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The headline here spills the beans but it's definitely worth watching his announcement video "It's time to come clean" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-k6e

The headline here spills the beans but it's definitely worth watching his announcement video "It's time to come clean" at https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-k6eaT-jQ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6a-k6eaT-jQ I was certain he is announcing he's working with a team of ghost writers given his extraordinary writing speed.

abakker 5y ago
And given how bad some of the later books like Alloy of Law are compared to the original misborn? Some of the b reel books are terrible.
- ameminator 5y ago
  I mean, they weren't LoTR-level, but they were still enjoyable. Wheel of Time ending and Stormlight 1/2 may still be his best works, but the Alloy of Law stuff was still solid, at least in my opinion.
- eduardosalaz 5y ago
  What did you dislike about Alloy of Law?
  - lolinder 5y ago
    Not OP, but it felt less polished to me than his others. Part of it was also that he was intentionally tweaking his style for the series (inspired by pulp Westerns). No dramatic difference, but enough to be slightly off.
- Fellshard 5y ago
  His B-reel books are usually decent ideas, but you can tell when it's Brandon's voice leaking through the characters instead of the characters themselves. He tends to take a bit more care of his larger, mainline books.
- wrnr 5y ago
  I'm a big fan of the Stormlight Archive where all main characters have some form of mental disorder. That said the last book was getting a bit repetitive, always waiting for the same character to snap out of his seasonal depression in order to save everyone just in time. I'm still a fan, I even watched some of his lectures on creative writing but there is definitely a formula to how he works.
ryantgtg 5y ago
I enjoyed this blog post where he talks about his writing process. https://www.brandonsanderson.com/my-work-life-balance-as-a-writer/ https://www.brandonsanderson.com/my-work-life-balance-as-a-w... He seems very disciplined. Hate to say but I'm glad I'm not one of his kids. He wakes up around noon and then writes for five hours, and _then_ he hangs out with his family. So basically his kids don't see him all day until shortly before they go to bed.
- wyager 5y ago
  > He wakes up around noon and then writes for five hours, and _then_ he hangs out with his family. This sounds like an awesome schedule. Sleep in, work for a very reasonable number of hours, and then have plenty of energy left to hang out with your kids (somewhat earlier than most commuters get home).
  - ryantgtg 5y ago
    Fair enough. I was assuming the kids’ perspective in my comment. And the context of his description is Covidtimes when everyone is at home. They miss him in the morning and all day, all the while he’s behind a closed door in the house. I probably shouldn’t express my personal opinion here. To each their own!
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- kbutler 5y ago
  Compared to what? "Dad goes to work at an office 9-5, then has a commute to come home, then focuses on his own hobbies"? Frankly, this sounds like a lot of focused family time: """ At 5:00 I stop, and 5:00 until 10:00 is family time for me. And that is walled off. I don’t work on books, even in the back of my brain. It’s got to be a really steep wall for me to make sure I am there for them. And I have to mentally say, “You are there for them.” When your kids ask you to do something, that’s the time you say, “Yes, I’m going to go do that.” """
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abakker 5y ago

And given how bad some of the later books like Alloy of Law are compared to the original misborn? Some of the b reel books are terrible.

ameminator 5y ago
I mean, they weren't LoTR-level, but they were still enjoyable. Wheel of Time ending and Stormlight 1/2 may still be his best works, but the Alloy of Law stuff was still solid, at least in my opinion.
eduardosalaz 5y ago
What did you dislike about Alloy of Law?
- lolinder 5y ago
  Not OP, but it felt less polished to me than his others. Part of it was also that he was intentionally tweaking his style for the series (inspired by pulp Westerns). No dramatic difference, but enough to be slightly off.
Fellshard 5y ago
His B-reel books are usually decent ideas, but you can tell when it's Brandon's voice leaking through the characters instead of the characters themselves. He tends to take a bit more care of his larger, mainline books.
wrnr 5y ago
I'm a big fan of the Stormlight Archive where all main characters have some form of mental disorder. That said the last book was getting a bit repetitive, always waiting for the same character to snap out of his seasonal depression in order to save everyone just in time. I'm still a fan, I even watched some of his lectures on creative writing but there is definitely a formula to how he works.

ryantgtg 5y ago

I enjoyed this blog post where he talks about his writing process. https://www.brandonsanderson.com/my-work-life-balance-as-a-writer/ https://www.brandonsanderson.com/my-work-life-balance-as-a-w... He seems very disciplined. Hate to say but I'm glad I'm not one of his kids. He wakes up around noon and then writes for five hours, and _then_ he hangs out with his family. So basically his kids don't see him all day until shortly before they go to bed.

wyager 5y ago
> He wakes up around noon and then writes for five hours, and _then_ he hangs out with his family. This sounds like an awesome schedule. Sleep in, work for a very reasonable number of hours, and then have plenty of energy left to hang out with your kids (somewhat earlier than most commuters get home).
- ryantgtg 5y ago
  Fair enough. I was assuming the kids’ perspective in my comment. And the context of his description is Covidtimes when everyone is at home. They miss him in the morning and all day, all the while he’s behind a closed door in the house. I probably shouldn’t express my personal opinion here. To each their own!
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kbutler 5y ago
Compared to what? "Dad goes to work at an office 9-5, then has a commute to come home, then focuses on his own hobbies"? Frankly, this sounds like a lot of focused family time: """ At 5:00 I stop, and 5:00 until 10:00 is family time for me. And that is walled off. I don’t work on books, even in the back of my brain. It’s got to be a really steep wall for me to make sure I am there for them. And I have to mentally say, “You are there for them.” When your kids ask you to do something, that’s the time you say, “Yes, I’m going to go do that.” """
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