Christopher Paolini — Eragon author talks worldbuilding, fantasy/sci-fi, how to plot, and themes

109K views • 6 years ago • 57:13 Thank you so much to my patrons, truly. If you want to support this kind of educational content, please consider doing so at https://www.patreon.com/hellofutureme (+Discord community access!) 0:59 His New Sci-fi Book 6:25 Writing in the fantasy/sci-fi genres 8:59 How do you know a good title? 12:18 How do you know a good book idea? 17:35 Incorporating themes 22:45 Doctor Who references? 23:15 Christopher Paolini calls me out #drama 27:15 Maintaining the writing headspace 28:50 Pressure following Eragon? 33:05 Magnificent beards and why I don't have one 34:00 Worldbuilding vs story: how do you plot? 37:40 FTL travel, worldbuilding, and exposition 46:10 How many drafts should you go through? 50:10 Harshest criticism as a writer? 52:33 Future of sci-fi/fantasy? PRE-ORDER TO SLEEP IN A SEA OF STARS https://www.amazon.com/Sleep-Sea-Stars-Christopher-Paolini/dp/1250762847 INSTAGRAM: https://www.instagram.com/tim_hickson_hfm/ TWITTER https://twitter.com/TimHickson1 BUY MY BOOK https://tinyurl.com/y5mwpyyj (It contains all my educational writing/worldbuilding content up to a point + extras, super easy to reference and use compared to videos.) EMAIL hellofuturemeyt@gmail.com FACEBOOK https://www.facebook.com/HelloFutureMe/ MERCH https://www.teepublic.com/user/hellofutureme (proceeds go to our 2 community chosen charities: A21: http://www.a21.org/index.php?site=true and WWF: https://www.worldwildlife.org/ ) SECOND CHANNEL https://tinyurl.com/ybhtz42g where I put extra notes for videos, vlogs, board game reviews, and other stuff from my life POSTAL ADDRESS (if you're kind enough to send me a letter or something!) Tim Hickson PO Box 69062 Lincoln, 7608 Canterbury, New Zealand Script by meeeeeeeee Video edited by Cuenin (99% of the time) over at https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCypfUnArnktqIZYEBQBOu7Q/featured The artist that designed my display pic! https://serem01.deviantart.com/ The artist who design my cover photo: - https://raidesart.deviantart.com/ - https://raidesart.tumblr.com/ - https://www.instagram.com/raidesart/ Music by Epidemic Sound: http://epidemicsound.com/creator Stay nerdy! Tim