It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors, or historians, or C.E.O.'s or whatnot, and I thought, Maybe I want to be a writer.
It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors, or historians, or C.E.O.'s or … - John Brandon
It didn't occur to me that I could be a writer until college. I saw all these people around me training to be doctors, or historians, or C.E.O.'s or …
- John Brandon
I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest in that and just started readin… - John Brandon
I was playing sports all the time, growing up. And then, somewhere around 10th or 11th grade, I kind of lost interest in that and just started readin…
Sometimes I would take Nietzsche or something. And I wouldn't read it, but more just scan the words. Sometimes I would get whatever the popular thing… - John Brandon
Sometimes I would take Nietzsche or something. And I wouldn't read it, but more just scan the words. Sometimes I would get whatever the popular thing…
I know people who are really talented at writing, and they just don't ever make it happen because they're also good at other things. - John Brandon
I know people who are really talented at writing, and they just don't ever make it happen because they're also good at other things.
None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing classes they were. And I e… - John Brandon
None of my English teachers in college were praising me or telling me I was anything special. But then in creative writing classes they were. And I e…
It's nice not to have to worry about applying for things. It's really a different existence. - John Brandon
It's nice not to have to worry about applying for things. It's really a different existence.
I don't think about the reader in any conscious way that impacts the writing, as far as, Hey, most readers would like this! But at the same time, if … - John Brandon
I don't think about the reader in any conscious way that impacts the writing, as far as, Hey, most readers would like this! But at the same time, if …
The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way that I didn't tak… - John Brandon
The first time I took a fiction writing class was sophomore year. And I just found myself taking that extremely seriously, in a way that I didn't tak…
I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon. - John Brandon
I had an idea to write something set back around the Civil War era, but I was just way too ignorant to think I could start it any time soon.
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