Brandon Sanderson Lecture 3: Description part 2 (5/5)

[@dragontamer63]

"While walking down the Duke's road, I came upon a lost dog. I knew he was lost because he was dressed like a tourist, and he was reading a map."

[@beefdlo]

I like how he coughed into his hand in the previous video and then used it to parse out delicious treats

[@bird9230]

@@fchrkbr Yeeeeeeeeeeee

[@thorodinson6649]

@@fchrkbr march 2022, soon canada is gonna go back to normal

[@Douchebagus]

Absolute gold. I watched this 2 months ago, before i started writing, and thought I understood. Watching it again, I learned where a big chunk of my writing problems came from.

[@BillyxRansom]

4:28 is the most underrated and under-explained aspect of writing, period, hands down, bar none.

[@opmike343]

Dan Brown needs to take this class.

[@TheDaviddraws]

This video I find EXTREMELY useful

[@threeletteragent]

7:48 It's nice to see Hemingway's Iceberg slipping into this lecture.

[@christiepowell3647]

I like how this applies to emotions. They are very abstract things, but they can be captured so well by a single, well-chosen concrete image. "She felt sad" becomes "she tasted the salt of her tears." "She missed her child" becomes "she held her arms close as though her missing child were still inside them". --Christie V Powell, author of The Spectra Books

[@l1mbo69]

That sounds a bit too melodramatic to me

[@christiepowell3647]

@@l1mbo69 Yeah, I wrote this several years ago, not long after my son passed away. I think the trick with avoiding melodrama is making sure that the context supports the emotion, especially when it's strong. These might very well be melodramatic, because the context is entirely missing.

[@thorodinson6649]

@@christiepowell3647 oh my… sorry

[@gunnardlarson3165]

Such great insight. even If you already know the basic idea of what he is saying, this is a great way to bring it all clearly into focus. I wish he had been a prof in my writing program.

[@MyrmidonGaming]

These aren't on sale as far as I'm aware. Brandon teaches at BYU and this is one of his students having recorded the class. He does lectures at cons that you could look out for.

[@thenumbdave]

I am finding this all so helpful, thank you for uploading.

[@ixuvia]

In case you didn't notice since then, they're out now, go check them out.

[@Jfreek5050]

What if you have a dog that is of your own fantasy breed? Like if this was a "Mabari Warhound" (Dragon Age dog) what is advised in terms of explaining what it is? I can imagine saying "The massive Kibiwa ran by" would be confusing if there is no form of exposition. Do you toss in a bit of relevant detail like "Its massive feet causing a rumble within the ground." or something like that? Help plz.

[@JeffPenaify]

you could be like "massive dog runs by, (main character) noticed whataver badass feature found exclusivily in kibiwa breeds. dogs bred for war. an I'll omen (lol)

[@kendallt9248]

If they’re built for war, mention them before combat and (assuming you have a war, because you have war-hounds) then describe their part in the war. This brings up an opportunity to describe features like, “The beasts’s strong muscles pulsed as it wove between crowds, hooking it’s fangs into the opponent.”

[@kiwitealc5353]

This is a great series of videos. I'm pretty new to this though, and I am not sure I understand what we're talking about when we say abstract/concrete. Could someone explain it a little, or tell me what to google to learn a little more?

[@blacknova23]

This dude is gummy bear monster!

[@Annabells117]

Where do I buy all the lectures? Also, when is Sanderson lecturing in NYC? Thank you.

[@InvertedAces]

When will the next videos be out? Waiting for them is driving me mental.

[@randallflagg1582]

So thats where Mr Benns hat went.

[@waseatenbyagrue]

Is he wearing a plastic hat?

[@mel3687]

eaten by a grue Looks like pleather or some sort of artificial fabric.

[@Vofzolne]

If he wouldn't have cough there wouldn't have been any treats...