Brandon Sanderson's 2013 Summer Class begins June 1

Signed up. Thanks for sharing.

 

Sweet. I signed up as well.

The last online lectures were great.

 

I signed up. I'm planning on starting my next novel around that time, so this would be good to do. I've watched some of his videos before and enjoyed them a lot. I'll be doing ongoing editing too, so I may get a bit in the doldrums at times. Something like this may pick me up!

 

Is anyone doing this? I'm doing it by myself, even though I signed up for the class. I'm just watching the videos and taking notes.

 

If I could ask, how are you finding it working out for you so far? Is the format of Write About Dragons site good for you? I was hoping to do this in June when I was less busy, but I'm wrapping up a lot of stuff at work in July so I'm just not able to participate how I wanted. So for now, I'm just watching the videos.

 

I watched the first set of videos and, so far, I'm having a hard time seeing the benefit. I think the most beneficial part of this project (it's a project by the way. The guy hosting the site is the same guy who recorded the class), is that participants are asked to write 1,000 words a week for thirty weeks. The goal is to have everyone peer critique the weekly segments and that your skill level raises from those peer reviews more than anything. It's basically running along the understood idea that the more you write, the better you become.

I'm mostly participating in the peer reviews. I have my Mythic Scribes writing group/beta readers for my own submissions.

 

The lectures aren't bad, in my view.

Sanderson mentions, when one student asks a complex question, that they are asking as section 401 question in a section 101 class. In other words, it is an introductory-level class that assumes no prior knowledge. For most of us here, Sanderson isn't going to say anything we haven't heard before, and we will probably also have well-formed opinions that conflict with his. For someone brand new to the craft, the lectures will probably be more valuable.