Brandon Sanderson - 318R - #7 (Character)
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- Опубліковано 25 вер 2024
- Brand new for 2016 are Brandon Sanderson's writing lectures at BYU. This lecture was delivered on February 18, 2016.
Filmed by Jon Deering and Devin Baldwin, edited by Earl Cahill (@spackest - where I will announce when new videos go public).
Table of contents:
01:18 class questions
07:39 pyramid of abstraction
13:58 show don't tell
25:27 the grand skill
29:35 PROMS (Past, Relationships, Obligations, Motivations, Sensibilities)
Authors Mentioned:
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I really appreciate that Brandon and BYU allow these lectures to be published on UA-cam. These have been many hours well spent listening to him wax on his craft.
Appreciate Brandon especially. He only agreed to teach at BYU if they let him put his lectures online
I didn't know that, but it makes me appreciate him even more. Brandon does more to help new aspiring writers than any other author I can think of. These lectures are like a godsend to me. They really helped me alot
One of his lectures teaches me more than plowing through a dozen articles on writing.
WAS THAT AN ERA 2 REFERENCE???
MORE LIKE WAYNE ON HIS CRAFT AM I RIGHT
(wait that makes no sense)
Who else wanted to constantly clear their own throat listening to this? Gotta love Brandon's dedication.
The lesson about pulling exposition into concrete prose is gold.
the lesson about pulling out onto the bed is gold, this is bronze, at best
@@hueycastro2916 which?
"That is the piece of art that you want to write, so you should do it."
BEST writing advice I've ever heard, in terms of feeding the soul of creativity.
I know this is months old but I spent the video wishing Brandon to get well.
Ana Casanova You are a kind soul.
i thought I was the only one 😂
OK Mr. Sanderson, you're the man for this. I'm such a whiner when I'm sick and you still got up and teached! You've got a heart that matches that brain, meaning awesome. I imagine most famous people would call in sick!
someone call the flattery police, we've got a code g for gratuitous
Oh, sweet! You have clean water. All of mine is full of crem.
I was watching writing tips videos as usual and randomly found a video where someone mentioned this man. So i looked him up and, holy shit. I love him. He reminds me of myself, but he's kind of like, 104830 times more experienced. Now i have to read some of his stories.
Also my problem when it comes to writing is that English isn't my first language, so I'm not as good in writing as when i do in my own language. BUT i am reading in English most of the time and watch videos and read articles... Everything in English. And now I've realised that i know more English phrases and more synonyms and find myself making sentences that are more English in structure and tend to forget how to say stuff in my own language... But I'm bad at grammar and rules, so I don't think I'm able to pull of a whole book in a foreign language, even tho I use it on a daily basis. Or maybe I could just study it harder? Or just read more in my own language. Tho I think English is more poetic and not only prettier, but more efficient and practical for writing books. I don't know
I guess i just have to read in my own language and guess what? That's what I'm about to do right now. I'm out
Just a little tip for the future, Brandon: if your throat's dry and scratchy, you're better off drinking WARM water. Iced water will just 'shock' your vocal cords and make the croakiness worse.
when my throats scratchy I just suck a big ol' lollipop
@@hueycastro2916 whatever works...
shashemption 😂😂
Huey Castro what the fudge is wrong with you.
Tea with honey is an absolute godsend when I have a sore throat. Also, as a tip, chug a glass of freshly squeezed lemon when you have a runny nose. It works wonders
OMG after everything I looked about the writing this is the thing that I was missing the most. This pyramid of abstraction, the understanding of "Show dont tell" rule and this exercise. Thank you so much!
Okay this is bad. After every lecture I watch I am suddenly self-conscious of my writing flaws.
That's how you get better! :D
That means it's working ;D
That is a very good thing! You can't get better without knowing what you're doing wrong!
That's a good thing. Realizing you have screwed up is the first step in your progression.
This is wonderful actually
I'm kinda curious about what happened to John and the crystal machine...was kinda digging the story lol
rights mush
@One Thou Wou ....because she's inside the machine!!!!!!
All seriousness aside, that squash example was beautiful.
