A CHAT WITH BRANDON SANDERSON

A CHAT WITH BRANDON SANDERSON | Hang out with us as we interview Sanderson about Wheel of Time, his newest book Cytonic, the Cosmere, genre snobbery, YA vs Adult, and a lot more :)

Time stamps:
0:00 Balance between familiar and unique
4:14 Do you scrap books that aren’t “original” enough?
6:00 What do you have in common with Spensa?
7:46 Narrating your own life
8:20 switching between adult and ya
9:45 what makes something ya? (plus a great ice cream metaphor)
13:04 Mistborn being both YA and Adult (plus a fun high school story)
15:20 Things “incorrectly shelved” as YA (Ex: Wheel of Time)
16:00 genre snobbery and ageism
19:38 the good and bad of fandoms (how the SFF community treats certain books and readers)
24:00 Wheel of Time
26:36 who is your favorite WoT character?
27:00 Marvel, Cosmere, and how the MCU and the internet helped Sanderson’s career
33:05 Easter eggs and the creation of the Cosmere/Hoid
38:12 Fan question: if the Skyward characters could go to another one of your worlds, where do you think they’d fit best? (minor Skyward character arc spoilers)
41:28 which of your books do you think would work best as movies, shows, and/or games?
45:00 do you read mostly SFF in your free time?
46:11 what have you read this year?
46:48 would you ever write outside SFF?
48:25 what are your inspirations in writing the alien/fantasy species?
51:30 structuring a book/how do you do research for an AI character?
55:10 how do you write characters so different from yourself? Are there lines you don’t feel crossing with characters?

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The liveshow chatting about Cytonic and the Skyward series will be on December 3rd. See you then!

(Who noticed Jess, Jessie, and myself were all representing the Skyward series book covers?)

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Jessie:    / @jessiemaebooks  
Sanderson:    / brandsanderson  

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