Creating Believable Backstories for Characters—Brandon Sanderson
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Published 2021-02-23
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All Comments (21)
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What a low-key flex to sign stacks of books while talking about writing.
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I'm good at unintentionally making things look unintentional
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"Making clear their motivations that will let the reader understand that, so that the character doesn't feel schizophrenic... unless they are, indeed, schizophrenic." - Brandon Sanderson
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It’s so funny that almost every time I see a video of Brandon talking, he’s simultaneously signing books.
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"Every character is their own protagonist in their own story" That's why I feel like I would enjoy the backstory of every character Brandon writes
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Four words I live by when writing: NO MOVE WITHOUT MOTIVE. Even if it's not obvious, characters certainly must have reason for acting the way they do, which must then stay consistent with their character overall and with the rest of the plot (or explained why when it doesn't) ...
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Great video, definitely wasn't distracted by the Among Us characters on the white board!
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A certain person has also been known to write entire unpublished novellas to determine a character’s between book activities... XD
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Love the Solaire of Astora shirt!!
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Anyone else catch how BOSS this video is? We are getting excellent writing information from someone signing HUNDREDS of copies of his book. It's such a subtle flex. I love it.
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Love how you’re multitasking🤣 not only getting signings done but also a couple of youtube videos. It saves a lot of time.
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I truly love this man for what he's doing
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i would pay to see Brandon review One piece xD
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Literally HOW does he ALWAYS KNOW?? I was thinking about my characters' backstories and then immediately got a notification for this video 😂
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this man is signing books 24/7
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brandon packs in more useful advice in 5 minutes than most authortubers do for their whole channel.
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2:38 Took this one a bit literally when you were writing Wayne, didn't you?
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I love the amongus on the whiteboard
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While I'm writing, something I've found out is that the best character quirks and plot points, I don't so much make up. I discover them. I'll be thinking of what to do, writing along, and I'll just get a eureka moment. As if it's always been there, but my flashlight has only now focused on it. The same thing happens with names. I'll try so many different names for a character but eventually, I'll find the name which feels like that character has always had, and they can never have any other name.
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...The kind of grind you have to go through to sign as many books as that... Holy crap.
