Brandon Sanderson
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Brandon Sanderson is a prolific, New York Times bestselling author of fantasy and young adult fiction. He teaches creative writing at Brigham Young University and hosts a Hugo Award-winning podcast.
What Brandon Sanderson has said on podcasts
6 statements
Writers must selectively ignore contradictory advice from major authors.
“you can't use them all. So you're going to have to ignore some of the advice of major authors.”
Open the episode · #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and MoreListen at 37:48
Writers should test competing methods and choose what works personally.
“a lot of things you'll learn in writing, you kind of have to choose one or the other and try it out and see how it works for you.”
Open the episode · #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and MoreListen at 40:15
Sanderson estimates that nine in ten writers benefit more from consistency than binge writing.
“Nine out of ten writers that I've found are that do better with consistency. One out of ten is a binge writer.”
Open the episode · #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and MoreListen at 42:08
Most writers should write consistently daily or several times weekly to build novels.
“Most people are better served by writing a certain amount every day, really consistently or at least two or three times a week and building a novel out of good habits.”
Open the episode · #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and MoreListen at 42:28
Sanderson’s class sets a goal of writing 35,000 words.
“The goal is in the class to write 35,000 words.”
Open the episode · #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and MoreListen at 43:27
Sanderson could theoretically produce 500,000 words annually before accounting fully for revisions.
“That's 500,000 words a year is what I could theoretically produce.”
Open the episode · #878: How to Start When You're Stuck, Finish What You Begin, and Stop Waiting for Inspiration — Creative Advice from Elizabeth Gilbert, Seth Godin, Joyce Carol Oates, Anne Lamott and MoreListen at 44:45
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