Magic systems are a strong part of both the Mistborn books, with their allomancy and feruchemy, but also of the Stormlight world, with its fabrials, shardblades and voidbinding. Do you spend a lot of time developing the magic system before you begin writing, or does it tend to evolve with the story?
I spend a lot of hours ahead of time on my magic systems. I am a planner when it comes to worldbuilding. Of course, everything’s going to evolve as you work on a book—nothing can be planned out perfectly; there needs to be some freedom, some improvisation to really bring life to it. But I do plan things out a lot, specifically my magic systems. This is a big focus to me, partially because it’s become one of my big calling cards in the genre. It lets me add something different, my own take. Granted I’m not the only one who does interesting magic systems, but it has become one of the hallmarks of my writing, and so that’s fine with me because it’s something that I love to do.
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