Brandon Sanderson Lecture 3: Intro to Prose (1/5)
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- Опубліковано 4 сер 2024
- In a somewhat all-over-the-place manner, Brandon lays outs some of the basic issues involved in having a masterful prose style. Next up: First person viewpoints at • Brandon Sanderson Lect... . See the entire class in one place with notes at www.writeaboutdragons.com/home...
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2nd Person Future Tense: Also known as "Threatening the Reader"
or hyposis, you will go to the door and open it.
You will give this comment a thumbs up.
This man is a New York Times bestselling author and is considered one of the greatest fantasy authors in the last thirty years and all people in this comment section can focus on is the dude's handwriting. Hahahaha I would literally die to be in a college classroom learning how to write from Brandon Sanderson, he could literally write out the notes in ketchup on the board and I wouldn't give a shit.
His quirky handwriting only makes him more endearing :)
Simp
He can't spell thats why he writes like that, which actually gives me a lot of hope in my own writing, because I can't spell very well either, but spell check makes it irrelevant, that and an army of editors and readers.
@@legprop8602 who wouldn't simp for Brandon Sanderson.
@@cringyboring me
Here. Have the gummy bear I was playing with. lol
Can we just give an honourable mention to his dope hat
This was so damn interesting. The omniscient explanation was fantastic.
Brandon gives gold advice. Thank you SO MUCH for uploading these videos!
I didn't know that 'establishing shot' thing was something a lot of other writers did. I started doing it in my prose after learning a little about screenwriting. I find the scenes that warrant it tend to be ones with new and interesting settings. Douglas Adams will forever be the king omniscient in my world.
Reading present tense is absolute torture. I could go either way between 1st and both 3rd person perspectives though.
I use present tense.
@@theclickening6668 you better be good
love the Dune and WoT references, loving these lectures, am I dont intend to be a writer, just find this fascinating as a reader
Great writer and a great instructor. Awesome :)
Literary Fiction: the kind of book you read and then, at the end, you go "Wow, that was awesome! I have NO IDEA what it was supposed to be about, but it was AWESOME!" (Or ocasionally you can swap out the word 'awesome' for 'crap,' depending on your personal tastes.)
cringe
Brandon really went in his I’m an artiste bag with his fit
Prose for the amateur and the pro's? (I'm corny I couldn't resist)
Thank You Sincerely, You've saved me some heart ache.
Can you come to SUNY Geneseo and teach this class?
Editor: so... which POV are you going to write your story in?
Erin Morgenstern: YES
Sometimes people get in front of crowds (that room is packed) and they have a temporary lapse of memory, I taught writing seminars for elementary school students and I still blanked occasionally when they asked me simple questions. No one is perfect. Also, keep in mind that he is a writer first and a prof second.
What if you make two versions of the same book, the present and past versions? Then, everyone can get what they are used to!
wish he would tour and do workshops at writing conference's. Portland, wordstock. Just an idea for you.
I like his Blues Brothers-esque outfit.
I love how awful his hand-writing is.
Bad handwriting is a sign of intelligence
It's a good thing he uses a computer to write then
@@FoxCapStudios Damn, I must be a genius
@@FoxCapStudios doubt it
Agreed! So awesome!
Brandon tossing out gummy bears that he had been grinding between his oily fingers makes this a difficult video to watch now-a-days. I'm sure he looks back at this and cringes as much of the rest of us.
Oh no
I find it hard to convince myself to think about trying to write in 2nd person omniscient cuter tense.
Someone got a paragraph long short story?
Nope, I can't manage it for a paragraph.
"He sat on me and then the cup was like, 'no, buy me dinner first, get your lips off me'"
Maybe I shouldn't include the inanimate.
"He slapped me with a chair"
"He slapped me with a leg from the same chair"
So maybe I could indirectly do it with people telling the story to each other... but then I want him to speak up and bully them again because they got away last time and I would want to know the narrator's by then...
An attemt:
"You will walk along a dark path in the woods, happily unaware of the horrors stalking you. The smell of smoke will reach you, but you'll assume it's people having a barbecue as it will be a pleasant summer night, the holidays having just started in the town you'll live. You will have been out with a few friends, walking home. You will be tired yet in a good mood, thinking excitedly about getting home to your bed. A bed you'll never see again. A home you won't reach."
Brandon why are you fondling the gummy bears like that before throwing them out
lol future tense
2nd POV, future perfect tense. Make this a thing. :D
+Kindred Spirit *Multiple POV
It wouldn't even be that hard. Just change the tense from a story that you already made in a different tense.
@@keegster7167
Four years later and you're right.
He knows his stuff.............
I notice so few people will even acknowledge third person objective, which is a shame to me. I know the argument that occupying none of the characters' minds/having no hard point of view defeats the purpose of the written form, but I think there's a lot to be gained from having the reader actively participate in discerning emotion based on described body language and expression the same way you would interacting with anyone in real life. I guess everyone wants to BE the protagonist rather than be along for the ride. Can anyone recommend some fantasy or just really good books told from a fly on the wall perspective? It would be much appreciated as this is my preferred style.