I was thinking 400,000 pages for like five minutes completely baffled.
Did he say pages or words?
@@sechmascm words
She counted the dollar notes- this month's rent- feeling it crinkle under her fingers. Outside, the sign signalling vacancy lit up. Bands of red light escaped the dusty blinds and spilled onto the table, wrapping her arm. And just for a moment it reminded her of his blood - sticky and wet, he was screaming for her - his big sister - before she jammed the metal tip of the knife deep into his heart.... (still learning... this is hard...)
muy bien is what i would say if I was spanish (and retarded)
Nah just joking it's good but you must have known that or you wouldn't have put it up...
the beginning is fantastic, the end is (in just my personal opinion) a little too on the nose. Still fantastic tho, holy shit!!
@@hueycastro2916 yikes
I couldn't stop grinning at that Succubus Publishing written in the blackboard in a class he can't say crass words.
I'm a teacher, and I've taught a class while sounding like this before. I bet he had nearly no voice the next day.
Brandon Sanderson teaching a class; was far away, took a plane and a ride to teach a class with a tired throat.
My teachers at university; resting in the teacher's lounge refusing to walk outside because of a light drizzle.
When using the past do we need to need to explain it was caused by a past experience?
ex: He shivered, a nervous chill running down his spine as the large gray and tan German Shepherd walked into room, circled then picked a corner and laid down. He told himself that there was no reason to fear this one, he'd know Demon and his owner for ten years now and the dog had always been well behaved. (is this enough or do I need to add)...even though he looked so much like the one who'd bit him when he was three.
or do we just let the reader assume why he's afraid?
Nah yo! Leaving it blank cre8s mystery!
Aw dang I'm years late. But for anyone with a similar question, you could use dialogue here, similar to what Brandon said with the "If I bleed the crew is dead." Maybe the character mumbles "But you aren't that dog," as shivers creep down his spine. Maybe he vents to another character, says he's frustrated that he still isn't over his fears from the past. A lot can be told with the right dialogue
@@samantha8578 I agree personally I would keep everything but subtley hint at a prior experience even a "after all these years the uneasiness he felt around dogs hasn't subsided. Even a long aquiantance like Demon made his scars feel fresh as the day he won them"
Am I the only person that towards the end who thought he was really giving digs at Patrick Rothfuss. 14 years to write his first novel; it goes interstellar. Plus, he mentioned how readers won't even pick up a series of books from a new author without knowing it its completed... 7 years writing the Doors of Stone: Patrick Rothfuss is the amazing exception to the fantasy community. Reading between the lines, I think he's trying to convey what Patrick had happen to him: his success, despite his flaws as a writer won't happen to anyone else.
I think you are reading too deep into this lol
Lol. At 42:30 redhead girl in upper left corner didn't like the example.
That was a guy
damn, you can tell she hated the one talking
"many rooted"???
@@hueycastro2916 youre extrapolating a lot from a facial expression in a 3 second clip. That being said, shit was super funny hahaha
That's probably because all the guys make that face to her as soon as they see her.
Someone should have forced the writers from Game of Thrones to watch this before they messed up the show :'D
I think in their case they weren’t trying to tell the best story they are capable of (to be fair I don’t know what they’re capable of. Their best work hinged on GRRMs material). Just to be done with it and move onto something else. Which is fine. But they were overly ambitious taking on this series and it got too big for them. They didn’t have it in them to finish what they started.
Let’s see what they do with Star Wars
They just wanted to be so special and unique without working, being talented or thoughtful .
@@theproofistrivial7677 They're egos got out of control, the series was so loved that they thought it was unable to be ruined.
@@theproofistrivial7677 This comment hasn't aged well.
really
Thank you so much for letting me glimpse into this world! Have a wonderful day.
Poor guy, his voice sounds like a mix of Patton Oswalt and Gilbert Gottfried. Great information, and I can't wait for the rest of the series.
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absolutely
& a bit of Marge Simpson lol
Thru my laptop speakers I thought he sounded like a Dalek. Found it REALLY hard to focus on the episode because I couldn't stop laughing about it.
He's sick in this video
Is that crystal thing from a book, because it sounds cool.
