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Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson5/9/2023 ![]() ![]() The same can be said for Snapshot, Sanderson’s latest novella, that was published early 2017 (but which I only just got my hands on). It felt as if it was a good first try, but that needed to have the rough edges sanded off. ![]() You could see the characters who were designed around, “What is this character’s flaw, what makes him memorable, what are some personality quirks,” etc. A prime example was his Reckoners series, which started with Steelheart, which at times read as if it was a first-draft story written for a creative writing class. Unfortunately, some of his work reflects what I imagine stems from these classes. I have not had the time to watch the videos that often appear of these classes, but I have listened to Sanderson’s podcasts and read his work enough to get a sense of what he might teach. It is not a craft everyone can manage – and many have tried.īrandon Sanderson, in my opinion, gets it right half of the time.Īnyone with even a vague interest in the fantasy genre at the moment not only knows of Brandon Sanderson, but also knows that he teaches a creative writing course at Brigham Young University (BYU). It requires the ability to tell a self-contained story that feels as if it has been taken straight out of the middle of a book whilst at the same time giving it its own three-act structure – beginning, middle, and end. ![]() Short fiction – be they short stories or their longer cousins, the novella – is an artform that not everyone can master. ![]()
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