OH YES!!! I want that... and maybe write one that way... idk, just learning now the stuff, but holy hell, something that avant garde just makes my belly area fuzzy with excitement!
That sounds like reading a very descriptive script to me.
If only you could teach this class at CNU
Early Sanderson lectures he sounds like Quentin Tarantino mixed with Ben Shapiro but later Sanderson lectures he turns into Quentin Tarantino mixed with Conan O'Brien.
You are both smart and can use a thesaurus, we get it. You both think the other us dumb for differing ideas and will never sway each other. Enjoy some honest entertaining and informative youtube and stop being angry at the computer. I would like to discuss the actual content in the comments, if I so choose, without the distraction.
Peace, guys. You are both good, intelligent, contributing people that matter. Show it, even on the internet.
Wow, things were more civilized back then
That guy at 5:03 is awesome.
Check out 9:30 minutes. Do you think the students are actually eating those contaminated Gummy Bears?
Sweatily twisting them
honestly thought he was pronouncing omniscient wrong the entire time until I googled that American's pronounce it differently...
Secret to being a best-selling author? Jelly beans/Gummy bears
Now I want gummy bears
I'm surprised Sanderson couldn't name a single literary fiction author. David Foster Wallace? Thomas Pynchon? These guys are pretty huge. Even William Gibson straddles the line on occasion, although Sanderson didn't deign to talk about cyberpunk in the last lecture. Not complaining, just making an observation.
Then looks away abashedly
My favorite part of this is that he didnt even bother writing omniscient fully. Hes just like "screw it. If they get it they get"
Honestly thats a mood
Were people actually eating those gummy bears?
I wish my teachers would reward us with gummy bears
Nice hat
NEXT time this guy throws out candy he better make sure it's wrapped candy! Some damn starbursts or something; tossing out man-handled, germ-ridden gummy bears is just wrong and nasty.
If you don't like it, don't eat it.
Vengeful Spirit I still ate that shit....it was good! It was better than American Baby Bald Eagles dipped in copious amounts of Freedom sauce while roasted in a trailer park grill shaped like the world trade center. That's how good that candy was....just sayin'
Mionysus You're amusing.
@@BiscuitDelivery isn’t he just wonderful, my friend?
I'm not a particular fan of his description of Literary markets and fiction. Generally speaking, Literary fiction would be something that really focuses on the flaw of humanity. Literary fiction will have a plot, but the focus is almost entirely character focused: think Violet Evergarden for instance. Market fiction is a heavy balance with almost equal emphasis on both the character and the plot. A lot of good literary fiction will have a Person VS self conflict.
So "Little , did he know..." is an omniscient statement ?
Even tho Rowling used it in her first chapter and then quasi used it later
Get back to the video, I sincerely promise you that the comments below are not worth your time.
Jimbad29 I stare into the abyss and it stares back.
Jimbad29 Thank you
Watched it for 2 minutes...terrible...what language is he using to write on the whiteboard?...Greek?
Don't go into the sciences, then. Every instructor writes like that.
I hate to nitpick, but you really should learn where to place commas in a sentence.
Brandon's prose is solid but let's not pretend that is nothing other than mundane
hey man wtf i want a gummy bear
This stuff is all awesome and helps me so very very much, but man do I hate that hat...
It's just a piece of attire.
Vengeful Spirit -That looks like shit.
Just thought I'd finish that sentence for ya.
***** Your words, not mine. Speaking of which, your current attire looks fairly garish. Funny how these things work, isn't it?
Vengeful Spirit ooh, someone has an English degree. You sure made me look silly!
***** Actually no, I'm currently working on a phsyics degree. As for making you look silly, you've done a good enough job of that on your own.
This guy looks like he could be hosting a magic the gathering toirnament....
This IS how he hosts a Magic the Gathering Tournament
Their word count is too high for the genre they're writing!
hat.
highly interesting lecture, but man his mannerisms are so... gross. Did anyone else notice him smush up a gummy bear for ages and then toss it to a student? haha but his content was great. Very thorough.
I can't believe how bad Brandon's handwriting is!
I know, lol
"Writer."
Anyone else watch Sanderson's teachings who don't have the intention of writing? I just find it so interesting.
Also the gummy bears are a tad gross
If you want to continue this interlocution, please feel free to ascertain my whereabouts and produce yourself promptly, preferably introducing yourself with the word "obfuscate", so I can give, in the words of Ari Gold, "a bitch slap for a bitch". Goodnight princess.
I'm American, so super double fail for you sir. To assume is major noobage. Just because I mention another country doesn't automatically mean I'm from said country. Maybe you should quit school and start serving fries.
Ah but again you fail to produce the logical aptitude to reason through an argument! You assumed I was directing my comment at "serving fries" when in fact it was towards your 2nd point! Tisk tisk, that LA degree is really letting you down my friend. And by suggesting I "quit trolling until I learn how", are you leading me to infer that you are such a fountain of trollish skills? A logical conclusion to such a notion would lead me to believe that YOU are the troll and I the troll slayer. Tata.