Brent Weeks
Brent Weeks
Brent Weeksis an American fantasy writer. He made The New York Times Best Seller list with The Blinding Knife in its first month, September 2012...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionNovelist
Date of Birth7 March 1977
CountryUnited States of America
art believe cast equal far imagination inform intuition job life using work
I believe that it's an author's job to cast his imagination into the far spaces. Your life should - and I think it's inescapable that it will - inform your work. I'm all for using anything that can make your art better, but your intuition should be an equal partner.
basically certain character easier fun grew imagination kids life limiting small terrifying town types
It's easier for me to write certain character types because of my own life experiences, but I find it too artistically limiting to only write about red-headed kids who grew up in small town Montana. That's really part of the fun of fantasy, I think. Our imagination is basically unlimited. Okay, that's a terrifying thing about fantasy, too.
fantasy fast prisoners
'The Black Prism' is a story of emperors and prisoners and magic set in a Mediterranean, 1600-esque world. It's a fantasy story; it's fast and fun and inventive.
asked characters model
Sometimes after a compliment about my characterization skills, I'm asked if I model my characters on real people. Emphatically, no. And sort of, yes.
excellent fiction good questions
I think that fiction is an excellent place for us to struggle with questions of good and evil, and humanity and inhumanity.
challenged good grapes telling trying
Telling a story is like trying to eat grapes with a fork. It's always trying to get away from you. And if you're a good author, and you've challenged yourself, and you're telling big stories, there's more and more that's trying to get away from you simultaneously.