How Brandon Sanderson became "Brandon Sanderson"
Who is Brandon Sanderson? How did he become one of today's best selling fantasy authors? And can other authors do what he's done? I trawled through twenty years of his internet history to discover the answer.
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0:00 What is his secret?
1:19 A publishing fairy tale
4:10 Digging deeper
7:37 What is he doing different?
11:22 That doesn't explain everything
15:10 Things become obvious
22:51 Ultimate takeaway
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If you enjoyed this video, I think you'll enjoy this video on my attempt to write to market next:
→ • How did I mess up THIS badly?! (NaNoWriMo ...
// REFERENCES
@BrandSanderson's "Brandofandonitis" video → • Do You Suffer From Brandofandonitis?
WORDS OF BRANDON:
2020 BYU Lecture #1 → • Lecture #1: Introduction — Brandon Sanders...
Discovering Dragonsbane & raising awareness → https://wob.coppermind.net/events/357...
Selling his first book and finding his voice → https://wob.coppermind.net/events/5/#...
Emotion vs thought, revisited → https://web.archive.org/web/200708290...
WPH → https://wob.coppermind.net/events/101...
Timewasters Guide (TWG) - https://wob.coppermind.net/events/202...
TWG Archive → https://twg.17thshard.com/index.php
Jordon Eulogy → https://www.brandonsanderson.com/euol...
Harriet on choosing Brandon → https://www.theoryland.com/intvsresul...
Writing to market → https://wob.coppermind.net/events/340...
Michael Anderle and LMBPN Publishing
→ https://www.publishersweekly.com/pw/b...
// RESOURCES
A NaNoWriMo word count goal calculator:
→ https://bit.ly/nanowordcountgoalcalcu...
A simple word count progress tracker:
→ https://bit.ly/2U1601w
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My Cantonese/English bilingual rhyming picture story books for kids aged 2-6:
Today is my Birthday! → https://books2read.com/todayismybirthday
Cycling in Spring → https://books2read.com/cyclinginspring
My debut epic fantasy novel:
Petition (Resonance Crystal Legacy, Book 1) → https://books2read.com/petition