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== [[bws: sandersons-first-law|Sanderson's First Law]] ==
If characters (especially viewpoint characters) solve a problem by use of magic, the reader should be made to understand how that magic works. Otherwise, the magic can constitute a ''deus ex machina''.
== [[bws: sandersons-second-law|Sanderson's Second Law]] ==
The limitations of a magic system are more interesting than its capabilities. What the magic ''can't'' do is more interesting than what it ''can''.
=== Limitations ===
== [[bws: sandersons-third-law-of-magic|Sanderson's Third Law]] ==
"A brilliant magic system for a book is less often one with a thousand different powers and abilities -- and is more often a magic system with relatively few powers that the author has considered in depth."
Brandon has, in his online lectures, described his ultimate rule as that of making magic "awesome" (in the colloquial sense), and further implied that said "awesomeness" takes precedence over exact obedience to the other three laws.{{wob ref|6227}}
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