"Learning to write is actually about becoming more consistent - learning to write more of the good scenes and less of the bad scenes." Damn that's helpful. Getting more consistent - getting more scenes that turn out good... Holy god, I must sound dense for not realizing this sooner, but I'm so glad I finally have a metric for improving my writing. Bless him.

Anyone else on a binge of all his old lectures?

Brandon has got to be one of the best writing teachers out there!

That one guy carrying coffee into the room and then backed away slowly lol😂😂

"Word one is misspelled, goodbye" LOL

Great discussion with really good insight

Feels like this video was made in the 90s. great vid

Thanks for posting this Z!

Thank you for posting these. Like a true archivist.

Very informative,thank you from the UK

37:11 "Epic fantasies are not meant to be read in one sitting" *looks at the first three books of mistborn that i had read in the same day i bought them"

I wish he had been here in the UK at my university! Inspirational! Inspirational!

Great lectures, thanks.

MacBeth starts out with a battle, and does it in the best way. They come to the end of the great battle and show the aftermath.

Harry Potter and Bella Swan are husk protagonists, so we don't really feel sympathy for them, we feel we ARE them. It becomes easier to read the story as if it is happening to you when you never disagree with the main viewpoint character.

1:18:50 If you want to see Brandon Sanderson make up four different characters with the class.

Sanderson’s laws are Gold His he is THE Great WIZARD to follow for actual production :)

The hero we need.

Worldbuilding demands a good outline, so you remember the rules the characters have to function within. After outlining what you should outline, it is much easier to free write characters.

Good stuff.

I wonder what editors think about what Sanderson says about them

Yeah the face reading. People write their conclusions onto the other people's faces.

She rode into the castle market on the back of Lightmodem, which caused the bells on her jester's cap to jingle, as they trotted along. A group of children pointed and laughed at her. She scoffed. The king, at this time, was forcing her to wear a ridiculous outfit until she paid off her debt to the crown, a tight blue one-piece with large buttons and a silly hat. She eyeballed the children malevolently, stopping their shrill laughter in its cobble-stone path, and then surveyed the market for a place to ply her trade with the hope nobody could discern her true identity. On this thought, she adjusted her masquerade mask. Her hope was soon short-lived, however, when Eunoian, the dragon-tamer, spotted her, saying "Clara, is that you? Why are you dressed in such a fashion? Hey, look, everybody, it's Clara Windor! The subject of many poems!" "Hey look, everybody, it's Eunoian, who has neither cock nor balls and fancies himself a poet!" She shot back, standing up on Lightmodem, flipping backward, with a 360-degree twirl, landing next to a young girl, whom she knew was a wealthy noble. The performance was met with such uproarious laughter, the crowd forgot what Eunoian said, and the young lady gave her a crown. One of the vendors, however, was thinking intently, trying to remember the significance of that name, Clara Windor, Clara Windor, Clara Windor. He approached Eunoian, and tugged on his cloak, "Please, remind me, who is Clara Windor. It's on the tip of my tongue." "I would say, that's the hero, who was part of the plot to swindle the treasury of the southern king, and supposedly, somehow lost the dragon king's horde on the journey back. Some say she has it hidden, but these circumstances suggest otherwise. The king has made her a jester. If you'll excuse me, I must write down my thoughts while they are fresh, and attend to the king's dragons." Eunoian said and then departed. "Watch my wears while I am gone. I must return to the route to bring back more fruit." "But we already have all of this fruit to sell, master." "I expect all of this fruit to be sold by the time I return in one week's time," said the vendor.

Automatic KZfaq subtitles would be incredibly useful

37:24...totally didn't read A Memory of Light in one sitting 😅.

I personally think that Sarah J Maas did a great job writing the Throne of Glass series in third person omniscient. I was sucked so deeply into the story that I didn't even notice the viewpoint changes until I really studied the books to understand her writing style. :)

1:49:50 What book is he talking about. I'd like to read it.

1:49…. What book/author/character are they referring to?

At 1:10:52 he says about there are some really bad ideas and talks into his hand and all I can hear is *Sorceress. Is he saying bad sorceress or evil sorceress??

What does he say at 1:15:20? "Read an ... ders scene" ?

Shouldn't the camera have gone at the back of the room?

I still wonder why Spider-Man shoots webs out of his hands/wrists , instead of more like a spider.....lol

Camera guy pissing me off lol

The reason they don't hire people who are successful in writing to teach creative writing classes is the same reason WE don't vote people into politics that have been successful in the real world, for example business. To many academics and faculty lounge dwellers with little to no private sector life experience.

28:05 - Bella was a total WHINER. She was just always wallowing in some self-imposed angst. What kids seem to forget is that virtually all of their lives is IN FRONT OF THEM. They have NO IDEA what their lives are going to be like. The wallowing makes NO sense. Not the sort of lesson we want to present to our children.

Ok. SEX SEX SEX SEX SEX. The last time I heard you say this it was not discrimination in the workforce that came after - it was something else. You never actually heard that presentation, did you? Granted, it's a good hook. But you invented that. (PS - I think your lectures are great; really just teasing on this). The first time I heard you say it I loved it - but it lost some of its glamour the second go round.

59:55. Oh really? Game of Thrones says hello

3:45 - BECAUSE THEY CAN'T AFFORD THEM. Those people are busy making big money writing stuff. You're an exception to the rule, Brandon - not an example of the rule.

Following your dreams is not the way to a happy life 😂😂😂😂😂 Achieving your dreams like Brandon here might be. It won’t work out for everyone.