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"Magic is what makes fantasy fantastic," someone says, "you can't apply rules to them or else it loses wonder!" I respond, "Sure, but if you want to write them you will certainly want to know how they work." Writing is all about execution, and I find applying some basic laws of physics to magic systems make them more understandable and realistic. Here, I'm going to outline my basic method for developing a magic system.
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Brandon Sanderson / "The Gathering Storm..."

« on: July 23, 2010, 06:09:28 PM »

Thank you for writing this book. I have been an avid fan of sci-fi and fantasy for 40 years. I got conned into reading "The Wheel of Time" series by some young friends of mine. Jordan did a good job of swiping some ideas from other stories to come up with a pretty good story line. But he just seemed to lose track, I got so bored reading the SOS over again that I started skimming or just skipping over entire sections of the books. In my opinion you are a much better author than Jordan was...

Looking forward to your wrapping up this story finally.

Would anyone care to recommend some of Brandon's other books to me? I am a big fan of Michael Moorcock.

Carok

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