No.
If you think crystal things are cool I shoved one up my arse about ten minutes ago
it could be your book, why not
On Eragon (not to be confused with Aragon):
It's hard(er) to be bad when you're basically just Star Wars with dragons. Which, yeah, everything is just something else with a new coat, but Aragon *really* smells like Star Wars.
*Eragon
Fix'd
Eragon v Aragorn
fanfic mashup time
It's an insert-author Gary-Stu character in Middle Earth with dragon-riding Jedi, and a Star Wars story. And PURPLE PROSE.
So Excited for the next one to be released.
I know me too I came in my pants waiting for it
57:43 Hey, that's pretty much what I'm doing. About a year ago I pondered whether I should make my current novel into a series or just a one off. As I'm still writing it, I realize I want it to have a complete ending, however it will have some unanswered questions that could build into a sequel if I feel so inclined to do so. I'm glad Brandon pointed this out, because I've never heard anyone talk about this idea.
I was hoping one would come out soon. Thank you for filming and uploading!
Paolini has a hard on for "like so many (insert metaphore here)" he uses it about once per chapter.
12:59 dude scratching his ear like a dog, during the subject of the dog, curious.
also: if anyone reads ally carter ive noticed with all of her series and once she used it twice in one book: she always used the metaphor
"X washed over us" or like "we felt the truth wash around the room" or "the silence washed over us" and i just thought that was an interesting tell lol
The subtitles are not very good, it is possible to follow along as a Deaf student, but the Triangle had a different name every time it came up
Reply to this if you'd like any specific part transcribed and I'll try to type it up for you.
I had a friend run through it with me, but thank you for restoring my faith in humanity!
What does the girl suggest at 36:30?
@@larryhunt1689 I believe she says NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).
@@alexanderboukal5332 Thank you kind person!
In every single one of these character talks, from 2012 to 2013 and now in 2016, and sometimes multiple times in one year, there is mortician as a "strange" job.
WOOP LET IT DROP BOYYYY, SANDMAN IN THE CRIB YAAAAAA
This is very helpful. Thank you!
I want to know what happened after the guy made squash taste like popcorn....
Alex Bergstrom He was bitten by a radioactive fork( remeber to keep your cutlery out of the microwave) and became the orginal Iron Chef.
He jacked off
He was severely disappointed when he ate his next squash.
Loving these - thank you!
Thank you so much for posting these!!!! I love the theory on the pyramid of concrete abstraction...it really helped me with my English project! THANK YOU! :)
Haha, this is the first time I saw Brandon sort of getting annoyed about a student not understanding what he is saying. (22.01) Props for his patient, best teacher I've seen in a while, but nice to see his human side. And his explanation is very clear so I would be way more irritated.
Yes, but truth is that students generaly understands everything really fast and give really good examples. This lecture is an exception.
He didn't have as good an explanation as he usually does.
Hi, Brandon, I want to thank you so much for putting these lectures on line. They have helped so much in every aspect of writing. Fantasy is my favorite genre, but I have not read many fantasy books. Isn't that weird? I've read Tolkien almost 30 years ago when I was in college, and I am a big fan of Margaret Weiss and Tracy Hickman. I also played AD&D for my entire college career when I went to BGSU. Anyway, I loved your lectures so much that I checked out Mistborn on your site. I liked the beginning so much that I found myself driving at 8:30 last night to Barnes and Nobles to buy the book. :-) I have a quick question that I hope you see this and answer. Could I perhaps put something in the first chapter of my first book, and then not have a payoff of that until the fifth book or so? For example, I have these war giants frozen in the north, but the ice is starting to melt or the magic is starting to wear off or whatever. They actually won't escape their bonds until the fifth book or so. Do you think that is a feasible thing to do? Thanks for all you do!
Patrick Null hey there, I’m very clearly not Brandon but I don’t think that’s a problem at all.
It I s fine, as long as the foreshadowing and pay off in the mean time is worth the investment. Build it up and mention it, more and more the closer we get. You want the reader to dread it, if it’s the opposition or get giddy with excitement, if it’s something good.
