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I watched all of Sanderson's lectures on YouTube for his creative writing class he teaches at BYU and honestly a ton of his advice is very useful for programmer
by pantsforbirds 5y ago
I watched all of Sanderson's lectures on YouTube for his creative writing class he teaches at BYU and honestly a ton of his advice is very useful for programmers. I have absolutely 0 desire to write a book (although admittedly that class had me thinking about trying it), but his general advice on how to work and how to think through things was rather useful and a really neat insight into one of the most efficient people I've ever seen.
- asicsp 5y agoJust watching his videos makes you want to do awesome things, he brings plenty of energy and enthusiam.
- leobg 5y agoNever heard of him, but curious. If I watched only one of his lectures, which one would you recommend?
- asicsp 5y agoPick a topic you are interested from his playlists: https://www.youtube.com/c/BrandSanderson/playlists https://www.youtube.com/c/BrandSanderson/playlists IIRC, I watched "2020 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU"
- talahmed 5y agoHonestly this does not surprise me as his books, especially in the Cosmere universe, are one of the best books of our time. Will definitely look into this, thanks for sharing.
- spiderice 5y agoHis podcast, Writing Excuses, is also a great listen. I’m not a writer at all, but I listened to a ton of episodes just because it was so interesting to hear what makes good writing. Such as characters driving the plot, not the plot driving the characters. Things like that. He’s been doing the podcast for years, so there is a huge backlog.
- dagw 5y agoThey're also worth watching even if, like me, you don't enjoy his books at all.