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Interview #1055: Interview with NY Times bestselling ‘Mistborn’ & ‘Steelheart’ author Brandon Sanderson, Entry #2

Henry L. Herz

Tell us about your writing process.

Brandon Sanderson

I am an outliner. I like to have books with explosive endings, and to manage this—for me—I need to know what is going to happen in the story. I generally plot my books backward, starting my outline with the ending, then I work my way forward. When I write, I go the other direction.

Henry L. Herz

Well, your technique works, even if it flips the Cheshire Cat’s advice on its head. Keep it up, sir!

*“Would you tell me, please, which way I ought to go from here?”

“That depends a good deal on where you want to get to,” said the Cat.

“I don’t much care where,” said Alice.

“Then it doesn’t matter which way you go,” said the Cat. — Alice in Wonderland*

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