Summaries of Brandon Sanderson Videos 📚

How Can AI Assist in Editing and Writing?

How to Create Memorable Character Personalities

Brandon’s Birthday Livestream + Weekly Update

How to write a betrayal arc and bittersweet endings

How to Structure Short Stories with MICE Threads

How to Write Science Fiction and Fantasy Professionally

Fiction authors, assemble!

How Should Worldbuilding Serve Story? Lecture #6 with Brandon Sanderson

Ten Things I Wish I'd Known as a Teen Author—Brandon Sanderson

How to Start and Structure Your First Novel

How Do Literary Agents Help Authors Break In? Brandon Sanderson’s Writing Lecture #11 (2025)

Lecture #3: Plot Part 2 — How Brandon Sanderson Outlines a Story (BYU Sci-Fi & Fantasy Writing)

How Much Worldbuilding Is Too Much for a Novel?

The State of the Sanderson + Weekly Update

How to Worldbuild in Real-World Settings?

How to Build Plots with Promise and Payoff

How Do Promise, Progress, and Payoff Shape Plot? Brandon Sanderson’s Writing Lecture #2 (2025)

Not That Interesting… or Clever— Ep. 22 of Intentionally Blank

How to Write Compelling Characters: Sanderson's 3 Traits

How Do You Make Promises to Readers in a Plot?

What Is Sanderson's First Law of Magic? Lecture #5: Worldbuilding Part One with Brandon Sanderson