Brandon Sanderson - 318R - #10 (Plotting)

Brand new for 2016 are Brandon Sanderson's writing lectures at BYU. This lecture was delivered on March 24, 2016.

Filmed by Jon Deering and Earl Cahill, edited by Earl Cahill (@spackest - where I will announce when new videos go public).

Table of contents:
1:33 what is plot?
3:55 promises
11:55 surprises v promises
23:30 making the middle interesting
29:00 bracketing
35:20 middles
49:45 satisfying endings
54:50 author voice

Authors
Robin Hobb - http://amzn.to/2bL8xFJ
Charlaine Harris - http://amzn.to/2cokvlG
George Orwell - http://amzn.to/2bUTHIC
Guy Gavriel Kay - http://amzn.to/2bUTOns
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Works
Life is Beautiful - http://amzn.to/2c2w2sG
I Am Not A Serial Killer - http://amzn.to/2colNxe
The Prestige - http://amzn.to/2bUUdX0
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Dragonriders - http://amzn.to/2comeHM
Ender's Game - http://amzn.to/2bN5Pky
Ender's Shadow - http://amzn.to/2c3RAH6
Foundation - http://amzn.to/2bUVbCp
Harry Potter - http://amzn.to/2cdZNpD
Tad Williams - Memory, Sorrow, and Thorn - http://amzn.to/2comXbV
The Hero of Ages - http://amzn.to/2com1Eq

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Logo by Isaac Stewart, intro music by David Doxey.

Cameras / lenses
Panasonic G7 (42.5mm, F1.7)
Sony A6000 (Rokinon Cine 85mm T1.5)
Panasonic G7 (14-42mm, F3.5-5.6)
Canon 70D (Canon 24-105mm, F4)

Audio
Sanken COS-11D
Sennheiser ME66/K6
Tascam DR-40 recorder

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