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Bruce Capron
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Bruce Capron
It really varies. Sometimes it comes from something I've seen or heard in the media. Sometimes it's a random thought, that comes when I have too much time on my hands.
Bruce Capron
Most of the ideas I get come from current events. Wind energy is a big topic in our area, so I used a wind farm as the main setting for "Revenge in the Wind". The book I am currently working on is about human trafficking.
Bruce Capron
A sequel to Revenge In The Wind.
Bruce Capron
Forget all the rules and never give up.
Bruce Capron
The best advice I've heard came from an interview with William Faulkner.
"Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Jus The best advice I've heard came from an interview with William Faulkner.
"Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out."
(William Faulkner, interviewed by Lavon Rascoe for The Western Review, Summer 1951) ...more
Sep 26, 2018 12:24PM · flag
"Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Jus The best advice I've heard came from an interview with William Faulkner.
"Read everything — trash, classics, good and bad, and see how they do it. Just like a carpenter who works as an apprentice and studies the master. Read! You'll absorb it. Then write. If it is good, you'll find out."
(William Faulkner, interviewed by Lavon Rascoe for The Western Review, Summer 1951) ...more
Sep 26, 2018 12:24PM · flag
Bruce Capron
I don't have to work a real job. I also love creating my own world.
Bruce Capron
That's when I work on rewrites and editing. If that doesn't work, I just walk away from it for a while.
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