01 Ah yes, good'ol let me heavily criticize someone for liking a book i don't enjoy based only on subjective criteria in order to self-validate my sense of superiority in the books i choose to read and the time and love i dedicate to them 🙃.

Go watch his lectures from BYU then, even if you're not an aspiring author they're tons of fun and it's hours and hours of Brandon dropping wisdom and making pop culture references.

@@Darkkfated I actually watched one of them, and appreciated very much. 👍🏼

What books do you write?

I finished the first draft of a book a couple days ago, and it might not be a series, but it's bigger than some trilogies at 170k words so it kind of is. It definitively became more challenging to write later on despite the fact that I was motivated by all the work already done.

What is the name of them?

Give us the naaaaaaaaaaaaaaame!

Man carrying ideas (from one channel to another)

Man Carrying Brando Sando Pride 😄

He cannot be serious. Sanderson gave neither marriage advice nor told any way to reconnect with your estranged son. Worst Sanderson Vid ever.

He learned from Robert Jordan, who was one of the best, if not the straight-up GOAT (although that last part is subjective, of course).

@@AhsimNreiziev I only read the first book of wheel of time, but one of my biggest problems with it was that every character felt exactly the same. I barely managed to finish it.

@@legrandliseurtri7495 I’m reading it now (I’m at the end of book 5) and most of the main female characters (Elayne, Nynaeve, Egwene, Aviendah, and Faile) feel like slightly different versions of each other and they’re all super obnoxious which doesn’t help. I like Rand, though I wish he would explain himself more, especially to the four girls I listed, would make things so much easier if he just explained his thoughts a little more. Honestly a lot of problems would be solved if the characters actually tried to talk things out meaningfully with one another instead of holding things back and calling each other stupid fools. I find Perrin really boring. I don’t know how to feel about Mat yet. He seems fine to me right now. I think Perrin and Rand are very similar too (mostly in how they refuse to seriously stand up for themselves against the girls), Mat not as much.

lol. I didn't catch that when he said it.

Aw man 😂

If you are only halfway through, then the best is yet to come.

@@OrbitalCookie that’s what I’m counting on 👌 😎 can’t wait to read it all!

You are in for a JOURNEY my friend!

Are you done yet if you don't mind us asking? 🙃

@@OrbitalCookie not yet. Red Dead Redemption 2 is kinda being a distraction.

My best friend is the same way. She doesn't care for Sanderson's books, but she really likes listening to him talk about the writing process

Idk if you're aware but he has lectures on KZfaq where he talks about writing.

@@babadook1283 I’m aware of his classes online, I’m more interested in his life as a working artist and how he thinks about the building of his brand. I’m a singer myself, so more interested in the general artist-y thoughts on realism v. creativity when building a business

My favorite book!!

Which podcast does he explain his schedule on?

Intentionally Blank. It's not a specific episode or anything but its mentioned several times here and there as even that podcast is rigidly scheduled between other things, even to the point where they had to record an episode of it while driving between appointments because Brandon just didn't have time else where that week.

I have a feeling that he writes to escape his tightly scheduled life ;) (I’m so sorry, I know what you mean, I just couldn’t stop myself from writing down my stupid brain vomit of the moment🥲)

​@@RoseZalica No need to be sorry at all. In fact I'm pretty sure that's the exact reason that the secret projects came into existence.

hi I'm from the future and I have good news

What is this reference from?

@@bryanyoung9966 pitch meeting

There's a KZfaqr named Ryan George who has a series of videos poking fun at movies by imagining the meeting where a screenwriter pitches his story to a producer. They are hilarious, and there are a lot (a lot!) of catchphrases/ running gags in the series, probably the most famous of which starts with the producer pointing out something that ought to be hard (ie "it'll be pretty difficult to get out of *that* situation") and the writer responds, "it'll be super easy, barely an inconvenience", producer:"oh, really?!", writer:"yeah, you see [silly explanation] "

@@Amcsae thank you!

That was the most recent book I sat down and read in one day