It’s actually a fantastic way of writing and will be greatly rewarding for you and the reader.
It has to be worthy of, waiting for five books though. If, when thawed, they are beaten or used up, in the same chapter or book
, it will be immensely disappointing.
Did you write it? The series i mean. What book are you working on?
About the interpretation on the pile of pencils, I pick up the one pointing the wrong way, draw something, then put it back the right way. but yes, I have mild OCD
Can we not swap obligations for essence? Then we can have S.P.E.R.M - which is, after all, the beginnings (though not exclusively) of every character?
I love the thought experiment. Amazing series.
lmao what did the person at 36:32 say, he didnt like that one bit :D
He said he didn't want a city or state or location and the dumb bitch who answered said "Asia" fucking LOL
I find myself suddenly deeply confused about what I'd always taken for granted. I have always been a discovery/seat of the pants writer, at least in my head, because I never outline my plot in detail or bullet points... but I also never start writing unless I have a vague idea for my ending and usually I have a very specific goal for my ending. My endings are usually one of my favorite parts of the book, and granted I don't have very many readers yet but most of them enjoy my endings too... Hm.
So that's where the mists went: Brandon's lungs.
Showing vs telling (concrete vs abstract) can be explained as: "imagine it being part of a movie. If it can happen on screen without dialogue of any kind it's concrete"
I have a feeling he just gave away some way of kings plot by accident lol
I... Have a strange story with one of my books and how the characters, magic system, and some of the plot came to be. So, I wrote this book. It was a fanfiction (that part I'm not proud of). I somehow made myself get on a consistent schedule of updating every weekday, and eventually everything started coming together (I still didn't know how to outline back then, I'm just barely learning, so yeah, this book was freewritten). I finally finished it, and it was a decently sized book, around 460 pages. Not a lot, but, you know, not tiny. Within the world I'd based the fanfiction off of, I'd built up my own magic system, to have a little spin on the thousands of fanfictions that have been written on that series. The book wasn't bad, but it wasn't great either. When I go back and read it, there are some things I just cringe at. Eventually this became the framework to a novel with humans (no, the thing I based my fanfiction on did not have humans. Yes, that made things a bit... Difficult), no fanfiction elements, better writing, and better-developed characters, plot, and magic (I'm still horrible at setting, though, so I don't think that'll be any better... Maybe?). So I went and outlined my already-written fanfiction, and, side by side, I wrote my new outline with the help of the fanfiction's plot, so I could take what I had loved from the fanfiction and place it where it belonged, in my novel. That way, I already had the concept and pretty much everything about my characters in my head (it needed heavy editing, but I only need to worry about that now). So... Is writing about the characters, filling out profile sheets for them, a bad thing? I want to get my ideas down on paper... Or, in this case, Google sheets, so what would the best course of action be? Also, on the first-novel-should-probably-be-a-standalone thing, I kind of hate standalones. Not inherently - I loved Elantris, for example - but standalones just annoy me. If it was bad, it was... Well, a bad book, and if it was good, I want a sequel. I've planned for this novel I talked about in this comment to have a sort-of cliffhanger ending, it's where something huge happens that some of the characters have been trying to prevent, and it starts a whole new bunch of ideas and pulls to light new questions, but it also has a satisfying feeling to me. It would obviously need a sequel because I left a lot of loose ends - in fact, I showed a lot of new ropes that people didn't know about (am I going too deep into the metaphor there? Whatever)- but does that count towards the goal achieved by first-novel-standalones?
Do you have a place where I can read it.
+LonewolfeSlayer Um, well, not really, it's not finished (I've gone through countless drafts and still can't seem to get it right...), is there any other way you could help?
SkyLark Unfortunately no. I'm a terrible critic but there is a subreddit call dustructivereading if you ever need a critic
+LonewolfeSlayer Alright, I might check that out later then. Thank you! (also, sorry, I didn't notice that I replied on my alternate account) Also, if it ever gets published or something (I hope it will sometime in the future), it'll probably be under the name 'Shatter'.
SkyLark Good to know.
voice like an angel
'i am lightning, the rain transformed.'
