He speaks with reverence about the craft and the joy of creating new worlds and characters. And while he may have his eye on the screenwriting game, his heart will always belong to the written word.
As our conversation winds down, Sanderson looks out of his bedroom window at the Utah landscape. The sun is setting, casting a warm glow over the mountains in the distance. It’s a peaceful moment, a rare break in his hectic schedule. But even as he takes in the beauty of the world around him, his mind is already racing ahead, plotting the next twist in the epic saga of the Stormlight Archive.
For Brandon Sanderson, the work never stops. And for his millions of fans around the world, that’s a very good thing indeed.
Se deleita hablando sobre la emoción de combinar la maravilla de la magia con la “crujiente” perspectiva científica, y traza la evolución de la fantasía como un “género completamente nuevo” desde CS Lewis y JRR Tolkien hasta George RR Martin (“muy inteligente”), NK Jemisin y Joe Abercrombie. “Si dejaste de leerlo, inténtalo de nuevo. Encontrarás todo lo que deseas que está en cualquier otro género, además de que tendrá dragones”, dice. “Entonces, ¿por qué leer algo más?”
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