5/23/2023 0 Comments Snapshot by Brandon Sanderson![]() ![]() The same can be said for Snapshot, Sanderson’s latest novella, that was published early 2017 (but which I only just got my hands on). It felt as if it was a good first try, but that needed to have the rough edges sanded off. You could see the characters who were designed around, “What is this character’s flaw, what makes him memorable, what are some personality quirks,” etc. A prime example was his Reckoners series, which started with Steelheart, which at times read as if it was a first-draft story written for a creative writing class. Unfortunately, some of his work reflects what I imagine stems from these classes. I have not had the time to watch the videos that often appear of these classes, but I have listened to Sanderson’s podcasts and read his work enough to get a sense of what he might teach. It is not a craft everyone can manage – and many have tried.īrandon Sanderson, in my opinion, gets it right half of the time.Īnyone with even a vague interest in the fantasy genre at the moment not only knows of Brandon Sanderson, but also knows that he teaches a creative writing course at Brigham Young University (BYU). ![]() It requires the ability to tell a self-contained story that feels as if it has been taken straight out of the middle of a book whilst at the same time giving it its own three-act structure – beginning, middle, and end. ![]() Short fiction – be they short stories or their longer cousins, the novella – is an artform that not everyone can master. ![]()
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