The Common Lie Writers Tell You — YallStayHome 2020 Afternoon Keynote

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  @riku3716 · 6 years ago

  Bird waves leg: "You will give me an almond."                              Brandon: "I will give you an almond"

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  @oORiseAboveOo · 6 years ago

  How to get a pet dragon:<br>Step 1: Get a pet. <br>Step 2: Name it “Dragon.”

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  @masonwheeler6536 · 6 years ago

  <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oH9sJrAVeC0&amp;t=512">8:32</a>: &quot;[My mother] had been pushing me to become a doctor or a scientist instead [of a writer] because i was skilled in some of these things.&quot;<br>For some reason, this reminds me of a quote by Pablo Picasso:<br><br><br><br>My mother said to me, &apos;If you are a soldier, you will become a general. If you are a monk, you will become the Pope. &apos; Instead, I was a painter, and I became Picasso.<br><br>You instead chose to be a writer, and you became Brandon Sanderson!

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  @Ruylopez778 · 6 years ago

  What&apos;s funny is Brandon thinks it was <b>his idea</b> to teach Magellan to use the Force and get an almond

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  @NonameWriter · 6 years ago

  “I love big books and I cannot lie” 😂😂

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  @AtticsTV · 6 years ago

  He &apos;trries&apos; to use the force to get almonds all the time? Dunno about you Brandon, but I am pretty sure he used the force and got an almond... there was no try.

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  @talleyrand3551 · 6 years ago

  World’s weirdest reality check curtesy of Mr Sanderson.

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  @Overworlder7 · 6 years ago

  The thing I like to keep in mind is that success is a spectrum, especially in a world with self-publishing and print-on-demand options available. If you write a niche book that only sells a hundred copies, no traditional publisher is going to care. And you certainly won&apos;t earn a living wage that way. But if a hundred people choose to spend a significant chunk of their precious time on this planet enjoying something you created that is still an accomplishment. A hundred is still infinitely more than zero, which is what you&apos;d get without ever writing anything.

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  @9DELL0 · 6 years ago

  That is a strange chicken indeed!

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  @juanivalmaggia · 6 years ago

  I don&apos;t know about this guy, but his dragon-parrot was spitting out straight facts.

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  @e_n_hand · 6 years ago

  I love Sanderson...<br><br>But he can&apos;t compete with his bird.

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  @ChiIIChief · 6 years ago (edited)

  Having Brandon seriously discuss how he was having a crisis while a bird jumps around on his shoulder definitely brightened my day.<br><br>And the video was informative and interesting. &nbsp;Great job Brando.

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