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Brandon Sanderson / Re: Quality of Wok book
« on: September 04, 2010, 04:19:30 PM »
Mine's beautiful. I like cuddling it. Every now and then, people have to slap me, 'cause I'm just hypnotically staring it the beautiful book.
"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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The blur on the other hand could just as well have been Syl watching Kaladin close when things became interesting.
Bah. I feel so evil knowing everything going on, well, as much as can be known from book one. I have the power to tease, and am having trouble not abusing it (I can hold back spoilers though, don't worry there =] ). And the sketches are awesome, great reference point for how the creatures look, amazing job on them Ink!