#794: Brandon Sanderson on Building a Fiction Empire, Creating $40M+ Kickstarter Campaigns, Unbreakable Habits, The Art of World-Building, and The Science of Magic Systems

Boys and girls, ladies and gyms. This is Tim Ferris. Welcome to another episode of the Tim Ferris Show, where it is my job every episode to deconstruct world class performers to figure out how they do What they do, what you can use, what you can emulate. And this episode ended up being A master class. I had so much fun with it. My guest who I have wanted to interview for years is Brandon Sanderson. He is the number one New York Times bestselling author of the Stormlight Archive series and the Misborn Saga, the middle grade series, Alcatraz versus the Evil Librarians. And the young adult novels, The Rhythmatist, The Reckoners trilogy, and the Skyward series. He has sold more than 40 million books in thirty five languages. He has architected 40 million plus dollar Kickstarter campaigns, and he is a four time nominee for the Hugo Awards.

winning in two thousand thirteen for his novella The Emperor's Soul That same year, he was chosen to complete Robert Jordan's The Wheel of Time series, which is a big, big deal, culminating in a memory of light. Brandon co-hosts with fellow author Dan Wells, the popular intentionally blank podcast. And teaches creative writing at Ringham Young University. We did this one in person. Which made all the difference in Brandon's massive cavernous offices. Right next to his warehouse.

It was a hell of a ride and we covered a lot of ground and a lot of really nitty gritty tactical advice related to Fiction. Business. Publishing, innovating across the board, how he architects his record breaking Kickstarter campaign, and much, much more. You can find him.

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