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Interview #869: Lincoln native steps in, completes iconic fantasy book series, Entry #6

Michael Mason-D’Croz

That master’s guidance has helped Sanderson move ahead on his own work, especially his 2010 New York Times best-selling epic fantasy The Way of Kings .

Sanderson first attempted to write the epic story in 2002. However, after a couple of attempts, he said, he left it for a few years.

Brandon Sanderson

“I knew as an artist that it hadn’t worked,” Sanderson said. “But after working on The Wheel of Time, I went back, and this time it worked. I can only say this story worked because of my work on The Wheel of Time.”

Michael Mason-D’Croz

Sanderson said finishing the series gave him an inside look at how the craft works. It gave him a grasp of storytelling and all the things readers don’t see behind the scenes in what makes a masterpiece a masterpiece.

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