Crash Course in Fantasy Writing by Brandon Sanderson

Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn Trilogy is one of my favorite reads of all time. I also enjoyed Warbreaker a great deal. He is an excellent modern fantasy writer, and is still relatively new to the best-seller scene.

Below is a selection of videos that compose the lectures Brandon Sanderson gave at JordanCon 2010 at the Crowne Plaza Ravinia. This is the author’s crash course in fantasy writing. The lectures are broken down into plotting, character and setting, and magic system creation. The videos may seem very time consuming, but I’ve watched them all one at a time, day after day when I had a short break between my tasks. These lectures are very informative and insightful. By no means should you consider Sanderson’s words to be law for every writer, but there is plenty to take away from his experiences and knowledge.

I found this list gold mine of videos in and old post I found on Reddit and I thought it would be great to share them with you. Lectures such as this can save young writers a great deal of time by teaching what is usually gained through trial and error, by showing mistakes before they are made.

I haven’t yet had the opportunity to attend any lectures by successful and experienced authors, so I was ecstatic to find such a wealth of information on YouTube.

Enjoy!