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Welcome back to class! This week, Brandon lectures on his This is a short segment from my 2021 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU. If you want to watch my lectures in their entirety, you can ... Welcome back to class! We've arrived at the second part of Brandon's This week Brandon takes questions on the last two classes on Highlights of Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture (2025): I want to tell you about an innocuous scene in the opening hours of the Witcher 3 that I think defines why it is one of the best RPGs ...

Today we explore more structures and break down some beloved stories. The Hero's Journey is one of the oldest and best ... A 10 minute introduction to the basic concepts of Chekhov's gun: if you hang a rifle on the wall in act one, it has to fire by act three. Every setup is a Digitiization project managers from three major cultural institutions—The New York Public LIbrary, The Massachusetts Historical ...

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Promise, Progress, Payoff - Plot Theory: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #2 (2025)

Promise, Progress, Payoff - Plot Theory: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #2 (2025)

Welcome back to class! This week, Brandon lectures on his

Brandon's Philosophy on Plot—Promises, Progress, and Payoffs

Brandon's Philosophy on Plot—Promises, Progress, and Payoffs

This is a short segment from my 2021 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU. If you want to watch my lectures in their entirety, you can ...

Story Structures - Plot Theory: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #3 (2025)

Story Structures - Plot Theory: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #3 (2025)

Welcome back to class! We've arrived at the second part of Brandon's

Plot Q&A: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #4 (2025)

Plot Q&A: Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #4 (2025)

This week Brandon takes questions on the last two classes on

Promise, Progress, and Payoff - Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lectures but only the important parts #2

Promise, Progress, and Payoff - Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lectures but only the important parts #2

Highlights of Brandon Sanderson's Writing Lecture #2 (2025):

Promise, Progress, Payoff and the Incident at White Orchard

Promise, Progress, Payoff and the Incident at White Orchard

I want to tell you about an innocuous scene in the opening hours of the Witcher 3 that I think defines why it is one of the best RPGs ...

Plot Structures for YOUR Next Story

Plot Structures for YOUR Next Story

Today we explore more structures and break down some beloved stories. The Hero's Journey is one of the oldest and best ...

Game Theory Explained  | Analyzing a Payoff Matrix

Game Theory Explained | Analyzing a Payoff Matrix

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1. Promise Theory - Basic Concepts (part 1)

1. Promise Theory - Basic Concepts (part 1)

A 10 minute introduction to the basic concepts of

Never Lose a Plot Thread Again | OpusWriter Promise Tracker

Never Lose a Plot Thread Again | OpusWriter Promise Tracker

Chekhov's gun: if you hang a rifle on the wall in act one, it has to fire by act three. Every setup is a

Archival Access Online: The Promise, The Problems, The Payoff

Archival Access Online: The Promise, The Problems, The Payoff

Digitiization project managers from three major cultural institutions—The New York Public LIbrary, The Massachusetts Historical ...

The Three Pillars of Storytelling—Brandon Sanderson

The Three Pillars of Storytelling—Brandon Sanderson

This is a short segment from my 2021 Creative Writing Lectures at BYU. If you want to watch my lectures in their entirety, you can ...

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