Character Type and Genre-Brandon Sanderson
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- Опубликовано: 9 мар 2021
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"I'm Fantasy novelist Brandon Sanderson, and this is my Masterclass... for free..."
Bless you, Brandon 🥲
"it depends" just so happens to precede 98% of the answers to all questions I asked in college
Which is where Brandon's point on wether to be a cook or a chef comes in quite well
I can’t believe this is free. Keep it up Brandon, your lectures are some of the most helpful things ever
People gotta stop saying stuff like this he’s gonna start charging 😂
@@jamesreo6699 if there is something that Brandon doesn't need is money xD
Also, we don't deserve him
The fact this million dollar author does this class for writing, because he wants to instead of having to is crazy.
Can we get a video where Brandon explains the inspirational/explorational/etc. character types? That sounds like a really interesting topic but it’s not been in past lectures and I’d love to learn more about it.
I thought the same thing
Same
I second this.
Googling gives me nothing. Please whoever is curating this channel could you provide at least a reference link to a book/video/blog/podcast we can learn about constructing these character types?
I agree, I wondered about that too
IS THAT A PRAISE THE SUN T-SHIRT?!
‘Tis indeed
Yes Indeed
I mean, is it any surprise that a fantasy author would be a nerd?
I really need to play those games myself...
In which, a very quality human teaches us helpful stuff about writing for free while praising the sun!
Thanks for these. :)
hello time stamp guy!
@@UdyKumra Hi! Your questions come up on stream a lot. It is pretty cool. :)
@@Rhadagar I do my best to ask aggressive writing questions lol!
@@UdyKumra Well, it seems to be working XD!
Thanks! I think it's great that you do this, it's so rare for an author to give this level of insight, but so wonderful that you do. Keep it up!
Inspiration, aspiration, exploration? I've never heard of this in connection with writing before. I can kinda guess what they mean but it'd be nice to get a breakdown:) Great video as usual.
I second that.
Same I didn't know abt these
Chop Box from earlier comment I think has an excellent breakdown on this with the point that these categories of characters relate to their narrative purpose. (Why they're in the story.) To summarize:
Exploration - The character is in the story as a method by which the reader explores a location, a phenomenon, or a concept.
Inspiration - The character is in the story in order to demonstrate certain character traits.
Everything else from here on is me:
Aspiration - The character has a goal that they are pursuing and the reader is along for the ride.
As Branden Sanderson mentions at the end most characters are some combination of these three things. Harry Potter for example in order of prevalence is exploration, inspiration, aspiration. The biggest draw of the Harry Potter series to many readers is the "what-if" world it creates and exploring it (through Harry). After that the story is mostly about him being a courageous and loyal person. The overarching theme of the series is Harry aspiring to overcome the main antagonist and establish a normal life for himself, but that's more just sort of there to provide a definable plot.
@@andrewkandasamy nice breakdown, thank you for taking the time to write such a detailed comment:)
I just love Brandon so much. Thank you for these
I don’t write but I love watching these to understand the thought process. Thank you, Mistborn.
I like how the video's thumbnail looks like a GTA IV loading screen.
This RUclips channel is amazing
Thank you so much for these.
Praise the Sun!
Thank you! I've started to write recently and these videos help me so much 🙂
Thank you Brandon, and thank you team for this great content!
Love these videos 💜
I freaking love that shirt, I had to repeat the video because it call my atention a little bit longer than it should
Praise the sun, sunbro Sanderson!
Happy birthday Brandon!
His birthday is in December
@@varenoftatooine2393 oh man, never trust the internet 🤦 Thanks!
Good advice👍
Praise the Sanderson. Have you ever seen something so grossly insightful?
Is it sane reading two books from this man in the span of 20 days, I think it's not, i'm not fine, but all I know is that I'M BUYING THE THIRD
Mistborn?
@@Rikulz Yeah, just started with sanderson, and, yes I'm planning to read The Stormlight Archive.
It is perfectly sane. When I read Arcanum Unbounded I think I did it in under 2 days. It'll happen a lot with Sanderson.
Yooo that praise the sun shirt!! Make a review of the Dark souls series please!
Praise the Sun, Sir!
Wait thats SOLAIRE OHHHHH
I was really wondering about this
Praise the sun!
Completely off topic, but that's a good sports coat, Brandon. Screw the Sun, Praise the Coat.
same man PRAISE THE COAT
And what about pi?
first comment. good morning!
4th comment!!! 2 mins.
I think these videos are too sharply cut/edited. It's a bit jarring and doesn't feel natural.
Don't overthink that much about structures, "aspiration, inspiration, exploration" is cataloging characters in a way that limits them too much. Even if you could argue that every single character can fall into them, you'll find that many would be a little bit of a, bit of b, and a lot of c, because just like everything, things work in spectrums, trying to give everything a specific tag creates more problems that it resolves, you're limiting yourself by trying to structure your characters that much.
That's his point at the very end. He very explicitly states that most characters are some combination of those three traits although generally one is primary with regards to narrative at a particular point in the story.