I kind of like the "tells" that Brandon talks about towards the end of this lecture. I think the first time I noticed it was when reading Darren Shan's books as a kid. That man really likes to describe people as talking "matter-of-factly"
rights mush I'm fucking with you
50:30 If Likes and Dislikes are part of Sensibility, how are they not part of Motivation? What one likes is what one motivates.
Welp, his vocal cords are gone now. Great lecture though.
Good thing he can still type
I think Brandon rocks a Nexus 6...big phone!
Would you say that Robert Jordan's "tell" was the word sinuous?
Tugs braid angrily
Lecture starts at 7:17
Rule of thumb: Tell = adverbs, adjectives, Show = verbs
aw he sounds like jonah hill in the very first moments
lol. i love this guy.
Which is better? Strong Vocabulary vs Dumbing the Language Down. I like to learn new words and expanding my vocabulary, but I am a terrible reader, and if I have to put down a book to pick up a dictionary, I may not pick up the book again, or at least lose my immersion. Is there any value to dumbing the language down so that everyone can read it regardless of vocabulary? Or do you sacrifice something by lowering the standard of vocabulary? (Detail or elegance perhaps)
How many characters is too many? I can't find out how many POV characters Brandon recommends. :/
Depends on your skill/experience as a writer. I've heard him say that for new authors, you shouldn't have more than 3 or maybe 4 (if memory serves), but obviously the Wheel of Time and the Stormlight Archives have way more than this.
Kenneth Trent Thank you very much, Kenneth. This helps big time!
1) What is the story about? Answer this in one (or two at most) sentences.
2) How many POVs do you need to tell the story described in #1?
whakabuti There is a common rule for a new writer that You should avoid having more than three POVs. Pat Rothfuss talks about this often, look him up!
As RDA said: it depends on the type of story you want to tell.
Character Development is important people!!!!
Very important you son of a bitch i hate you
I am not sure if there is anyone reading and answering the comments but...
Does this mean that a particular thing or characteristic would not be described because the character would not care? I mean, lets say that the character knows nothing about trees, so... I would describe a spruce just as a tree? He would not know it is a spruce, or what the hell is that thing that sips from the cracks, he would probably not even notice there IS a tree... So... it does not get described?
I'd say so. Could also mean that they'd describe certain things wrong because they don't know any better
@@jauxro and that sounds right to you? Seems like just to give character you would be giving up so many interesting things... it is so odd
@@deiniou this seems more relevant to video #5 of this series
@@jauxro how so? I remember it was in this video he was talking about that subject!
@@deiniou Well - if writing from one character's perspective really _is_ limiting you instead of adding to the story, then maybe a different perspective would serve you better. That was my reasoning, anyway
Brandon is imitating filthy frank
AHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHAHHAHAHAHAHA
@@moonkookie1505 hehe :)
@@moonkookie1505 Was it really that funny?
@@000Orkarnikolla000 i laughed so hard, I didn't expect that xD
@@000Orkarnikolla000 it was probably the funniest thing I've heard that day hahahahhahaha
Great speaker 🙏🙏🙏
The corpse wore a navy suit, similar to the ones given to employees of the Aloha Hotel next to the airport, with a pin of Hibiscus and Plumia flowers still attached to the front pocket. Thankfully the maggots had already gotten to his flesh.
Great stuff! It seems that all topics can be EITHER abstract or concrete. Love is in abstract, but you can add details and make it more concrete: "She pawed at his shirt and the top button popped off. PING! His eyes popped in surprise and then he yanked off the rest of his shirt and..."
I do not understand how Brandon Sandorson could work together with Robert Jordan... "Show don't tell" is basically the antithesis of everything that happens in the Wheel of Time.
his voice! poor Brandon!
At 21:50 the student asks about concrete writing "so it's experience?" and he says "nooo, it is a scene," but goes on to describe it as the character's experience several times. I'm sure he just misunderstood the question but this was a weird moment.
She's asking if it always relates to experience. He's saying no it doesn't.
@@jayarnalabozzetta6991 I know, and I'm saying he's contradicting himself by giving that answer, since he goes on to say it IS about the experience of the scene.
