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Brandon Sanderson / Hero of Ages Prologue
« on: July 09, 2008, 10:45:23 PM »
I just saw this posted on Brandon's website. Like, woah. Bloody amazing, flipping sweet... pick your adjectives! October cannot come soon enough for me.
"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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Hmm, considering balefire's unique properties, how would a balefire blast look to an atium user?
I doubt it won't be on time, the date's already been pushed back once. Besides that, all this time in between the release gives you plenty of time to introduce more family and friends to the books. Then they can share in your anticipation. Or hate you for it like mine do.
Oh, Zane still is a raving Zaniac. It's just not all in his head.