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Brandon Sanderson Quotes
Brandon Sanderson
American
Writer
Born:
Dec 19
,
1975
Books
Hours
People
Work
Write
You
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The more limitations you put on a character, often times the better a character you'll make them, the more interesting the story becomes because the character can't simply wave a hand and make something happen. They have to work within the framework.
Brandon Sanderson
Work
Character
You
Better
Wave
Framework
Something
More
Put
Simply
Make
Because
Within
Limitations
Becomes
Hand
Times
Often
Happen
Story
Interesting
Them
Fantasy has had some problems with being too repetitive, in my opinion. I try to read what other people are doing - and say, 'How can I add to this rather than just recycle it? How can I stand on Tolkien's shoulders rather than stand tied to his kneecaps?'
Brandon Sanderson
People
Try
Problems
Too
Add
Other
Say
Some
Rather
Had
Recycle
Read
Tied
Opinion
How
Doing
His
Repetitive
Than
Just
Being
In My Opinion
Fantasy
Shoulders
Stand
Tolkien
I am a writer who works from an outline. What I generally do when I build an outline is I find focal, important scenes, and I build them in my head and I don't write them yet, but I build towards them.
Brandon Sanderson
Important
Build
Focal
Find
Outline
Scenes
Write
Writer
Generally
Head
Towards
Am
Them
Who
Works
I love to do what I do. So, I do work long hours.
Brandon Sanderson
Work
Love
Long
Long Hours
Hours
I take two hours off for my family every day. And then I write fourteen hours.
Brandon Sanderson
Day
Family
Every Day
Every
Write
Take
Hours
Off
Then
Fourteen
Two
You know, I was a nerdy kid going through high school, and then I got to college and that all vanished. I mean, a lot of my good friends - when we were in high school, we would never have been able to hang out together because we were in such different cliques or whatever. Now, who cares?
Brandon Sanderson
Good
You
Together
School
College
Whatever
Good Friends
Cares
Kid
Out
High
Would
Vanished
Nerdy
Able
High School
Through
Never
Know
Because
Got
Were
Been
Lot
Cliques
Friends
Hang
Going
Different
Mean
Then
Who
Who Cares
Now
Everyone knows that ice cream is worth the trouble of being cold. Like all things virtuous, you have to suffer to gain the reward.
Brandon Sanderson
Reward
Cold
Virtuous
Gain
Ice Cream
Suffer
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