I guess "scene" implies purpose/intent in a way that "experience" does not.
I want to hear him say EXTERMINATE EXTERMINATE. Holy Daleks Doctor Who!
Anyone catch the Avatar the Last Airbender reference at 36:55 ?
Yes(:
rr martin is too descriptive sometimes
He is, but he does it for a reason. It's how he foreshadows.
yes, and James Baldwin too black
anyone have thoughts on writers software to help with writing a novel?
pen
paper
Nah just joking,
penis
snow
the only romance novel i ever read was a thick revolutionary war tale, fairly well written, but the author was obsessed with the word "luxuriated" as in her heroine constantly luxuriated in the hot bath. it was a little distracting, and i've found that such word repetitions are most noticeable when the word is uncommon or especially flowery or specific like that.
26:45 "i'm strong to the finich cuz i hides me spinach":
19:06 “don’t have your characters go licking stuff”
*cough cough* Bryan Dechart!!!!!
oh Bryan Dechart you likeable licker of various things you
54:10 what are his words? I'm hearing them for the first time so I can't tell
Okay, I've found maladroitly
Inchoate is the other :)
@@godminnette2 thank you so much i thought I'll never know! Thank you 😄
I pity all people who attempt to write a novel without first watching these lectures, WOW!
woaaaaaa after 56 when he asked for an age i instinctually said 12 and the the guy called 12
God.
She found her motel keys beside her brother's dusty glasses?
48:05 William Riker has entered the chat.
I wonder if showing can go awry.
If I describe an addict's apartment as being filled with empty and half empty chinese food containers, the reader would likely think "This is not a functioning addict". However, if I then go on to describe that this person is a high ranking politician then would I not confuse readers?
If you're writing a short story, perhaps. But not really. I would assume that he is a busy man who spends more time worrying about drugs then what he would eat next. But you have a lot more words to play with in a novel. If you don't add in two sides of the coin, you've got a one dimensional character. Trust your reader more.
What if we added some stuff to the scene that hinted at his career too? "A half empty carton of Chinese food sat next to the cuff links his father gave him when he was first elected senator."
21:35 he sounds like Jordan Peterson there
Hahaha he totally does! "An immediate sharp pain" sounded juuuust like him.
Like listening to Harvey Fierstein
34:43 56 is my favourite no
You ever listen to someone with a sore throat, and it makes your own throat feel sore?
But Brandon- characters licking things is half the fun! :)
@17:09 bookmark
32:23 bro just ate the water
Sick Brandon = Jordan Peterson
12year old
he lives in asia (changed)
as a super disease
did they knew?
So many ads!
I thought this would be about characters
Did you watch the entire thing? He says the pyramid is essential to learn before characters so it's related.
@@micahy.6190 yeah I watch all the lectures.
I love spinach.
I love chinese food
What about the boy are on Hawai on a vacation with his family. He get away of the motel where he and his family are to buy ice cream. He gets out fast so his mom can't notice him. After find a place to kill his disire and choose a flavor, he checks his pocket and there is no money. A line of people are behind him and the look of the client-serve won't turn things easier.
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Jimmy was there about to pee in his pants when he feelt something warm on his shoulders. It was the right hand of his current "neighbor" Sara. The one the lives close to his family room at the motel. Today is her birthday and nothing better than ice cream to make a lonely day into a more bearable one.
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"Don't worry" - she says - "I will pay this time" then laugh while she is waiting the client-serve break the ice.
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"Aunty, you saved my skin!" - the boyed said - "in return I will accompany you on the way back, that's all right?"
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"Of course!" - this time genuinely smiling for happiness.
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The little boy almost is done with the ice cream when they hear a police siren. "They going in the direction of... I just hope everything is fine".
/*English isn't my first language, but I had to write something to enjoy the moment of inspiration... hehe*/
Oh mah gawd he sounds like batman
I dont think concrete and abstract are good words to describe the phenomenon he is talking about
Which are better?
Good Lord, I can't watch.
Ah yes maladroitly, I definitely remember noticing that one
My favorite line I've noticed Brandon repeats a lot is "Vin/Wax/Kalladin fell with the rain".