![]() Once I got the idea-people gaining super powers but only evil people getting them-the story basically started to write itself in my head. To me Steelheart is distinctive because it was one of those stories where all the elements came together at the same time. Some of these elements feel better suited for a teen audience, so when everything starts coming together as it does when a book is forming for me, some stories naturally gravitate toward YA. Whether I’m writing YA or adult, this process doesn’t vary. I do take things like characters, settings, and magic systems-all these little fragments and pieces-and put them together into stories. ![]() That makes it sound like I’m doing it more consciously than I am, but at this point I do most of it by instinct. Ha! I do a lot of talking about the process of writing. How is that different when writing a YA book like Steelheart? Are certain worlds or magic systems more suitable for YA readers? And how in the world did you get so smart?Ī. In previous interviews, you’ve mentioned that you come up with characters, worlds, and magic systems independently and then fit them together to create a book. I need to change my entire style.” Instead, I say, “This project and the way I’m writing it feels like it would work well for a teen audience.” But I don’t sit down and say, “I’m writing for a teen audience now. Other stories I tell-that are a thousand pages long-don’t seem to fit that mold. Books like that have influenced me in that some of the stories I tell fit into the mold that society says will package well as YA books. They’re shelved with the adult fantasy books. Are these books YA? The publishers don't classify them that way. In the early books, the main protagonists are all teenagers. For example, you mentioned The Wheel of Time. I've known this guy James Dashner for so long, and he was such an inspiration to me, and I thought, if this joker can do it, then I can too! The sci-fi/fantasy genre is what made a reader out of me, and it has a long history of crossing the line between YA and adult fiction. Why is that? How does it feel to be entering into the world of YA fiction? How does it differ from writing for an adult audience? How do you possibly think you can compete with your friend, James Dashner?Ī. However, recently you’ve undertaken several projects for younger readers. Brandon, you’re perhaps best known for your adult books- Mistborn, The Way of Kings, and particularly for finishing Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series. Q&A with Brandon Sanderson (Interviewed by James Dashner) Sanderson uses plot twists that he teases enough for readers to pick up on to distract from the more dramatic reveals he has in store.” - The A.V. Period.” -Patrick Rothfuss, author of the New York Times and USA Today bestseller The Name of the Wind “The suspense is relentless and the climax explosive.” -James Dashner, #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Maze Runner series For years, like the Reckoners, David has been studying, and planning, and he has something they need. When Steelheart came to Chicago, he killed David’s father. nobody but the Reckoners.Ī shadowy group of ordinary humans, the Reckoners spend their lives studying Epics, finding their weaknesses, and then assassinating them. It is said that no bullet can harm him, no sword can split his skin, and no fire can burn him. Steelheart possesses the strength of ten men and can control the elements. ![]() Now, in what was once Chicago, an astonishingly powerful Epic named Steelheart has installed himself as emperor. And to rule man, you must crush his will. ![]() With incredible gifts came the desire to rule. The awed public started calling them Epics.Įpics are no friends of man. It was a burst in the sky that gave ordinary people extraordinary powers. And don’t miss the rest of the Reckoners series: Firefight and Calamity! The #1 New York Times bestseller that James Dashner called “fantastic,” with “relentless” suspense and an “explosive” climax from Brandon Sanderson, the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Words of Radiance, coauthor of Robert Jordan’s The Wheel of Time series, and creator of the internationally bestselling Mistborn trilogy.
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