Farland's Authors Advisory Conference Calls: Wheel of Time

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

24. Brandon Sanderson: Magic Systems

Bestselling Epic Fantasy author Brandon Sanderson was our guest on this edition of Farland's Authors' Advisory. Along with a spirited question and answer session, Brandon gave us three guidelines to use if the magic in the magic systems of our works aren't qute as magical as we'd hoped. If you're writing a work that would benefit from having a magic system of any complexity in it, that is.

For nearly an hour of advice and answers from the author graced with the writing task of bringing a conclusion to the late Robert Jordan's "Wheel of Time" series and the creator of such series as The Mistborn series, (Including the latest "Mistborn" novel The Alloy of Law which releases November 2011) and the novels in the Alcatraz Smedry series to name but a few, press "Play".

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David Wolverton aka David Farland is a bestselling author of science fiction and fantasy, who served for many years as the coordinating judge for the Writer's of the Future Contest and as a creative writing instructor at Brigham Young University. As an instructor, he has trained many authors who have gone on to become NYT bestsellers themselves, including Stephenie Meyer, Brandon Sanderson, Brandon Mull, Eric Flint, Sean Williams, and many others.

He continues to educate young authors through regular intensive seminars and through his Daily Kick emails. In September 2010, he started David Farland's Writer's Groups, a writer's forum divided into subgroups by genre and experience.

In fourth grade, Mike's teacher caught him writing in class and forced his first public performance of an original story. The response inspired him to continue. He wrote fanfic for years, then returned to original works before taking a post-college hiatus.

In 2008, he took a detour and found himself one of two attendees at a signing by David Farland and Brandon Sanderson. He kept in touch with both, attended several of Dave's workshops, a few of Brandon's signings, and was recently tapped by Dave to help host the Authors' Advisory calls. Needless to say, he has a renewed desire to become a published author.

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Wednesday, October 5, 2011

24. Brandon Sanderson: Magic Systems