how did Brandon Sanderson ever get published?
Before he had an audience or anything he published his first novel, which is his worst novel (according to him), through a traditional publisher.
This dude is so bad of a writer he wrote "she felt a feeling of dread" unironically.
Was it that easy to get published in the 2000s?
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I'm willing to join if that would help starting my writing career, but I refuse to wear their weird underwear
This is pure nonsense
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He is Mormon cultist in CURRENT YEAR which should say enough. Probably some kind of tax fraud.
So you guys are saying I should become Mormon so I can get published?
you can't believe that people would enjoy his writing?
I'm just wondering if publishers' standards changed that much in the last 20 years. It's impossible for a new Sanderson to publish nowadays unless he's going to a vanity publisher or selfpublish
is there a demand for "new sandersons" when the old one is still writing a book a year or whatever? how many sandersons can the market support? it seems like a shrinking niche, men just play videogames and women want their fantasy to be about steamy sex with an evil king who's also a werewolf
a IQfy loser will literally join a wacko religion to "make it" sooner than just sit down and write
I once saw an ESL praise his books because he could understand them. That's all I needed to hear to never read him
The elitist mindset of posters here fills me with considerable disgust.
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>someone told me what to think of brandson sanderson, that his writing was simple
cool, glad you're starting with the classics. you should read more often though
When I started the first book it read like anime and I almost dropped it. Once I accepted it I enjoyed them. Only read the first two though.Should I pick up 3 and dive back in?
Sanderson is kind of like a guilty pleasure for me, I read his stuff when im burnt out of other books. Book 3 was my favourite out of the Stormlight Archives but its not held very highly by his own fans even, I would say still go for it. But dont read book 4 unless you actually really enjoyed book 3 because 4 is by far the worst.
I'll pick up 3 and see how it goes. I'm going to need to find a recap of 1 and 2 because I read them in like 2017 iirc
i liked 1 and 2 but not 3, so i didn't start 4. seeing as anon loved book 3 but not 4, i will now read book 4.
well I hope you like it man
He wrote a fantasy book ripping off Dune instead of LOTR, that immediately makes him stand out from 99% of the field.
>Sanderson wrote consistently throughout his undergraduate and graduate studies; by 2003, he had written twelve novels, though no publisher had accepted any of them for publication. While in the middle of a graduate program at BYU, he was contacted by Tor Books editor Moshe Feder, who wanted to acquire one of his books. Sanderson had submitted the manuscript of his sixth novel, Elantris, a year and a half earlier
He wrote 12 books and kept writing even though none of them were accepted. The man had determination, something no one on this board knows anything about.
>This dude is so bad of a writer he wrote "she felt a feeling of dread" unironically
Why is this bad writing?
NTA, but obviously, you could have just said "she felt dread" or "she dreaded xyz". Felt a feeling of dread is just redundant.
Anyway, he's guilty of worst sins. His dialogue in particular is absolutely atrocious. However, he does have a certain gift for coherence in plotting. The ending of Elantris, for example, has quite a nice twist.
Do you seriously need this explained to you? Are you illiterate?
Is it weird that I think Mistborn Era 2 is where he shines best throughout?
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Might start this series from the beginning. I remember it being really comfy. I love that Sanderson doesn't need any sex scenes to make a successful fantasy series
Art and culture are dead. What is the point of being a writer today if you can’t write the odd sex scene? Sure, maybe readers don’t want to read it, but I want to write it, dammit.
I didn't say he can't, I said he doesn't need to. Readers do want sex scenes, actually, just look at how publishing is being taken over by coomerlit for women.
I heard he was a nice guy and he seems kind on reddit where he posts. Never read any of his work though, but I believe genuine down to earth people who work hard and consistently apply themselves when it comes to anything, in this case writing, deserve success.
It's the egocentric hacks who dismiss outside help and try to put down others while jumping shortcuts that don't deserve to be published or successful, in my opinion.