How do you think Sanderson approached his 400,000 words of worldbuilding for the Stormlight Archive?

[Mick7655]

Like how would he even organize that, and where do you think he started his research.

Edited February 19, 2019 by Mick7655

[Pagliacci he/him]

Might I suggest the podcast Writing Excuses?

This episode discusses Brandon's process of creating WoK which touches on the worldbuilding: https://writingexcuses.com/2012/06/10/writing-excuses-7-24-project-in-depth-way-of-kings/

[Jaywalk he/him]

He said that he spent ten years worldbuilding, and built Roshar around the idea of the storms.