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Interview #1059: Sci-Fi Bulletin Interview: Brandon Sanderson, Entry #3

Paul Simpson

What aspect of the creative process do you find most challenging?

Brandon Sanderson

I am not naturally inclined toward revision, but revision is vital. My first drafts, while fairly clean because I do a lot of planning and outlining, are still quite a distance from being fantastic. Sometimes they’re good, but they’re not really good. The first draft might get a book’s quality to ninety percent of what it needs to be, but getting that last ten percent takes just as long as the first ninety. To this day, forcing myself to sit down and take something that I know is working pretty well, and instead try to make it really good, is hard for me. My mind always wants to be creating something new.

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