Brandon Sanderson
American fantasy and science fiction author of the Mistborn and Stormlight Archive series; completed Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time. Publishes through his company Dragonsteel, posts lectures and updates on YouTube, and has taught creative writing at Brigham Young University.
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Fantasy can be defined as the genre where anything can happen.
Fantasy can be, at its most simple, defined as the genre where anything can happen.
brandonsanderson.comSaid 19 May 2026This on korrents
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The process of creating art is as significant as the resulting product.
The most important thing to understand is that the process of creating art makes art of you.
brandonsanderson.comSaid 26 Jan 2026This on korrents
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Fantasy can be defined as the genre where anything can happen.
Fantasy can be, at its most simple, defined as the genre where anything can happen.
Skip to content Said 19 May 2026
Fantasy requires structure to succeed as a literary genre.
Yet in order to succeed as a literary genre-to change from stories whimsically imagined, to stories repeated around hearth fires, to stories that fill the pages of novels in a satisfying and profound way, fantasy must adopt structure.
Skip to content Said 19 May 2026
Fantasy is defined by being fiction, being impossible, and using fantasy aesthetics.
With these three definitions in place-fantasy being fiction, which is impossible, which is presented with intentional fantasy aesthetics-we can finally approach the purpose of this essay.
Skip to content Said 19 May 2026
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The process of creating art is as significant as the resulting product.
The most important thing to understand is that the process of creating art makes art of you.
Skip to content Said 26 Jan 2026
Generative AI models lack the capacity for personal growth or change through the act of creation.
It cannot be changed. It can be changed by feeding it more copyrighted material, but creating the new work will not change it. It will not learn. It will not grow. It will not care.
Skip to content Said 26 Jan 2026
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Where they publish
Site brandonsanderson.com His official site: books, news, lectures and the text of his speeches.
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x.com @BrandSanderson His X account.
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Bluesky @brandonsanderson.com His Bluesky account.
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YouTube Brandon Sanderson Writing lectures, progress updates and readings.
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